{"id":384,"date":"2022-01-23T22:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T05:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/?p=384"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T05:34:49","slug":"2020-goals-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/2022\/01\/23\/2020-goals-update\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Goals Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How did I fare with my 2020 goals<\/a>? Given that, until recently<\/a>, my last post was said goals, it probably doesn’t matter all that much. But I am going to find out anyway. And I’ll mix in some 2021 stuff for fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books to Read<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I read three books in 2020, which was one more than 2019, but only two of which were from the list. I read Ender’s Game<\/span> and Speaker For the Dead<\/span> to my son, and Equal Rites<\/span> for my own pleasure. In 2021 I read Xenocide<\/span> to him, and a bit of Children of the Mind<\/span> until he lost interest. This year, i.e. 2022 (because 2021 just mostly didn’t happen, I guess), I’m finally going to finish re-reading Ender<\/em>, as well as reading the new, final (?) novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TV Seasons to Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haven’t seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s say 5.5\/11. I watched Iron Man: Armored Adventures<\/em>, The Mandalorian<\/em>, Mickey Mouse<\/em>, Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/em>, Star Wars: Rebels<\/em>, and 2 seasons of X-Men: The Animated Series<\/em>. Of course The Flintstones<\/em> didn’t make the cut. But I have a plan this year, really!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Clone Wars<\/em> (plus season 7, which is in a different category) was so great, and Rebels<\/em> had its very high moments, with the rest being pretty OK. The Mandalorian<\/em> was a great new entry in the Star Wars universe, and I wish Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni were also in charge of the film division. I originally watched Mickey Mouse<\/em> season 1 some years ago, but lost track of it. When Disney+ launched, I was able to finally watch all of it, and I loved about every second of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iron Man: Armored Adventures<\/em> had been on my to-watch list for years, having bought the DVDs for one of my children, and I finally got around to watching it, again on Disney+. It was OK. Despite being the right age when it aired, I never saw X-Men: The Animated Series<\/em> when I was growing up. My entire X-Men exposure has been through the live action movies. The animated series was OK, but didn’t really grab me. I did watch the remaining seasons in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have seen before, but haven\u2019t yet watched my BDs\/DVDs:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2. I watched NYPD Blue<\/em>, which remains my all-time favorite TV show, and I plan to get to Batman: TAS<\/em> in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have seen before:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s say almost 5\/8. I watched three seasons of Alias<\/em> with my kids (mostly my daugther), then we got to the other two seasons in 2021. I watched Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes<\/em>, The Spectacular Spider-Man<\/em>, my “selected episodes” of Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em> (somewhere around 50), and one season and a bit more of Phineas and Ferb<\/em>. We finished Phineas and Ferb<\/em> in 2021, as well as watching Life<\/em>. Pinky and the Brain<\/em> and Smallville<\/em> are on my list for 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently airing\/will air this year:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are nine entries, but two of them were delayed to 2021 (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier<\/em> and WandaVision<\/em>), and I did watch them then. Of the remaining seven entries, 6\/7. Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> is not my favorite, and I didn’t get to season 3 until 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Movies to Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From last year [2019]:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9\/10. I still haven’t seen Maleficent: Mistress of Evil<\/em>, though it remains on my Disney+ watchlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From previous years, already seen or not:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7\/9. Having seen almost none of Adam Sandler’s movies that came out since about 2005, I got into somewhat of a Sandler kick and watched several of the ones I had missed. They were mostly really funny. The Batman<\/em> movies I will get to in 2022 along with Batman: The Animated Series<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New this year:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourteen are listed, I think eight were delayed to 2021, and one (Minions: The Rise of Gru<\/em>) still hasn’t come out. I’ve seen eleven of them at this point, with Free Guy<\/em> and Ghostbusters: Afterlife<\/em> still to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BDs\/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once a year:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got to all except Spider-Man 3<\/em> (which I watched on New Year’s Day 2021) and The Truman Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other BD\/DVD categories<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know, and I’m too lazy to check my spreadsheets and whatnot. I’m pretty sure it’s a really low percentage though, like the kind I would ground my kids for if that’s the kind of grades they got in school. I have a newish plan for 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video Games to Play<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First-time plays:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1ish\/2. I played Link’s Awakening<\/em> and started Pokemon Sword<\/em>, but I lost interest in it after a while. I still play way too much Pokemon GO<\/em>, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Replays\/continued plays:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I seem to remember playing some more Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition<\/em>. And near the end of 2020, there was the wonderful surprise announcement and release of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity<\/em>, which I eagerly played, finished, and now need to get back to for the DLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No poetism commentaries or GTE entries, but hopefully I will get to the commentaries in 2022. I don’t really have any hope for the GTE stuff, as I’ve kinda let Mormonism go. (Mostly. It depends on the day.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How did I fare with my 2020 goals? Given that, until recently, my last post was said goals, it probably doesn’t matter all that much. But I am going to find out anyway. And I’ll mix in some 2021 stuff for fun. Books to Read I read three books in 2020, which was one more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassmonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}