Tuesday 1 December 2020

November 2020

Hey look, a month of lockdown. Always in the house, barely going out. Growing a burgeoning bump which is starting to get much more cumbersome by the day. We've started antenatal classes and they are an information overload, it's been more tiring than I expected. Also the prospect of Christmas is just upsetting me at this point. I've been feeling down lately. Hopefully it'll get better, I usually get an upswing after one of these periods but there's so many external factors beyond my control. I'm trying my best.

This month I binged a lot of tele. Loved The Queen's Gambit, it was very much comfort food period drama, speaking of The Crown also had a new season which was in a similar vein. Gillian Anderson's Maggie was pretty terrible but the rest was fun in a soap opera way. I've also become addicted to The Baby Yoda Show, weirdly compulsive viewing! We watched The Haunting of Hill House which was more tragic than spooky in a good way and we're finally getting around to watching The Sopranos. The Undoing ended up being a bit of a damp squib. I got nothing else.

November

1/11 Succession (2) Holidate (2020) The Haunting of Hill House (1) The Queen’s Gambit (2)
2/11 The Queen’s Gambit (2) Bob’s Burgers (1) Gattaca (1997)
3/11 The Queen’s Gambit (2) Bob’s Burgers (1) Great British Bake Off (1)
4/11 Bob’s Burgers (1) The Queen’s Gambit (1) It: Chapter Two (2019)
5/11 Bob’s Burgers (3) Broadcast News (1987)
6/11 The Haunting of Hill House (1) The Mandalorian (1) Moonstruck (1987)
7/11 Fatal Attraction (1987) The Mandalorian (1) 101 Dalamatians (1996) Strictly Come Dancing (1)
8/11 Mind the Gap (2019) Humor Me (2017) Bob’s Burgers (1) The Mandalorian (1) Bewitched (2005)
9/11 The Haunting of Hill House (1) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
10/11 The Mandalorian (2) Bob’s Burgers (1) Great British Bake Off (1)
11/11 The Mandalorian (4) The Rocketeer (1991) The Haunting of Hill House (1) The Kitchen (2019)
12/11 The Undoing (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
13/11 The Haunting of Hill House (1) 8 Women (2002)
14/11 The Falling (2014) Bob’s Burgers (1) Strictly Come Dancing (1) Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
15/11 The Crown: Season 4 (5) The Columnist (2020) The Haunting of Hill House (1)
16/11 The Crown (4)
17/11 The Crown (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) Great British Bake Off (1) I’m a Celebrity Get Me Outta Here (1)
18/11 The Haunting of Hill House (1) The Twentieth Century (2019)
19/11 The Undoing (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) Curveball (2020)
20/11 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) The Undoing (1) The Mandalorian (1) My Cousin Vinny (1992) The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)
21/11 Sabrina (1954) Strictly Come Dancing (1) Wuthering Heights (2011)
22/11 Midnight Cowboy (1969) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) That Touch of Mink (1962)
23/11 Bob’s Burgers (2)
24/11 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) Witches & Neighbours Robin Briggs (1996) – 256p out of 441p read for history bookclub  Great British Bake Off (1)
25/11 The Undoing (1) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2)
26/11 AP Bio: Season 2 (2) The Sopranos: Season 1 (1) The Hunt (2020)
27/11 The Undoing (1) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
28/11 Strictly Come Dancing (1)
29/11 A Cure for Wellness (2016) The Sopranos (1)
30/11 The Undoing (1) Bob’s Burgers (1)

Sunday 1 November 2020

October 2020

So Halloween was a bit of a damper with a new countrywide lockdown being put in place. I'm 6 months along so there's no reason for me to go out and I'm borderline third trimester which puts me in the highly vulnerable category. I shouldn't be going out anyways, I should just stay in for my own safety. That's the right thing to do and it's pretty much what I've done throughout, being lucky enough to work from home. Even knowing these things, all of this still makes me feel extremely sad. It's difficult to know why but I suddenly feel listless and lost and... Things aren't getting better, they're getting worse. The future feels very scary and I've only just considered that at some point I'm going to have to go through labour. I know that's dumb, but that whole taking it one day at a time thing has fried my brain.

