The Summer is almost upon us here in San Francisco, and that means one word .... COOOOOLD. Having lived for most of my life in climates that are, as you'd expect, cold in the Winter, and warm in the Summer, it still takes me by surprise each year here in San Francisco, when, beginning in late May, it gets so darned cold. The fog swoops in through the Golden Gate, and the wind follows sharply on its tail, whipping the waters of the Bay into whitecaps, and you receive the brunt of it each time you gingerly round a street corner.

It's also the time, each year, when I get excited about the big San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which arrives in late June. I used to always work for them as a volunteer usher, so that I could get to see the movies for free. This year, though, I'm participating in a completely different way, since I placed an advertisement for this website in their catalog. It's the first time I've ever advertised, and I only did it this time so that maybe a visiting film-maker might offer me a part in his next movie :)

So much has been happening recently, that I'm not sure what the subject of this journal entry should be. To start with, I had my interview with the BBC on Monday, which went a lot better than I'd expected. I imagined that I'd be nervous, and lost for words, but, as it turned out, I managed to find my tongue and gave the frequently smiling interviewer some things to think about. It helped that most of the questions were about the subject I'm most familiar with, i.e. myself. The only times at which I was left floundering was when we ventured further afield, and she asked me for my opinions on subjects like what should and shouldn't be legal activities in cyberspace. I, of course, only thought of good answers for those questions about an hour after the interview was concluded.

Yesterday, I presented my student movie to my film-class, and they seemed to enjoy it. It's a piece of fluff, really, but as an exercise in figuring out how to make a movie, it was worthwhile, and it's fun to watch.

There's been a bit of a feeling of anti-climax, though. I've spent the past few weeks working very hard on that class, and now I'm not sure where to go next. I'm no longer sure that I want to make the full-length feature movie I was planning on, largely because I now realize that it's a hell of a lot of work to put into a script I'm not crazy about. I'm considering enrolling part-time in the Film program at City College, but in view of my fatigue problems, I don't know if I'll have the energy to take even two classes per semester.

As I've mentioned a couple of times, I've been seeing a new doctor about my long-running battle against intermittent fatigue, and this week he finally reviewed the test results with me. This is going to sound strange, but I was very happy to find out that there actually may be something wrong with me. For as long as I've had this problem (and it's been with me for most of my adult life), I've heard people tell me from time to time that it's all in my head. If that turned out to be true, then it wouldn't leave me much of an avenue left to fix the problem. So I was inordinately relieved when the doctor noticed something important in my results. It's too early to know anything for sure, but next week I'm seeing a specialist he's referring me to; I'll let you know what happens.

And now I'm going to go lie down and watch the season finale of "The Sopranos", which I taped the other day. I'm just glad I've managed to get through the week without anybody telling me who got whacked! If you've never seen this show, you're missing the best television program ever made. I mean that! Each episode is like seeing one of the best movies of the year. For anybody who's interested in making movies, it's an absolute inspiration.