2023.April.Watched

Grizzlies-Clippers (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S03E03) (TV)
Warriors-Spurs (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S03E01) (TV)
Pelicans-Clippers (MacBook)
Nuggets-Warriors (MacBook)
Succession (S04E02) (MacBook)
Succession (S04E01-02) (MacBook)
Warriors-Thunder (MacBook)
Clippers-Lakers (MackBook)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E01) (MacBook)
Jack Benny (S04E13) (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S03E04) (TV)
Warriors-Kings (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S03E02) (TV)
Clippers-Blazers (MacBook)
Warriors-Blazers (MacBook)
Clippers-Suns (MacBook)
Succession (S04E03)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E02) (MacBook)
Succession (S04E03)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E03) (MacBook)
Lakers-Timberwolves (Play-In) (MacBook)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E04) (MacBook)
The Mandolorian (S02E07) (MacBook)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E05) (MacBook)
The Mandolorian (S02E08) (MacBook)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E06) (MacBook)
Dave (S01E01) (MacBook)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E07) (MacBook)
Dave (S01E02) (MacBook)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E08) (MacBook)
Dave (S01E03) (MacBook)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E09) (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S03E05) (TV)
Timberwolves-Thunder (Play-In) (MacBook)
Dave (S01E04) (MacBook)
Daisy Jones and The 6 (S01E10) (MacBook)
Dave (S01E05) (MacBook)
Andor (S01E01) (MacBook)
Dave (S01E06) (MacBook)
Kings-Warriors (Game 1) (MacBook)
Dave (S01E07-08) (MacBook)
Clippers-Suns (Game 1) (MacBook)
Dave (S01E09) (MacBook)
Succession (S04E04) (MacBook)
Lakers-Grizzlies (Game 1) (MacBook)
Kings-Warriors (Game 2) (MacBook)
Dave (S01E10) (MacBook)
Beef (S01E01-03) (MacBook)
Suns-Clippers (Game 2) (MacBook)
Beef (S01E04-08) (MacBook)
Warriors-Kings (Game 3) (MacBook)
Beef (S01E09-10) (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S03E06) (TV)
Warriors-Kings (Game 4) (MacBook)
Succession (S04E05) (MacBook)
Lakers-Grizzlies (Game 4) (MacBook)
Dave (S02E01) (MacBook)
The Bear (S01E01) (MacBook)
Dave (S02E02) (MacBook)
The Bear (S01E02) (MacBook)
Dave (S02E03) (MacBook)
Warriors-Kings (Game 5) (MacBook)
Dave (S02E04) (MacBook)
The Bear (S01E03) (MacBook)
Dave (S02E05) (MacBook)
The Bear (S01E04) (MacBook)
Dave (S02E06) (MacBook)
Kings-Warriors (Game 6) (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S03E04 & S03E07) (TV)

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81 titles in April
84 titles in March.
56 titles in February
42 titles in January
263 titles so far this year.

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2023.March.Albums

NBA, podcasts, other shit, fewer hours in the gym – many things really started distracting from albums played in March, and kinda since.

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3 Feet High and Rising – De La Soul (iPhone)
Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic) – Death Cab for Cutie (iPhone)
Asphalt Meadow – Death Cab for Cutie (iPhone)

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That's it; that's the whole list.

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January.
February.

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2023.March.Watched

84 titles last month.

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1923 (S01E02)
Warriors-Blazers (MacBook)
Timberwolves-Clippers (MacBook)
1923 (S01E03-04) (MacBook)
Cunk on Earth (S01E01) (MacBook)
1923 (S01E05) (MacBook)
The Mandalorian (S02E01) (MacBook)
1923 (S01E06) (MacBook)
The Mandalorian (S02E02) (MacBook)
1923 (S01E07-08) (MacBook)
Warriors-Clippers (MacBook)
The Mandalorian (S02E03) (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S01E05-06) (TV)
Kings-Clippers (MacBook)
Warriors-Pelicans (MacBook)
Lakers-Warriors (MacBook)
The Last of Us (S01E08) (MacBook)
Clippers-Grizzlies (MacBook)
Baby Face (MacBook)
Chris Rock Selective Outrage (MacBook)
The Mandalorian (S02E04) (MacBook)
Cunk on Earth (S01E02) (MacBook)
The Purge (TV)
Thunder-Warriors (MacBook)
Clippers-Raptors (MacBook)
Cunk on Earth (S01E03) (MacBook)
WBC: Japan-China (TV & MacBook)
Grizzlies-Warriors (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S01E07-10) (TV)
Ted Lasso (S02E01-02) (TV)
Warriors-Bucks (MacBook)
WBC: Mexico-USA (MacBook)
Cunk on Earth (S01E04) (MacBook)
Perry Mason (S01E01) (MacBook)
WBC: USA-Canada (MacBook)
Warriors-Suns (MacBook)
The Last of Us (S01E09) (MacBook)
Bad Boys (1983) (MacBook)
Rustler’s Rhapsody (TV)
Clippers-Warriors (MacBook)
Cunk on Earth (S01E05) (MacBook)
The 39 Steps (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S02E03-05) (TV)
Hawks-Warriors (MacBook)
Magic-Clippers (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S02E06-07) (TV)
The Last Run (MacBook)
Clippers-Blazers (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S02E08) (TV)
The Mandalorian (S02E05) (MacBook)
WBC: Japan-Mexico (MacBook & TV)
Ted Lasso (S02E10-12) (TV)
Ted Lasso (S03E01) (TV)
Warriors-Rockets (MacBook)
WBC: Japan-USA (TV)
Thunder-Clippers (MacBook)
The Fabelmans (TV)
Warriors-Mavericks (MacBook)
Clippers-Thunder (MacBook)
The Mandalorian (S02E06) (MacBook)
In Bruges (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S03E02) (TV)
Warriors-Sixers (MacBook)
Pelicans-Clippers (MacBook)
Timberwolves-Warriors (MacBook)
Clippers-Bulls (MacBook)
Warriors-Pelicans (MacBook)
The Hunt (MacBook)
Succession (S04E01) (MacBook)
Clippers-Grizzlies (MacBook)
Celtics-Bucks (MacBook)
The One and Only (MacBook)

