My Year in Numbers: 2021
Life. It’s literally all we have. But is it any good? The last two years: not really! 1 star.
Last year, I did a numbers-based recap of the media I saw (and related stuff), and I thought it was kinda cool. Here’s another version of that.
🎥 450 movies seen (full list) (📈 +19)
My Top 10 Movies (2021) (full list)
- The Matrix Resurrections
- Titane
- Dune
- Petite Maman
- Shiva Baby
- Zola
- Memoria
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines
- Licorice Pizza
- Pig
My Favorite First Watches (Non-2021 Movies) (alphabetical)
- After Hours
- California Split
- Game Over
- Hot Rod
- House
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- It’s Such a Beautiful Day
- Nashville
- Possession
- Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
- The Hustler
- The Long Goodbye
- The Return of the Living Dead
📺 100 TV seasons seen (all)
📺 45 TV seasons seen (2021) (📉 -11)
My Favorite TV (2021): Joe Pera Talks With You/Succession (tie)
My Favorite TV (2021) (non-Pera/Suck Sesh edition) (alphabetical)
- Dave
- Hawkeye
- How to with John Wilson
- Invincible
- Midnight Mass
- Reservation Dogs
- Rick and Morty
- Squid Game
- Young Rock
My Favorite TV (Non-2021) (alphabetical)
- Dave (S1)
- Detroiters (S1-2)
- Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 (S1-2)
- Maniac
- Party Down (S1-2)
- Patriot (S1-2)
- Seinfeld (S1-8)
- Ted Lasso (S1)
- The Haunting of Hill House
- The Leftovers (S1-3) (rewatch)
- The Simpsons (S1-8)
- The X-Files (S3-6) (rewatch)
- Twin Peaks (S1-2, The Return (in progress) (rewatch)
📖 13,681 pages read (46 books) (full list) (📈 +5924 pages, 📈 +15 books)
My Favorite Books (all)
- A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape by Joe Pera
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
- Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
- Requiem by Curtis White
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- The Story of My Life by Jay McInerney
- Threats by Amelia Gray
🎤 5 standup specials seen (full list) (📉 -18)
My Favorite Special: Bo Burnham: Inside
👣 7,506 average steps per day (📉 -1,217 average steps per day)
🚶♂️ 927.5 miles walked in Apple Fitness/Runkeeper (12:58 average) (397 activities)
(📉 -166.4 miles, 📈 2.06 minutes/mile pace improved, 📈 +55 activities)
+ a bunch of HIIT and Yoga and more in Apple Fitness+
🎙 121 podcasts recorded (📉 -51)
- 75 episodes of 2 Fast 2 Forever
- 29 episodes of how to win the lottery
- 8 guest appearances
- 4 episodes of #CageClub
- 3 episodes of Viva Pod Vegas
- 1 episode of #HANX for the Memories
- 1 episode of #ZacAttack
🎶 6,603 songs heard (full list) (📈 +1,851 songs)
My Favorite Music: SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo and Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish
🎮 20 video games beaten (📉 -6) | Average Metacritic score: 83.25 (📈 +1.00)
My Favorite Video Games: Forza Horizon 5 and Control
My Favorite Video Games (everything else) (alphabetical)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (+ Miles Morales)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
My Favorite Thing That Fits Nowhere Else (and one of my favorite things overall): Racer Trash, which only has a couple super streams left in them before they disband. Treat yourself to enjoying their amazing creations — and the vibrant community they’ve created.
