by Ira | Jul 30, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Watching a Grand Designs right now about a family (a dad) building their own house with no money and it’s taking ages…and I remember this house. I believe it doesn’t get done in time for the first episode so they come back to it later…and I might be conflating it with...
by Ira | Jul 29, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
A non-starter day. Blech. Didn’t have the focus. But I will tomorrow. The full day. That’s all I have to say about that. I started Portrait of a Lady on Fire and it is already fantastic. Moving. Doesn’t explain itself but crystal fucking clear. The *sound* is...
by Ira | Jul 28, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
We watched a really cool episode of Grand Designs tonight that was about a lifeboat house—one of those ones built right on the beach with the launch ramp attached so the boat can be deployed at any time, like, from the Coast Guard—that this older couple was converting...
by Ira | Jul 27, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
The My Chemical Romance show is pretty spectacular. Might be the most impressive concert I’ve ever been to, at least in terms of storytelling and theatricality. I was really, really impressed. And their music is also just so good for live performance. Very glad we...
by Ira | Jul 26, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Had an author hang today, and it was delightful. It was just four of us, but that made it so easy to have a nice long catch up. One author I knew decently already, but the other two I’d only ever met very briefly, so it was really cool to get to know them. Community...
by Ira | Jul 25, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Passed the 400-page mark. Milestone. I have another full day of writing tomorrow to make up for what I lost this week and last…but then I’ll basically be right on target. One more week I think? Maybe a couple days past that? We’ll see. Night.
