Wow!  It has been way too long since I’ve last written!

A lot has been going on and I haven;t really allowed myself a chance to come up for air; and when I’ve had down-time, I’ve chosen to do nothing with it.

About 3 weeks ago, I flew The Kid up to Michigan to spend a week with me.  Yes, I was entitled to a whole month with him but with me starting a new job recently, I didn’t think any more time off wold have been very realistic.  It was some time well-spent between The Kid and I.  He had a meltdown when he and I were visiting with the Auteur, and it became a turning point.  It led to Jabba and I having probably the best, longest, most honest discussion since our separation.

We made plans to conduct Facetime discussions among the fours of us:  Me, The Auteur, the Kid and Jabba.  So far, we’ve done only one so I am skeptical about the prospect of doing more.

This past Tuesday I learned that the state has re-certified me to teach in Michigan!  I knew it was coming, but it was still a great feeling.  It has been a long time coming.  Not just for the time that I’ve been back in Michigan, but even for the few years that I bounced around from job-to-job in South Carolina.  I feel vindicated, but it’s going to seem pretty hollow if I don’t land a teaching job soon.

As for the present, this weekend  is the 48 hour film festival.  This year, The Auteur decided to head up her own team and asked me to help write.  I was very flattered that she asked me to be a part of it and I think that the others writers and I came up with a pretty cool script, if I may say so myself.  I’m dying to see how the story evolves through the creative process:  Me and two other writers wrote.  As director, the Auteur has he own take on how she reads the script and what she wants to see on the screen.  In turn, her director of photography is the person who actually films the movie.  Finally, there’s the actors themselves who are the physical manifestations of the characters we’ve put to the page.  and i cannot forget the post-production crew, who takes the pieces we’ve all built and puts together a movie from them.  It’s all very fascinating and all very new to me.  No doubt I will have more to say about it in the days ahead.

Clearly this is a lot to be glossing over.  I’m sure that I will be going into more detail in the entries that will follow…