Squigglebooth Launches

Just recently, I announced the launch of Ticklebooth -- a blog dedicated to finding extraordinary videos online. Now in addition to that, I have launched a companion site, Squigglebooth, that will feature video podcasts from a community of filmmakers. Each week, a new podcast episode will be posted. Currently, one of my films is playing there as episode #1. Check it out.

Maybe someday, after playing out its welcome in the festival circuit, you will find Dear Stranger playing at Squigglebooth.


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Fantasy submitted by "Lucky Seven"

Hello. This is Lucky Seven. I have several fantasies that I could have submitted, some in the same line as those already on the list, but I have decided to write about this one instead. My fantasy is simple -- my father is alive. He is here, in our physical world, someone with whom I can speak whenever I want, about whatever I want. My father died twice, both times when I was a teen. The first one was metaphoric, of course, whereas the second time was the final, physical death. In my fantasy, neither of these would have happened. I don't necessarily want other details in our lives to change, only that he would be alive, and, importantly, involved. As a teenager, he is there to see me off on prom night and at graduation, and later to visit when I'm off at university. He is there later on through all the ups and downs of the years of trials, victories, love and frustration. He is there to protect me. To love me without reason and question. He is there to understand, as I fantasize that he would, if he were alive, be the person who would understand my many thoughts and emotions. My fantasy is simple. My father is alive.

- Lucky Seven