I've been working through TV shows. It turns out I haven't seen as much Bob's Burgers as I originally thought so I'm marking them as unwatched. I also burned through, Emily in Paris, The Witcher and Succession (the latter of which I only have a couple episodes left of). I also made a supreme effort to watch spooky movies in honour of the season. I'm terrible at scary stuff so I felt super proud. This month has gone by extremely quickly in hindsight.

October

1/10 Bob’s Burgers (1)
2/10 Succession (1) Searching for Sugarman (2012)
4/10 Cure (1997) Bob’s Burgers (1) Emily in Paris (3) Vicki Cristina Barcelona (2008)
5/10 Emily in Paris (4) Bob’s Burgers (1) Kiss the Ground (2020)
6/10 Bob’s Burgers (1) Emily in Paris (1) Great British Bake Off (1)
7/10 Emily in Paris (2) Succession (1) Little Joe (2019)
8/10 The Witcher (1)  Bob’s Burgers (1) When Harry Met Sally (1989)
9/10 Bob’s Burgers (1) The Boys (1) Big (1988)
10/10 Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Kate Raworth (2017) 293p Two/One (2019) Dredd (2012) Bob’s Burgers (1) Knives Out (2019)
11/10 Bob’s Burgers (1) Perrier’s Bounty (2009) Notting Hill (1999) Inheritance (2020)
12/10 The Witcher (1) Succession (1) Suspicion (1941)
13/10 The Witcher (1) Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) Great British Bake Off (1)
14/10 The Witcher (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) Daniel Isn’t Real (2019)
15/10 The Witcher (1) Bob’s Burgers (2) Hubie Halloween (2020)
16/10 The Witcher (1) Succession (1) The Trial of the Chicago Seven (2020)
17/10 Labor Pains (2009) Bob’s Burgers (1) Just Mercy (2019) Strictly Come Dancing (1)
18/10 She Dies Tomorrow (2020) M (1931) Bob’s Burgers (1) Nocturne (2020)
19/10 Cardcaptor Sakura (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) Underwater (2020)
20/10 Cardcaptor Sakura (2) Bob’s Burgers (1) End of Summer (2013) Great British Bake Off (1)
21/10 Adams Family Values (1993)
22/10 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) Sleepy Hollow (1999)
23/10 Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
24/10 On the Rocks (2020) Rebecca (2020) Bob’s Burgers (2) Strictly Come Dancing (1)
25/10 The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene Simon L Lewis and Mark A Maslin (2018) 414p Succession (1) The Other Lamb (2019) Bob’s Burgers (1) The Deer Hunter (1978)
26/10 Succession: Season 2 (1) The Haunting of Hill House (1) The Invitation (2015)
27/10 Bob’s Burgers (3) Succession (1) Great British Bake Off (1)
28/10 Succession (1) The Haunting of Hill House (1) The Perfection (2018)
29/10 The Haunting of Hill House (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) In Fabric (2018)
30/10 Succession (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
31/10 Succession (4) Bob’s Burgers (2) Strictly Come Dancing (1) 

Thursday 1 October 2020

September 2020

Another month gone and not much to report. Mostly confined to the house, mostly just tired and a bit achy. The more rules and lockdowns, the more tired I feel. It's clear that the next few months are going to be dark and difficult with everything going on and I really wish I had more people around me to distract me from my thoughts sometimes. I just keep thinking the worst is going to happen but she's still in there. We had a scan and they said it was a girl but they did stress it's not 100% accurate. I can feel her moving every now and again, it's lovely.

Read a really long book about JFK's dad which felt like an achievement and was weirdly fascinating, I loved early 20th century as it turns out. Also starting watching Succession and then it won all those Emmys so bandwagon here we go. Also watching my partner play The Witcher III which is quite an endeavour and I felt obliged to watch the tv show even though it's not nearly as good.

