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            <title><![CDATA[My 2021 Media Diary]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:55:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn’t share my 2020 media diary because, well, 2020. Like most people, cine/tv-phile or otherwise, what I consumed during 2020 feels deeply private. 2020 was a year built around confusion, anger and survival. If you’re truly curious, ask me out for a beer sometime and I’ll tell you just how it feels to watch PSYCHOSYMBIOTAXIPLASM: PART ONE and only have the mirror to talk to about it. I’d rate the feeling equivalent to the way it feels to get a urethral swab STI test (without the follow up celebration when it comes back negative). And while it may feel like 2021 was one small step forward and several small steps back, I couldn’t help but feel optimistic throughout it. I mean hey, it may have only been marginally better, but at least it wasn’t much worse. So here’s my 2021 media list that consists of 108 movies (down from 163 in 2020 (like I said, that’s private)) and more TV episodes than I care to count.</p><p><strong>Movie, </strong>TV Episode, <strong><em>Play/Musical</em></strong>, <em>Concert</em></p><p>1/1 — <strong>Total Recall</strong>, <strong>21 Jump Street</strong>, <strong>22 Jump Street</strong></p><p>1/2 — Letterkenny x2</p><p>1/3 — <strong>Black Bear</strong></p><p>1/4 — Bojack Horseman, Letterkenny x2</p><p>1/5 — Bojack Horseman, <strong>Never Rarely Sometimes Always</strong>, Letterkenny x2</p><p>1/6 — Bojack Horseman, <strong>Shithouse</strong>, Letterkenny</p><p>1/7 — AP Bio x2, Letterkenny</p><p>1/8 — Bojack Horseman, Letterkenny</p><p>1/9 — Letterkenny</p><p>1/10 — Letterkenny</p><p>1/15 — Call Your Mother, <strong>Rush Hour 2</strong></p><p>1/16 — <strong>One Night in Miami</strong>, Wandavison x2</p><p>1/17 — <strong>Promising Young Woman</strong></p><p>1/19 — Bojack Horseman, Letterkenny</p><p>1/20 — Inauguration, Lupin, <strong>After Hours</strong></p><p>1/21 — Bojack Horseman, <strong>MLK/FBI</strong></p><p>1/22 — Bojack Horseman, Euphoria</p><p>1/25 — Bojack Horseman, Lupin, <strong>Some Kind of Heaven</strong>, Wandavision</p><p>1/26 — Bojack Horseman</p><p>1/27 — Bojack Horseman, Freaks and Geeks</p><p>1/28 — Freaks and Geeks x2</p><p>1/30 — Freaks and Geeks x6</p><p>1/31 — How to Make it in America x2, Call Your Mother, Freaks and Geeks x2, <strong>Another Round</strong></p><p>2/2 — Freaks and Geeks x2</p><p>2/3 — Bojack Horseman, Freaks and Geeks</p><p>2/4 — Freaks and Geeks, <strong>Election</strong></p><p>2/5 — <strong>Malcolm and Marie</strong>, Call Your Mother</p><p>2/6 — Freaks and Geeks</p><p>2/7 — Freaks and Geeks, Super Bowl</p><p>2/8 — Bojack Horseman, <strong>A Glitch in the Matrix</strong></p><p>2/9 — Bojack Horseman, <strong>The Painter and the Thief</strong></p><p>2/10 — Bojack Horseman, Attack on Titan x2</p><p>2/11 — Attack on Titan</p><p>2/12 — <strong>Judas and the Black Messiah</strong></p><p>2/13 — Wandavision , <strong>The Departed</strong></p><p>2/14 — Attack on Titan x2, Framing Britney, Bojack Horseman x2</p><p>2/15 — Attack on Titan x3</p><p>2/16 — <strong>Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar</strong>, Attack on Titan</p><p>2/18 — Bojack Horseman, Attack on Titan x2</p><p>2/19 — Bojack Horseman, Attack on Titan</p><p>2/20 — Attack on Titan x6, <strong>Killing is Easy</strong>, Nomadland</p><p>2/21 — Attack on Titan x10, Fullmetal Alchemist</p><p>2/22 — Bojack Horseman, Fullmetal Alchemist</p><p>2/24 — The Flight Attendant x2</p><p>2/25 — Insecure x4</p><p>2/26 — Insecure</p><p>2/27 — Insecure x3</p><p>2/28 — Insecure, Wandavision, <strong>I Care a Lot</strong></p><p>3/1 — Last Week Tonight, Insecure</p><p>3/2 — Insecure x2</p><p>3/3 — Atlanta x4</p><p>3/4 — Insecure, <strong>Minari</strong></p><p>3/5 — <strong>The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift</strong>, <strong>Fast and Furious</strong>, <strong>Fast 5</strong></p><p>3/6 — <strong>Fast and Furious 6</strong>, <strong>Fast 7</strong>, <strong>The Fate of the Furious</strong>, Insecure</p><p>3/7 — Insecure x4</p><p>3/8 — Wandavision, Insecure</p><p>3/9 — Insecure</p><p>3/11 — Insecure x2</p><p>3/12 — Call Your Mother, Last Chance U, <strong>Kid90</strong>, Attack on Titan</p><p>3/13 — Last Chance U x2</p><p>3/14 — Last Chance U x5</p><p>3/14 — Insecure</p><p>3/15 — Insecure</p><p>3/16 — Insecure</p><p>3/17 — Insecure</p><p>3/18 — <strong>Chunking Express</strong></p><p>3/19 — Generation, <strong>Billie Eilish: The Worlds a little Blurry</strong></p><p>3/20 — <strong>The Last Blockbuster</strong>, <strong>Speed</strong>, Ginny and Georgia</p><p>3/21 — <strong>Operation Varsity Blues</strong></p><p>3/22 — Q: Into the Storm x2</p><p>3/24 — High Maintenance x7 (web series)</p><p>3/25 — Insecure</p><p>3/26 — The Comedy Store x2</p><p>3/27 — <strong>Bad Trip</strong></p><p>3/28 — <strong>Harold and Maude</strong></p><p>3/30 — Q: Into the Storm x2</p><p>4/1 — Insecure, Ted Lasso</p><p>4/2 — <strong>Batman</strong>, <strong>Godzilla vs. Kong</strong></p><p>4/4 — The Knick, Catastrophe x2</p><p>4/5 — Q: Into the Storm x2, Catastrophe</p><p>4/6 — Catastrophe</p><p>4/7 — The Knick</p><p>4/8 — The Knick x2, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier</p><p>4/9 — <strong>Batman Returns</strong>, <strong>Batman Forever</strong></p><p>4/10 — The Knick x2</p><p>4/11 — The Knick x 4</p><p>4/12 — The Knick</p><p>4/13 — The Knick, <strong>Lola (1981)</strong></p><p>4/14 — The Knick</p><p>4/15 — The Knick</p><p>4/16 — The Knick</p><p>4/17 — The Knick</p><p>4/18 — The Knick, South Side, Mare of East Town</p><p>4/19 — Solar Opposites</p><p>4/20 — Solar Opposites</p><p>4/21 — Solar Opposites</p><p>4/23 — <strong>Batman and Robin</strong>, <strong>Mortal Kombat</strong></p><p>4/25 — <strong>Bacurau</strong>, Oscars</p><p>4/27 — <strong>California Split</strong></p><p>4/28 — <strong>Stray Dogs</strong></p><p>5/3 — Mare of Easttown</p><p>5/4 — <strong>The Great McGinty</strong></p><p>5/5 — Cruel Summer x2</p><p>5/7 — <strong>The Little Things</strong>, The Challenge x2</p><p>5/8 — The Challenge x8</p><p>5/9 — The Challenge x8</p><p>5/10 — <strong>Nobody</strong>, Mare of East Town</p><p>5/12 — Girls5eva x2</p><p>5/13 — Hacks x2</p><p>5/15 — <strong>Demon Slayer: Mugen Train</strong>, Girls 5eva x2</p><p>5/16 — Attack on Titan x4, <strong>Bad Education</strong></p><p>5/17 — Mare of Easttown</p><p>5/23 — <strong>Army of the Dead</strong></p><p>5/25 — <strong>The Maltese Falcon</strong>, Mare of Easttown</p><p>5/26 — Modok x2, Pause</p><p>5/28 — Happy Endings x3</p><p>5/29 — Happy Endings x2, <strong>Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American</strong></p><p>5/30 — Mare of Easttown</p><p>5/31 — <strong>The Phantom Thread</strong>, <strong>Bo Burnham: Inside</strong>, Shrill x3</p><p>6/1 — Shrill x3</p><p>6/2 — Shrill x2, <strong>A Quiet Place</strong></p><p>6/7 — We Are Ladyparts</p><p>6/13 — Loki, Hacks</p><p>6/14 — <strong>In the Heights</strong></p><p>6/15 — Hacks</p><p>6/16 — Hacks</p><p>6/18 — Dave x2</p><p>6/21 <strong>— In the Heights</strong></p><p>6/22 — <strong>Three Days of the Condor</strong></p><p>6/26 — Starstruck</p><p>6/27 — Girls x5, Starstruck</p><p>6/28 — <strong>Before Sunrise</strong>, Rick and Morty x2</p><p>6/29 — <strong>Werewolves Within</strong></p><p>7/1 — <strong>No Sudden Moves</strong></p><p>7/3 — Girls x3</p><p>7/4 — Ted Lasso x2</p><p>7/5 — Tokyo Ghoul, <strong>Miracle</strong></p><p>7/7 — I Think You Should Leave x6</p><p>7/11 — Loki, Fast 9</p><p>7/13 — Dorohedoro</p><p>7/14 — Never Have I Ever</p><p>7/15 — Rick and Morty x2</p><p>7/18 — The White Lotus, Jujutsu Kaisen</p><p>7/19 — <strong>Shiva Baby</strong>, Jujutsu Kaisen x2</p><p>7/22 — Jujutsu Kaisen x2</p><p>7/23 — Never Have I Ever</p><p>7/24 — Music Box: Woodstock ‘99</p><p>7/25 — Jujutsu Kaisen x2</p><p>7/26 — Jujutsu Kaisen</p><p>7/28 — Jujutsu Kaisen</p><p>8/1 — <strong>The Green Knight</strong>, The White Lotus</p><p>8/2 — Rick and Morty, <strong>Before Sunset</strong></p><p>8/4 — <strong>Before Midnight</strong>, Wellington Paranormal</p><p>8/8 — <strong>The Suicide Squad</strong>, The White Lotus, Dave</p><p>8/9 — Reservation Dogs x2, Dave</p><p>8/11 — Jujutsu Kaisen</p><p>8/14 — The Challenge x8, Fboy Island</p><p>8/15 — White Lotus</p><p>8/17 — Brand New Cherry Flavor x2</p><p>8/21 — <strong>Easy A</strong>, At Home with Amy Sedaris</p><p>8/22 — <strong>Only Lovers Left Alive</strong></p><p>8/25 — Ted Lasso x2</p><p>8/27 — Ted Lasso</p><p>8/29 — The Challenge x2</p><p>8/30 — Succession, Reservation Dogs</p><p>9/1 — <strong>Road Runner</strong></p><p>9/4 — The Challenge x4</p><p>9/5 — The Challenge, Reservation Dogs</p><p>9/6 — The Challenge</p><p>9/7 — The Challenge</p><p>9/8 — The Challenge, <em>The Mountain Goats</em></p><p>9/9 — The Challenge x2</p><p>9/10 — The Challenge x8</p><p>9/11 — The Challenge, Reservation Dogs</p><p>9/12 — The Knick x2, The Challenge</p><p>9/13 — The Challenge</p><p>9/14 — The Challenge</p><p>9/15 — The Challenge</p><p>9/16 — <strong>Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings</strong>, The Challenge</p><p>9/17 — The Challenge, Reservation Dogs</p><p>9/19 — The Challenge, Succession</p><p>9/22 — The Challenge, Reservation Dogs</p><p>9/25 — Succession</p><p>9/26 — Succession, Reservation Dogs</p><p>9/27 — What We Do in the Shadows, <strong>The Immigrant</strong></p><p>9/28 — <strong>King of New York</strong></p><p>9/29 — Succession, <strong><em>The Black Count of Monte Cristo</em></strong></p><p>9/30 — Succession, The Challenge</p><p>10/3 — Succession, Squid Game</p><p>10/4 — Squid Game x 3</p><p>10/5 — Squid Game, Succession</p><p>10/6 — Ten Year Old Tom</p><p>10/7 — Squid Game x3, The Challenge</p><p>10/8 — <strong>Candyman</strong>, Love on the Spectrum</p><p>10/9 — Love on the Spectrum x3</p><p>10/10 — The Challenge</p><p>10/11 — The Challenge</p><p>10/13 — The Challenge</p><p>10/16 — <strong>Addams Family Values</strong>, <strong>Hot Rod</strong>, The Challenge x10</p><p>10/17 — Succession</p><p>10/18 — <strong>Ichi the Killer</strong></p><p>10/20 — Knicks vs. Celtics</p><p>10/21 — The Challenge, <strong>House (1977)</strong></p><p>10/22 — <strong>A Nightmare on Elm Street</strong>, The Challenge x2</p><p>10/23 — The Challenge</p><p>10/24 — Succession, Champagne ILL x2</p><p>10/25 — Champagne ILL</p><p>10/26 — Champagne ILL, Jujutsu Kaisen</p><p>10/28 — The Challenge</p><p>10/29 — The Challenge x2</p><p>10/30 — The Challenge x2, <strong>The Many Saints of Newark</strong></p><p>10/31 — Succession, Jujutsu Kaisen x3</p><p>11/1 — Fairfax, Jujutsu Kaisen</p><p>11/2 — <strong>Above the Rim</strong></p><p>11/3 — Jujutsu Kaisen</p><p>11/4 — Jujutsu Kaisen</p><p>11/5 — Jujutsu Kaisen, Knicks vs Bucks</p><p>11/6 — <strong>Dune</strong></p><p>11/7 — Succession, The Challenge</p><p>11/8 — Jujutsu Kaisen, <strong>The 40 Year Old Version</strong></p><p>11/9 — Big Mouth x2, Neon Genesis Evangelion x3</p><p>11/11 — The Challenge</p><p>11/14 — Succession</p><p>11/18 — The Challenge</p><p>11/20 — <strong>The Hangover</strong>, <strong>The Other Guys</strong></p><p>11/21 — Succession</p><p>11/24 — Arcane</p><p>11/25 — <strong>King Richard</strong></p><p>11/26 — <strong>The Night House</strong></p><p>11/27 — <strong>The Conjuring</strong>, Yellowstone</p><p>11/28 — Neon Genesis Evangelion, <strong>It’s Such a Beautiful Day</strong>, Succession</p><p>11/29 — <strong>My Brother’s Wedding</strong></p><p>11/30 — <strong>Annihilation</strong></p><p>12/1 — Big Mouth, The Great</p><p>12/2 — <strong>Licorice Pizza</strong>, The Challenge</p><p>12/3 — School of Chocolate</p><p>12/5 — <strong>Basic Instinct</strong>, Succession</p><p>12/6 — Harlem, Pen15</p><p>12/7 — It’s Always Sunny x2</p><p>12/8 — The Challenge</p><p>12/9 — Abbot Elementary, Landscapers, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Voir x3</p><p>12/10 — Voir x2, The Challenge</p><p>12/11 — Saturday Morning All Star Hits, <strong>Pride and Prejudice</strong></p><p>12/12 — Succession, Are You the One? x3</p><p>12/15 — <strong>The Departed</strong></p><p>12/20 — <strong>Pig</strong></p><p>12/21 — Station Eleven x3, <strong>Killing Them Softly</strong></p><p>11/22 — Station Eleven, The Challenge</p><p>12/23 — Station Eleven x2, <strong>Love Actually</strong></p><p>12/24 — <strong>Christmas Vacation</strong>, <strong>The Matrix: Resurrections</strong></p><p>12/25 — <strong>The Truman Show</strong></p><p>12/26 — <strong>The Power of the Dog</strong>, <strong>Don’t Look Up</strong></p><p>12/27 — <strong>Being the Ricardos</strong>, <strong>Room 237</strong></p><p>12/28 — Chernobyl x5, <strong>The French Dispatch</strong></p><p>12/30 — <strong>Spider-Man: No Way Home</strong></p><p>12/31 — <strong>The Dark Knight Rises</strong></p><img 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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:58:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another year, another media list. Come for the day I went on a Soderbergh bender, stay for day I saw Blink 182 (alone, btw). This is my third year doing this, and each year it’s felt more and more important. You see a day with two terrible action movies, I see me and my friend laughing for 5 hours straight. You see a single episode of a twenty-two minute sitcom, I see myself comforted by watching tv for the first time after a break up. You see a spike in pretentious film nerd nonsense that makes you roll your eyes, I see getting a Criterion Channel subscription and talking about it nonstop for a week until I realized everyone was rolling their eyes. Anyway, if you’re a big film and TV person you should make one of these and we can compare next year!</p><p>TV Show, <strong>Movie, </strong><em>Concert, </em><strong><em>Play/Musical</em></strong></p><p>1/1 — The Office, The Shivering Truth x2, Arrested Development x4, Killing Eve, Aggretsuko</p><p>1/2 — <strong>Roma</strong>, Killing Eve, Arrested Development x2</p><p>1/3 — Killing Eve, Arrested Development</p><p>1/4 — Surviving R.Kelly, Arrested Development</p><p>1/5 — Derry Girls x3, The Comeback x2, Random Acts of Flyness, Devilman Crybaby x4,</p><p>1/6 — Devilman Crybaby, Killing Eve x2, Arrested Development x5, Golden Globes</p><p>1/7 — Tidying Up, Arrested Development</p><p>1/8 — Presidential Address, Killing Eve x2</p><p>1/9 — You’re the Worst x2, Arrested Development</p><p>1/10 — You’re the Worst x2, Arrested Development</p><p>1/11 — You’re the Worst x2</p><p>1/12 — Kroll Show x2, 7 Days Out</p><p>1/13 — You’re the Worst x2, True Detective</p><p>1/14 — Arrested Development x3, The Good Place, That 70s Show</p><p>1/15 — <strong><em>The Other Josh Cohen</em></strong>, Arrested Development</p><p>1/16 — <strong>Fyre Fraud</strong>, You’re The Worst</p><p>1/17 — Arrested Development</p><p>1/18 — Derry Girls</p><p>1/19 — Derry Girls, Devilman Crybaby, The Good Place</p><p>1/20 — <strong>Top Five</strong>, <strong>Blockers</strong>, Conan Without Borders: Italy, Sex Education, High Maintenance</p><p>1/21 — Black Monday, <strong>Mid 90s</strong>, <strong>Vice</strong>, <strong>The Third Man</strong>, Arrested Development</p><p>1/24 — True Detective, Dr. Pimple Popper</p><p>1/26 — You’re the Worst, The Good Place, AVN Awards</p><p>1/27 — SNL, Flowers, Deadly Class, <strong>Fyre</strong>, Parks and Rec x2</p><p>1/28 — High Maintenance, <strong>Cabaret</strong></p><p>2/3 — Parks and Rec x2, Russian Doll</p><p>2/4 — You’re the Worst</p><p>2/5 — SOTU</p><p>2/6 — You’re the Worst</p><p>2/7 — Die Hard, Parks and Rec</p><p>2/10 — <strong>Can You Ever Forgive Me?