by Ira | May 14, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
My streak of Mondays continued today! I wrote 3,000 words, and I did it honestly without toooo much effort. I just set my timers, and I wrote. It does help that I’m writing an interesting section of the book, where some dominoes that I’ve set up are...
by Ira | May 14, 2018 | Film, Reviews
The Rock, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and the actress who plays Nebula in Guardians and Avengers…all playing high school kids trapped in adult bodies? YES. I AM IN. Full stop, wanted to see this movie since it premiered, and I was not disappointed. THE BLURB: Four...
by Ira | May 13, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Tonight was movie night! 🙂 We had Aaron and Marie over, and we watched Jumangi: Welcome to the Jungle. It was really good, and the company was even better. I wrote juuuust shy of 1,000 words today, and I’m going to go for 3,000 words tomorrow, give or take. That...
by Ira | May 12, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Today was a raw day. Not sure why…it just was. I did a lot of reading. I watched a movie, Lion, and wrote a review of it. It was an Oscar contender a couple years ago, and I can see why. It’s not a perfect movie, but what it lacks in the middle are more...
by Ira | May 12, 2018 | Film, Reviews
Lion is based on one of the more incredible true stories I’ve ever heard, quite frankly. Does the film live up to that incredible story? Mostly, yes. THE BLURB: Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from...