by Ira | Apr 13, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Good day today. I’m not sure how particularly good my writing was, but I’m also not sure if it was particularly bad. And that’s good! Because I just sat down and wrote. That was my goal. To let go. That’s the key for me. Just let the fuck go, Ira. Stop thinking. Stop...
by Ira | Apr 12, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
There’s so much music I’ve liked over the past decade or so that I’ve never got the chance to mix into a set. I’m listening to one such track right now. Future Perfect by Way Out West. The Henry Saiz remix. I don’t even know if Henry is still making music. I don’t...
by Ira | Apr 11, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Oooohhhh hohoho here it is. The LAST DAY I was missing. That’s pretty incredible you guys…I went from October 28, 2013 to April 11, 2020 — over six years — without missing a single post. And then I went the next three-plus years and only missed...
by Ira | Apr 10, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
It felt like a weekend today. The first one that’s felt like that in a long time. Liz and I hung out all day today and it was lovely. We watched TV together and ate food together and walked the pups, both morning and night, and we watched The Winter Soldier together...
by Ira | Apr 9, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Listening to soundtrack music right now, and I’m reminded just how impactful a proper death can be in a well-told story. I mean the death of a character that cuts you right to the core, that feels real and makes you think about real life. And, I suppose that’s why...