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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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) 

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)