Bill Gauthier's Blog, page 20
September 13, 2013
Friday in Gautham: An Introduction to My Views on Friday the 13th
If you grew up in the 1980s, you know that horror was king. In the bookstores, the horror section featured many books with lurid covers that titillated and frightened those of us curious–and brave–enough to venture into the section. Late night TV was creeping with horror. And in the multiplex, a turf war was going […]
September 5, 2013
Schedules, Meltdowns, & Burgers, or My Thursday in September
Whoa-ho-ho! What a day, friends! But I’ll get to that in a minute or so. I’ve decided to attempt to schedule my creative time. I actually decided thismonths ago, and began really thinking about it a couple of weeks back. Tonight I put pen to calendar and I thought I’d share. I read this article […]
September 4, 2013
Quick Video: Summer Vacation
I meant to post this here back when I put the video on YouTube, but forgot. It’s Baby G and I messing with my iPad’s cam. Ain’t she cute?
September 2, 2013
The Next Movie Essay Series Will Be…
The poll way back in July gave me a winner. However, I never got to the watch winning series of movies when I wanted to so I haven’t written the essays yet. That said, there’d beenanother set of essays I’d already started and am almost finished with, so that’s what I’m going with, especially considering […]
August 30, 2013
Friday Night Lights…Out
Friday.Friday. Friday. F.R.I.D.A.Y. Friday. This has been a long, emotional week. My 15-year-old was here most of the week because her mother was on vacation and that was great. She was mostly on her computer, which is normal for teens, yes? But she also played with the baby and played along with us. It was […]
August 24, 2013
Turning In the Geek Card, or Fandom Undone
The deranged traditions of science fiction “fandom” are overwhelmingly attractive, particularly to those few boys and girls who are the outcasts of their high school classes because of wonky thought processes, a flair for the bizarre, and physical appearance that denies them the treasures of sorority membership or a position on the football team. For […]
August 22, 2013
Henry & Ben, or Superman & Batman
I never did get to post my thoughts on the Superman/Batman movie that was announced at the San Diego Comic Con. I wanted to but it just sort of slipped away. I’m excited about the Superman/Batman movie, though not as excited as I was 10 years ago. I likedMan of Steel well enough and am […]
August 19, 2013
We’re Turnin’ Around & Headin’ Back, or When the Work-In-Progress Is a Bitch
I hit an exciting milestone in the novel a week or so ago. I got to the halfway point in the second draft. I knew the work was going to get harder because the character I excised really started doing stuff in the second half of the book. The way I’ve been working on the […]
August 4, 2013
Dear Mr./Ms. I’m-Too-Cool-For-School: Fuck You
So today the social mediaverse was alive with the news of BBC’s announcement of the 12th Doctor of its long-running showDoctor Who. I am a new Whovian, having only begun watching the show via Netflix late last year (I’m still waiting for Amazon Prime to get the second half of series 7, or Netflix the […]
July 30, 2013
The Nap, or The Child Crying in the Other Room as I Try to Be a Good Parent
So I’m sitting in my office at 3:25 PM on a Tuesday. Baby G is in her playpen. She needs a nap. Daddy stopped being nice. You see, Baby G has taken every nap this summer that she’s been with meon me. I’ve made reference to this on Facebook and Twitter, calling myself a hostage. […]
