This is going to be a long one.
Across the Gradient
It has been an interesting year, one
that if the collective circle jerk is to be believed was a dumpster
fire that grew intelligence and destroyed the world. Yes the has been
a lot of terrible things but in my mind the is always terrible things
but why let that distract from the good stuff?
This blog is going to be my big wrap up
for the year, including my film watching project and some choice
facets of my life from this year.
The Pack
This year has gone down as a year of
loss and yes the have been many notable deaths some of which have hit
me hard, but non more so than the loss of a member of the family.
Back in May we lost our lovely dog and her presence is still missed.
But I believe that memories are for forever and I have forever with
her.
I will cover this more in my post one
the future but my fitness and health this year has been a bit all
over the place. While I've not been too ill I have had issues that
set me back during the summer. I think my fitness is a factor and
while I have done a lot more exercise this year my intake has been
very poor. Again it will be coved soon but I am changing my physical
outlook.
"Moo"
I have done a fair few enjoyable things
this year and looking back over my photos its been a good one. As
well and fun stuff its been a year of changes, my sister got married,
I moved roles and detachments in cadets (that's all the cadet talk
for the year). I have had the chance to try new things and to go to
some odd places, not all fun as such but the experience was worth it.
As you can tell just by a brief
overview of this blog I have focused a lot on media consumption. What
I take in has changed a tonne this year, TV has almost been
eliminated and books, podcast and films have filled the void. I have
kept up with less and less web-comics but my manga reading may have
gone up slightly. My youtube viewing choices have altered, I have
unsubbed from a lot of channels and found some very interesting ones,
I now have a divers mix of lets plays, science, reviews and
informative videos.
Roadside View
This have been my year of films, I have
gone out of my way to watch more and to do a small write-up on each.
Wow just added them all together and it came to a round 160! Bare in
mind about 40ish will be short films (need to do that blog) but that
is a lot of films. I think I have for the most part chosen wisely but
diversely.
This is something I will keep up and so
will the posts about each film. I like the record I can look back on
and see what I thought about a certain film. Now the big question is
what was the best film I saw this year? God knows, I don't think I
could choose. But up there would be Paprika and When
Marnie Was There with The
Prestige ans so many more. I
have watch a tone of anime and that's
a blog all in its self (though it would be a long way off).
My
biggest
takeaway from so many films is; I want to watch more! I want to see
other worlds and experience
story’s
from the minds of creative people. I
want to see the work of masters in their fields and new comers
proving themselves. I want to enjoy this diverse field of art.
Roadblock
I have taken almost half as many photos
as last year. That's bad, I will change that next year. Why did I
take so little? Not sure. Some kind of artists block, that is kind of
why what I did take took so long to get on Flickr. Starting to post
them here as well seems to have broken that dam. I feel like I am
almost back in the grove but I need a bit more spark. Speaking of
photos the ones in this post are from the walk I mention last blog.
I have also made a dive into more video
and came up with one or two I am proud of. I need more experience but
its something that wile was long and difficult I enjoyed doing. I
will try to take video in mind when I move forward next year. I may
need a new computer to help with that though, I have pushed my main
computer hard this year and the are creaks starting to show. It
should hold up for a while longer but next year I will have to take a
good look at a new one.
At Home
39 blog posts this year, not bad going
even though the was a few slight lulls. The have been about ten or so
that haven't made it to the blog, some in an almost finished state
and others little more than a collection of notes. I would like to go
back through what I have laying about and see if I can do anything
with them. I will try to do better next year to let less fall through
the cracks.
I would have liked to have dome more
personal update type posts throughout the year, most of my posts have
been about films and less about my life. I will set myself a target
next year but at least I got a bit better towards the end of the
year.
Downhill Trail
The year is dying but what is a
construct of time? Heck this thing we call a year is very localised
and small compared to all of everything. I have never held much stock
in the concept years especially new ones. The is no point in my mind
but I suppose it makes the endless need to organise a lot easier.
So that’s my end of the year, the was
some much I cut from this post (still over 1000 words). I want so say
a lot so that's good I guess, but I have to keep it short or it wont
come out tonight. Its been a fun and different year and on the whole
its not that bad right? Anyway -
Have a Happy New Year and Here’s to Making the Future Bright.
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