by Ira | Jun 13, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Late! As per usual on a Friday night. We podcasted. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind was the film, Miyazaki’s second, and it brought it. Incredible how much of him is in that film, how much he’s the director already we all know and love. I remember watching it for...
by Ira | Jun 12, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
I feel a million miles away from my writing right now. Sigh. It’s only been a week, I guess, but it feels soooo much more. Especially since I was going to be sending new pages over to my cowriter tomorrow. Sigh. It’s just been insanely insanely busy. Wildly busy. I...
by Ira | Jun 11, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Late already so I be making this a quick one, but a solid day today. Netflix is busy busy busy so it was getting that stuff done, helping Liz prepare for an audition, taking care of the pups, and sneaking in a very brief 15 minute snooze after lunch, just to keep me...
by Ira | Jun 10, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Loooonnnggg day. Got up early to walk the pups before it was 100 degrees out. The carrot there was going to Dutch Bros and walking around the really nice neighborhood. Saw some landscaping that we want to emulate for our own house. Got breakfast after that from one of...
by Ira | Jun 9, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Joy’s wild. We got into Madhuri and Joe’s, and she’s running around the house like a mad lady, army crawling underneath shelves, rubbing her back up against the bottom of the bed. She’s crazy. She’ll calm down for bed, though. I know it. Liz just hasn’t come back in...
by Ira | Jun 8, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
There are national guard troops all over LA. Literally saw a truck full of them driving down the freeway. And let me say as loud as I possibly can: FUCK. THAT. SHIT. Fuuuuuuuuuck that. Landing troops in my city, blackhawks and machines guns and fatigues with roaming...