</strong>, <strong>Ant Man and The Wasp</strong></p><p>2/13 — <strong>Bad Times at the El Royal</strong></p><p>2/14 — <strong>High Fidelity</strong>, Arrested Development</p><p>2/15 — You’re The Worst, One Strange Rock, The Office, Big Mouth, Miracle Workers</p><p>2/16 — Deadly Class, Umbrella Academy</p><p>2/17 — Pen15 x3, The Office</p><p>2/18 — Umbrella Academy, Pen15 x4</p><p>2/20 — Umbrella Academy</p><p>2/23 — Pen15 x2, Deadly Class x2</p><p>2/24 — The Office x4, Desus &amp; Mero</p><p>2/25 — You’re the Worst, The 2000s</p><p>2/26– 30 for 30: Deion’s Double Play, The Wire, Umbrella Academy x2</p><p>2/27 — The Wire</p><p>2/28 — <strong><em>Fleabag</em></strong></p><p>3/2 — SNL</p><p>3/3 — The Office x3, Six Feet Under</p><p>3/4 — The Office</p><p>3/5 — Miracle Workers, The Wire, The Office</p><p>3/6 — The Wire</p><p>3/7 — The Wire</p><p>3/8 — The Wire</p><p>3/9 — The Office x2, The Wire x2</p><p>3/10 — The Office, The Wire x2, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>3/12 — Six Feet Under, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>3/13 — Bob’s Burgers</p><p>3/14 — You’re The Worst x2</p><p>3/16 — <strong>Newsies</strong>, Six Feet Under, <strong>Cruel Intentions</strong></p><p>3/17 — <strong>The Departed</strong>, <strong>Triple Frontier</strong>, Six Feet Under</p><p>3/18 — Six Feet Under, Deadly Class</p><p>3/19 — The Wire</p><p>3/20 — The Wire</p><p>3/21 — <strong><em>Is Anyone Alive Out There?</em></strong>, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>3/22 — Bob’s Burgers, Black Monday x2</p><p>3/23 — Bob’s Burgers</p><p>3/24 — You’re the Worst</p><p>3/25 — Black Monday</p><p>3/26 — Black Monday, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>3/27 — Six Feet Under, The Office</p><p>3/28 — Shrill</p><p>3/30 — Deadly Class, <strong>Cooley High</strong></p><p>3/31 — <strong>Assassination Nation</strong>, <strong>Us</strong>, Barry, Veep</p><p>4/1 — What We Do In The Shadows, <strong>A Chorus Line</strong></p><p>4/3 — You’re the Worst, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>4/6 — <strong>The Birdcage</strong></p><p>4/7 — <strong>Minding The Gap</strong>, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>4/8 — Barry, Veep</p><p>4/9 — Six Feet Under</p><p>4/10 — What We Do in the Shadows, Samurai Champloo x2</p><p>4/14 — <strong>Tag</strong>, Samurai Champloo x3, <strong>Guava Island</strong>, Black Monday, Barry, Veep</p><p>4/15 — Samurai Champloo x2</p><p>4/16 — Samurai Champloo</p><p>4/20 — Ramy, What We Do in the Shadows, <strong>Showgirls</strong></p><p>4/21 — <strong>Multiple Maniacs</strong>, Game of Thrones, Veep, Barry</p><p>4/22 — <strong>Ikiru</strong></p><p>4/25 — I Think You Should Leave x6, <strong>Searching</strong></p><p>4/27 — The Wire</p><p>4/28 — The Wire, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>4/29 — The Wire, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>4/30 — The Wire, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>5/1 — The Wire, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>5/2 — The Wire, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>5/3 — The Wire, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>5/4 — <strong>The Sisters Brothers</strong>, <strong>Moulin Rouge</strong>, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>5/6 — Game of Thrones, Veep x2, Barry, <strong>Six Men Getting Sick, Premonitions Following an Evil Deed</strong>, <strong>The Brood</strong></p><p>5/7 — Fosse/Verdon x2, What We Do In The Shadows, <strong>Several Friends</strong>, Samurai Champloo</p><p>5/10 — <strong>John Wick</strong>, I Think You Should Leave</p><p>5/11 — One Punch Man, <strong>To Sleep With Anger</strong></p><p>5/12 — <strong>The Rules of the Game</strong>, <strong>Avengers: Endgame</strong>, <strong>I Feel Pretty</strong>, Barry, Veep</p><p>5/13 — Tuca and Bertie</p><p>5/16 — Fosse/Verdon</p><p>5/18 — <strong>See You Yesterday</strong>, <strong>Moonrise</strong></p><p>5/19 — Fosse/Verdon x2, Catch-22 x2, Fleabag</p><p>5/20 — Fleabag x2</p><p>5/25 <strong>— Friday Night Lights</strong></p><p>5/26 —<strong> <em>Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish</em></strong>, Unauthorized Bash Brothers Story, The Office x2</p><p>5/27 — <strong>The Virgin Suicides</strong>, Fleabag x4</p><p>5/28 — <strong><em>Strange Loop</em></strong></p><p>5/29 — Fosse/Verdon</p><p>5/30 — <strong>Ibiza</strong></p><p>5/31 — <strong><em>Chicago</em></strong></p><p>6/2 — Fosse/Verdon, <strong>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</strong>, What We Do In the Shadows, <strong>Hollywood Shuffle</strong></p><p>6/3 — The Office x12</p><p>6/4 — <strong><em>Natalie Palimedes: Laid</em></strong></p><p>6/5 — The Office</p><p>6/9 — <strong>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</strong>, Big Little Lies</p><p>6/11 — <strong><em>Underground Railroad Game</em></strong></p><p>6/12 — <strong><em>Natalie Palimedes: Nate</em></strong><em>, </em>The Society</p><p>6/13 — <strong><em>Fairview</em></strong></p><p>6/15 — <strong><em>The Enigmatist</em></strong>, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>6/16 — <strong>Sanshiro Sugata</strong></p><p>6/18 — Los Espookys, Euphoria</p><p>6/19 — Big Little Lies, Atlanta, Community</p><p>6/20 — Too Old to Die Young, Enlightened x2</p><p>6/21 — <strong>Logan</strong>, <strong>Hotel Artemis</strong></p><p>6/26 — What We Do In the Shadows</p><p>6/30 — <strong>The Last Black Man in San Francisco</strong></p><p>7/1 — Bob’s Burgers</p><p>7/2 — Los Espookys x2, Euphoria</p><p>7/6 — Euphoria, Too Old to Die Young</p><p>7/7 — Los Espookys, Too Old to Die Young x3, Stranger Things x2, Big Little Lies x2, Euphoria</p><p>7/8 — <strong>Dope</strong></p><p>7/9 — The Wire</p><p>7/10 — The Wire</p><p>7/11 — Shrill x2</p><p>7/13 — Shrill x3, Ramy x2, <strong>Six Days to Air</strong></p><p>7/14 — <strong>Almost Famous</strong>, Ramy x2, The Wire, Big Little Lies, Euphoria</p><p>7/15 — Schitt’s creek</p><p>7/16 — The Wire</p><p>7/19 — <strong>Boogie Nights</strong></p><p>7/21 — <strong>Titanic</strong>, Big Little Lies</p><p>7/22 — The Office</p><p>7/23 — The Wire</p><p>7/26 — <strong>Try For You</strong></p><p>7/27 — Last Chance U x3</p><p>7/28 — Big Mouth x3, <strong>Pulp Fiction, Romeo + Juliet</strong></p><p>7/31 — Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon</p><p>8/1 — Last Chance U x2, <strong>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</strong></p><p>8/2 — <strong>The Matrix</strong></p><p>8/3 — Last Chance U x2, Derry Girls x2</p><p>8/4 — Derry Girls x4, Euphoria x2</p><p>8/5 — <strong>Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown</strong></p><p>8/6 — <strong>Female Trouble</strong></p><p>8/7 — <strong>Hereditary</strong></p><p>8/8 — Pen15 x2</p><p>8/10 — <strong>The War Room</strong>, <em>The Mountain Goats</em></p><p>8/11 — <strong>A Brief Encounter</strong>, Pen15 