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Day 4,204: Wai

Is there a quote I live my life by or think of often?

Several, but the first one that comes to mind is: do less more often. Shout out to Dallas Travers for teaching me that one. I don’t think she does mindset and business coaching for actors anymore, but she used to, and that one really stuck with me. It’s truly—for me—the trick to sustained creativity. Before encountering that philosophy, I didn’t really think about how I went about being productive. I did it when I felt like it, which meant...

Day 4,203: Pages!

What is my favorite holiday, and why?

Christmas. Always has been and always will be. What a magical time of year, right? Family. Baked goods. Pretty decorations. Its cold—and where I grew up: wet—so we all get cozy. There’s travel, and festivals, and parties, and we’re thinking about the year that’s gone by and spending time with our loved ones. It’s hard when we’ve lost loved ones, I know; I’ve been through that very personally…but I have found with time that it’s made me enjoy, savor the ho...

Day 4,202: World

A zero day writing-wise. I was too amped up from last night I think. The playoff game. Some news about a friend of ours. And just a long work day, you know? So…tonight, trying to take it chill, get to bed on time and whatnot.

Forgot my iPad out in my office so we’re thumbing it tonight. A solid day. Got everything else done. Was able to spend some QT with Bear. We started a new doc that looks really good about Saturation Divers and a big accident that happened. Harrowing! I think everyone is ...

Day 4,201: Peptide Cake

It was a long long day. Warriors won to go up 3-1, got up on time to write in the AM, and Netflix work was so busy I didn’t get to write in the PM, but that’s okay. Now it’s late and sleep beckons. Night night.

Day 4,200: This Is What We Do

It was a good good Sunday. Whew! I’m done with the sickness. I had energy to get some solid work done out in the front yard—and it was productive, too. My goal was to weed the entire front patch, and I was able to do that. Easier pulling those since the soil and/or mulch is all loose, but still—nice to be able to set a goal and reach it.

Laundry, too. Lying in clean sheets at the moment and it’s bliss. Joy snuggled against my legs. Talking script analysis with Bear. It rained for a little bit...

Day 4,199: Toast

Twas a day of sports ball. First, I woke up pretty early to see if it was possible to watch the Wycombe game, but alas, it had not been selected to show here in the States, so I just looked up what the final score was. Wycombe had lost. Which meant, with a win, Wrexham could secure promotion today. That sent the blood pressure rising.

I watched the Wrexham game. They came out guns blazing. Two goals within two minutes of each other, all before the 20 minute mark. And then it was ‘squeaky bum’...

Day 4,198: Flood

We watched the film Flow tonight. It was gorgeous, my god, and it was good, too. It was ambitious and thoughtful at the same time. It reminded me very much of Scavenger’s Reign in the way that it was far more meditative than it was narrative. I could feel very early on that it was working story-wise in the realm of metaphor rather than anything literal, and that’s always a fun place to be. We looked up what the director had to say about it after finishing it, and he confirmed it. It’s very much ...

Day 4,197: Mark is Hot Helly’s Hot Dylan’s Hot Irv is Hot

Writing my entry tonight kinda sideways because Joy is laying right up against my lap and I can’t put my iPad on top of her to type. Such is the state of things, and I am powerless to change them.

I’m rewatching Andor Season 1 and y’all…it is…so…good. Objectively too slow in the first three episodes (the first two, specifically and most egregiously), but I just got to episode 4 and now we’re cooking! It just builds and builds and builds from there. Brilliant show.

I was texting my friend M...

Day 4,196: Jimmy’s Butt

Cold day 3…and it was…okay? Woke up feeling pretty normal. Had a little dip around midday, but then rallied after that. No nap. Got a ton of work done. Feeling decent tonight. Not bad.

The Warriors played game 2 tonight against a young upstart Houston team…and Jimmy Butler fell crazy hard on his butt. Lots of chatter over the play. It wasn’t dirty. It was an accident, I think. But very, very dangerous. He could be out for a long time. Or, he could be lucky and not miss a game. We’ll see. Hous...

Day 4,195: Feverless

Always a good sign when it’s nice to be home, right? Like…I love my life. I love leaving it to go on trips, certainly, but I also love coming home.

Still sick. But not as bad as I was afraid it would be. My sore throat is all but disappeared already, and the congestion is pretty mild. Had a bit of a fever in and out throughout the day, plus just super fatigued…but not bad. I think I’ll recover pretty quickly. Hope so.

Our friend Dayna is auditioning for Bake Off tomorrow and she spent all...