by Ira | Sep 27, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
Tonight’s title is “Uuuuuuuggghhhh” just because the A’s just blew another save (that’s 30 this year. THIRTY BLOWN SAVES). Otherwise, today was amazing. Slept in. Had some delicious breakfast. Went to Powell’s and got some cool...
by Ira | Sep 26, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
We’re nestled into the Mark Spencer Hotel in downtown Portland. Long day of travel. We were up at 5:30 (well, first alarm went of at 5:30…we were UP closer to 5:50), flight was at 8:00. That was all smooth. I slept in and out on the plane, which is a...
by Ira | Sep 25, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
One more wedding. And saving the best for last, of course 😎 Liz and I have had a lot of weddings over the past 12 months. Eight of them, I think? We’re at that age, I suppose. This the last one, at least that we know of/is scheduled at this point. Mike...
by Ira | Sep 24, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
It’s super suuuuuper late…so this will be a quick one. Wrote. It was dope. Worked. It was busy. Got my car smogged and my teeth cleaned. Watched Temple of Doom with Josh and we podcasted about it. What a day!...
by Ira | Sep 23, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
I need to have more faith in myself sometimes. Writing today was a little rough. I have a couple scenes that I think are shoe leather. That, plus me not having written much over the past two weeks, and I was down on myself. Frustrated. I needn’t be. It’s...
by Ira | Sep 22, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
It was a rough week this past week for me creatively. Practically a zero. I did get ONE good, long writing session in, so it wasn’t entirely lost. But, it was a hard one. It happens. I think it’s always going to happen. Embracing that and just letting go...