These are a few of my favorite things

Music

My friend and I create playlists for recapping the year. My specific rules for this playlist is to have it be at most 90 minutes, which is the length of this CD. And this has to have been released in 2024. There’s a few gotchas, such as re-issues, re-releases, remixes, etc. I try to make it generally the original release, but that doesn’t always workout. And sometimes I want to change the list after the end of the year.

Spotify - 2024 Curiously Curated. And a YouTube alternative link

A few from friends

• D’s 2024 Curated
• Teagan’s 2024 Monthly Playlist

From the Media Log

• The film that I want to finish: Past Lives (2023)
• The weird film: Poor Things (2023)
• The cringiest TV series: The Curse, Season 1 (2023-2024)
• The book that resonates the most: The Psychology of Money (2020)
• The unexpected book find: Frostbite (2024)
• My RomCom of the year: Upgraded (2024)
• A great TV find: Ramy (Seasons 1 and 2). I still need to watch the 3rd season
• The cry-fest film: Suzume (2022)
• My good 90’s find: Go (1999)
• The most intense non-intense film: Challengers (2024)
• Unexpected horro series: The first four Ring movies from Japan. Absolutely better than the American ones.
• Best horror from this year: The Substance (2024)
• RIP Dame Maggie Smith: Gosford Park (2001)
• Hallmark Movie of the year: Sugarplummed (2024)

A few more favorite things

• Major Life Events! Wedding, Honeymoon, bought a house

• Software: Raycast with Superkey

The hyperkey has been a game changer. I was worried prior because I had used both MacOS’ native key re-mapping and Karabiner Elements prior.

• More to add…

• Hamilton

• Dicken’s Faire

Revived my newsletter!

Major website additions, like curations and projects (after years of neglect)