2021 Review

The review of the amazing 2021, just in time for winter.

These were the optimistic goals for 2021 heading into a second year of lockdown.

• Blog (75%)
• 25 posts - had 18 which is basically just the monthly
• Fitness
• Bike (0%)
• 10 bike rides - zero!
• Run (100%)
• 5km under 18:00 - right around 18 minutes
• 10km under 37:00 - about 36:45
• 21km under 1:22:00 - about 1:20:45 was the biggest surprise
• 4000km total distance - 5125km and all 365 days
• 15 new parkrun events - 9 events, got distracted by a PB streak
• Races (0%)
• 5 new events - only 4 for the year, and none were new
• 3 interstate events - no surprise with zero
• Weight (0%)
• 70kg - still stuck around 73kg
• Holiday (0%)
• Interstate - even that didn't happen with lockdowns and other restrictions
• House (0%)
• Buy - with prices going up 20% this continues to be unlikely
• Money
• Shares (100%)
• 10% from the end of 2020 - about right only due to good timing
• Super (100%)
• Linear - also did well only due to good timing to finish the year
• Music (0%)
• 2 events - 0 and almost no tours happened
• Reading (0%)
• 5 - 0 books, need to see if my electronic reader still works
• Sport (0%)
• AFL - most matches and the grand final were played interstate
• NBL - similar to AFL
• Study (0%)
• 1 exam - 0 that apply to work at the moment
• To Do List (0%)
• Had no other major goals and none really came up
• Video Games (100%)
• 5 games completed - 9 xbox and 1 switch, had a bit of extra time without daily travel
• Work (0%)
• Finish project - not even close, could go until 2023

Some favourites for the year:

• Movies
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• TV
• Mare of Easttown
• Rosehaven season 5
• Squid Game
• The Challenge / The Challenge All Stars
• The White Lotus
• Video Games
• Call Of Duty - some were ok, played too many
• Diablo 3

April Review

 It's the April update, now six months of winter on the way.

Starting with a new miscellaneous section for other events of the moment.

• Two months of federal election news - it doesn't get much worse
• The campaign process is just as bad as usual
• Avoid risk
• Criticise opponents whenever possible
• Don't commit to any beneficial long term change
• Spend billions on marginal seats
• Statements and facts rarely checked or questioned

Another month with no running events and not much coming up either. I was going to do the Run The Rock 13.5 kilometres race but with bad weather the night before I ended up missing out. I completed my parkrun PB streak at 25 events after going to Lancefield and Newport Lakes. For a while longer I'm doing the tourism streak (different event each week) which is a bit over 40.

I finally got a sub 18 minute parkrun at Dorset Recreation Reserve, but the timekeeper missed a few seconds. However there's a very slow turnaround, so maybe it evens out. Another new event at Frankston Nature Reserve which was a fun trail course with a few challenging small hills.

Nothing good to say about the sharemarket, I think I'm running at a loss for my super after 10 months of the financial year, and that includes contributions.

Some sport seasons finishing up.

• March Madness - at last Kansas won again, but I didn't get to watch any games
• Gridiron Victoria - went to the final at Croydon but it wasn't even close
• NBA - starting the playoffs but Brooklyn are already out
• Soccer - just Liverpool and Manchester City every week

Not a lot to report on the to do list.

• Blog
• Still haven't done the 2021 or 2022 updates (again)
• Running
• Brisbane a small chance for June
• Adelaide perhaps in September

Still the same at work, and the project is another few months behind schedule, might never finish.

That's it for this month.

• Books
• None
• Movies
• None
• Music
• None
• TV
• F1 Drive To Survive season 4
• Good for someone who doesn't bother to watch F1 anymore
• However I got sick of hearing about non-sports people obsessed with the show
• 8 out of 10
• Space Force season 2
• Only seven episodes, didn't really go anywhere
• 5 out of 10
• Super Pumped The Battle For Uber
• Better than The Dropout, definitely better than We Crashed
• Good actors and good story
• 8 out of 10
• The Dropout
• The real-life story is a disaster but the show was done well
• Exciting to see Sayid from Lost again
• 7 out of 10
• We Crashed
• The third of the 'scammer' shows
• Good actors but disliked the characters (and accents) and the story
• Seemed to focus much less on the bad aspects
• 4 out of 10
• Video Games
• NES
• Zelda Randomizer Reloaded
• A good randomizer because the overworld and dungeons get changed too
• Sadly one of my games I couldn't get to the level with the ladder and whistle !
• 7 out of 10
• Xbox One
• None