Setback
The list went up, 1:30 AM. Paul’s name was not on it. So we are saaaad..But resilient.How boring would it be on talk show interviews in the future if he just cruised through the paces with no obstacles to overcome?
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Grades are in!
Yesterday I read my last twenty student papers, today I submitted the grades with 4 hours and 29 minutes left to spare, according to the time clock ticking away next to the electronic submission roster. I think the semester might now officially be over.
Big Day.
At high noon Paul and his producer, Safia, will appear before a panel of faculty to “pitch” his concept for a thesis film. Out of the twenty-five students in his program, only five will be awarded a final film with a budget of $30,000. The decisions are based on a number of criteria…quality of past … Read more
A Post About Film Stuff
A few of my readers have mentioned that mostly they just skim my blog looking for posts about Paul’s burgeoning film career, so I thought I would put “film” in the title of this update just to make it easier. It’s been a busy and crazy week or so. The film from the clown shoot … Read more
Colonoscopy #4
It’s like the name for a work of art, or a musical composition. And I’d never noticed how “o” heavy it is. That word has four “o”s. And eleven letters, so you’d have to be pretty lucky to build that word in multiple turns at Scrabble. Anyway. Night before the big game girls! Let’s make … Read more
Yeah, midnight didn’t happen so much.
But I’m pretty close now, just need a cover page. I added an illustration. Only me and maybe the three other people in the world who have read Book 4 of Gregory’s Dialogues in Old English will think this is funny, but I’m posting it anyway.
It won’t die…
Old English.Still.I really thought that at 4pm, I would just take whatever I had over to the humanities department and turn it in. What really happened is that I DID stop translating (line 116), but still have hours of persnickety formatting, making of bibliographies, additional research etc. My new deadline is MIDNIGHT. That’s it. Then … Read more
8:50pm, line 83
How can it be this slow, you ask? Believe me I’m asking the same question.
9:50 am, line 66
Ah, a new day!