September

1/9 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (2) Paddington (2014)
2/9 30 Rock (2) Paddington 2 (2017)
3/9 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (1) Captain Fantastic (2016)
4/9 30 Rock (1) The Boys: Season 2 (1) I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
5/9 The Boys (1) 30 Rock (1) Love Happens (2009)
6/9 30 Rock (1) The Boys (1) The Women (2008) The Good Liar (2019)
7/9 30 Rock (1) My Favourite Wife (1940)
8/9 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (1) Bringing Up Baby (1938)
9/9 The Movies (2) 30 Rock (1) Big Night (1996)
10/9 The Movies (1) 30 Rock (1) A Couch in New York (1996)
11/9 30 Rock (1) The Boys (1) State of Play (2009)
12/9 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Sweet Bean (2015)
13/9 Deep Impact (1998) Duck Soup (1933) The Babysitter (2017)
14/9 The Movies (1) The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
15/9 Space Dogs (2019 – did not finish) Furie (2019) Tig Notaro: Happy to be Here (2018)
16/9 The Movies (1) Succession: Season 1 (1) My Octopus Teacher (2020) Criminal UK: Season 2 (2)
17/9 Futurama (1) The Devil All the Time (2020) Bob’s Burgers (1) Private Life (2018)
18/9 The Boys (1) Succession (1) The Big Lebowski (1998)
19/9 Your Name. (2016) Criminal UK (2) Monkey Business (1931) The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
20/9 The Terminator (1984) Still the Water (2014) American Factory (2019)
21/9 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) American Psycho (2000)
22/9 The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P Kennedy David Nasaw (2012) 787p Great British Bake Off (1)
23/9 Succession (1) American Woman (2018)
24/9 The Movies (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) Enola Holmes (2020)
25/9 Bird Island (2019) The Boys (1) Bob’s Burgers (1) Weiner (2016)
26/9 Matthias & Maxime (2019) Succession (1) Ghost Ship (2002)
27/9 Bob’s Burgers(1) Skate Kitchen (2018) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Vivacious Lady (1938)
28/9 Rear Window (1954)
29/9 The Witcher (1) Great British Bake Off (1)
30/9 The Witcher (1) Disclosure (2020)

Tuesday 1 September 2020

August 2020

 Turned 30 this month and finally left the house and went out for a meal and a short break at our wedding venue as a belated anniversary. We had the floors done and my Chris Messina obsession came to an end after watching a bunch of his movies. Otherwise, still pregnant (now 4 months along) and it's so great. Apart from the persistent worry I'm doing something wrong.

August

1/8 The Mindy Project (24) Alex of Venice (2014)
2/8 Blame (2017) The Mindy Project (18)
3/8 30 Rock (1) The Mindy Project (10)
4/8 Monogamy (2010) Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012) 30 Rock (1) The Mindy Project (9)
5/8 Palo Alto (2013) Digging for Fire (2015) 30 Rock (1) The Mindy Project (8) Damages: Season 4 (1)
6/8 The Trouble with Bliss (2011) Damages (3) 30 Rock (1) The Sweet Life (2016)
7/8 Ruby Sparks (2012) Damages (6) Devil (2010)
8/8 28 Hotel Rooms (2012) Damages: Season 5 (4)
9/8 The Giant Mechanical Man (2012) Damages (3) Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) STARTED PLAYING CATHERlNE: FULL BODY
10/8 Damages (3) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) FINISHED PLAYING RIN STORY IN CATHERlNE: FULL BODY
11/8 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Charlie’s Angels (2019)
12/8 Normal People (2) Rumour Has It (2005)
13/8 30 Rock (1) Normal People (2) The Night Clerk (2020)
14/8 30 Rock (2) Puzzle (2018) Normal People (2)
15/8 Normal People (6) Made of Honor (2008) Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story (1)
16/8  Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story (1) The Peanutbutter Falcon (2019) Honey Boy (2019) 30 Rock (1) Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
17/8 Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story (1) 30 Rock (1) Ideal Home (2018)
18/8 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (1) The Strange Career of Jim Crow (Third Edition) C Vann Woodward (1974) 220p
19/8 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (2) The Cable Guy (1996)
20/8 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (2) Girl Most Likely (2012)
21/8 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (2) Showgirls (1995)
22/8 Can You Keep a Secret? (2019) Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story (2) Watched GDQ Speed Runs: FF7R & Grand Theft Auto Vice City 
23/8 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story (2) 30 Rock (1) Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010) High Score (1)
24/8 30 Rock (3) L!fe Happens (2011) High Score (2)
25/8 30 Rock (1)
26/8 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (1) High Score (2)
27/8 High Score (1)
28/8 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (2) The Change-Up (2011 – gave up watching)
30/8 30 Rock (2) Away We Go (2009) 13 Going on 30 (2004) Ready or Not (2019) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2004)
31/8 After the Wedding (2019) 30 Rock (1) Baby Mama (2008)