x6, <strong>Police Story</strong></p><p>8/14 — Grownish</p><p>8/15 — <strong>Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling</strong></p><p>8/16 — <strong>The Amazing Jonathan Documentary</strong> , <strong>The Beach Bum</strong></p><p>8/17 — The Boys x2</p><p>8/18 — Succession, The Boys x2</p><p>8/19 — The Boys</p><p>8/20 — Succession, The Boys</p><p>8/21 — The Boys x2</p><p>8/22 — Succession</p><p>8/23 — <strong>There Will Be Blood</strong></p><p>8/24 — <strong>Mean Streets</strong></p><p>8/26 <strong>— American Factory</strong></p><p>8/27 — Succession, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia</p><p>8/29 — Succession, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia</p><p>8/30 — Succession x3</p><p>8/31 — Succession</p><p>9/1 — <strong>Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones, Climax</strong></p><p>9/2 — Stranger Things x4</p><p>9/3 — Samurai Champloo</p><p>9/4 — <strong>Trouble Every Day</strong>, The Goldbergs</p><p>9/5 — a million little things</p><p>9/7 — <strong>Beer Fest</strong></p><p>9/8 — The Righteous Gemstones x2</p><p>9/9 — <strong>Simon Amstel: Set Free</strong></p><p>9/13 — <strong>Venom</strong>, Working Moms x2, The Office UK, <strong>Fresh</strong></p><p>9/14 — <strong>Always be my Maybe</strong></p><p>9/15 — Succession</p><p>9/16 — How the Brain Works, <strong>Under the Silver Lake</strong></p><p>9/20 — <em>Blink 182</em></p><p>9/21 — <strong>Between Two Ferns</strong></p><p>9/22 — <strong>Book Smart</strong>, <strong>John Wick 3</strong>, Succession</p><p>9/23 — Fleabag x2</p><p>9/25 — <strong>Midsommar</strong></p><p>9/29 — Succession</p><p>9/30 — The good place, The Politician</p><p>10/1 — <em>Maggie Rogers</em></p><p>10/2 — Living Undocumented</p><p>10/3 — The Family</p><p>10/4 — <strong><em>Slave Play</em></strong>, Big Mouth x2</p><p>10/6 — SNL, <strong>Joker</strong></p><p>10/7 — <strong>Nikki Glaser: Bangin’</strong></p><p>10/8 — Mr. Robot</p><p>10/9 — The Good Place, <strong>Escape from New York</strong></p><p>10/12 — Undone</p><p>10/13 — Succession, SNL</p><p>10/16 — <strong><em>For All the Women Who Are Angry</em></strong></p><p>10/17 — New Girl x4</p><p>10/18 — Living With Yourself x4</p><p>10/19 — Living with Yourself x4</p><p>10/20 — New Girl x4, The Good Place</p><p>10/21 — <strong>Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh</strong>, New Girl x2</p><p>10/22 — Crazy Ex Girlfriend</p><p>10/23 — New Girl</p><p>10/24 — <strong>Happy Death day</strong></p><p>10/26 — <strong>Dolemite is My Name</strong></p><p>10/27 — <strong>Scott Pilgrim</strong>, Watchmen, Silicon Valley</p><p>10/30 — <strong>I<em>s This a Room?</em></strong></p><p>10/31 — <strong>Blood Feast</strong>, <strong>The Conjuring</strong></p><p>11/2 — <strong>The Laundromat, High Flying Bird, Out of Sight</strong></p><p>11/3 — <strong>Blindspotting</strong></p><p>11/5 — <strong><em>Oklahoma!</em></strong></p><p>11/6 — The Good Place x2</p><p>11/9 — <strong>Happy Death Day 2U, Zombieland</strong></p><p>11/10 — <strong>Legend, Luce, The Art of Self Defense,</strong> Watchmen</p><p>11/11 — Silicon Valley</p><p>11/14 — Mad Men x2</p><p>11/17 — Watchmen, Silicon Valley</p><p>11/18 — Dickinson, The Morning Show</p><p>11/20 — <strong>Good Boys</strong></p><p>11/22 — <strong>Rounders</strong></p><p>11/23 — <strong>Grown Ups</strong></p><p>11/24<strong>–50/50, The Farewell</strong>, Watchmen, Silicon Valley</p><p>11/26 — <strong>Knives Out</strong></p><p>11/28 — Rick and Morty x3, Mad Men, <strong>The Irishman</strong></p><p>11/29 — <strong>The Report, Jojo Rabbit</strong></p><p>11/30 — <strong>Inglorious Basterds</strong></p><p>12/1 — Friday Night Lights x4</p><p>12/2 — Watchmen, Silicon Valley</p><p>12/3 — <strong><em>Sing Street</em></strong></p><p>12/4 — <strong>Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine</strong></p><p>12/6 — <strong>Marriage Story, Fish Tank</strong></p><p>12/9 — Dollface</p><p>12/10 — <strong><em>Judgement Day</em></strong>, Mad Men, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia</p><p>12/11 — Joe Pera Talks With You, The Shivering Truth</p><p>12/12 — Mad Men</p><p>12/14 — Mad Men x2</p><p>12/15 — Mad Men x2, <strong>I Lost My Body, Parasite</strong></p><p>12/16 — <strong>We’re Going To The Zoo, The Acquaintances is Lonely John, Blow Out</strong></p><p>12/17 — <strong>Shazam</strong></p><p>12/18 — <strong>Ad Astra</strong>, Toy Story 4, <strong>Detective Pikachu</strong>, Mad About You</p><p>12/19 — Mad Men x2, The Office</p><p>12/20 — Mad Men x2</p><p>12/21 — Soundtrack</p><p>12/22 — SNL, <strong>Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse</strong></p><p>12/24 — Demon Slayer x2</p><p>12/26 — Rick and Morty x2</p><p>12/27 — Russian Doll x3, Kevin Hart: Don’t Fuck This Up x2</p><p>12/28 — Kevin Hart: Don’t Fuck This Up x3</p><p>12/30 — The Morning Show x3</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=ae8857870398" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the second year in a row, I decided to catalog almost all the media I watched. What I love about doing this, is that when I look at the list of TV Shows, <strong>Movies, </strong><em>Concerts, </em>and <strong><em>Plays/Musicals </em></strong>below, I can remember specific days incredibly clearly. I also get to see what kind of media diet changes I need to implement in 2019 (might be time to let go of The Office). If anyone else makes one of these, let’s compare!</p><p>TV Show, <strong>Movie, </strong><em>Concert, </em><strong><em>Play/Musical</em></strong></p><p>1/2 — Lovesick</p><p>1/3 — Lovesick x4, <strong>Dave Chappelle: Equanimity</strong></p><p>1/4 — Lovesick, Batman: The Animated Series</p><p>1/6 — <strong>Kids</strong>, <strong>Spring Breakers</strong>, Lovesick x2, Black Mirror: USS Callister, Better Things, Bob’s Burgers x2, Black Mirror: Arkangel, The Good Place</p><p>1/7 — <strong>Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation, </strong>The Golden Globes</p><p>1/8 — Black Thought’s Freestyle</p><p>1/9 — End of the Fucking World</p><p>1/10 — She’s Gotta Have It</p><p>1/13 — End of the Fucking World x3, <strong>Thelma &amp; Louise</strong></p><p>1/15 — Atlanta x7, Living Single, <strong>The Wackness</strong>, <strong>Akira</strong></p><p>1/17 — End of the Fucking World</p><p>1/21 — SNL, Easy, High Maintenance, End of the Fucking World x3, The Good Place, Mad Men x3</p><p>1/22 — <strong>Lady Bird</strong>, The Good Place</p><p>1/24 — The Office, South Park</p><p>1/25 -The Office</p><p>1/26 — Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee x3</p><p>1/27 — <strong>Logan Lucky</strong>, <em>Lil Wayne (at the AVN Awards)</em></p><p>1/28 — <em>Magic Mike Live</em></p><p>1/29 — <strong>Brigsby Bear</strong>, Brockmire x2, The Office x2</p><p>1/30 — State of the Union, The Office x2</p><p>2/1 — The Office</p><p>2/3 — SNL</p><p>2/4 — The Office x2, <strong>The Shape of Wate</strong>r</p><p>2/5 — The Good Place x2</p><p>2/6 — Dark</p><p>2/7 — The Office x2</p><p>2/8 — The Office x2</p><p>2/9 — The Office x3, High Maintenance x2</p><p>2/10 — The Office x3</p><p>2/11 — Crashing x2 , <strong>I, Tonya</strong>, High Maintenance, Dark</p><p>2/12 — Dark, The Office</p><p>2/13 — The Office</p><p>2/14 — The Office</p><p>2/15 — <strong>Chris Rock: Tamborine</strong></p><p>2/16 — The Office, <strong>Half Nelson</strong></p><p>2/17 — High Maintenance, Everything Sucks x2</p><p>2/18 — <strong>Call Me By Your Name</strong></p><p>2/19 — Everything Sucks</p><p>2/20 — The Office</p><p>2/21 — The