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Day 1,893: Rehearsal

So, I’m sitting in bed right now at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los Angeles…and Joe and Madhuri are getting married tomorrow.

TOMORROW.

For anyone who doesn’t know, which I bet is a lot of you: Liz and I have known Joe and Madhuri for…almost 8 years, I think. Maybe even nine years. Maybe even TEN years. I think it’s been 8. Anyway…

Joe and I met in college. He was going to USC with my wife Liz, and after a very brief period of being rather skeptical of each other, we became the best of friends...

Day 1,892: Mehindi

I attended my very first Mehindi party tonight. I really hope I’m spelling that right.

It was for Joe and Madhuri’s wedding on Saturday, and it seems like it’s fairly akin to a Bridal Shower in Indian culture, but for this one, everyone was invited. People ate, listened to live music, got henna done for the wedding, and mingled and talked.

The food was SO GOOD.

Guys, I love Indian food. Who knew? Good Indian food, that is. And holy balls tonight was good Indian food. Samosas with that spicy g...

Day 1,891: Visibility

So, back in late 2018, Facebook made a change to their platform. It was a rather BIG change. They got rid of any ability to automatically post to a personal profile from an outside source. It was a big change at least for me.

Why? Because it meant that my daily blog posts no longer showed up on my profile (and into your news feeds).

There is a workaround. I can post stuff manually, like I am tonight, but I didn’t do a lot of that last year after the change went through. I just kind of did it...

Day 1,890: First of the Year

I did a lot of thinking today about 2018. And talking. And writing.

2018 was…an intense year. I really struggled in 2018…but damn if as I’m reading through my daily posts, I don’t see just how hard I worked. I see a lot of failure and frustration, but I also see a lot of determination, and a willingness to figure shit out.

I haven’t reaped the benefits of the lessons I learned in 2018, and I know there are more lessons to come because I am not yet to the top of the mountain where I can truly...

2018 Retrospective: What I Leave Behind

I’m doing something a little different this year. I’m actually sitting down to write this retrospective on the very last day of the year instead of several days or weeks later. I haven’t done that before. (Edit: though, in the end, it did take me two days to finish this monster post

Day 1,889: Happy New Year!

Goodbyyyeeee 2018.

Hello 2019!

I’m going to keep tonight’s entry a bit on the brief side I think because it’s (obviously) late and I want to get up at a decent hour tomorrow…

But 2018 was a bit of a rough year. Challenging. Not a bad year, but challenging. I grew a lot in 2018 and I have a lot more growing to do. For that, I will always be grateful.

I hope 2019 is a “takeoff” year. I hope to reap some benefits, as it were. I have many, many plans to get there.

I got a lot done today. Most eve...

Day 1,888: New Years Eve Eve

Guy! Happy New Years Eve Eve!

I don’t know why, but that shit is cracking me up right now. Eve Eve. It’s true, though. Tomorrow is New Years Eve. The day after that…2019 is here.

I’m gonna keep this one short tonight, actually, because it’s objectively time to hit the hay. So, here’s a rundown of what I need to do tomorrow, because it’s on my mind:

I need to make my travel and accommodation arrangements for the Story Grid editor certification training.

I need to take some time to ponder 1) my...

Day 1,887: Wiped

What a day today. Holy smokes. I am wiped the fuck out. In a good way!

Got up at a decent time to feed and walk the pups. Then, the Ho and I had breakfast together and started cleaning the house, and bam! It was time to go over to Josh’s for podcasting times.

If you missed it before, we’re starting a new venture called Film School, in which we’re starting off by watching the Top 100 movies of all time as determined by AFI’s industry poll back in 2007 (which was an update of the 1997 list of t...

Day 1,886: VR

Okay. Soooo…

VR is the shit. It’s so much cooler than I thought. It looks so much more real than I thought it would. It’s like stepping into another world. Obviously it’s still digital, so you can tell it’s not REAL real. Like, you’re not going to be mistaking it for the real world or anything…

But what I realized tonight is that’s not actually the point. At all. Of *course* it’s not real. It’s fantasy. And *that* is the point! It looks like stepping into a fantasy world of floating lights an...

Day 1,885: Dun

The finances are done. Praise be!

It took me a good four or five hours today, but they’re done. All categorized except for a final work-through and error check.

It’s always a bit slower for me to work straight from the laptop with the trackpad and inability to switch between windows…but I still got it done. We also went down into Burlingame and turned in Liz’s dad’s phone for some Apple Store credit. He’s going to buy the new AirPods when they come out.

Ps- I got to listen to the Bose headpho...