Saturday 1 August 2020

July 2020

I'm not sure about this month, I've been up and down, laughing and crying. Tired and grumpy. No one reads this so I guess I can say here I'm 3 months pregnant. It's been surreal and I've been binge watching TV and trying to relax, mainly because we still can't leave the house very much. It's safer after all. Plus I'm apparently in love with Chris Messina now.

July

1/7 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2) 30 Rock (2) Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
2/7 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made Jason Schreier (2017) 275p 30 Rock (2) The Rhythm Section (2020)
3/7 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (3) Hamilton (2020)
4/7 Frozen II (2019) – twice in a row 30 Rock (2) Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) Sharp Objects (1)
5/7 STARTED PLAYING FINAL FANTASY IX (for the millionth time) 30 Rock (2)
6/7 30 Rock (2)
7/7 The Politician: Season 2 (7) Hollywood (4) 30 Rock (2)
8/7 30 Rock (1) Hollywood (3)
9/7 30 Rock (2) Booksmart (2019)
10/7 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (2) Sharp Objects (3)
11/7 Sharp Objects (3) 30 Rock (1) You’ve Got Mail (1998)
12/7 Pain and Glory (2019) 
13/7 30 Rock (2) The Old Guard (2020)
14/7 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2) 30 Rock (1) Donnie Darko (2001)
15/7 30 Rock (2) The Truth (2019) 
16/7 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (3) Reality Bites (1994)
17/7 30 Rock (2) Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
18/7 30 Rock (2) Shoplifters (2018)
19/7 OBTAINED PLATINUM TROPHY FOR FINAL FANTASY IX (FINALLY!!) 30 Rock (3) Buffaloed (2019) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 
20/7 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) 30 Rock (1) Desperados (2020)
21/7 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Basic Instinct (1992)
22/7 30 Rock (2) The Gay Divorcee (1934)
23/7 30 Rock (2) Bob’s Burgers (1) This is Where I Leave You (2014)
24/7 30 Rock (2) Weird Science (1985) Bob’s Burgers (1) Indian Matchmaking (1)
25/7 Utopia (1) Indian Matchmaking (7) Plus One (2019) 30 Rock (2)
26/7 The Island (2005) Midnight Diner (3) Girlhood (2014) 30 Rock (2) Batman Begins (2005) Panic Room (2002)
27/7 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2) 30 Rock (1) Dangerous Minds (1995) The Mindy Project (4)
28/7 The Mindy Project (6) 30 Rock (1) House (1977)
29/7 30 Rock (1)  The Mindy Project (11)
30/7 The Mindy Project (12)
31/7 30 Rock (1) The Mindy Project (12)

Wednesday 1 July 2020

June 2020

Another seriously weird month. A lot of it involved reading books, watching documentaries and then getting bored of those things.

Then I played The Last of Us Part II and felt bad. The first half of the game was promising and interesting but then it pivots a bit. I felt that everything was so well made and it had a lot going for it but the writing ended up being insubstantial for the story they were telling. I don't get much out of playing a game where I am left ultimately unhappy and frustrated. Obviously I plugged away until I got the platinum trophy. Now let us never speak of it again. 