Office</p><p>2/22 — Everything Sucks, <strong>A Futile and Stupid Gesture</strong></p><p>2/23 — Queer Eye</p><p>2/24 — The Office</p><p>2/25 — <strong>Thor: Ragnarok</strong>, <strong>The Way Way Back</strong>, The Office, Schitt’s Creek</p><p>2/27 — The Office</p><p>2/28 — The Joel McHale Show</p><p>3/1 — Atlanta</p><p>3/4 — <strong>Justice League</strong>, <strong>Killing of a Sacred Deer</strong>, Oscars</p><p>3/6 — Atlanta</p><p>3/7 — <strong>Chris Rock: Tamborine</strong>, Please Like Me</p><p>3/8 — Atlanta</p><p>3/11 — South Park, High Maintenance x2, Dark</p><p>3/13 — South Park</p><p>3/16 — Atlanta</p><p>3/17 — The Office</p><p>3/18 — The Office, High Maintenance, SNL</p><p>3/21 — <strong>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone</strong>, FLCL x6</p><p>3/22 — Atlanta</p><p>3/23 — The OC</p><p>3/25 — Barry</p><p>3/26 — Silicon Valley</p><p>3/27 — <strong>The Royal Tenenbaums</strong></p><p>3/28 — High Maintenance, Roseanne</p><p>3/29 — High Maintenance</p><p>4/1 — <strong><em>Jesus Christ: Superstar Live</em></strong>, Silicon Valley</p><p>4/3 — Barry</p><p>4/5 — Roseanne</p><p>4/6 — Atlanta (HOLY FUCK!)</p><p>4/7 — <strong>Love, Simon</strong></p><p>4/9 — Community</p><p>4/10 — Community, Silicon Valley</p><p>4/11 — Barry</p><p>4/14 — <strong>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</strong>, <strong>Ready Player One</strong></p><p>4/15 — Community, SNL, Atlanta, <em>Beyonce @ Coachella</em>, Arrested Development</p><p>4/16 — Barry</p><p>4/22 — Silicon Valley, The Simpson’s, <strong>Black Panther</strong>, Westworld</p><p>4/24 — Silicon Valley</p><p>4/26 —<strong> <em>Two Mile Hollow</em></strong></p><p>4/27 — <strong>Anthony Jeselnek: Thoughts and Prayers</strong></p><p>4/28 — Bob’s Burgers, <strong>Isle of Dogs</strong>, Westworld</p><p>4/29 — White House Correspondence Dinner, Westworld</p><p>4/30 — Westworld</p><p>5/1 — Party Down</p><p>5/2 — <strong>John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous</strong></p><p>5/3 — <strong>Disobedience</strong></p><p>5/4 — Atlanta</p><p>5/5 — SNL</p><p>5/6 — <strong>Avengers: Infinity War</strong>, Westworld, Silicon Valley x2</p><p>5/7 — <strong>Creative Control</strong>, Barry</p><p>5/8 — Barry x2</p><p>5/9 — Wild Wild Country</p><p>5/10 — Wild Wild Country</p><p>5/11 — Wild Wild Country x2, Community</p><p>5/12 — <strong>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</strong>,</p><p>5/13 — Atlanta, The Simpsons, Westworld</p><p>5/14 — Westworld, Silicon Valley, Barry</p><p>5/15 — Dear White People</p><p>5/17 — Jane the Virgin</p><p>5/19 — SNL, Party Down</p><p>5/20 — <strong><em>Light Shining in Buckinghamshire</em></strong>, Deadpool 2, The Office</p><p>5/21 — Westworld</p><p>5/23 — Evil Genius</p><p>5/24 — Evil Genius</p><p>5/24 — Evil Genius x2</p><p>5/26 —<strong> <em>Dance Nation</em></strong></p><p>5/27 — The Break, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>5/28 — How I Met Your Mother x2, Vida, Nathan for You,</p><p>5/30 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>5/31 — Freaks and Geeks, Westworld</p><p>6/6 — <strong>The Death of Stalin</strong></p><p>6/14 — How I Met Your Mother x2</p><p>6/17 — Queer Eye, The Staircase</p><p>6/19 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>6/20 — <strong><em>Log Cabin</em></strong>, How I Met Your Mother</p><p>6/24 — How I Met Your Mother x2</p><p>6/28 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>6/29 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>6/30 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7/1 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7/4 — <strong>The LEGO Batman Movie</strong>, How I Met Your Mother x2, <strong>Three Identical Strangers</strong>, The Comedy Lineup: Tim Dillon, The Comedy Lineup: Phil Wang, The Comedy Lineup: Jak Knight</p><p>7/5 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7/6 — How I Met Your Mother x2</p><p>7/7 — Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee</p><p>7/8 — How I Met Your Mother x4</p><p>7/9 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7/10 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7/11 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7/12 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7/13 — Sharp Objects, Succession</p><p>7/14 — <strong>Sorry To Bother You</strong>, <strong>Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince</strong></p><p>7/15 — Sharp Objects, The Boondocks, Who is America?</p><p>7/16 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7/17 — The Boondocks x2</p><p>7/18 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7–19 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>7/21 — Laae Chance U x5</p><p>7/22 — Last Chance U x4, Sharp Objects</p><p>7/23 — The Boondocks</p><p>7/24 — <strong><em>Marie and Bruce</em></strong></p><p>7/28 — <strong>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1</strong></p><p>7/29 — <strong>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2</strong>, Attack on Titan</p><p>7/30 — Attack on Titan</p><p>7/31 — Attack on Titan</p><p>8/1 — How I Met Your Mother x2, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (John Mulaney),</p><p>8/2 — Attack on Titan x4</p><p>8/5 — How I Met Your Mother x2</p><p>8/6 — Sharp Objects x2</p><p>8/10 — <strong><em>Gettin’ The Band Back Together</em></strong></p><p>8/11 — How I Met Your Mother x2, Attack On Titan</p><p>8/12 — Big Mouth x3, Sharp Object</p><p>8/15 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>8/16 — <strong>BlackkKlansman</strong></p><p>8/17 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>8/18 — Rick and Morty</p><p>8/19 — Sharp Objects</p><p>8/20 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>8/21 — Attack on Titan</p><p>8/23 — Disenchantment, Death Note</p><p>8/26 — <strong>Drew Michael</strong>, How I Met Your Mother, Sharp Objects</p><p>8/28 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>8/29 — <strong>Crazy Rich Asians</strong></p><p>8/30 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>9/3 — Paradise PD, How I Met Your Mother</p><p>9/4 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>9/9 — Homecoming x6, How I Met Your Mother</p><p>9/10 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>9/11 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>9/12 — Atypical</p><p>9/15 — Atypical, American Vandal</p><p>9/16 — How I Met Your Mother x2, <strong>Superbad</strong></p><p>9/17 — Emmys, Atypical, How I Met Your Mother</p><p>9/21 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>9/22 — Sex in the City x2</p><p>9/24 — How I Met Your Mother x2</p><p>9/25 — Maniac</p><p>9/29 — SNL</p><p>9/30 — Forever, China IL</p><p>10/1 — The Good Place, The Boondocks</p><p>10/3 — The Boondocks</p><p>10/6 — The Boondocks x2, Big Mouth x3, SNL</p><p>10/7 — Maniac x5</p><p>10/8 — Maniac x4</p><p>10/11 — American Vandal x2</p><p>10/13 — H2O: Just Add Water x2, Mostly For Millenials x4</p><p>10/14 — American Vandal x4</p><p>10/15 — The Good Place</p><p>10/16 — The Good Place</p><p>10/17 — Monty Python’s Flying Circus</p><p>10/18 — Big Mouth</p><p>10/19 — Big Mouth</p><p>10/20 — The Good Place, Ozarks x2</p><p>10/21 — Ozarks — x8</p><p>10/22 — Big Mouth</p><p>10/24 — Big Mouth x2</p><p>10/29 — The Chilling Adventures ofSabrina the Teenage Witch, The Good Place, <strong>Eighth Grade</strong>, The Haunting of Hill House</p><p>10/30 — How I Met Your Mother</p><p>10/31 — How I Met Your Mother, China IL x2</p><p>11/1 — <strong><em>Sakina’s