So,
it's official: the Ol' Bait Shop is no longer a bachelor pad.
As of 10/22/05, yours truly is now officially hitched to the Polish Princess
formerly known as Amy Jeglinski. One of these days I'll get around
to posting details of our delightful California honeymoon and the full
track listings for our limited edition wedding soundtrack boxed set on
my blog, but in the meantime I'll just give a shout out to our parents
for making it all possible, to Peter Clayman
for his outstanding photography, to
Jim LaPierre for his groovy deejay work, to Rev. Richard Fewkes for his
superlative ministering, to Robin Broden for her loverly floral arrangements
and to the Manchester
Country Club for their delicious coconut shrimp hors d'ouevres (and
all the rest of their good work hosting our nuptials and reception).
If you're planning a little matrimony of your own in the greater New England
area, be sure to check them out -- they were quite a team. As for
newlywed life, I have to say I'm really enjoying it so far (give or take
an ill-fated trip to Ikea).
Meanwhile,
the life academic continues hereabouts, with more classes upcoming at U-Mass
Boston (both as teaching assistant and student) and the recent publication
of one of my stories in the school's acclaimed literary journal,
The
Watermark. And, of course, I'm still teaching at the Burt
Wood School, the Cambridge Center, Brookline
Adult Ed. and Boston Casting,
but the real plan for 2006 is to finally finish a few long-festering (I
mean fermenting) Bait Shop projects, namely the novel I've been
drafting as part of my work towards a Master's degree and the long awaited
Meat City Beatniks musical...
...but,
thanks to the kind of superstitious magical thinking that used to prevent
Johnny Damon
from grooming himself, I'm not at liberty to discuss any of the projects
in the Ol' Bait Shop Research & Development labs at present, so instead
I'll just note that Michael Douglas
still seems interested in the script I wrote with my frequent partner in
crime Jed Weintrob (but again,
more on that when there's more to report)...and speaking of Jed, his second
feature The
F-Word is now available on DVD, and Super
Vision (our recent collaboration with The
Builder's Association and d-box)
played the BAM Next
Wave Festival in late 2005 and is possibly even coming to a city near
you sometime in The
Year of the Dog.
Moving
on to political news, you may recall from previous episodes my talk of
a fundraising video for Representative
Tom O'Brien (featuring testimonials from Chris
and Marianne Leone Cooper
and Congressman Barney Frank).
Well, I'm not saying I had anything to do with it, but Rep. O'Brien's film
incentives bill was finally signed into law by the state legislature
in 2005, which is good news (theoretically) for the struggling Massachusetts
film industry...and what's good for the Massachusetts film industry may
some day, in some way be good for me. Or it may just tie up traffic.
Anyway, that's all for now, but make sure to check out the Bait Shop Top Tens for my Best (and Worst) of 2005...and, as always, stay tuned!