Pride!

Yesterday was Pride Day in Albany, complete with a parade and a party and politics. Thirty or forty years ago, you would not see a police escort at a gay pride parade, which makes me proud of the photo just below mine. We are starting to progress...a bit.

History

Last night, based on the numbers, Senator Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination and will face Sen. John McCain in the fall.

This is the first non-white politician to be the presumed nominee of either party.

This is history.

And whether you agree or not with his ideology, the historical significance of this moment cannot be lost on any American.

Two Bachelors

Taken by L.F. McLain; two bachelors in the Cloister.

INT - Normalcy

From the American Primitive screenplay, Part IV Pints.

Painter meets up with a NYC hotel bartender, they spend the weekend in his hotel room; he foolishly falls in love and thinks of forsaking others for her.

He is delusional, of course.

There are other subplots, too: Conflict of Interest, Bongos and Bourbon, and Passing the Torch.

Progress on "Dulcinea"

As part of my American Quixotic series, I am making progress on my Duclinea piece.



The two below are to be shown starting June 6 at the UAG People's Choice Show.

State of Things

This is a very lonely house, where we set up shop and brought our cats and hosted parties and lay in bed during the months of pregnancy and brought home our daughter. It is now a very lonely place, especially at night, especially after my little girl goes to sleep and I am alone here.

Lonely, almost eerie.

I used to love this house. It used to be home. I thought I would live here until I died.

Now I have a new residence, which feels more like home, and in 12 years, upon the graduation of my daughter, I shall move on from Albany.

Home is no longer home anymore...the city, the house, the state of things.

Things have indeed changed.

New Blog

I have set up a new blog, one which requires an invitation to be submitted in order to read it, about the making of the American Primitive screenplays.

The reason that this is an invitation only blog, is that it might be more racy or bold in its writings than this blog, as it will attempt to go a little darker and more in detail about the thinking behind the film.

If you are interested in reading it, simply write me at fprmclain@hotmail.com, or comment below, and I will invite you.