June

1/6 Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (1) Community (1) For Ellen (2012)
2/6 Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (1) Community (1) Failure to Launch (2006)
3/6 Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (1) AP Bio (1) The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011) Community (1) Long Shot (2019)
4/6 Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018) Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (2020) Dirty Money (1) Community (1) Driven (2018) AP Bio (1)
5/6 Dirty Money (2) Debt: The First 5,000 Years David Graeber (2014) 400p
6/6 Red (2010) Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou (2019) 301p
7/6 Quiz (3) Una (2016) Community (1) Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
8/6 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money? (2019) Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese? (2020) Seven Samurai (1954) Community (2) 30 Rock (1) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
9/6 Dirty Money (1) Community (1) The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)
10/6 Dirty Money (1) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2) Community (1) Sex Tape (2014)
11/6 Community (1) 30 Rock (1) The Longest Week (2014) Sharp Objects (1)
12/6 30 Rock (2) The First Time (2012) Community (5)
13/6 Artemis Fowl (2020) Community (10) 30 Rock (2)
14/6 Community (14) 30 Rock (2) Manhattan Night (2016)
15/6 Community (1) 30 Rock (2) Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
16/6 30 Rock (3) Hoop Dreams (1994)
17/6 Community (2) 30 Rock (2) Galaxy Quest (1999)
18/6 Community (2) 30 Rock (4) Only You (2018)
19/6 STARTED PLAYING THE LAST OF US PART II 30 Rock (1)
20/6 30 Rock (1)
21/6 30 Rock (2)
22/6 30 Rock (1) Captain Marvel (2019)
23/6 30 Rock (1)
24/6 30 Rock (1)
25/6 30 Rock (1)
26/6 30 Rock (1)
27/6 30 Rock (1)
28/6 30 Rock (1)
29/6 Community (1) 30 Rock (1)
30/6 30 Rock (1) OBTAINED PLATINUM TROPHY FOR THE LAST OF US PART II Community (2) Searching for Sugarman (2012)

Monday 1 June 2020

May 2020

Another month gone and still here, in the house. I keep thinking things might return to normal but then again it's hard to know what normal will feel like anymore. It doesn't seem possible for things to go back to the way we were. Just have to keep taking each day as it comes.

In other news I finished 2 books this month which felt like an achievement. Also I've replaced comedy specials with documentary films/tv series. I couldn't quite manage Life is Strange 2, it's just too depressing at the moment.

May

1/5 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Community (2) George of the Jungle (1997)
2/5 The Mummy (1999)
3/5 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
4/5 Community (2) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Bluray DVD extras
5/5 Community (2) LIFE IS STRANGE 2 (Started playing)
6/5 Community (1)
7/5 Nice Guys (2016) Community (2) The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
8/5 Community (2)
9/5 Jumanji (1995) Community (2)
10/5 Community (2) Shirkers (2018)
11/5 Community (2) The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein (2007) 466p
12/5 Community (2)
13/5 Community (2) Night School (2018)
14/5 Community (1) Clueless (1995)
15/5 Community (2) Results (2015)
16/5 My Blueberry Nights (2007) Swallow (2019) Community (2) A Star is Born (2018)
17/5 Laggies (2014) Community (3) Clue (1985)
18/5 Agent Peggy Cater (1) Community (2) Ema (2019)
19/5 Community (1) The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) - 150th first watch film of the year!
20/5 Dirty Money (1) Community (1) Submergence (2017) Dark Money: how a secretive group of billionaires is trying to buy political control in the US Jane Mayer (2016) 378p
21/5 National Gallery (2014) Scrubs (1) Community (2) Ran (1985)
22/5 A.K. (1985) Scrubs (1) Community (1) Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe (2020) Letters to Juliet (2010)
23/5 The Lovebirds (2020) Two Shots Fired (2014) The Assistant (2019) Community (2) CAPTAIN SPIRIT (LIFE IS STRANGE 2)
24/5 Fedora (1978) Scrubs (6) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) Community (2) This Means War (2012)
25/5 Tomboy (2012) AP Bio:Season 1 (6) Free Solo (2018) Love & Friendship (2016)
26/5 Romantic Comedy (2019) AP Bio (2) History 101 (4) Community (2) While You Were Sleeping (1995)
27/5 History 101 (6) AP Bio (2) Trial By Media (1)  Community (2) Spy (2015)
28/5 Trial By Media (3) Community (2) Collateral (2014) McMillion$ (1)
29/5 Trial By Media (2) Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (1) Community (1) Chappaquiddick (2017) McMillion$ (1)
30/5 Chicken Run (2000) Water Lilies (2007) AP Bio (1) Community (1) McMillion$ (4)
31/5 Riverdale (2) Community (1) Wildlife (2018)

Friday 1 May 2020

April 2020

Has it been a month already?

