#end of the year data

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

my 2023 year in review (data/stats/numbers)

this year, mental illness kicked my ass until it didn't (when fabba came back), and then about a week ago, it started kicking my ass again. i wish i had spent more of the year escaping into art. 2023 was the first year in a while, i feel, that has had this low numbers.

part of that is because my special interest in the 2000s emo scene was reawakened by fob's return, so much of my year was spent re-obsessing over them. rediscovering a bunch of music that made me happy ages 12-15, a time period full of suicidal ideation. my suicidal thoughts and impulses were slain, once again, by the fabbaboos like champions in an arena. 'are you not entertained?' and all that.

(the only 're-'s i am counting are film re-watches, so no album re-listens are counted in that. so a bunch of the stuff i did this year is not being counted! i actually listened to a lot more music than i have catalogued here, i just don't personally log re-listens in my physical media log, so they aren't counted here.)

another part of this is that i spent so much of the year working on my own projects, working on myself, and trying to manage my mental illnesses. i quit drugs and wanting to kill myself! i'm learning spanish! i'm graduating in a few months! this is not an apology; i just prefer to do a lot more stuff to distract me from all the horribleness in my life </3.

this is a (hopefully) complete-ish log of stuff i did this year bc i like number and data and keeping logs because i have an intense, immense fear of lack of permanence/forgetting/losing things because i have lost and forgotten so much stuff in my life 😁😁😁

this is going to get long, so i'm putting it under a cut.

movies watched: 54

top 10 best movies, loosely ranked best to worst:

the revenge of frankenstein (1958) (re-watch) (5 stars)

moustachette (2009) (re-watch) (5 stars)

a field in england (2013) (5 stars)

barbie (2023) (5 stars)

the curse of frankenstein (1957) (re-watch) (5 stars)

spider-man: across the spider-verse (2023) (5 stars)

how to get ahead in advertising (1989) (5 stars)

field of dreams (1989) (5 stars)

the boy and the heron (2023) (4.5 stars)

withnail & i (1987) (4.5 stars)

die hard (1988) (4.5 stars)

honorable mentions: akira (1988), his girl friday (1940), juno (2007), guardians of the galaxy vol. 3 (2023), a clockwork orange (1971)

top 5 worst films, loosely ranked worst to best:

black jack (1981) (2 stars)

lust for a vampire (1971) (2 stars)

some may live (1967) (3 stars)

renfield (2023) (3 stars)

men at work (1990) (3 stars)

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i don't really watch that much television, so i'm not logging it here. i did watch a bunch of tv, but not enough to really warrant a wrapped.

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books read: 7 (+3 issues of do a powerbomb) (+ part of great expectations by charles dickens, but i haven't finished it yet 🥰)

ranked, best to worst:

gray by pete wentz, james montgomery (4.5 stars)

landline by rainbow rowell (4.5 stars)

the last command by timothy zahn (4.5 stars)

the secret diary of laura palmer by jennifer lynch (4 stars)

attachments by rainbow rowell (4 stars)

specter of the past by timothy zahn (3.5 stars)

do a powerbomb by daniel warren johnson (first three issues, 3.5 average stars)

death star by steve perry, michael reaves (2 stars)

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i still haven't received my spotify wrapped in full because it won't load all the way through, so that is going to have to wait. but i am an album listener through and through, so here are some album stats!

i'm only counting albums that are new to me/i previously hadn't listened to all the way through, so this doesn't count re-listens :/

this also IS counting eps.

albums listened to: 29

top 10 albums, best to worst:

soul punk (2011) by patrick stump (5 stars)

so much (for) stardust (2023) by fall out boy (5 stars)

purple rain (1984) by prince (5 stars)

hot mess (2009) by cobra starship (5 stars)

transgender dysphoria blues (2014) by against me! (5 stars)

can't buy a thrill (1972) by steely dan (5 stars)

like vines (2006) by the hush sound (5 stars)

bleed american (2001) by jimmy eat world (5 stars)

this is why (2023) by paramore (4.5)

flamboyant (2019) by dorian electra (4.5 stars)

honorable mentions: where sleeplessness is rest from nightmares (2001) by arma angelus; the land is inhospitable and so are we (2023) by mitski; old world underground, where are you now? (2003) by metric; phantomime (ep) (2023) by ghost; sempiternal (2013) by bring me the horizon

loosely ordered, non-exhaustive 10 of my favorite new-to-me songs:

fake out by fall out boy

run dry (x heart x fingers) / cryptozoology by patrick stump

love from the other side by fall out boy

thick skull by paramore

so much (for) stardust by fall out boy

allie by patrick stump

bleed american by jimmy eat world

i would die 4 u by prince (there would be more prince on this list, but i had listened to much of purple rain already, so!)

you're not in on the joke by cobra starship

to feel no more bitterness forever by arma angelus

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personal project wrapped!

poems: 37

the bc wip: 6146 words (daily writing streak not broken since i started it 😁)

the mi wip: 836 words

the epdb wip: 1697 words

other stuff: ???

i've written too many songs/scraps of songs to count those.

