2022. I remember when my sister said it’s…2020 TWO. Like the sequel. Almost, but definitely not at all.

I recounted the most impactful entertainment pieces for me in 2014. Then I did it again for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

Movies I Saw

Still hesitant to go to a theater, BUT I saw THINGS. Even if it’s later on streaming

• NOPE
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Bodies Bodies Bodies
• Prey
• Blue Island (only because it’s about Hong Kong)

TV Shows I Watched

• Euphoria
• Succession
• The Bear
• The Rehearsal
• Severance

Books I Read

• Dept. of Speculation
• Cat Person and Other Stories
• Friday Black
• Dictee (only because it’s like I discovered so many decades later)
• The School for Good Mothers

Ways to Pass the Time

• Setting writing challenges for myself even though it shouldn’t matter
• Browsing recipes on NYT recipe app and dreaming about what to make next with what I have
• Cleaning???
• Going down a rabbit hole on a movie or tv show, which actually is soothing
• Thinking of ways to keep up with the Joneses like buying a house

Technology

This category, I have to admit, doesn’t amuse me as much as it used to, because sometimes the technology just sucks and doesn’t get to the point of actual need.

• BeReal (after quitting IG, I wanted to see what all the young people do and this was that, but I don’t really want to get that deep)
• AI-generated work, but I still have yet to do it on my own photos as not to skirt the ethical line of crediting real artists
• ADPList, for better or worse
• Teams (at least for the ONLY good thing like chat actually stays!)
• Rediscovering how to use Miro/Mural in a way that I didn’t think to do previously