The Film Father - The Mission Statement
Hello Internet! I’ve been a father to a wonderful, bright, goofy little neurospicy ball of joy for 52 months now and it’s been… a ride. He was born two months before the world ended (member those days?) but while I assume his newborn/toddler years have been slightly abnormal, I have literally no frame of reference for what would constitute ‘normal’ (which is .. good, in a way..? I guess..?). It’s been a trip, personally, though. One thing they never tell you about fatherhood is how much *time* it takes. Thinking about it logically, I mean, sure - all of a sudden you’re responsible for a literal Human Life other than your own. You help it grow, nurture it, sustain it. This takes love. This takes energy. But more than anything it takes *time*. In The Beforetimes (ie. BD - ‘Before Dude’) I would go to 30-40 movies per year. I’ve gone to see five total in theatre since his birth. Sure, a deadly global pandemic plays into that a teeny bit, but it’s really a case of time management. When you...