My first flight from Tulsa on Thursday morning took off just after 6:00 AM, so I got to fly through the sunrise. I took several pictures which would have been astounding if the airplane window had not been so filthy.
I had a great time with the Thompsons. I even played a little Airsoft with Collin — and got to use against him the gun he threatened me with the the movie. Ah, sweet revenge.
Friday night arrived and we headed over to St. Michael's Media for the screening. Almost everybody was there.
Sadly, the Thorns were unable to make the trip from Ohio, and a couple of our actors (Leslie Burken, Mrs. O'Connor, Young Sarah O'Connor) were also missing — but we nevertheless had a good crowd.
Zyrek Castelino, our wonderful, indispensable audio engineer and all-around fantastic guy is moving to Indiana this weekend. So we included in the festivities a surprise farewell party for him. We even got Clare to cut the cake with the knife from the movie! (She was reluctant at first — she even went so far as to try to give me the knife ... scary thought! — but she accomplished the feat quite well.)
May the Lord bless you in this new leg of your journey of life, Zyrek!
Here are a few faces of the awesome people I was so blessed to meet again ...
Annick Marshall takes a bite of Zyrek's going-away cake while photophiliac Evan Thompson grins at the camera.
Allision Marshall also samples the cake.
Danielle Thompson and Evvie Marshall chat.
Zyrek and Annick ... two of the most awesome people in the world.
Staredown contest between Catrina Marshall and me. Longest staredown I've ever had. We each won once.
I had a wonderful time with my "family away from family", and hopefully sometime I'll come back to visit again.
Until then....
— The Panther
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