Allow me to take a moment to wish a happy birthday to a special friend of mine.
There are many things I could say about Cinco Paul, a screenwriter and father of three, husband to a brilliant and wonderful doctor, and all-around great guy.
His website, by the way, is here.
What I'll say is this. When I was young and stupid, when we both were on our high school debate team, I messed him over worse thn I've ever messed anyone over in my life.
I don't know how many people could supply a ready answer to the following question: What was the worst decision you ever made in your life? For me, it is easy. Messing Cinco Paul when I did. Worst thing.
And how did he respond? He was my enemy for six months. Then, neutral. And finally, he took me in as a third to the friendship he had with his friend Marty Sliwinski, and a world I had no right to enter. This was a world of movies, of books, of plays--something tht had always been a rumor.
Tem years ago this month I achieved my PhD, an honor I would not have achieved if not for Cinco pushing me to be the person I could be. Cinco, God love you.
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- BA: University of Southern California; MA: Binghamton University; PhD: University of Houston. Published stories, essays, reviews in numerous journals. Presently Chairman Ermeritus, Arts and Humanities, Houston Community College-Northeast.
2 comments:
Thanks, Joe. That was a great birthday present. You need to be careful; I'm getting emotional in my old age.
That event in high school looms large in my life as well, but for different reasons. I regret those six months I lost because of my inability to forgive. And as I recall, it was you who extended the hand of reconciliation--the "Do well" in the dressing room.
You are a great friend.
If you enjoyed the movie Despicable Me, you’ll probably enjoy this Mr. Media Radio interview with screenwriters Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul. http://www.mrmedia.com/2010/07/despicable-me-screenwriters-cinco-paul.html They also wrote Horton Hears a Who! and are working on an adaptation of The Lorax.
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