Glad to hear that you survived and grew in 2021 Sam, and congratulations on the exceptional results at uni!
I think a lot of this year for me was about escapism, being in Melbourne and dealing with yet another mammoth lockdown. Thankfully, there was a lot going on in the world of entertainment to escape into, in between navigating a restructure to land into a new job, and working through the unnecessarily arcane processes of council permissions for an upcoming home renovation.
I came across Dimension 20 on tiktok, a live play tabletop gaming show (where improv actors play dungeons and dragons in real time) and got hooked pretty quickly. You can find some of their content on YouTube and Spotify, or subscribe to Dropout for the full catalogue.
Then I got wind of the Wheel of Time series starting on Amazon Prime, so I started reading the books. I managed to get through the first one before the show started, and am halfway through the second now. I can see why the series has been deemed classic; the world building is epic in scale, while the characters and the action are both really engaging.
Musically, I’ve also been enjoying the Lil Nas X album, as well as Leon Bridges’ album earlier in the year, and I belatedly discovered Ryn Weaver, again thanks to tiktok.
It’s been a fairly exhausting year, but I too reflect on the fact that despite all of the challenges, or maybe because of them, I’ve had a lot of opportunity for growth, and I think I’m ending the year a noticeably more grown up human. About time, I guess! 😂
Glad to hear that you survived and grew in 2021 Sam, and congratulations on the exceptional results at uni!
I think a lot of this year for me was about escapism, being in Melbourne and dealing with yet another mammoth lockdown. Thankfully, there was a lot going on in the world of entertainment to escape into, in between navigating a restructure to land into a new job, and working through the unnecessarily arcane processes of council permissions for an upcoming home renovation.
I came across Dimension 20 on tiktok, a live play tabletop gaming show (where improv actors play dungeons and dragons in real time) and got hooked pretty quickly. You can find some of their content on YouTube and Spotify, or subscribe to Dropout for the full catalogue.
Then I got wind of the Wheel of Time series starting on Amazon Prime, so I started reading the books. I managed to get through the first one before the show started, and am halfway through the second now. I can see why the series has been deemed classic; the world building is epic in scale, while the characters and the action are both really engaging.
Musically, I’ve also been enjoying the Lil Nas X album, as well as Leon Bridges’ album earlier in the year, and I belatedly discovered Ryn Weaver, again thanks to tiktok.
It’s been a fairly exhausting year, but I too reflect on the fact that despite all of the challenges, or maybe because of them, I’ve had a lot of opportunity for growth, and I think I’m ending the year a noticeably more grown up human. About time, I guess! 😂