Ira Heinichen's Blog, page 188
November 4, 2020
Day 2,562: Don’t Talk Politics
This is not the place for politics.
Politics are best discussed calmly and rationally, and ended with agreeing to disagree. Better yet: don’t talk about politics full-stop. Nothing good ever comes from it. Everyone just needs to calm down, chill out, see the humanity in the other side, and go about our daily lives.
I’ve seen a lot of online posts to this effect over the past few days and weeks. It’s always from my cis, straight, white friends and family. And I have to tell you, white frien...
November 3, 2020
Day 2,561: Limbo
It was not decisive tonight.
It was not a rebuke.
If Trump is to be elected out of office, it will almost certainly be in razor-thin fashion. Chances are, at this point, he won’t be. He’ll once again be elected president.
The predictions of a blue wave were wrong.
Fuck.
I don’t know my country any more. I really don’t. And it makes me sick.
But…I still have some hope. Let’s see those mail-in ballots make a difference.
More in the days and weeks to come…
Night.
November 2, 2020
Day 2,560: A Normal Day
Today…was a normal day.
Been a while, it feels like. I’m on top of work. I wrote in the morning. Woke up on time. Hung out with Liz in the evening.
It’s odd to say I had a normal day given that election day is happening tomorrow, as well as a big step forward in the project we’re working on…but it was. It was a normal, ordinary day.
I hope tomorrow is an extraordinary day. Please PLEASE let it be an extraordinary day; a slamming referendum of the American people denouncing racism, bigot...
November 1, 2020
Day 2,559: Reset
I was able to reset this weekend. And rest. Amazing what that will do, a little rest.
I’m honestly super stressed out about the election in a couple days. I want it to be over. I want Trump to be elected out of office. I’m afraid neither of those things are going to happen tomorrow.
I want the US to rebuke him and his entire corrupt, racist movement; to, in no uncertain terms, in a landslide of epic proportions, shut down everything they stand for and to claim our identity as a beacon of h...
Day 2,558: Le Quick
Another quick one tonight.
We finished watching Lovecraft Country tonight. Powered through to the end. One of the more bombastic, energetic shows I’ve seen in a long time.
Happy Spooky Day everyone. We got to spend time with Joe and Madhuri and Ashika. Their costume as a family was Ashika as the president, and Joe and Madhuri as her secret service bodyguards. Liz also dressed up as RBG. It was amazing. I helped take photos 
October 30, 2020
Day 2,557: The Morning After…
Never posted my entry last night because it was laaaaate and I was tiiiiiired 
October 29, 2020
Day 2,556: Both Ends
Both ends, folks.
Burning that candle.
I am beyond wiped out. Way beyond. I’m definitely one to enjoy a good exhaustion after a job well-done…but this is beyond that, too. Wiped.
Nothing a good night’s sleep can’t fix.
Work was just crazy this week. Totally crazy. Still…I got my shit done. Still have some more to do tomorrow for this week, for sure, but it’s manageable. And hoping next week will be a bit more straightforward. We shall see.
We. Shall. See.
Gonna go pass out, y’a...
October 28, 2020
Day 2,555: Late One
Been burning the candle at both ends the past two days. Major overtime with work. 11 yesterday. Gonna be probably 13 today. BUT…it needs to be done, ya know? Of course you do, you hustla.
Making this short because I have so much work still to do. Thinking about another 2 hours. We’ll see. I said the same thing two hours ago 
October 27, 2020
Day 2,554: Fallen Off
Man…I have fallen OFF from my writing tracking journal. For the past two months, maybe even three. Oof. But…it’s totally a function of how busy I’ve been. That gap in there will be very representative of how that, which is helpful tracking in and of itself.
I have been writing, which is the thing! So, that’s good. And tracking that in my spreadsheet I use. But not in my journal of late. I miss it. It’s so colorful.
I worked for 12 hours today. It was one of those DAYS. Nothing bad. It was ...
October 26, 2020
Day 2,553: Nightly Creative
Just did a spot of the old writing. Went well. Always seems to go well in the evenings, to be honest. I think that’s my natural creative time. It’s hard to set that time aside, though, since that’s also when Liz is active and we like to spend that time together.
I don’t know. It’s a conundrum. I don’t like getting up early. I like BEING up early, or HAVE gotten up early, but it’s not my natural body rhythm. I’m a natural sleeper. I like sleeping in. And I get energetic when the sun goes down....
