by Ira | Jun 4, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Thumbing it tonight. Joy just haaaad to curl up in my lap, so no room for the iPad. She’s such a snug. I love it. Got eight pages written today, which is better than six, the standard, but not as many as twelve. I just petered out by the end of the day because work...
by Ira | Jun 3, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
List three books that have had an impact on me. Resisting the urge to make a joke and say the bible. Honestly, the first one that came to mind, because it was recent, was the Dan Simmons series of essays on Writing Well. Massively influenced by that, which essentially...
by Ira | Jun 2, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Coops spent allllll day with me today out in my office. Sweet boy. It’s late, so this is gonna be a short one…but I’m excited about filming our podcast. Whether or not Liz does social media for it (and I hope she does), I’ve turned the corner and am really looking...
by Ira | Jun 1, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Today I learned that ‘jidaigeki’ film is a Japanese genre that means its a period drama, and specifically the time period in Japan before the Meiji restoration, which was when—among other things—Japan began to heavily industrialize. So…the period before all that. The...
by Ira | May 31, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
I find myself ruminating tonight about ‘toiling away in obscurity.’ And just as I type those words, I think I know where this rumination ends, but before skipping to the end… I just. I post this blog—these journal entries, because that’s what they are—online. It is...
by Ira | May 29, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Today I learned that Brett McKenzie and Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords were roommates in college, and that’s how they started performing together. Taika Waititi was also at the college at the same time, and they were in at least a couple different comedy...
