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June 14, 2022
Day 3,148: Lick lick lick
The pups sure do a lot of licking at the end of the night. Lick lick lick. I love it so much. Truly. That’s what bedtime sounds like.
It’s late. Need to make this a quick one. TIRED. Extra tired. But, my day was crazy.
Writing was fine. Working on my last act. Have to figure it out. Client work was great. Work was busy as fuuuuck. Got my hair cut. Wiped. Hoping I can get in a nice long nap tomorrow. We. Shall. See.
night night
June 13, 2022
Day 3,147: Americans Are Wild
Both Liz and I were reading the same article on melatonin tonight; how the entire rest of the world, basically, restricts the use of the stuff and only prescribes it in very specific, acute cases of insomnia. But here, we sell it right over the counter.
Doesn’t seem like there’s strong evidence of harm that it can do…but it does artificially inflate the hormone…or whatever it is…enzyme, I think, actually…it does inflate that like 300x the amount our brain makes naturally. Ugh. I’ve read befor...
June 12, 2022
Day 3,146: Late!
It’s already past bed time. Need to make this a fast one:
Got to see Tiffany and the kiddos, Crystal and her kiddo, and Damien and Darryl today down in Newport. They have a giant new house, and they made brunch. Twas delightful. That took up the first half of the day, basically, and then we came home, took a nap, and then I went out and worked on my office some more.
It’s coming along out there. I wanted to be done with it this weekend, but it’s okay that it’s not. Significant progress was...
June 11, 2022
Day 3,145: ABBA
Abba wrote the hits, man. They were kind of a machine weren’t they?
Writing this on the phone tonight because I just realized I left my iPad out in my office and I’m too half-naked now to go get it. Yes. You read that right. Half naked. You’re welcome.
Productive rest day today! I usually struggle with my off-days. Lots of floating anxiety over what I should be doing, how much I should be resting, etc. Little bit of that today, but not much. I had an epic nap this afternoon that was desper...
June 10, 2022
Day 3,144: Chicken and Lamb
I went (a little) viral today on Twitter. Couple thousand likes. Never happened before, so that was cool. Just a stupid little joke.
Dubs won. It was A GAME. We were done at one point. It looked like it was over, and if we went down 3-1, it would have been over. Truly, I believe that. We had to win this game. And we did.
Whew.
Got my work done. Didn’t get in a nap, but I did get my full eight hours of sleep.
Now…to sleep on time and up tomorrow to continue cracking away at this outli...
June 9, 2022
Day 3,143: Oysters
It’s a late one! Podcasted tonight instead of Friday. It works out perfectly tho because the Warriors play tomorrow night, and I’d miss the game if we podcasted. Obviously.
Movie was great. Digging this latest project we’re doing of just showing each other random films. It’s really, really fun and you can hear it in the live recordings we do.
Writing was solid today in that I did it, and I’m digging into this particular storyline and figuring it out. Frustrating in that I haven’t figured i...
June 8, 2022
Day 3,142: A stumble
Not the best writing day today, but I am undeterred! Back at it tomorrow. Need to sleep now. Night night 😛
June 7, 2022
Day 3,141: Boy Band Song
I went and saw the new musical my wife is helping world-premiere: Chriskirkpatrickmas and it is SO GOOD.
Chris Kirkpatrick from NSync has one christmas wish: for the band to get back together. But, he’s visited by the ghost of Marky-Mark to travel through the past and reevaluate who he really is, what he wants, and what makes him special just who he is as Chris.
It’s a really, REALLY sweet show, and the music is SO GOOD. It’s playing right now at the Fringe Festival here in LA. Go see it.
...June 6, 2022
Day 3,140: Masterpiece
Long day.
I got my two hours of writing in. Kinda wiped me out, but I freaking did it. It felt so GOOD. I got a ton done, too. I’ve ramped back up into my story. Or, storytelling. Finding rhythm again.
Whew. I’m exhausted. That’s about all I have for you kids today, I think, except to say that there was this Twitter thing going around today about sharing four stills from a film that you think is a masterpiece, and it was super interesting to see what people had posted.
Defining a master...
June 5, 2022
Day 3,139:
busy busy busy weekend.
Two birthdays. Coco treadmill. AND my last session with my therapist Jillian, which was this morning (straight from there to a friends’ baby’s first birthday). It was hard and heartfelt to say goodbye. She’s been a huge part of my life the past three years. And now she’s going on to bigger and better things. I’m very excited and happy for her, and I know she is the same for me.
Big things are ahead. It feels so far away and so impossible most of the time, but it’s n...
