I watched two documentaries recently, “The US vs. John Lennon” & “Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film”. Both were decent films, however the Hunter S. Thompson film was a bit shaky and had some problems, in my opinion of course. Maybe that’s why it was so hard finding a trailer for it. As a little side note, there are obvious advantages and innovations regarding youtube.com. But you know I really hate that site. I can’t really give valid reasons, or good explanations, it’s just something about it… Anyway, back to the movies. I’d still recommend both. Watching artists work for social change helps to keep you inspired and wake you up. I haven’t heard a single person around me mention the war in months… Why aren’t there people in the streets like Vietnam? There are so many reasons, but I don’t feel like ranting for a page or two here, lucky for you.
The Korea job searching continues. I’m so burnt out from reading countless blogs and job ads. I hope all this research pays off. I’ve been focusing hard on Jeju. I read a blog about a guy from California today who lived in Japan and then Korea, teaching English. He’s now on Jeju and said it offered all the conveniences of Seoul, but had much, much, MUCH better air and was less crowded. Seeing his pics of the island was very convincing. It looks beautiful there. I also read many blogs of people in Seoul. After seeing their pics it was easy for me to make the decision not to teach there. I know for sure we need to be in more laid back areas in terms of population and such. Everyone seems to be so into bar culture, especially in the city, and we want none of that.
So the search continues. I’m trying to find somebody that has some personal contacts, or a unique teaching situation like a Buddhist monastery or something. If that doesn’t work then we’re going to send out info to recruiters and see what we get, but I’m really trying to avoid that. It seems to me most of the least desirable jobs end up on ESL job sites and through recruiters. So, time to make the donuts… I have to put on my shit kickers and dig in again… I’ll let you know what I find in the google depths…
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Hey – Hope everything is Cool! We’ve been enjoying HD like quality movie rentals since we purchased an upconverting DVD player. We did an India theme a couple weekends ago – The River (Jean Renoir), (Two Daughters on VHS) Satayjit Ray, with a Anashoushka Shankar interlude from Concert for George.
Were leaving for Amsterdam/Prague this weekend. Lets get together the week of 9/24. Miss you guys.
Ciao. Shank
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oh yeah – For India film night, we also watched another Ray film called, The Chess Players – from ’78 and in color! I also saw Rescue Dawn at the theatre awesome, and just finisihed watching the documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly. So now I’m on a Herzog kick and have rented a film about aliens called The Wild Blue Yonder featuring underwater footage from the Antartic and real footage from outer space!
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What I want to know is what cool movie store has these titles??? Or is this an on demand deal? Either way, cool to get a hold of that kind of stuff. I’m envious! Hope you guys are having a good trip in Europe. Looking forward to seeing you on your return!