The Year That Was

[such_heights]

My 2018 was a mixed bag. A significant improvement on the previous two years but that was an extremely low bar. I went to a christening/baby full moon party, a wedding, and a funeral. Things have been going pretty well at work, I started playing D&D and watched a mind-blowing amount of Critical Role. My health got worse, but led me to several diagnoses, which is a help so far. The horrendous political situations at home and abroad drove me to near-paralytic despair more than once, and I don't expect any relief on that front any time soon.

Things I enjoyed this year:

Live Shows
Lady Windermere's Fan
Dry Powder
Hamilton London
Bill Bailey
Taylor Swift
Translations
My Brother, My Brother and Me & The Adventure Zone in Atlanta
Measure for Measure
Critical Role @ MCM

Films
Black Panther
Ocean's 8
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

TV
Doctor Who
The Good Place
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Queer Eye
Star Trek: Discovery
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Sense8 series finale
Star Trek: Voyager with purplefringe
Critical Role

Podcasts
The Good Place: The Podcast
McElroy shows: MBMBaM, TAZ, Wonderful, Sawbones, Til Death Do Us Blart, Positiviteeny

Games
Spider-Man (PS4 2018)
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Horizon Zero Dawn

Music
Dessa - Chime
The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl
Kendrick Lamar et al - Black Panther: The Album
The Hamildrops

Things I Made This Year:

VID: Change of Time (Sarah Connor Chronicles)
VID: Shrimp (Black Panther)
VID: Learn to Let Go (Star Trek: Discovery)
Podfic: Exceeds Expectations (The Adventure Zone)

I'd like to post more and create more this year. I'd really like to be better at replying to comments! But I'm not holding my breath. Still here, still reading, just keeping on keeping on.

Happy new year. <3

Comments

[colls]

Happy New Year!!

We've watched a couple things in common this past year (and have common opinions about the political situation).

The Sense8 finale was like a love letter to fandom and I love it so much but because it gave me exactly what I wanted I don't know what to vid. Which is fine. Did you come out of that itching to vid something?

[kaberett]

It is always lovely to hear from you. Happy new year. <3

[yue_ix]

Excellent recap! I hope this year goes better, no matter how bleak it looks.

I very much enjoyed Black Panther and discovering The Adventure Zone, and I'm thrilled to see you've done fanworks for them. \o/

Keep on keeping!

[out_there]

I haven't listened to all of Chime yet, but I did adore Fire Drills when it came out (and 5 out of 6 got played on repeat for a while).

[cesy]

Happy New Year!

[sdwolfpup]

Even with a low bar, I'm glad your year was better. <3

So tell me about the Taylor Swift concert! Was it epic? I'm so curious what she'd be like live.

[starlady]

Happy new year. I hope 2019 is better for you, both personally and politically…and for all of us.