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10 favorite real world things + stuff i'm grateful/proud that happened:

got hardcore back into fall out boy !

saw fall out boy live !

saw ghost live !

sobered up and became straight edge !

overcame suicidal urges (kinda) !

have been learning how to read music and play piano better !

went to the pmu !

read 'gray' by pete wentz !

curbed my righteous anger / learned to cope with anger better !

have been learning spanish !

honorable mentions: learning to be a better friend, have been keeping up a writing streak with the bc wip + haven't missed a single day since i started, started the mi wip, have been putting myself out there more, doing things scared, writing a shit ton of poetry + sharing it, got clandestine merch, keeping to my dietary restrictions, recovering from onychotillomania!

[egophiliac]

I have never been more concerned for a JP update from your art than I am seeing a Cheka knowing the context of Leona’s dream.

My bois ok right?????? My sweet nephews ok right??????

well

uhhhh

I'm sure the real one is fine :)

[mostly-natm]

Happy Halloween from Lore! 🔪💛

[dat4l0re]

[curlyhairedbooklover]

How many times did Steve and Reece kill each other really??

I found it funny how often Steve accused Reece of killing him in all their episodes while watching interviews a few years ago and so decided to collect the data on it myself!! As the show is now finished and I got around to adding the final season to my spreadsheet I figured I would share it! So here it is:

As you can see a Reece character murdered a Steve character 9 times throughout the show while Steve murdered Reece 6 times!! So while Reece does win it is by a small margin!

Also generally he committed more murders, killing 21 people to Steve's 12 whilst getting murdered 16 times opposed to Steve's count of 19!

Some bonus data I collected is that there are 91 deaths across the entire show (and 6 fake/not real ones, think nine lives kat or devil of christmas), 38 episodes have at least one on screen death, 5 episodes end with an implied death and only 12 episodes have no death at all!! (btw I’ve added the table that I got this data from in another reblog for people who may be interested!)

[pangur-and-grim]

did you know that I nearly lost this cover, because Grim jumped onto my laptop, got her leg caught on the charging cable, panicked, and essentially body-slammed it onto the floor, leaving herself uninjured but my laptop completely smashed? 

[zip-toonz]

Fell down a rabbit hole hard over the past 3 days. Made a Viva Pinata OC after watching a few episodes of the Show

[pompombot]

Continuation of yesterday while I wait for a process to run...

Shuanshuan thinks he's helping his mysterious new friend who's having trouble moving around on his own, while Yi's just thinking about the Apemen germs and diseases (although I assume it took him a few days to conclude that there was nothing wrong with them).

[lynxfrost13]

Thinking about my Penrose prototype mynah and Elster again bc I wanna flesh them out more..

I think I at least have names for them right now!

MHNR 001 is called Kosmos! As a prototype mynah variant built for the Penrose mission the technicians that worked on her affectionately gave her the name. She’s your typical mynah persona but in a smaller frame (still bulky by other replika standards!) and also has some additional ship piloting knowledge uploaded into her memory. Her three primary tasks are to pilot the ship, to mark planets/asteroids/etc that have valuable resources for the nation, and to extract some of those resources.

Btw Her favorite plush (they let her bring some for stabilization! They don’t take up too much space!) is a dinosaur with a grumpy expression. It reminds her of her new Elster friend :]

LSTR 001 was dubbed “Dorredt” by Kosmos because according to the mynah calling her 001 was boring, and while trying to think of a name she misread a package and came up with Dorredt. Elster doesn’t care if it means Kosmos will stop bugging her about potential names. She’s your typical elster, quiet, serious, and maybe a little awkward! Her duties involve anything involving ship repair/maintenance and land survey. Her and Kosmos both tend to the Penrose ship’s garden but Dorredt is better at handling the plants due to her less clunky build.

Her favorite spot to be alone is the storage area, sometimes she just sits there and reads the labels on items for fun. There’s other things she could do too but not a lot was provided for her specifically..

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Rani Choudhury Must Die

YA contemporary romance

two ex-best-friends turned rivals due to family expectations and competing in science competitions realise they’re dating the same guy

when one gets into the european young scientist exhibition, they decide to team up and create a new project - an app to expose cheaters, planning to expose him in their final presentation

but the more time they spend together they remember why they were friends, and maybe start to get crushes on each other…

Bangladeshi-Irish diaspora experiences & messy teenagers

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

my 2024 reading wrapped.

in 2024, i actually set a reading goal since i felt like i didn't read enough in 2023, or, at the very least, i read less than i would normally. so i set myself an initial goal of 12 books, one for each month, and quickly reached it. then 15, 20, and 25. i reached 25 exactly!

this is me counting down some of my favorite books i read in 2024, and a couple of least favorites, too. plus a most read authors graph at the end bc i love charts and graphs.

under cut.

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books read: 25, equaling 4793 pages, according to the storygraph.

