50 things worth remembering from 2020

My return to blogging is inspired by Austin Kleon’s 100 things that made my year (2020) and mine is mostly a list of what I consumed in 2020. Here’s to having more random stuff in 2021!

1. Listened to some good albums
   • Fiona Apple - Fetch ehe Bolt Cutters
   • Lady Gaga - Chromatica
   • Chromatica II - 911 transition
   • Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
2. Watched some films
   • The Old Guard
   • Anima
   • The Farewell
   • Parasite, so much better than I expected. With this along with Moonlight the Oscars are getting more right than wrong these days. Green Book tho…
   • The Nightingale
   • The Two Popes
   • Uncut Gems
   • Vice
   • The Lighthouse
3. Read way more books (50) than I thought I would (24), thanks for something Covid!, some highlights include:
   • Winternight Trilogy
   • My Brilliant Friend
   • My Year of Rest and Relaxation
   • Dept. of Speculation
   • Home Fire
   • The Testaments
   • Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India
4. Read some interesting articles
   • Dark Core Of Personality
   • On Privilege
5. My wonderful desk chair
6. Moving house
7. Having family come to stay
8. Baking cinnamon things
9. Road trip, lots of walks
   • Peak District
   • Yorkshire Dales
10. More Spanish learning, ¿Cómo estaís?
11. Socially distanced walks with friends (Tom, Viv, Jen, Cass, Red, Jess)
12. New job - Switched from full stack to backend engineer
13. Trying a top knot, still not sure on it
14. Discovering stitcher php centric blog
15. Pickup Limes Vegan Recipe YouTube channel
16. Losing my sense of smell and taste for a while, not great but was certainly interesting to experience
17. Watched a lot of good TV
    • I May Destroy You
    • Watchmen
    • Normal People
    • Devs
    • BoJack (Ended)
    • The Good Place (Ended)
    • Shitt’s Creek (Ended)
    • Lovecraft Country
    • Mrs America
    • The Queen’s Gambit
    • The Last Dance
    • The New Pope
    • Nora From Queens
18. Finally shipping a side project, don’t judge it too harshly, I’d call it pre-alpha at this stage
19. Stayed sane, no small feat
20. Started watching more football again
21. Football chats with Viv Hall, she’s the best
22. Probably drank less alcohol than normal