Reality Check: $26

3pm Thursday. Working on a new screenplay, sitting in my pajamas eating Annie's macaroni and cheese. New script is percolating. Working on storyboarding for "Dramatis Personae". Comparing HD cameras. Directing offers sure to pour in soon. Note to self: buy baseball cap. I am a genius. Soon EVERYONE will know it! All hail me!

11:30pm Thursday. Exiting a showing of "Fay Grim" at the Pacific Film Archive. Jaw hanging half open. Hal Hartley is a genius. Soon everyone will know it. I, on the other hand, am a talentless hack. Soon I will be directing traffic in a parking lot. It is raining. I am cold. Will I live long enough to learn how to write and direct like that? Doubtful. I need a sandwich. Note to self: remember to ask Urbaniak what was really in the Hand Cranked Viewmaster Widget.


Full "Fay Grim" commentary Friday eve. Right now I'm too sleepy. And too staggeringly humbled.