Lucky for me, the Final Fantasy VII Remake dropped this month and kept me more than occupied. I lived and breathed it for a couple weeks until I obtained the platinum trophy. Sure it's trying too hard to stretch out a small section of story, okay it's more of a weird sequel to the Compilation rather than a straight up remake as I would have liked, but damn if I didn't enjoy myself for what it was.

Also my affection for consuming comedy specials while I try and do some work has not subsided. I've tried to read several books and put them down after a couple of chapters which has been a bit frustrating. Apart from that and going out on my bike I haven't done much. What else is there to do?

April

1/4 Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (2002) The Farewell (2019) LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STORM (Bonus Episode completed) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) INFAMOUS SECOND SON (Started playing)
2/4 Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (1) Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
3/4 Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby (2019) Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (1)
4/4 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
5/4 J.T. LeRoy (2018) Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (2) Blackfish (2013)
6/4 Casa De Mi Padre (2012) Jenny Slate: Stage Fright (2019)
7/4 The Chef Show (1) The Seventh Seal (1957)
8/4 Agent Peggy Carter (1) Hanna (2011)
9/4 Sorry We Missed You (2019) The Chef Show (1) Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (2016)
10/4 FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (Started playing) Chef Show (1)
12/4 Ugly Delicious (1)
13/4 Ugly Delicious (1) FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (Completed first playthrough – started hard playthrough!)
14/4 Breakfast Lunch & Dinner (1)
15/4 Breakfast Lunch & Dinner (1)
22/4 Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife (2018) Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills (2016) Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby (2019) Community (1)
23/4 Agent Peggy Carter (1) Donald Glover: Weirdo (2012) Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter Life Crisis (2020) Community (1)
24/4 Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood (2017) Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah (2019) Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) Community (1)
25/4 Community (1)
26/4 FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (Obtained Platinum trophy! Finished on Hard) Southland Tales (2006) Community (1) The House Bunny (2008)
27/4 Community (1) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
28/4 John Robins: The Darkness of Robins (2018) Riverdale (1) Agent Peggy Carter (2) Community (2)
29/4 Community (2) Agent Peggy Carter (2)
30/4 Community (2) Night Moves (2013)

Wednesday 1 April 2020

March 2020

What could I possibly say about March 2020? It has been surreal. I became slightly obsessed with comedy specials and a game called Control. It's about a government funded bureau which has been put into lockdown due to an unknown force infecting everyone and everything making the world seems a bit topsy-turvy. It was weirdly compelling.

March

1/3 Mother(2009) How Do You Know (2010) Altered Carbon: Season 2 (1) Erin Brockovich (2000)
2/3 FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE DEMO The Chef Show (1)
3/3 Altered Carbon (1) Gloria Bell (2018)
4/3 Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
5/3 Winter Light (1963) Ratcatcher (1999) Chef Show (1) What If (2013) Riverdale (1) STARTED PLAYING CONTROL
6/3 The Two Popes (2019) Late Night (2019)
7/3 Greta (2018) Chef Show (1) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1)
8/3 The Art of Self Defence (2019)
10/3 Dark Waters (2019)
12/3 Marc Maron: End Times Fun (2020) Pete Davidson: Alive from New York (2020) Nikki Glaser: Bangin’ (2019) Trainwreck (2015) Spenser Confidential (2020) Bill Burr: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way (2014)
13/3 The Chef Show (1)
14/3 Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby (2019) Iliza Shlesinger: Unveiled (2019) This is 40 (2012) Ishtar (1987) Michelle Wolf: Joke Show (2019) Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis (2020)
15/3 Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats (2014) OBTAINED PLATINUM TROPHY FOR CONTROL The Front Runner (2018) Booksmart (2019) Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward (2019)
16/3 Altered Carbon (1) The Wedding Date (2005)
17/3 The Chef Show (1) What’s Your Number? (2011) Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millennial (2018)
18/3 Ophelia (2018) STARTED PLAYING PERSONA 5, Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby (2019) Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis (2020) Second Act (2019)
19/3 Pacific Rim (2013) Status Update (2018) Bill Burr: Paper Tiger (2019) Good Time (2017)
20/3 Altered Carbon (1) Novel writing: 1645 word chapter
21/3 Novel writing: About 3,000 words, a couple of chapters, one reworked What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012) The Chef Show (1) Monsters (2010)
22/3 Three Identical Strangers (2018) Victoria (2015) Oldboy (2003)  Jen Kirkman: I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine) (2015)
23/3 Novel writing: 569 words Oldboy (2013)
24/3 Frozen (2013) Contagion (2011) Agent Peggy Carter (3)
25/3 Doctor Sleep (2019) Agent Peggy Carter (2) Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
26/3 The Love Witch (2016) Turner & Hooch (1989) Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin’? (2017) They Came Together (2014)
27/3 Primer (2004) Daisies (1966) Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (1) The Accidental Husband (2008)
28/3 eXistenZ (1999) Puncture (2011) Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (1) LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STOM (Chapter 1 completed)
29/3 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STORM (Chapter 2 mostly completed)
30/3 The Losers (2010) Aladdin (2019) Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (1) LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STORM (Chapter 2 completed and Chapter 3 mostly completed)
31/3 American Honey (2016) Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (1) LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STORM (Chapter 3 completed)

