The Pursuit of Happyness

[MTT]

A little bit of entertainmemt while kikin it in a hotel?

Good movie, but entertaining? NO WAY. I have not been so upset and stressed during a movie in a very long time.

I am glad I saw the movie cuz its real. But most of the move was such a shocking (TO REAL) bummer.

Anyone else subjected themself to this thing?

[steve]

Yeah, my thoughts coming out of the theater were:

"Boy that was a fucking great movie, but I think I'd rather shoot myself than watch it again."

[Steven S. Dallas]

The Fresh Prince is awesome!

[shmerham]

Takeaway thought from the movie: I like having a home.

[Odin]

I guess the point that I would take away from it is.... what would you do to survive.

I lived out of an office building in ancorage for 4 months after finding out that my company was temporarily moving their headquarters to there.

I slept on a cot in the middle of the floor with no heat and a thin sleeping bag for the first month, till my boss told me to go elsewhere.

I then proceeded to sleep in abandoned office spaces (small ones with little or no windows. I moved in completely and had my cot, my clothes, my skis, and my playstation 2 (with 13 inch tv inside) I lived that way comfortably for 2 months, dodging the cleaning crews and security guards. After work was done at 5 I would go to the gym and work out, then sometimes I would just sit in the locker room and wait untill the guards/cleaning crew/office workers would leave the building (I usually jammed the lower door, and sometimes had a key that would work till 10:00 pm)

I would come back and make a dinner in the communal microwave and sit back to play ncaa football till I went to sleep. I would lock myself in the room and when the security/cleaning crews made their rounds I would turn out the tv and sit in the dark.

Finally they caught on as I cooked Microwave popcorn too late in the evening and they smelled the smell. They busted me in the room but I told them that I was moving office supplies from our office on the same floor to this room. They didn't buy it. I spent most of that night awake.

The next day I went to work and when I went back to check on my secret room at 12:30 pm, I realized it was locked, and I had no key.

All my gear was inside.

So I spent the next 2 days teaching myself to lockpick and managed to spring the door at 12:30 am Monday morning before the cops and management would show up. Custodial staff never fingered me.

I spent the next month back in the office, sleeping on the floor and cot.

of course there is the story of the broken door to the office and me holding against the weight of two guys trying to get in, but that is for another time.

[Jumper Bones]

I was wondering why you disappeared for awhile there.

[Odin]

meh, that happened 3 or 4 years ago.

Then there was the whole winter season of living in a trailer with no running water, no gas, no heat except for a wood burning stove.

That was fun.

[Jumper Bones]

I was around 3 or 4 years ago.

[Telemarketeer]

I thought it was a great movie. I have been through some pretty low times in my life and am proud to say I worked my ass off to get out of that hole and asked for no help from anyone. I aint no stock broker or anything but I'm not doin to bad.

I made my GF watch it after I did cause she has never really had it very hard. Grew up in a wealthy family and never really took any chances that could put her on the streets like I have. Maybe she's a little smarter than me too. Anyway she liked it and got to see another side of life that she never really got a chance to understand. Being broke as fuck and having to work your ass off to get out of the hole.