Lifenotes #25: December 2022

Have yourself a covid little Christmas 🎄

📆 22 January 2023 · 2 min read ⏱️

✨ Highlights

Got Juno back in daycare after getting him the implant, so he can play with his doggy friends again.
Went to Manchester to see Kelly and Mark 💛
Had a lovely christmas meal with my team.
Caught up with some of the local tech pals at our Secret Santa social.
Went on a fun christmas dinner + drinks with some lovely people.
Caught covid a few days before Christmas 😅
Had a nice chilled Christmas with Juno, cooking, watching films, and going on long walks.
Went to my sister’s for New Years and hung out with my family for a few days 💛

Bones and all - I wasn’t sure I’d like the premise of this but I really enjoyed it!
Every “chronically online” conversation is the same by Rebecca Jennings
The Crown Series 5 - meh
Taylor Tomlinson: Look at you - I love her so much, so relatable, so funny.
The Law of Stretched [Cognitive] Systems by Fred Hebert
I may destroy you - this was a hard watch but it’s so good.
Nope - went to a rescreen with some friends. It was a good rewatch.
Boiling point I really liked the style and pace of this film.
Who’s Afraid of Modern Art: Vandalism, Video Games, and Fascism by Jacob Geller
Always be my maybe - a bit meh but I do like both of the main actors.
Everything everywhere all at once - again, I know. Still love it.
Meet cute - this was fun, I enjoyed it.
Conversations with friends - I’d kinda forgotten the plot of the book by the time I watched this so I enjoyed the story almost anew.
Knives out - an entertaining watch, Daniel Craig’s accent is hella annoying tho.
Glass onion - entertaining too, but it didn’t really live up to the hype for me (sorry!).
Love, Marriage & Monogamy - Dan Savage & Esther Perel (I think I’m in love with Esther Perel)
Yard sale - The Pudding
ReDoS “vulnerabilities” and misaligned incentives by William Woodruff
Avatar - this was a hard watch, jesus, the white saviour protagonist irked me.
Avatar: The way of the water - I also didn’t like this, shocker.