From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   So at one point Gary the Lesley submitted a film and then   
   later withdrew it. And I wasn't surprised.   
      
   And I said I wasn't surprised.   
      
   And I wrestled with saying this because in the past I   
   tried to post "Predictions" in order to jinx them.   
      
       ...I "Foresee" bad outcomes, I post about them here,   
   "Predicting" them in the hopes of laying on the jinx, so   
   these bad outcomes do not come to fruition.   
      
   That's what I do.   
      
   So I don't like posting "Predictions" when they're not   
   of much significance.   
      
   Whether Gary Lesley withdraws a film or not isn't going   
   to mean the difference of war or peace. It's not going   
   to save or destroy lives. The planet's orbit isn't going   
   to shift, the earth is not going to break off, careening   
   into the sun.   
      
   I guess I'm saying I don't want to "Use Up" my jinxing   
   super powers on something that literally nobody outside   
   my little world could ever notice. But...   
      
   I feel that this film we received a little while ago,   
   the one that I'm in:  It's going the way of the Psycho   
   Ray Sasquatch.   
      
   I think we'll see it withdrawn before the festival start.   
      
   AND for the same reasons as Gary Lesley withdrew. NOT   
   whatever rationalization the Gnome on stilts managed   
   to dream up, his real reason.   
      
   So why am I "Predicting" it if I don't like to post   
   predictions unless I would like to jinx them? Cus.   
      
   That's why.   
      
   I thought about this and I concluded that I wanted to go   
   on record BEFORE it happened BECAUSE if I only said   
   something afterwards it might look like a Postecy.   
      
   "Oh, sure, you  /Predicted/  it AFTER it happened!"   
      
   And it's not really important to a Steven character or   
   some stranger in Michigan if a particular film featuring   
   JTEM is not screened at the Ostrich. It's already   
   screened in Providence, at the very least. And I've been   
   part of many films, mostly behind the scenes but a   
   number of times in front of the camera, that have screened   
   at festivals, including with this same filmmaker!   
      
   So this isn't earth shattering.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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