by Ira | Mar 3, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Third day writing an hour, and I’m really starting to enjoy it, actually. I can already feel some momentum building, and I really don’t know why it took me so fucking long to just do this. BUT, that feeling is very very much tempered by the fact that...
by Ira | Mar 2, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
The Oscars were tonight. Ellen Degeneres hosted. I freaking love her, I pretty much think everything she does is hilarious, and she is the *perfect* type of comedian for such a straight-laced , we-take-this-seriously-type event…but even she felt mostly like a...
by Ira | Mar 1, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Yup, day one of the writing challenge, which I’m deciding right now will be 60 days long, commenced today. And it felt great. In fact, I’m feeling rather accomplished tonight despite the fact that the editing work kind of fell apart in the later hours of...
by Ira | Feb 28, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Tomorrow, the 30-day challenge commences. Actually, it’s going to be 31 days, since March has 31 days. Whatever, you know what I mean. Oh holy balls I am tired right now. I’m definitely not back to 100%. Day started off great, I really felt like my feet...
by Ira | Feb 27, 2014 | Challenge, Film, Journal, Reviews
Why didn’t this film get more awards buzz and recognition last year? Can someone tell me? Because it is head and shoulders above pretty much *everything* else that came out of last year’s “awards” crop. Except for Life of Pi. Martin McDonagh is...
by Ira | Feb 26, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Rain has returned to Southern California…and I guess pretty much all of California. I’m sure we’ve all seen the news reports about how insanely dry it’s been, and nowhere is that more true than SoCal. To this point, we’d received 10% of...