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top ten best books, loosely ordered:

on the road by jack kerouac (my rating: 4.5-5/5).

i too am kind of in love with dean moriarty.

the dharma bums by jack kerouac (my rating: 4.5-5/5).

pretty much where i'm at in life atm.

none of this rocks by joe trohman (my rating: 4.5/5).

sometimes joe's self-deprecation is more saddening or tedious than funny, but it's still a deeply funny and touching autobiography throughout. i was prepared for the heavier subject matter, but g-d. it still hits so hard.

fall out toy works #3 by pete wentz and co. (my rating: 4.5/5).

genuinely beautiful.

lady windemere's fan by oscar wilde (my rating: 4.5/5).

honestly wasn't expecting this one to sweep me off my feet like it did? so funny and so relevant, still, today.

the boy with the thorn in his side by pete wentz (my rating: 4.5/5).

beautifully grotesque art and beautifully grotesque story.

genuinely unsettling and disturbing. it's been a while since anything had really scared me like this one did. (the doctor character is what scared me, iymk.)

pete takes this insecure tone throughout that is. very understandable and relatable, from one artist to another, when dealing with such personal subject matter. i don't think i can rate it negatively or ax off any points for that, but it is worthy of note since i feel like it's part of the experience of this book to be discomfited by him while reading it.

while i do appreciate the raw (read: unedited) vibe of this book, some of the grammatical errors took me out a little at times.

fall out toy works #5 by pete wentz and co. (my rating: 4.5/5).

like much of this series, a bit hard to follow at times (and that is coming from me, the king of nonsense and openendedness), but that kinda works in favor of the setting/universe.

i love tiffany.

the importance of being earnest by oscar wilde (my rating: 4.5/5).

this book had me ROLLING !!!!

genuinely love how everything wrapped up here.

so mecore all around i love causing my own problems.

fall out toy works #1 by pete wentz and co. (my rating: 4.5/5).

the first couple pages are just really well done.

great introduction to a series i all-around really love.

sailor moon, vol. 2 by naoko takeuchi (my rating: 4/5).

beautiful art.

i think i prefer the manga to the anime? the manga is a bit more serious/dramatic and romantic and i really dig that for these characters.

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worst books of the year:

i only have two picks for my worst books of 2024 since these were the only two that i rated lower than a 3.5/5.

mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia (my rating: 2.5/5 (just barely)).

i say with zero exaggeration that this is one of the most frustrating, boring slogs i've ever had the displeasure of sitting through. instead of wasting my time again, here's my full review.

star wars: aftermath (#1) by chuck wendig (my rating: light 3/5).

i picked this up because pw showed it off in a video (not necessarily an endorsement, i know, but i was already contemplating giving it a go and that was the push i needed) and i want to make fun of him/talk with him about it now. has he even read it or did he just happen to have it with him at the time. i don't know. i know i am insane.

so slow. the first chapter was alright and then it just gets so fucking boring and unfunny. i get that it's trying to build tension and flesh things out, but it doesn't do either of those things especially well, either, so it just feels like a big waste of time.

act 3 was actually pretty great and fun! took it long enough, but it finally did get good!

tries so hard to be funny. the colloquial 'star wars-y' language here is mostly just grating. i have such a high tolerance for sw bullshit but this felt like the author is trying to be a star wars nerd instead of just is being a star wars nerd. it made me laugh less than three times and made me groan probably closer to fifty times.

i did really like the ex-imperial dude (of course) and was rooting somewhat for the rag-tag squad by the end. most of the characters (eventually) held my attention.

i get it, he's only 15 years. but that little teenage boy is a major cunt. this book occasionally does succeed, later on, at making me feel for him but g-d. i hated following this kid for most of the book. i'm not even talking, really, about how he treats his mother. his attitude in general was just frustrating as fuck to be forced to sit through to get to the better characters.

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my most read authors, according to the storygraph (aka my formal diagnosis):

pete wentz won with a unit of seven, clocking in five units ahead of the runners up. i really like him.

[casserolecremator]

I need a Tshirt that says “I am a normal person. I will act normal in response to new Half Life content” so Valve employees will talk to me

[chilope]

someone deleted all of the files off of one of our microscope computers and so far no one has admitted to doing it (i assume it was an accident) so i need to decide if its a big enough deal to pursue further....

[the-sunshine-dragon]

Realized this week that I use youtube like I use tumblr and that is specifically creating my own experience and specifying exactly what videos I want to see versus having an algorithm tell me (outside of the little pane of recommended or similar videos next to a video you're currently watching) and that realization has made me very happy.

[searchslavecollarsbottomofocean]

Search For Slave Collars On The Bottom Of The Ocean With Explosives Still Attached

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

going through my tumblr drafts today and the category of posts can be neatly sorted into four categories:

me complaining about chronic illness symptoms

half written media analysis that i give up halfway through because i realize i have no idea what i'm talking about but like. there's something there.

half written media analysis that i give up halfway through because i realize posting my take is a little bit too controversial/overly negative for this blog.

well written opinion pieces on social issues that i spend hours writing before going "eh... i don't want to get hate anons for the controversial opinions that all hatred & bigotry is bad, people are really susceptible to bias & conspiratorial thinking, and the world is much more complicated than anyone thinks"