by Ira | Dec 6, 2013 | Challenge, Journal
I did it! I finished the legendary “Foundation” trilogy by the venerable Isaac Asimov. I’ve briefly mentioned before that it’s the first step, really, in what I’m calling “The Education of Ira.” You see, for someone...
by Ira | Dec 5, 2013 | Challenge, Journal
Went to another industry thing tonight with the Ho by the WGA, and this time it was Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the two go-to JJ Abrams scribes who have massively blown up in “recent” years; ie- Star Trek, Transformers, Fringe, etc etc etc. It was also...
by Ira | Dec 4, 2013 | Challenge, Journal
Not sure what I’m going to write about this evening, so I think I’ll just walk through my day. Do a sort-of “personal-log.” Which, by the way, has always struck as a really interesting thing. I wonder if the navy actually does use them. I doubt...
by Ira | Dec 3, 2013 | Challenge, Journal
There is some wind back in my sails. Gonna be real, I was *really* tired last night when I wrote the blog post. But, I did the right thing, I went to bed, got up on time this morning, did my shit, and here I am, propped up in bed, being serenaded by Liz’s...
by Ira | Dec 2, 2013 | Challenge, Journal
If I were a fighter jet right now, I’d have one of those gauges that Maverick is tapping desperately, hoping that it does not, in fact, read “empty.” Yeah, that was a Top Gun reference. Deal with it. 🙂 Work. Work. Work. It’s an unrelenting...
by Ira | Dec 1, 2013 | Challenge, Journal
Yup. Boom! And not in the George W. on the aircraft carrier way, I mean for reals. 41 minutes. 6 videos. Like a boss. Very satisfied, and very, very tired. No let-up tomorrow, as day 1 of December gets underway work-wise, rent-wise, and all the other-wise. So…...