Kitchen</em></strong></p><p>11/2 — The Office x2</p><p>11/3 — The Office x2, <em>Kweku Collins</em></p><p>11/4 — Oh Hello, The Good Place, China IL x2</p><p>11/7 — <em>Julien Baker</em></p><p>11/9 — <strong>Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh</strong>, The Office x2</p><p>11/17 — Salt Fat Acid Heat, The Sopranos x2, The Office x3, Homecoming</p><p>11/18 — The Deuce, Patriot Act, Homecoming, SNL, <strong>The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,</strong> The Sopranos</p><p>11/19 — The Office</p><p>11/20 — The Sopranos, The Office</p><p>11/23 — <strong>MST3K: Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 2</strong></p><p>11/25 — The Office, Homecoming, <strong>MST3K: Carnival Magic</strong></p><p>11/27 — The Office</p><p>11/28 — Joe Pera Talks With You x2</p><p>11/29 — Joe Pera Talks With You</p><p>11/30 — Joe Pera Talks With You</p><p>12/2 — The Good Place, Joe Pera Talks With You x4</p><p>12/3 — Killing Eve</p><p>12/4 — The Office</p><p>12/5 — The Office</p><p>12/6 — The Sopranos</p><p>12/7 — The Office</p><p>12/8 — The Sopranos</p><p>12/9 — The Sopranos x4, Rugrats, China IL, Moral Orel</p><p>12/10 — Moral Orel, Sick Note</p><p>12/11 — Moral Orel x2, China IL</p><p>12/12 — Moral Orel x3, China IL x2</p><p>12/14 — The Good Place x2, Arrested Development x2</p><p>12/15 — Moral Orel, The Sopranos x2,<strong> Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse</strong></p><p>12/16 — The Sopranos x4, Moral Orel x2, China IL x2, Arrested Development x2</p><p>12/17 — The Sopranos, Arrested Development</p><p>12/18 — The Shivering Truth, Mostly 4 Millenials</p><p>12/19 — The Shivering Truth, The Sopranos x2</p><p>12/20 — The Shivering Truth,<strong> <em>Slave Play</em></strong></p><p>12/21 — Mostly 4 Millenials x2, <strong>The Favourite</strong>, Deadly Class, Shark Tank, 90 Day Fiancé</p><p>12/22 — Search Party x2, <strong>Shoplifters</strong></p><p>12/23 — <strong>If Beale Street Could Talk, </strong>Search Party x8</p><p>12/24 — <strong>How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)</strong></p><p>12/26 — <strong>The Iron Giant</strong></p><p>12/28 — Arrested Development x3, Love Actually</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=fd205e388a57" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 03:48:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Friends,</p><p>Here’s a weird thing I did, it’s a list of all the TV, <strong>Film</strong>, <em>Concerts</em>, and <strong><em>Plays/Musicals</em></strong> I watched in 2017. It doesn’t include things I had to watch for work, late night shows, sporting events or video games. I don’t know why I did this! I don’t know why I’m sharing it! 2018 is already off to weird start!</p><p>TV Show, <strong>Movie, </strong><em>Concert, </em><strong><em>Play/Musical</em></strong></p><p>1/3 — <strong>Spirited Away</strong>, Terrace House</p><p>1/4 — Terrace House</p><p>1/5 — Man Seeking Woman, Terrace House, The Mick</p><p>1/6 — Terrace House</p><p>1/7 — The Mick, <strong>Ocean Waves</strong></p><p>1/8 — Golden Globes, Terrace House</p><p>1/9 — Terrace House</p><p>1/10 — President’s Farewell Address, <strong>Hell Or High Water</strong></p><p>1/11- <strong>American Honey</strong></p><p>1/14 — A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Man Seeking Woman, Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Terrace House</p><p>1/16 — <strong>The Big Short</strong>, The Young Pope x2, <strong>Monster Trucks</strong>, The Mick</p><p>1/17 — Terrace House</p><p>1/18 — Terrace House</p><p>1/20 — The Inauguration, <em>Dram</em></p><p>1/21 — Man Seeking Woman, Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, SNL</p><p>1/22 — <strong>Hunt For The Wilderpeople</strong></p><p>1/23 — The Young Pope</p><p>1/24 — The Young Pope</p><p>1/25 — <strong>Diary Of A Teenage Girl</strong></p><p>1/26 — It’s Always Sunny x2</p><p>1/29 — It’s Always Sunny</p><p>1/30 — Young Pope, It’s Always Sunny</p><p>2/1 — <strong>Arrival</strong></p><p>2/4 <strong>— Pete Holmes: Faces And Sounds, </strong>American Crime Story x2,<strong> John Wick, </strong>The Office</p><p>2/5<strong> </strong>— Super Bowl</p><p>2/6 <strong>— </strong>American Crime Story</p><p>2/7 — Michael Bolton’s V-day Special</p><p>2/8 — American Crime Story</p><p>2/9 — American Crime Story, <strong>Swiss Army Man</strong></p><p>2/11 — SNL</p><p>2/12 — Powerless x2, Legion</p><p>2/13 — The Mick</p><p>2/14 — Girls</p><p>2/18 — Legion</p><p>2/19 — <strong>See You Next Tuesday</strong></p><p>2/20 — Man Seeking Woman x2,Crashing, Girls</p><p>2/21 — Man Seeking Woman</p><p>2/25 — <strong>Get Out</strong></p><p>2/26 — Girls, Crashing, The Mick, It’s Always Sunny</p><p>3/1 — Legion, <strong>The Bling Ring,</strong></p><p>3/2 — <em>Panic! At The Disco</em></p><p>3/4 — Search Party x4, It’s Always Sunny x3</p><p>3/5 <strong>— Captain Fantastic</strong></p><p>3/6 — Legion, Girls</p><p>3/8 — Riverdale x2</p><p>3/9 — Riverdale, Legion</p><p>3/10 — Riverdale</p><p>3/11- <strong>What We Do In The Shadows, Rushmore, OJ Made In America Pt. 1</strong></p><p>3/12 — Key &amp; Peele x2, South Park x2, Crashing, Girls, Planet Earth 2, <strong>Neighbors 2</strong></p><p>3/13 — South Park x2</p><p>3/14 — Planet Earth 2</p><p>3/18 — Rick And Morty,<strong> My Neighbor Totoro</strong></p><p>3/19 <strong>— MST3K (Manos Hands OfFate), </strong>Crashing, Girls, Legion</p><p>3/20 — <strong>The Edge Of Seventeen</strong></p><p>3/22 — <strong>MST3K (Future War)</strong></p><p>3/25 — <strong>Dave Chappelle: Age Of Spin, Legion, Dave Chappelle: Deep In The Heart Of Texas, </strong>Insecure</p><p>3/26 — Girls, Crashing, <strong>OJ Made In America Pt. 2</strong></p><p>3/27 — <strong>OJ Made In America Pt. 3</strong></p><p>3/28 — It’s Always Sunny x2</p><p>3/29 — <em>Saba</em></p><p>3/30 — <em>Vince Staples</em></p><p>3/31 — <em>Deadmau5</em></p><p>4/1 — <em>New Found Glory</em></p><p>4/2 — Legion, Its Always Sunny, BradNeely’s…x2</p><p>4/3 — Riverdale</p><p>4/6 — Sailor Moon</p><p>4/8 — <strong>Your Name</strong></p><p>4/9 — SNL, Crashing, Girls</p><p>4/10 — One Punch Man, Animaniacs x2</p><p>4/11 — <strong><em>Antipodes</em></strong>, One Punch Man</p><p>4/15 — One Punch Man, <strong>MST3K (Reptilicus), MST3K (Cry Wilderness)</strong></p><p>4/16 — Veep, Silicon Valley</p><p>4/17 — <strong>Win It All</strong></p><p>4/23 — One Punch Man x2, Animaniacs, <strong>MST3K (Avalanche</strong>), Veep, Fargo, Silicon Valley</p><p>4/24 — One Punch Man</p><p>4/25 — Harmonquest, <strong>Kubo And TheTwo Strings,</strong> Archer</p><p>4/26 — One Punch Man x2</p><p>4/27 — Fargo</p><p>4/29 — <strong><em>Nollywood Dreams</em></strong></p><p>4/30 — Dear White People x3, Veep, Silicon Valley</p><p>5/1 — Dear White People x2, <strong>MST3K(The Beasts Of Hollow Mountain)</strong></p><p>5/2 — Dear White People, <strong>MST3K(Starcrash)</strong></p><p>5/4 — <strong>Sing, La La Land, Slumdog Millionaire</strong></p><p>5/5 — <strong>MST3K (The Land That Time Forgot)</strong></p><p>5/14 — <strong>Moana</strong>, <strong>Die Hard With A Vengeance</strong>, Master Of None x4, Silicon Valley x2, Veep x2</p><p>5/15 — Master Of None x4</p><p>5/17 — <strong>Manchester By The Sea</strong></p><p>5/18 — South Park</p><p>5/19 — <em>The XX</em></p><p>5/20 — South Park</p><p>5/21 — SNL, South Park, <strong>Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2</strong>, Skins x3</p><p>5/22 — South Park</p><p>5/23 — South Park</p><p>5/24 — Chasing Cameron x2</p><p>5/26 — <strong>Hollywood Steps