by Ira | Jul 10, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Mopey tantrum completed! Today was exactly what I needed it to be. I forced myself to go work out, which was an exercise in pain and humility, but I fucking did it. I took a couple naps that were the necessary kind as opposed to the make-you-feel-like-shit kind. And,...
by Ira | Jul 9, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Guys…my dog is really fluffy. I’m not sure if you were really aware of that. He’s sitting next to me right now. He had a long day today. He was home by himself for a while as Liz and I went to go see Snowpiercer. Then, we had people over tonight to...
by Ira | Jul 8, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Today was one of those days. Nothing happened according to schedule, and by the time I was finally sitting down to get some work done, it was almost 4:00… I also listened to a podcast about television writing that made me feel really anxious about how I’ve...
by Ira | Jul 7, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Tonight’s entry really isn’t about that awesome album series, but I was just thinking about how today was a nice return to normalcy in terms of what my goals were and what I got accomplished…and that though reminded me of that series from the early...
by Ira | Jul 6, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
So, I was just finishing up work for the day, listening to some Skrillex to keep me pumped and on task. Skrillex pretty much always makes me think of my brother Russell. It’s just this thing, I just know that Russell would have been into Skrillex. He really...
by Ira | Jul 5, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
My discipline has slipped a bit over these past two weeks, this week especially. I’m feeling the need to re-evaluate, re-commit, come clean, and continue. I almost just wrote “start over,” but that’s not really fair, is it? I’m not...