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84 titles in March.
56 titles in February
42 titles in January
182 titles so far this year.

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2023.February.Albums

More of the same, really. But god damn, this is some great music.

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Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli (iPhone)
Black On Both Sides – Mos Def (iPhone)
Little Creatures – Talking Heads (iPhone)
Black On Both Sides – Mos Def (iPhone & HomePod)
The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest (iPhone)
Midnight Marauders – A Tribe Called Quest (iPhone & HomePod)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli (iPhone)
Black On Both Sides – Mos Def (iPhone)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli (iPhone)
Midnight Marauders – A Tribe Called Quest (iPhone)
36 Chambers – Wu-Tang Clan (iPhone)
We Are Hip Hop, Me, You, Everybody, Pt. 1 – Mos Def (iPhone)
Asphalt Meadows – Death Cab for Cutie (iPhone)
We Are Hip Hop, Me, You, Everybody, Pt. 2 – Mos Def (iPhone)

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2023.February.Watchlist

Deliverance (MacBook)
Clippers-Bulls (MacBook)
Timberwolves-Warriors (MacBook)
Nuggets-Warriors (MacBook)
Bucks-Clippers (MacBook)
Clippers-Knicks (MacBook)
Warriors-Mavericks (MacBook)
Clippers-Nets (MacBook)
Warriors-Thunder (MacBook)
Thunder-Lakers (MacBook)
Mavericks-Clippers (MacBook)
Blazers-Warriors (MacBook)
The Last of Us (S01E01-03)
Big (TV)
Bucks-Clippers (MacBook)
Celtics-Grizzlies (MacBook)
The Last of Us (S01E01-04)
Lakers-Warriors (MacBook)
Warriors-Wizards (MacBook)
The Last of Us (S01E05) (MacBook)
Clippers-Warriors (MacBook)
1883 (S01E01-04) (MacBook)
Clippers-Suns (MacBook)
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (MacBook)
NBA All-Star Saturday Night (MacBook)
NBA All Star Game (MacBook)
The Last of Us (S01E06) (MacBook)
The Banshees of Inisherin (MacBook)
1883 (S01E05) (MacBook)
Whiplash (TV)
1883 (S01E06) (MacBook)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (MacBook)
1883 (S01E0607) (MacBook)
Lakers-Warriors (MacBook)
1883 (S01E08-10) (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S01E01-02) (TV)
Warriors-Rockets (MacBook)
Ted Lasso (S01E03-04) (TV)
Clippers-Kings (MacBook)
Warriors-Timberwolves (MacBook)
Nuggets-Clippers (MacBook)
Blazers-Rockets (MacBook)
The Last of Us (S01E06) (MacBook)
1923 (S01E01)

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56 titles. 42 titles in January.

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2023.January.Watchlist

Started the New Year, as is my custom basically monthly, with a buncha basketball. It's good.