Sunday 1 March 2020

February 2020

This month felt really long, even with the extra day. Lots of stuff to do and see and not a lot of time to sit still and reflect even though I clearly got into a rhythm with certain things. I'm tired. Thank God Love Island finished, that ended on a really sad note, plus I've stopped looking at tabloid websites and newspapers to try and take some responsibility for what happened. It has been surprisingly difficult, moreso than giving up meat up Lent. We shall see.

February

1/2 THE LAST OF US REMASTERED – FINISHED HARD+
2/2 Miss Americana (2020) Uncut Gems (2019) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Season 3 (1) Groundhog Day (1993) Love Island (1)
3/2 Parasite (2019) Love Island (1)
4/2 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Love Island (1)
5/2 Sleepaway Camp (1983)
6/2 Maggie (2018) The Beguiled (1971) The Hustle (2019)
7/2 Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) MAMMA MIA: Stage production
8/2 Love Island (1) STARTED PLAYING FINAL FANTASY VII (again) Horse Girl (2020)
9/2 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Imitation of Life (1934) Love Island (1)
10/2 Prince Avalanche (2013) Love Island (1)
11/2 Love Island (1)
12/2 Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Love Island (1)
13/2 The Lighthouse (2019) Love Island (1)
14/2 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Love Island (1)
15/2 Force Majeure (2014)
16/2 To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020) The Host (2006)
17/2 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (1) Love Island (1)
18/2 Pillow Talk (1959) Love Island (1)
19/2 Anna (2019) Love Island (1)
20/2 Safe (1995) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (4) 
21/2 Crazy Rich Asians (2018) Love Island (1)
22/2 JOSEPH AND HIS AMAZING TECHNICOLOURED DREAMCOAT: Stage Production
23/2 The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2) Love Island: Finale (1)
24/2 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Kedi (2016)
25/2 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) It Chapter Two (2019)
26/2 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
27/2 High Life (2018)
28/2 Riverdale (2) Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
29/2 Bait (2019) Riverdale (2) The Invisible Man (2020) Anna Karenina (2012) OBTAINED PLATINUM TROPHY FOR FINAL FANTASY VII The Chef Show (1) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 


Saturday 1 February 2020

January 2020

It's a new year. Same me. Did a movie scavenger hunt and got out to the cinema a few times. Otherwise just trying to keep my head down and keep on moving. Watching Winter Love Island because I'm a glutton for such trash. I can't think of anything further to say right now.