Out (Looney Toons),</strong> Cuplicated</p><p>5/27 — Chasing Cameron x4</p><p>5/28 — Chasing Cameron x4, <strong>Anatomy Of A Murder,</strong> South Park</p><p>5/29 — Twin Peaks: The Return x2,Silicon Valley, Veep</p><p>5/31 — South Park x2</p><p>6/1 — Twin Peaks: TR</p><p>6/5 — Silicon Valley</p><p>6/10 — FLCL</p><p>6/11 — <strong>John Wick 2</strong>, <strong>The Devil Wears Prada</strong>, Silicon Valley, Veep</p><p>6/12 — South Park x2</p><p>6/13 — Twin Peaks: TR</p><p>6/15 — Angie Tribeca, Masterchef</p><p>6/18 — Veep, Silicon Valley</p><p>6/19 — Attack On Titan</p><p>6/24 — <strong>Oh Hello</strong>, Glow</p><p>6/25 — Attack On Titan, <strong>Snowpiercer</strong></p><p>6/26 — Twin Peaks: TR, Veep</p><p>6/27 — Twin Peaks: TR, South Park</p><p>6/29 — <strong>John Mulaney: New In Town</strong></p><p>6/30 — Match Game 78</p><p>7/1 — Attack On Titan x4, <strong>TJ Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous</strong>,Brad Neely’s Harg Narlin…,</p><p>7/2 — Attack On Titan x4,</p><p>7/3 — South Park x3, Raw</p><p>7/4 — Arrested Development x2</p><p>7/5 — South Park x2</p><p>7/7 — Castlevania, Death Note</p><p>7/8 — Death Note x2, <strong>Spiderman: Homecoming</strong></p><p>7/9 — <strong>The Fifth Element</strong>, Futurama, Arrested Development</p><p>7/11 — Death Note, <strong><em>1984</em></strong></p><p>7/13 — <strong>Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King</strong></p><p>7/15 — <strong>MST3K (Loves Of Hercules),</strong> <em>Taking Back Sunday</em></p><p>7/16 — <strong>MST3K (Yongary), MST3K (Wizards If The Lost Kingdom),</strong> Game Of Thrones</p><p>7/17 — Friends From College,Deathnote</p><p>7/18 — Mad Men</p><p>7/19 — Mad Men</p><p>7/20 — Mad Men</p><p>7/21 — Rocko’s Modern Life</p><p>7/22 — <strong>MST3K (Wizards Of The Lost Kingdom 2),</strong> Last Chance U, Rocko’s Modern Life, <strong>The Prestige</strong></p><p>7/23 — Last Chance U x2, Mad Men,Game Of Thrones</p><p>7/24 — Mad Men</p><p>7/25 — Last Chance U, Mad Men</p><p>7/26 — Last Chance U, <strong>Disney’s Hercules</strong></p><p>7/27 — Last Chance U, Mad Men</p><p>7/28 — <strong>Disney’s Mulan</strong>, Futurama<em>, Frank Ocean, Mgmt, Future Island, Solange</em></p><p>7/29 — Last Chance U</p><p>7/30 — Last Chance U, Arrested Development, Game Of Thrones, Master Chef, Rick And Morty</p><p>7/31 — Rick And Morty, Mad Men</p><p>8/2 — <strong><em>The Great Comet Of 1812</em></strong></p><p>8/6 — Rick And Morty, Mad Men</p><p>8/8 — Mad Men</p><p>8/9 — Rick And Morty</p><p>8/10 — Glow, Mad Men x2</p><p>8/12 — Death Note x2, Mad Men, <strong>The Social Network</strong>, SNL Primetime</p><p>8/13 — Game Of Thrones</p><p>8/14 — Rick And Morty, Mad Men</p><p>8/15 — Vice: Charlottesville Special</p><p>8/16 — Mad Men</p><p>8/17 — Mad Men</p><p>8/18 — <strong>Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World</strong></p><p>8/19 — Mad Men x2</p><p>8/20 — Game Of Thrones</p><p>8/24 — Rick And Morty</p><p>8/27 — Game Of Thrones, Mad Men</p><p>8/30 — Rick And Morty, Death Note,Mad Men</p><p>9/2 — <strong>Girls Trip</strong></p><p>9/5 — Over The Garden Wall, The Good Place</p><p>9/6 — Narcos, The Good Place</p><p>9/7 — The Good Place,</p><p>9/8 — <strong>A Knight’s Tale</strong></p><p>9/9 — You’re The Worst x2, Bob’s Burgers, Community</p><p>9/10 — Mad Men</p><p>9/11 — Mad Men</p><p>9/12 — Rick And Morty</p><p>9/16 — Dad Of Light, The Good Place x2</p><p>9/17 — South Park, <strong>Nobody Speak</strong>, You’re The Worst, The Good Place</p><p>9/18 — The Good Place x3, Mad Men</p><p>9/20 — Dad Of Light x2, American Vandal x3</p><p>9/21 — The Good Place, Rick And Morty, You’re The Worst, American Vandal</p><p>9/22 — American Vandal x2</p><p>9/23 — American Vandal, Dad Of Light, The Duece, Neo Yokio</p><p>9/24 — The Handmaid’s Tale x2</p><p>9/25 — The Handmaid’s Tale</p><p>9/26 — <em>Chance The Rapper</em></p><p>9/28 — South Park x2</p><p>9/29 — Big Mouth</p><p>10/1 — You’re The Worst, Handmaid’sTale</p><p>10/2 — Regular Show, Steven Universe, Handmaid’s Tale</p><p>10/3 — Regular Show x2, Handmaid’sTale</p><p>10/4 — Rick And Morty, Dad Of Light, Bob’s Burgers</p><p>10/6 — Parks And Rec</p><p>10/8 — The Good Place, Handmaid’s Tale, SNL, <strong>Blade Runner 2049</strong>, South Park x3, Regular Show</p><p>10/9 — <em>Kesha</em></p><p>10/10 — Handmaid’s Tale</p><p>10/15 — <strong>Trainspotting 2</strong></p><p>10/18 — The Handmaid’s Tale, Big Mouth x2</p><p>10/19 — <strong>The Florida Project</strong>, Big Mouth</p><p>10/20 — Bob’s Burgers, Big Mouth x2</p><p>10/22 — Parts Unknown, SNL</p><p>10/23 — Big Mouth x2, The Good Place x2, Death Note x3, Regular Show</p><p>10/24 — <em>Amine</em></p><p>10/25 — Death Note, Mad Men</p><p>10/28 — Stranger Things, <em>Fall Out Boy</em></p><p>10/29 — Stranger Things x8</p><p>10/30 — Mad Men</p><p>11/2 — Mad Men, <strong>Kiss Kiss Bang Bang</strong></p><p>11/4 — <strong>Ingrid Goes West</strong></p><p>11/6 — Regular Show</p><p>11/12 — SNL, The Good Place, Chef’s Table</p><p>11/13 — Atypical</p><p>11/16 — Atypical x3</p><p>11/17 — Atypical</p><p>11/19 — SNL, Atypical x2</p><p>11/20 — Atypical x2, Mad Men</p><p>11/21 <strong>— The Meyerowitz Stories</strong></p><p>11/22 — Neo Yokio x2, Rocko’s Modern Life, <strong>Good Time, One of Us</strong>, Mad Men</p><p>11/23 — Big Little Lies x2</p><p>11/24 — Big Little Lies x3, <strong>Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri</strong></p><p>11/25 — Mad Men x2, Big Little Lies x2</p><p>11/26 — Mr. Robot x7, You’re the Worst, Mad Men x2</p><p>11/28 — <strong><em>Latin History for Morons</em></strong></p><p>11/29 — Gravity Falls</p><p>11/30 — Gravity Falls, She’s Gotta Have It</p><p>12/2 — Gravity Falls, SNL</p><p>12/3 — Mr. Robot, Gravity Falls, She’s Gotta Have It, Regular Show</p><p>12/4 — She’s Gotta Have It</p><p>12/5 — Gravity Falls</p><p>12/6 — Gravity Falls</p><p>12/9 — Bob’s Burgers x2, Felicity</p><p>12/10 — <strong>American Beauty</strong>, Future Man, <strong>Man on The Moon</strong>, <strong>Jim and Andy</strong></p><p>12/11 — Mad Men</p><p>12/15 — Riverdale x2</p><p>12/16 — <strong><em>School Girls or the African Mean Girls Play</em></strong></p><p>12/17 — <strong>The Disaster Artist</strong></p><p>12/18 — <strong>Magnolia</strong></p><p>12/19 — Gravity Falls, <strong>Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian</strong></p><p>12/20 — Space Park</p><p>12/21 — <strong>Batman &amp; Bill</strong></p><p>12/22 — <strong><em>Bulldozer: The Ballad of Robert Moses</em></strong>, <em>Cam’Ron</em></p><p>12/23 — <strong>John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid</strong>, <strong>Bright</strong>, <strong>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</strong></p><p>12/24 — <strong>The Grinch</strong>, <strong>Elf</strong></p><p>12/25 — <strong>Love Actually</strong></p><p>12/27 — Gravity Falls x3, Teen Titans Go! x3</p><p>12/28 — Ricky and Morty, Cops, Judge Judy</p><p>&gt;</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=de753fc43f6b" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Last Chance U: A Football Show for People Who Hate Football]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@joseacevedo72/last-chance-u-a-football-show-for-people-who-hate-football-80fd6191fc1d?source=rss-d78fc3b0d390------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose Acevedo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:58:30 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-07-27T17:58:30.340Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This summer, I told my friends that I would no longer be watching the NFL or playing fantasy football. Most sports fans have these friends, the ones that fall in the middle of the Venn diagram of “can take the worst trash talk” and “love football enough to play a make believe version of it.” Unfortunately, I can’t watch the NFL in good conscience anymore, due to reasons ranging from concerns over player safety to concerns over condoning player behavior. I can’t watch another Wes Welker. I can’t do the mental back flips it takes to support an organization that so grossly mishandled Ray Rice’s spousal abuse. I told them this <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Finteractive%2F2017%2F07%2F25%2Fsports%2Ffootball%2Fnfl-cte.html%3Fhp%26action%3Dclick%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26clickSource%3Dstory-heading%26module%3Dphoto-spot-region%26region%3Dtop-news%26WT.nav%3Dtop-news%26_r%3D0&amp;t=YzkwYmJkYzVkN2M1NmYxZDRmMDZlOGI5MDE2Y2NjZTBiOWQ1OWRjZSxOMmRzZkNWVg%3D%3D&amp;b=t%3A8zodfEyPpc2po1BpMN3GSw&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fjosefelixacevedo.