Obsession = Comfy Slippers |
Weird. I'm not obsessing over it this year. I usually do. Advancing in the Nicholl Fellowship is a goal I set for myself years ago and I can't stand not reaching a goal. It's like walking around with ...
Posted by MBatchellor on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PST |
What Did I Miss? |
I missed most of the Oscars because I was helping my Dad move and drove in from Austin just in time to see the best actor award and best film. Shame. I take my fashion cues from the re...
Posted by MBatchellor on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:56:00 PST |
Fish Out of Water |
There was a time, perhaps while Jane Austen was penning her first novel, but nonetheless a time when a person of noble character who uncompromisingly declared the line between righ...
Posted by MBatchellor on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:54:00 PST |
Thus Endeth the Chaos |
While it's great to see everyone at Christmas, it's nice to have a clean house again, get back to eating healthy food, resume a regular exercise program, and sit with my ol' friend in my lap...
Posted by MBatchellor on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:37:00 PST |
Austin Film Festival |
Clearly, I don't post here often enough. That's because I do all my real posting at www.fencingwiththefog.blogspot.com. That's where my screenwriting posts are, my AFF recaps are, my congrats to Brett...
Posted by MBatchellor on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:55:00 PST |
Katrina Klaus |
Lola Teigland's program to provide Christmas for Katrina familieshas begun to overwhelm her. Letters are pouring in faster than families are getting adopted. Never heard of it? That's because Lola onl...
Posted by MBatchellor on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:33:00 PST |
Dead Protagonists |
Pidgeon-Holing Dead Protagonists
My latest study on my real blog (www.fencingwiththefog.blogspot.com) examines when the primary protagonist dies and what story purpose that death ...
Posted by MBatchellor on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:10:00 PST |
Nicholl Numbers |
4,899 entriesI am one of them.245 quarterfinalistsI am not one of them.244 more named Miss Congeniality (top 10%)I am one of them.Bummer -- with a little sugar on top....
Posted by MBatchellor on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:46:00 PST |
Nicholl Insanity |
Pretty much lost my mind now waiting on my Nicholl letter. Think I put put Jello in the bathtub and refrigerated a bowl of Calgon but that wasn't half as annoying as tartar sauce on my sandwich. Come ...
Posted by MBatchellor on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:42:00 PST |
Not Enough Rocks |
Remember that scene in Forest Gump where Jenny throws rocks at the home of her miserable childhood and then falls to pieces? Forest has the perfect narration -- "Sometimes, there just aren't enough ro...
Posted by MBatchellor on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:22:00 PST |
