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August 31, 2020
Day 2,496: Accessories
So, we bought a camera about a week ago. Our first REAL camera. We’ve been using our iphones to take photos now for the past ten years. I’ve never had a CAMERA camera before.
Now we do. It’s called a Sony a6400, and it’s really cool. Got a good deal on it—a great one, actually. So good, I think it may have been a mistake. The store that was selling it for the price we got immediately took that online listing down as soon as we bought it.
Today, a BUNCH of the accessories I’d ordered came i...
“The Jihad” (Star Trek: The Animated Series S1 Ep16)
Earthquakes! Convertibles! Lava! Loc’d up dudes! This is the episode that has it all! Josh feels like Miles O’Brien is being wasted on the Enterprise and airs out his feelings on Riker, we absolutely fall in love with this episode’s self-confessed ‘coward,’ and Kirk *gets* hit on for once. This episode grew on us the more we talked about it!
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August 30, 2020
Day 2,495: Reset
I feel like I had a reset this weekend.
Thank you LORD. I needed it. Bit time. Or big time. Whatever.
I was able to “get back to normal” this weekend in a way that I haven’t felt in…weeks? Like, I’m sitting here in bed with new sheets, the cover blanket has been oxy-cleaned and washed, I have a haircut, my office isn’t insanely packed with shit, the laundry is done, I went and got groceries with bear, I had a nice little writing session after listening to a Story Grid podcast, got to see J...
August 29, 2020
Day 2,495: Listening Hardcore
Wiped OUT.
More than I should be 
August 28, 2020
Day 2,494: Podcasting Foo
Podcasting with Josh tonight in person for the first time since March.
Damn.
Crazy.
It was dope. There is nothing like the energy and chemistry we have working together in person. It was like we never left. And at the same time, like it had been forever.
It’s super late, so I’ll make my entry tonight brief, but it’s good to be back. It felt normal, even if things aren’t normal yet at all. It was a tiny, important slice of normal.
Work was busy today. Sigh. Hoping for things to be ...
August 27, 2020
Day 2,493: Brief
Brief tonight, because it’s late and I’m wiped.
Wiped for no major reason except that I just woke up tired. I think it’s because I’m close to finishing this work project, and it never fails: finishing energy is the most expensive energy. The most valuable, yes, but it takes the most out of me.
Podcasted with Josh. That was dope. Always fun talking about movies.
It’s sleepy time. Night y’all 
August 26, 2020
Day 2,492: This Is What It Looks Like
This is what it looks like, guys and gals, to be learning a craft. The struggling, the self doubt, the breakthroughs, the failure and the triumph, and most of all the obsession.
I think about my writing every day. Most of the day. Even when I’m not thinking about it, it’s playing in the back of my mind. When that gets out of control, it’s exhausting. It wasn’t out of control today.
Tonight, though, I do find myself thinking about what exactly all of this blogging/journaling is really about...
August 25, 2020
Day 2,491: Almost Normal
Almost back to normal.
Work was great today. Writing session in the morning was great. Missed my afternoon one because of some extracurriculars—we did an interview for a friends’ work project that will be out in November, very exciting!—but it’s a step forward. I’m going to miss my afternoon session tomorrow, too, because I’m getting a haircut.
A’s won. I played music, and that went really, really well. Walked the pups with Liz. Helped a friend with a script he’s writing…at least I hope it...
August 24, 2020
Day 2,490: White Vans
Back at it.
I pooped, so I’m going to make my entry tonight brief, but let’s see, what happened today…
I didn’t get any writing done. Still struggling to get back into the swing of things there, but that changes tomorrow. Both sessions happening tomorrow, and my full, top to bottom routine is happening! Looking forward to it.
Work was good today, though. I’m set up to be back in the regular schedule of things starting tomorrow. Even got all my backlog of finished clips ingested, meaning...
“The Eye of the Beholder” (Star Trek: The Animated Series S1 Ep15)
The Enterprise crew are the newest exhibit in an alien zoo! We talk about Bill Shatner’s joy over any time the script calls for miming out forcefields, cover anxiety over taking a big plunge in life, and we decide we love snailephants.
