by Ira | Oct 2, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
The Ho and I watched the very pretty, very problematic Passengers tonight and there was one very, very clear takeaway from that movie: don’t be a creeper. It’s honestly not giving anything away about that movie, given that this happens within the first 20 minutes or...
by Ira | Oct 1, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
Man, I didn’t think about it really till just now, but I had a day full of acronyms. We just got back from seeing one Liz’s castmates in Disjointed at UCB. She’s so freaking funny, and her improv is pretty much the only improv that I’ll go to and KNOW that I’m going...
by Ira | Sep 30, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
Jake Bern got married today! Jake has been a friend of Liz’s for a long, long time now. Almost 10 years, I think. I’ve known him for just about as long, and he’s been together with Brooke for almost that long, too. He’s a very charismatic guy, at home in a crowd of...
by Ira | Sep 29, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
Shot! We went and saw Hamilton tonight at the Pantages in Hollywood. It was…pretty dope, guys. I was not expecting to like it as much as I did. There were also some things that weren’t so spectacular—the cast, for example, was a bit of a mixed...
by Ira | Sep 28, 2017 | Challenge, Journal
The Ho and I watched Get Out tonight. It was really good! I highly recommend it. Not only does it play on some wonderful genre tropes and give them a twist (and some strong racial commentary), it’s a fun horror movie which is really the only thing it ever...