Warriors-Blazers (MacBook)
Pacers-Clippers (MacBook)
National Lampoon’s Vacation (TV)
Heat-Clippers (MacBook)
Warriors-Hawks (MacBook)
Funny Farm (TV)
Pistons-Warriors (MacBook)
Nuggets-Clippers (MacBook)
Celtics-Mavs (MacBook)
About a Boy (TV)
Magic-Warriors (MacBook)
Hawks-Clippers (MacBook)
Nuggets-Lakers (MacBook)
Suns-Warriors (MacBook)
Clippers-Mavericks (MacBook)
Celtics-Pelicans (MacBook)
Celtics-Nets (MacBook)
Better Off Dead (TV)
The Notebook (TV)
Warriors-Spurs (MacBook)
Nuggets-Clippers (MacBook)
Bulls-Warriors (MacBook)
Clippers-Rockets (MacBook)
Counterpart (S01E08-10) (MacBook)
Warriors-Wizards (MacBok)
Sixers-Clippers (MacBook)
Man on Fire (MacBook & TV)
Celtics-Warriors (MacBook)
Warriors-Cavs (MacBook)
Clippers-Mavs (MacBook)
Clippers-Lakers (MacBook)
Warriors-Grizzlies (MacBook)
Tár (TV & MacBook)
Clippers-Spurs (MacBook)
Splash (TV)
Warriors-Raptors (MacBook)
Clippers-Hawks (MacBook)
Warriors-Thunder (MacBook)
You People (MacBook)

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42 total titles in 31 days. 1.354 titles per day.

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2022.Cycling.Total

There's one. more. thing. from to wrap up: how far I cycled in 2022.

Afeter starting the year at a blistering pace (my 4th ride was a metric century, which was unexpected post-op), I hit some long-lasting metaphorical speedbumps. Finished the year about 800km shy of 2021, which itself was shortened by injury.

I finished 2022 with 3,107.67km ridden.

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This year – 2023 – I'm getting to 4,000km. Dammit.

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2023's.New.Things

I've been doing some stuff a bit differently this year. Trying to get back to enjoying life, even if it's something I have to force, at long last.

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I decided to change gyms, as a start, and seem to have done that successfully. My new gym is smaller and farther away, but it's sparsely populated (to say the least: I haven't seen more than a few people at any one point) and much cheaper. And, the precipitating factor: its new-year campaign (the first three months of the year are free and the fourth month is only like $20).

Been going for a couple weeks. Enjoying it so far; getting back some of the pleasure I had when I started at the first gym almost exactly a year ago, a couple months post-op. I'd gotten to the point of hating that gym, the people especially. (Shitty rich people just ain't my bag.)

So far, I've gone all but one day. I hurt everywhere. It's kinda nice....

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Additionally, I started to read again – to force a habit I've let lapse for... jesus, years at this point. Always wanted to dip into Wodehouse to see if the hype matches the skill. A hair beyond halfway into his first book, I'm basically loving it. But I always love old writing. The use of antiquated words, outdated phrases and rhythms, are fun to me – as dumb as that sounds. I've highlighted nearly the whole book so far....

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I've never needed a schedule/calendar – I'm not made for that type of work. So I've long used mine to save information I want to remember – something I did that day or something worth noting (a famous death, for a nested example), etc. And even this, only occasionally. I started doing this because it seemed like I should use the calendar for something. It's there and free and syncs and italics after all.

Back when Starbucks offered little cards with free songs and apps, I first learned about Day One. (This is also how I discovered Instapaper, an app I loved for years.) I thought at the time that I should start using it to write simple life updates. What, 15 years later? – I've started doing just that. It's oddly fun to recap the day, which is all I've used it for so far. Hopefully it'll be interesting in a year, or five or 80, to look back at the minor, inane shit I did on any particular day. Which is the same idea I had at the time, like 15 years ago....

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2022.Random.Phrases

I've kept this list going for two years, and it's my favorite thing I've done. Idea, rules, collection, execution are all mine. I'm fond of that.

Anyway, here it is, random phrases I saw, heard, or read in 2022 that struck my fancy for whatever reason.

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More unique than universal
Calm his white nationalist mob
The Super Bowl was my chocolate
Apes together strong
The Milwaukee protocol
Empathy or apathy
Liminal bin
Ad hoc archaeology
Little better, little worse
The Soul toil kills
Causes context collapse
Orthopedic ass
Morbid suit
Disassociated persons
Starlight and midnight
Full-time glass facetor
Ecclesiastical Latin
scrotal temperature asymmetry
Pets of belonging
Hang my pens
Fix the sicks (seen in 2011, but forgotten)
Continuous howls of merriments
The cretins of the Alps
The beautiful mystery
Horseshit, cowshit, cowboys, and Mexicans
Molestation-minded prairie scum
Fuck me swinging
wet-bulb temperature
Using her fists in scientific fashion
A positive dislike
Stroke of apoplexy
Like the cool sting at the end of wet fist
Wet piñata
A hysteria of terror
Sense of vocation
Soft automaticity
Harbinger of hippies
Halal au pair
Dynamite on kites
A clusterfuck and a dumpster fire
Top-flight metropolitan tenor
Exclusive of taxes
uniform and active in strength
The superficial and the substantial
Aunt Bobby and Uncle Joe
Their private surgeries
Pig-shit ignorant
Mobile phone vibrator industry
Pigeons and police horse
Equilibrium with the sea
Indecent and infamous invention of depravity
Established by conclusive proof
Getting pucks in deep
Competitive accomplishments
Fire polishing

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Here's 2021's list.

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