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Day 2,023: No Keyboard

There was no keyboard.

Gary sat on the floor, cross legged and hunched, surrounded by packing foam that clung to his ratty clothes like snow.

The StoryGenius 3000 too sat on the concrete floor. It looked like an old TV, the kind from a century earlier, with the rounded corners to the square screen, and the oak casing. No wonder it had been so heavy. The wood was rounded, too, and lacquered so you could see the grain. It was all very retro. Very expensive.

But, there was no keyboard.

Gary real...

Day 2,022: StoryGenius 3000

It came on a particularly shitty Tuesday.

A simple brown box. No markings. As advertised.

It was smaller than Gary had expected, barely shin height, and it was two days earlier than the promised delivery date.

“You gonna sign for it?”

Gary closed his mouth. He could tell from the way the delivery woman was looking at him that he’d flung the door open way too fast, and he’d been gaping. She’d taken a half step back off the porch, startled probably. A built woman, frizzy hair poking out of her...

Day 2,021: Eye Ballz

Damn. I scratched my eye, I think. It’s all red and weepy rn. Hard to see and type.

Le sigh.

I had a solid day today. I’m working the building again, which definitely threw me out of sorts a little bit…but honestly, it was totally fine. Bear, you set me up for success. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate that.

My Story Grid Certification materials are alllllmost done. Finished formatting them all today, and filling in some answers I’d missed the first time around. They need a good edit from...

Day 2,020: GoT

Man, Game of Thrones tonight.

Oof.

Won’t say more than that.

Have to cut this one short because it’s sleepy time, and I have a long day tomorrow, but I think I’ve learned something watching how they’re ending this show: write a story, especially a long epic one, at your own peril if you don’t identify a hero.

A maaaajor reason Lord of the Rings is such an enduring classic is that it was really super, suuuuper simple: Frodo must destroy the one ring at mount Doom. And guess what? He does.

That...

Day 2,019: Woah

Entry number 2,019. In the year 2019. Crazy. This entry will never happen again.

Well, I mean, obviously this entry will never happen again because we’re not repeating numbers here

Day 2,018: Waaaaarriors

Man.

The Warriors game tonight was

Day 2,017: The Magic Foot

I have a magic food aiding this entry tonight. It comes to me courtesy of the Coco.

I haven’t really posted about this yet on my social media’s because I suppose I just don’t feel quite ready to push it yet…but Josh and I are doing regular podcasts now about the creative life for our Patreon supporters, and we got some truly amazing feedback today about it from one of our listeners.

It was an episode about Comparisonitis, and this individual shared with us that they feel the pain of that quit...

Day 2,016: Oof

Watched a movie tonight that I really didn’t like. Le sigh. I’ll save the deets for the podcast, though.

It’s a bummer tho, because I was genuinely looking forward to watching it.

It’s late, so this is short one, but I will end on this: I love podcasting with Josh. He shared a story tonight from his own past that was…well, wonderful. Vivid. Heartfelt. It made me think about why I love movies and storytelling in the first place, and how connected they are to our memories of the people we love....

Day 2,015: Tired Day

I don’t think the entry tonight will be a long one, but we’ll see

Day 2,014: The Best Year

This is entry number two thousand one hundred fourteen.

In the year 2014, I had probably the best year of my life thus far.

I got married.

I wrote my first book, and I loved it.

Oh, man, and we ALSO adopted Coco that year, the looooove of my life (don’t listen Coops, it’s all about you, boo. And Bear! You, too…but for reals, the Coco has my heart).

What was your most recent amazing year?

I was so happy that year. 2013 had been so hard, but so satisfying. I figured so much out. How to work fro...