by Ira | Jan 10, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Sick as dogs. Don’t know where that phrase came from…not sure I actually care to know, now that I really think about it. It’s probably something terrible 😛 Have you ever noticed that about old turns of phrase? How so many of them are, like, super...
by Ira | Jan 9, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
We’re dropping like flies over here at the Ho-Heinichen household! The Ho…now has the sickness. Poor thing. She was all bundled up on the couch actually shivering with the chills. My fever never got quite that bad, but hers has. Sigh. She was actually...
by Ira | Jan 8, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
It rained today in LA for the first time, really, this winter. Rained all day pretty much, and there’s more rain in the forecast. I always love it when it rains. Makes me think of home in NorCal, where it basically rains every day from November through April....
by Ira | Jan 8, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Making this one quick. It’s 1am because my whole sleep sched is off due to the sickness. I read today, which was nice. I haven’t in a couple months because I’d been so focused on writing. I shouldn’t ever stop doing stuff like that because of...
by Ira | Jan 7, 2018 | Film, Reviews
Of Guillermo Del Toro, I will say this: he is a maker of *films*. He doesn’t just make movies, he always has an eye to doing something artistic, meaningful, and unique. He has what those of us in the writing business would call a “voice.” The Shape...