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F163486089965%2Flast-chance-u-a-football-show-for-people-who-hate&amp;m=1">before 110 of 111 NFL brains studies proved to have CTE</a>.</p><p>Responses ranged from “How do we punish him?” to “Jose is dead to me.” While I’m committed to never watching an NFL game again, I’ll certainly be watching as many episodes of Last Chance U as Netflix produces, a show that leaves me asking if football is a viable path to redemption. <br>For the uninitiated, Last Chance U is a Netflix documentary series, currently in its second season, which follows members of the East Mississippi Community College football team. The team is made up in part of former D-I recruits who were cut from their elite college teams for everything from failed drug tests to committing crimes. Each player is there not just to win games for the EMCC Lions, but also to prove they atoned for past sins and deserve another shot at a D-I school. Many see success at this junior college in Scooba, Mississippi as their final chance at redemption.</p><p>One of the reasons I had to give up on the NFL is because whenever a pro football player is accused or found guilty of a crime, being in the NFL is an essential part of the story. These events are often politicized to bring attention to larger issues in society. Whether or not they are ultimately found guilty, their story doesn’t belong to them by the time it’s over. This is not the case for the players at Last Chance U. They’re not millionaires, they don’t have nice cars, they don’t have an entire city counting on them. Unless you were an avid college football fan when you began watching (which I never was), what you’re seeing are the stories of eighteen year old boys who made mistakes and are now having to overcome them if they want to fully realize their scholarly and athletic potential.</p><p>Episode two of the current season of Last Chance U begins with security camera footage. From a bird’s eye view, we watch a crowded bar in black and white. Nowadays, we know that if we’re seeing security footage on a show about sports, whatever happens next will be bad. After a moment we see a man and woman begin to argue as they jockey for position at the bar. The woman raises a hand and he grabs it, she punches him in the face, and he punches her back. The woman was Abby Husty, an FSU student. The man was De’andre Johnson, a top recruit at FSU, who was meant to play quarterback.</p><p>The episode that follows does not demonize De’andre, nor does it ask us to forgive him. It doesn’t include any claims of he said, she said. It doesn’t ask us to watch the tape again and check to see if Abby kneed him in the groin. Instead, it asks us to consider if football can bring him redemption. We hear from his parents, who are still disappointed in their son who was expelled and was facing potential criminal charges. We hear from the coach who recruited him who admits that in his eyes, De’Andre began to pay the price the day he was expelled from FSU and is continuing to pay the price simply by having to play at EMCC. Most importantly, coach Buddy Stevens admits that if he didn’t get recruited by EMCC someone else would’ve gotten him, so you might as well help De’Andre and help yourself. Therein lies what’s at the heart of Last Chance U, an unbiased look at the complications that come with making football someone’s road to absolution.</p><p>In that same episode, running back Isaiah Wright opens up about what it means to be playing starting running back. Isaiah didn’t make a mistake that brought him to EMCC, he just wasn’t good enough to make D-I after high school, and is hoping he can prove himself through junior college ball. To make it to D-I means overcoming a childhood in foster care. It means catching up to his brother, a D-I football player who came out of EMCC. It means his brother, who suffered a knee injury that ended his career and followed Wright to EMCC, can follow him to a top tier school. It means one day being able to give his fiancé the life he thinks she deserves. This makes it all the more heartbreaking when Isaiah is benched with a concussion early in the first quarter of his second game. Watching him stumble to the sidelines and hide his eyes from the lights, I felt myself wanting him to both never play another snap, and get out there as fast as possible. Isaiah can’t miss any games, this is his chance. But also, what about the very real threat chasing his last chance poses to his life? Who am I to deny someone who’s willing to potentially die on the field if it leaves a better life for their fiance and unborn child? Who am I to not be doing everything I can to end an organization that puts someone in the position where they feel like this is their only option? Can’t they focus on their free education?</p><p>Perhaps the most compelling character in the show isn’t a player, but Brittany Wagner, the academic adviser who is tasked with keeping the GPAs of all the student athletes high enough that they can compete. She’s their friend and disciplinarian. She gives them pencils before they go to class. She asks them to consider what they’ll do if football doesn’t work out. She doesn’t see the EMCC football team as their last chance, she sees a college education as their best chance. Some of the athletes attempt to rise to her challenge, others seek to evade it however possible. When pressed about life after football, some players acknowledge that they have to be prepared to do some day enter the workforce, others can’t see a life beyond the field.</p><p>All of this makes for a show that isn’t about football, it’s about what people are willing to do to achieve their dreams. After three episodes of the second season, I can’t tell you EMCC’s record, but I know that Isaiah texts his fiance during every class. I don’t know what De’Andre’s stat line was in his first college game after a two year hiatus — but I do hope being back in the pocket brings him some kind of peace, even if I haven’t forgiven him for what he’s done. And no, I won’t be watching any of the NFL games these players may potential play in, but I will be hoping that their lives have happy endings.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=80fd6191fc1d" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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