Ira Heinichen's Blog, page 66

Day 3,704: Rain

A grey, drizzly day that turned into rain in the evening.

Feels like home.

Coops and Joy hate it, obviously. Fair weather pups as they are. I enjoy it. For a time. Went on way too long earlier this year. We didn’t have a spring because it rained for so long, and spring is usually my favorite weather time in LA. But for now, approaching the holidays, it takes me back to my childhood. Shiny streets, hissing tires, drops on the roof, and soft hair:

Night night.

Day 3,703: Loooonnngggg Daaayyyysss

Ooof. Long day. Worked until almost 10pm, a half hour ago. But…got my project into a good place. Whew. AND I have some help this week to get this stuff finished. Whew.

That’s it. Just work. Night night.

Day 3,702: What It Takes

So…yeah. Rome is pretty freaking good. Sigh. It’s just good, solid storytelling, that’s why: the wins, the losses, the secrets, the danger, excitement, and generally not knowing what’s actually going to happen to the characters, so you’re genuinely on the edge of your seat. At least with the ones who they made up for the show, or the more minor historical figures whose futures aren’t readily known, or simply aren’t because history doesn’t go that fine into the details of their everyday lives. An...

Day 3,701: Rome!

The HBO Rome series is good. I’m enjoying it. I will say this…even though that’s true, man—my takeaway whenever I watch a show like that, even Game of Thrones, is…thank god I don’t live in that world. It’s a fucking stress case. People dying left and right. Oppression as far as the eye can see, and the psychopaths are always in charge.

I get it. The real world is like that, too. I’m very privileged. Depicting a world like that is always a mirror for our true reality, the one we’d rather not s...

Day 3,700: LATE!

On day 3,700, twas a late day. A long day. But…a good day. Friday, after all! And Ira is sleeping iiinnn tomorrow.

I actually have work to do tomorrow. Stuff I wasn’t quite able to finish today. So, that’s a bummer. But, not the end of the world. I’d rather put in the extra time now as opposed to trying to cram it all in before leaving town at the end of the coming week. THIS is the weekend to do it, that’s for damn sure. So…I will.

Podcasted with Josh to wrap up the day. We watched White ...

Day 3,699: Bizzy

Sigh. This work project continues. I was really hoping to have the last of the really problematic titles done today, but I’m still missing stuff. Stuff I won’t get until tomorrow. We’ll see. I need some plugins, and my company doesn’t have licenses for them. It’s up in the air whether or not we’ll get them, or have someone else render out what I need. We. Shall. See. I got everything done that I could get done on my own, however, so that’s good. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow!

Coops and Joy g...

Day 3,698: Intention

Joy let me brush her tonight. Like, really brush her. And I realized she did because I had my intention right. My energy was in exactly the right place: calm and firm. She didn’t get to say no, but I wasn’t rough with her in any way, or amped up, or stern. Just…firm. And gentle. And she tried to say no, for sure, but she gave up very quickly when she realized it wasn’t scary, it didn’t hurt, and I wasn’t going to let her get away. She gave up fighting and just decided to lick my face, which I ga...

Day 3,697: A Quick

I did it. I actually woke up on time and went out and did my morning writing routine. Aaaaahhhh. It felt so, so good. I’m back. I mean…just in time, basically, to leave town for the holidays, but that’s okay. I’ll take what I have for now and make plans for getting back on task after the new year when that time comes. What matters is that I did it today.

That’s really all I have for you tonight. Pups are snug. I am too. Time for a good night’s sleep. Maybe some reading first. Night night.

Day 3,696: Mater

K, so I watched the 1977 version of Suspiria tonight. It was…also wild. Very much more in a way of its time, just like the new one is, I suppose. Which is to say, it was much more a slasher film plus. Mostly slasher stuff, but with extras. Extras like a really intense soundtrack (apparently supplied by a beloved prog rock band called Goblin), super intense, vivid colors, and the occult in the climax. Not particularly scary or disturbing by our standards today, but that’s always the case, isn’t i...

Day 3,695: Mother

So—can confirm: Suspiria does bring an acceptable amount of noise. It’s not perfect. I’d say a good portion of it doesn’t quite work in the end. But enough of it does, particularly for someone who’s fully intending to now go and watch the original version of it…and to kind of dive into the Italian director who made it and I thiiiink maybe this whole idea of the “Three Mothers” to begin with? Maybe? THAT shit I am suuuuper interested in; really compelling mythology. *I* want to come up with myths...