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Day 4,160: Five Thirty

I died again today. I didn’t finish eight scenes…but I did get started. And that’s something.

Eight scenes tomorrow or DEATH. I choose eight scenes.

Day 4,159: Deff

I made a deal with myself today: eight scenes or death. Well…I died. Zero scenes, in fact. I got derailed early and never recovered. Sigh. Not tomorrow, however. Tomorrow…it’s eight scenes. I will live!

Close with this outline. Need to push, and finding that hard. But again…it’s because I’m breaking a pattern. It’s extra hard. Makes me feel better to remember that. Just. Keep. Pushing.

The good news: the outline is good. Like, for real. It’s gooood. I can’t wait to write it. Still some stu...

Day 4,158: Shake It For Me

A pretty lazy Sunday, thank dog.

Did the laundry. Took a nap. Did the finances and whatnot…but otherwise, I have a hard time accounting for all the hours in the day, lol.

We watched Heretic together. It was…messy. And not particularly tense or scary, which is a shame because there was something there in that script, something in their themes, and they just never were able to actually get to it. Could have been great. As it is, it’s lost and watered down. Bummer. Still glad we watched it, t...

Day 4,157: Three AM

Late so we’re making this a quick one…

Slept in

Watched F1 Quali

Then watched Wrexham beat Wycombe! We’re in second place. Automatic promotion (if we can end the season there—long way to go)

Then took a shower.

Then went to Montana’s red egg party.

Then took a truly epic nap with the sliding doors open and the most beautiful weather my god I love March in LA

Then walked the pups

Then watched the Warriors beat the Knicks—we’re unstoppable lately my god

Then watched the ...

Day 4,156: Shiver

Cold today. Like, actually cold! Rain with temps in the 40s. Mid to low 40s even. But I was nice and toasty in my office 🙂

Podcasted. We finished Hitch tonight. We’ve now seen every single one of his feature films, save one, which has been lost. Nobody alive has seen that one. If they ever find a copy of it, we’ll watch it. But for now, all 53 of his available films have now been seen. Pretty crazy. An incredible career. And an incredible project.

Night night.

Day 4,155: Jaysus

It’s bed time already so imma make this quick.

Good day! Up on time and cranked out some scene outlines. Netflix work got did. Snuck in a nice nap. Helped Liz with a silly commercial audition. Caught up on my Shakespeare reading. Watched the Warriors beat down the Kings with Kuminga back in the lineup.

A good day.

Day 4,154: Nax

Am I superstitious?

I think I’m probably among the least superstitious people in any given setting and any given time. I keep it all pretty grounded and rational. I don’t think you can influence random chance, and really feel like anything beyond that is simply a routine, you know? And I’m a big routine guy.

But I do think there’s still a bit of me that’s superstitious. I wish I could come up with an example right now in the moment, but I can’t. Taking off in an airplane, maybe? Though I c...

Day 4,153: Give Me My Thumb Please

Joy is wild. Right now she’s underneath the extra comforter Liz likes on her side of the bed, gnawing on my hand and making very fierce growls. She’s very gentle with her toofs, which makes the fierceness of her growls all the more delightful.

It rained today. I did a little writing but not a lot. That shit changes tomorrow. I’m back in baby. Locked and loaded. Let’s gooooo. I’ve got some great ideas in these notes I wrote myself over the past several months I’ve been noodling on this story, ...

Day 4,152: Cookies

Cooper ate two chocolate cookies tonight, so I’m on tummy watch. Blerg.

Update: it’s the next day, and Cooper was fiiiiiine. Less than a half ounce consumed, which is well below concern levels. He did wake up early and need to go out and poop a couple times, but otherwise he’s fine. Whew.

Day 4,151: Daylight Saved

Where would I go on a shopping spree?

Good god so many places. I think my standard answer is an electronics store. I loooove me some gadgets, man. Audio. Visual. Computing. Just tech all around. Like, Fry’s used to be my favorite store. I miss that place, especially the one in Burbank. But a few others come to mind.

The Criterion closet. I’d buy everything they’ve ever released on Blu Ray.

A great wine shop. I know exactly the one, in fact: Woodland Hills Wine Company. I’d go crazy in t...