THOSE PEOPLE: Page 48
In which a Persian man asks his sister if he can bring his black girlfriend to her big wedding…
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A Few Facts About Crowdfunding
We are beginning the third day of crowdfunding for our film, THOSE PEOPLE: A Love Story.* I started this post on DAY 1, but Day 1 had some Obama-care-rollout-fiasco elements to it that made DAY 2 about catching up. So now it’s DAY 3… If you have any artists, inventors, or makers in your world, you … Read more
Iain Campbell
Iain Campbell was one of my instructors when I attended Centralian College in Alice Springs, Australia in the early 2000’s. He taught me art history, theory, and painting. On Saturdays, when I visited the “art shed” for life drawing, he was sometimes there. He was from Scotland, but he settled in Alice Springs, and I … Read more
The Night Rat
In our oddly laid out apartment, we have a little square area of hallway, which is a conduit to two bedrooms, office and bathroom It also houses some built-in cabinets and drawers, which we use for linens and such. A few weeks ago, there started to be a peculiar smell. Not a full smell, but like … Read more
Weekend Update
Eight years ago, after the election of President Obama, Paul and his friend S were celebrating that fact that only did he seem like a good choice for the job, he was also a person of color. “He just has to not f*ck it up,” they said – or something similar. And they decided, that … Read more
Happy 2017, 2016 Recap
What to say about 2016…? This is a question I have been mulling over between episodes of The Americans as I surrender to my end-of-year cold. On one hand, nobody opens a holiday letter to be reminded of the same world news they either read or avoid from plentiful sources throughout the year. On the … Read more
I’m Teaching Screenwriting
Because this blog is sadly neglected of late, I don’t think I’ve mentioned that I’m teaching a screenwriting class this term. A friend alerted me to the opportunity around the same time that I was leaving my other day job, and it seemed like a message from the universe saying things would be all right. That … Read more
Where Does the Time Go?
I’m a freelancer again! I woke this morning and scrolled through my mental to-do list. I recalled that I promised my friend/client that I’d look at a few chapters of her book before we meet tomorrow. “Charge us for that time,” she very kindly said. No problem there! Or… is there? I opened her Google doc … Read more
How You Do Anything…
The other day, in yoga class, the instructor said, “How you do anything, is how you do everything,” and it’s been knocking around in my head. Google reveals I am not the first person to be struck by the concept, and my yoga teacher wasn’t the first to articulate it, though–as with all wisdom formatted … Read more
Days That End With “Y”
One thing I have been frustrated by in the past, is following the blog of an aspiring writer–or, a writer who is aspiring to something–who fades–blogwise–into nothingness. Either they have accomplished their thing, or moved back to Minnesota, and I never get to know which. That will not happen here. I have some intermediate level–not … Read more