2020: a year in review
was tagged by my beloved @andybvb to do a little year in review, so! a lot of the media wasnāt released this year please forgive me for always being late to the party!
top five movies:
1. āportrait of a lady on fireā
2. āgodās own countryā
3. āthe body remembers when the world broke openā
4. āmonsoonā
5. āthe lighthouseā
top five tv shows:
i donāt watch enough tv to do a proper top five so here are my general favourites?
1. āletterkennyā
2. ābobās burgersā
3. āshetlandā
4. oh in my one moment of contemporary watching āthe queenās gambitā was quite entertaining
5. āderry girlsā
top five songs:
iām just gonna give you my top five from my spotify wrapped lol what an embarrassing chronicle of hyperfixations
1. ājesus shot me in the headā - hiss golden messenger
2. ācaliforniaā - robert ellis
3. āo little lightā - hiss golden messenger
4. āi wanna be yoursā - arctic monkeys
5. āoh sarahā - sturgill simpson
top five books:
1. āhorizonā by the very recently late and inimitable barry lopez. his loss is devastating. this book is the body of a lifeās work. it is tremendous.
2. āsharks in the time of savioursā by kawai strong washburn
3. āa little lifeā by hanya yanigihara i donāt want to talk about it.
4. āa month in sienaā by hisham matar
5. āthere thereā by tommy orange
top five positive things that happened:
1. my immediate family has blessedly remained safe this year, through the multiple disasters weāve experienced on this continent
2. visited some of my cousins in hawaiāi before lockdown and border closures and had a wonderful time with my family and also hiking by myself in the makiki valley
3. got into my masters! hey itās been terrible online but i got in.
4. went to albury when the victoria/new south wales border opened up and visited one of my dear friends. we went walking around some beautiful creeks and waterfalls near the border towns!
5. sending letters to my friends has been particularly special this year. iāve loved receiving fragments of my dearest companions carefully enclosed in heavily-stamped envelopes and having travelled long distances through many hands. how wondrous.
in turn iām tagging my sweet @beholdingslut @nickandros @frankensteinsmonster @savitris @yourmanne and anyone else who wants to take a moment for some positively oriented reflection on this year šøš

















