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Day 4,328: I Guess

Day 4,328: I Guess

Once again, thumbing it. Joy is snugged up in the exact spot I’d need to put my iPad to write this entry, and she’s not budging. Silly baby. Another day a bit out of it. Going to be out and about tomorrow super early and away until the afternoon, I think. So…it was...

Day 4,327: Two Thirds

Day 4,327: Two Thirds

Thumbing it tonight. Joy just haaaad to curl up in my lap, so no room for the iPad. She’s such a snug. I love it. Got eight pages written today, which is better than six, the standard, but not as many as twelve. I just petered out by the end of the day because work...

Day 4,236: Tweak

Day 4,236: Tweak

List three books that have had an impact on me. Resisting the urge to make a joke and say the bible. Honestly, the first one that came to mind, because it was recent, was the Dan Simmons series of essays on Writing Well. Massively influenced by that, which essentially...

Day 4,235: Meds

Day 4,235: Meds

Coops spent allllll day with me today out in my office. Sweet boy. It’s late, so this is gonna be a short one…but I’m excited about filming our podcast. Whether or not Liz does social media for it (and I hope she does), I’ve turned the corner and am really looking...

Day 4,234: Spicy Grand Prix

Day 4,234: Spicy Grand Prix

Today I learned that ‘jidaigeki’ film is a Japanese genre that means its a period drama, and specifically the time period in Japan before the Meiji restoration, which was when—among other things—Japan began to heavily industrialize. So…the period before all that. The...

Day 4,233: Obscurity

Day 4,233: Obscurity

I find myself ruminating tonight about ‘toiling away in obscurity.’ And just as I type those words, I think I know where this rumination ends, but before skipping to the end… I just. I post this blog—these journal entries, because that’s what they are—online. It is...

Day 4,232: March List

Day 4,232: March List

Today I learned that Brett McKenzie and Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords were roommates in college, and that’s how they started performing together. Taika Waititi was also at the college at the same time, and they were in at least a couple different comedy...

Day 4,231: Lickums

Day 4,231: Lickums

Zonked! Long, loooonnggg work day today. Had a new project come in from work that involved curating clips, which is always super brain-intensive for me. It takes work to get those clips right, you know? Of course you do. That’s why we’re friends 🙂 Had a great morning...

Day 4,230: One Eighteen

Day 4,230: One Eighteen

Do I remember life before the internet? I do! Barely… Essentially, as soon as I was old enough to use the internet, the internet was around. It happened in grade school. I remember an ISP called ‘Prodigy.’ There was a puzzle game you could play, a way to chat with...

Day 4,229: Push

Day 4,229: Push

Today I learned that the roman poet Virgil is most famous for the Aeneid which is an epic poem ostensibly about the founding of Rome, notable for the fact that it doesn’t include the characters/persons of Romulus or Remus. There were many different foundation stories...