{"id":816,"date":"2015-12-31T23:42:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T07:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/?p=816"},"modified":"2018-01-01T16:50:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T00:50:54","slug":"2015-young-scrappy-and-hungry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/?p=816","title":{"rendered":"2015: young scrappy and hungry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s almost 2016. Cecily celebrated with a Netflix Care Bears countdown, Simon with a 30 second Force Awakens TV spot, and I with a 9 PM livestream from New York City. Now it&#8217;s time to sit in bed, watch Insurgent on HBO GO, and reflect on my triumphs and failures from the past year.<\/p>\n<p>This was the year that Cecily started preschool, meaning there is a time when both of my kids are in the care of adults other than my wife, which is both fantastic and terrifying. This was the year that I listened to Hamilton and my world turned upside down. This was the year that Star Wars won the marketing and hype battle for everything. This was the year that was.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Make 2 Twine Projects\/Games<\/em><br \/>I&#8217;m working on one right now, so let&#8217;s not call this a total failure.<\/li>\n<li><em>Read 10 Books<\/em><br \/>I started a bunch of books, but I can actually only remember finishing The Martian. Either way, I&#8217;m fairly certain I fell short here.<\/li>\n<li><em>Get Abs<\/em><br \/>My abs still exist. I wouldn&#8217;t say I got any more of them. Eh.<\/li>\n<li><em>Continue Roll the Dai<\/em><br \/>I fell off the wagon here. Oof. I still intend to start it up again.<\/li>\n<li><em>Count to 10<\/em><br \/>Sometimes I get overexcited, shoot off at the mouth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, let&#8217;s not dwell on that too much, eh? You win some, you lose some. Man, I clearly don&#8217;t remember any of the important plot points from Divergent.<\/p>\n<p>New resolutions! Let&#8217;s pick some easy ones this time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Release&#8221; a personal creative project &#8211; just one, be it some writing, a game, or something else<\/li>\n<li>Read some fiction, some non-fiction, some poetry, and a play &#8211; less total, more genres, easier task?<\/li>\n<li>Go to the gym 3 times &#8211; 3 times! All year! Totally doable.<\/li>\n<li>Brush more &#8211; my teeth deserve it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Movie I Saw in Theaters:<\/strong> Star Wars: The Force Awakens<br \/>\n<strong>Best Movie I Saw in Theaters with Chris Pratt:<\/strong> Jurassic World<br \/>\n<strong>Best Recent Movie I Saw on Netflix:<\/strong> Moonrise Kingdom<br \/>\n<strong>Best 80s Movie I Saw on Netflix:<\/strong> The Fifth Element<br \/>\n<strong>Best Movie I Regretfully Chose to Watch While Writing This:<\/strong>Insurgent<br \/>\n<strong>Best TV Show (new):<\/strong> Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt<br \/>\n<strong>Best TV Show (old):<\/strong> Phineas and Ferb<br \/>\n<strong>Best TV Show (superhero):<\/strong> Arrow<br \/>\n<strong>Best TV Show I Keep Meaning to Watch:<\/strong> that Aziz Ansari show<br \/>\n<strong>Best TV Show with Chris Pratt:<\/strong> Parks and Recreation<br \/>\n<strong>Best Album Because Katie Bought It For Christmas and I Never Buy Music:<\/strong> Carly Rae Jepsen, E MO TION<br \/>\n<strong>Best AAA Game:<\/strong> Batman: Arkham Knight<br \/>\n<strong>Best Indie Game:<\/strong> Rocket League<br \/>\n<strong>Best Game Co-Workers Convinced Me to Buy:<\/strong> Vermintide<br \/>\n<strong>Best Clicker Game:<\/strong> Crusaders of the Lost Idols<br \/>\n<strong>Best Game I Got Katie to Play with Me:<\/strong> Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes<br \/>\n<strong>Best Game I Started But Didn&#8217;t Play Enough Of To Truly Judge:<\/strong> Life is Strange<br \/>\n<strong>Best Musical:<\/strong> Hamilton<br \/>\n<strong>I Mean It&#8217;s Really, Really Good:<\/strong> Alexander Hamilton<br \/>\n<strong>What I&#8217;m Not Throwing Away:<\/strong> My Shot<br \/>\n<strong>Best Phasma\/Vader\/Davy Jones:<\/strong> Simon<br \/>\n<strong>Best Night Dancer:<\/strong> Cecily<\/p>\n<p>No, seriously, though, Hamilton. Go listen to Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>OK, it&#8217;s only 20 minutes &#8217;til real midnight so I guess we&#8217;ll listen to Carrie Underwood for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Happy 2016!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s almost 2016. Cecily celebrated with a Netflix Care Bears countdown, Simon with a 30 second Force Awakens TV spot, and I with a 9 PM livestream from New York City. Now it&#8217;s time to sit in bed, watch Insurgent on HBO GO, and reflect on my triumphs and failures from the past year. 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