January

1/1 Economics: The User’s Guide Ha-Joon Chang (2014) 460p King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
2/1 John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019) After (2019) Little Women (2019)
3/1 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2)
4/1 Fruitvale Station (2013)
5/1 A Quiet Place (2018) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2) Step Brothers (2008)
6/1 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Glass (2019)
7/1 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Return From Witch Mountain (1978)
8/1 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1)
9/1 High Fidelity (2000) The Shape of Water (2017) Doctor Who: Season 12 (2) Coco Before Chanel (2009)
10/1 Chef (2014) Room (2015)
11/1 1917 (2019) Vertigo (1958)
12/1 Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England Alison Weir (2005) 377p Love and Death (1975) FINAL FANTASY VIII REMASTERED – Obtained platinum trophy This is Spinal Tap (1984) STARTED THE LAST OF US REMASTERED
13/1 Pride and Prejudice (2005)
14/1 Once (2007)
15/1 Love Island (1)
16/1 Love Story (1970) Valley of the Dolls (1967) Love Island (4) Uncut Gems (2019) Goldman v Silverman (2020)
17/1 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Love Island (1)
18/1 Eyes Wide Shut (1999) At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
19/1 Bombshell (2019) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Love Island (1)
20/1 Love Island (1) What Did Jack Do? (2017)
21/1 Love Island (1)
22/1 Her (2013) Love Island (1)
23/1 Midsommar (2019) Melancholia (2011) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Rush Hour (1998) Love Island (1)
24/1 The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) Love Island (1)
25/1 Rush Hour 2 (2001) THE LAST OF US – FINISHED HARD MODE
26/1 Boogie Nights (1997) THE LAST OF US: LEFT BEHIND DLC FINISHED HARD MODE American History X (1998) Love Island (1)
27/1 Love Island (1)
28/1 Love Island (1)
29/1 Twelve Monkeys (1995) Love Island (1)
30/1 Forbidden Planet (1956) Le Trou (1960) Girl, Interrupted (1999) Love Island (1)
31/1 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Cape Fear (1962) Love Island (1)

Wednesday 1 January 2020

December 2019

It is the end of the end of the year and a time of reflection. I have no complaints and time keeps moving along. I am trying my best and hoping for a good outcome. I've watched a whole lot of movies last year, I like keeping track of everything, it gives me some satisfaction and Letterboxd has been a nice experience.

As is customary I watched the new Star Wars movie at the cinema more than once and became more sad the more I thought about it. Also binge-watched all of the new season of You because Netflix clearly controls my brain. It's one of those things where I must know how it all ends otherwise I'll spend too much time contemplating. I'm very impatient. Otherwise it was a lot of Christmas films and re-watches which were nice.

Been playing Final Fantasy VIII the past few days with my husband. He's never played it before and I'm playing my own game concurrently with him. It's fun to watch him react to the crazy. It was never my favourite Final Fantasy but it definitely has it's charms.

December

1/12 Captain Marvel (2019) Knives Out (2019) Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
2/12 Game Night (2018)
3/12 Date With Love (2016) New Amsterdam: Season 1 (2)
4/12 The Undercover Economist Tim Harford (2006) 255p The Apprentice (1)
5/12 Port of Call (1948) Tokyo Godfathers (2003) Watchmen (1)
6/12 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 3 (4)
7/12 Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007) Strictly Come Dancing (1) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (4) Tangled (2010)
8/12 The Irishman (2019) Paterson (2016)
9/12 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1)
10/12 Life Itself (2018)
12/12 The Apprentice (1) Bus Stop (1956) Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Riverdale (2) Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016) Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
14/12 6 Underground (2019) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1)
15/12 Inside Out (2015) Life of Brian (1979)
17/12 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Brief Encounter (1945)
18/12 Birdsong: Part One (2012) Let it Snow (2019) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2) The Apprentice (1)
19/12 Birdsong: Part Two (2012) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
20/12 Made in Dagenham (2010) Bumblebee (2018)
21/12 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Jingle All the Way (1996) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2) Russian Doll (1) Marriage Story (2019)
22/12 Elena and her Men (1956) Elf (2003) The Family Stone (2005) Russian Doll (2) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
23/12 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1) Scrooged (1988)
24/12 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2) Crown for Christmas (2015)
26/12 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Gavin & Stacey: Christmas Special
27/12 Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
28/12 You: Season 2 (10) Three Colours: Blue (1993) Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
29/12 Three Colours: White (1994) The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
30/12 Three Colours: Red (1994)
31/12 The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2019