Last year I saw 29 movies, the first year I combined movies watched at home in my total. This year I saw 0 movies in the theater because of Covid, 7 new movies and older movies streaming from movie theaters, and 24 older movies streaming, all for a total of 31 movies!

I saw 6 new feature-length movies (1 of them twice) either in the theater, from ( Read more... )

Last year I saw 87 shows. This year I saw 36. 4 of those were in person outdoors (one an outdoor screening of an opera). Last year I watched 65 streaming shows. I'm not sure why that slowed down this year. Maybe there were fewer of them. Maybe I got tired of watching so many. Maybe I had less time. Indoor theater did come back in the fall, but I ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I'm not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk…

Last year I watched a lot of TV and this year, not as much, although this list doesn't reflect the shows I was watching but didn't complete an entire season of yet (Brooklyn 99, Dickinson, Nashville, the Moonlighting rewatch, ( Read more... )

Last year, I read 14 books! This year I read 11. Not as many as last year but I still surpassed my usual goal of 10 books per year. I also listened to a lot of podcast and have started including those at the end of this list.

Overall, I read 4 fiction books (1 contemporary, 2 Sci Fi or Fantasy, and 1 classic--last year I read 8 fiction), 3 non- ( Read more... )

Last year I saw 89 shows, my highest in a while. This year I saw 87. 22 of those were in person, and 65 were streaming, after the shutdown. This is the first year ever that I'm counting streaming shows, of course, but that was my only option after March 12th. I'm glad I was able to see so much theater in person before the shutdown, and I'm glad I ( Read more... )

Last year I saw 15 movies, a record high! I'm glad I brought my total up before movie theaters went away this year. Sadly I only saw 1 movie in theaters before the shutdown, and it wasn't even a new movie, so I guess this year I am segmenting my list of films a little more. This year I saw 1 movies in the theater, 7 new movies and older movies ( Read more... )

In the beginning of 2010 I did a top New York City theatrical experiences of the decade, so it follows I should so one for the 2010s. I did 16 entries in 2010, so I guess it also follows I should do 16 entries again.

IN ORDER OF THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE

Baby Universe: A Puppet Odyssey, January 7, 2011 ( Read more... )

Last year, I read 14 books! This year I also read 14! I surpassed my usual goal of 10 books per year. I also listened to a lot of podcast and will start including those at the end of this list.

One of those books was an A Series of Unfortunate Events book--I had started this re-read of the series with my babysitting charge and then finished it on ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I'm not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk…

I watched a lot more TV this year than in previous years. Not sure how I found the time, but the only show I wanted to watch this year but didn't get to was Russian Doll. That will have to be for 2020. Overall, three of my ( Read more... )

Last year I saw 65 shows, my lowest yet. This year I saw 89. I don't know whether to congratulate myself for increasing my number by more than 20 and getting back to where I'd been in previous years or chastise myself for spending too much time at the theater and not enough on my own writing and other things. Last year I'd accepted the fact that I ( Read more... )