2025 - a year in review⋆｡°✩

2025 is over... yay! or not yay? I don't know really, I kind of didn't enjoy the year as a whole so I think I'm okay with moving on. This year I did watch lots and lots more films, finally began making some art I liked again and went to some awesome shows - not all bad then!

 January

January began with a weird ghostly dream I had whilst staying in my friends spare room... So I guess the year was off to a good start? I began to start blogging more with avenue's Bloganuary challenge which was really fun and probably got me to start this blog somewhere down the line...

What I was listening to... on January 31st 2025 something amazing happened to me. I saw L.S Dunes live and met Anthony Greene, Frank Iero, Tim Payne, Tucker Rule and Travis Stever (!!) The show was so good that it made me obsessed with their latest album - Violet. Still one of the best ever gigs I've ever been too ^_^

craziest show ever...

 What I was watching... This month I rewatched 50/50 with Jospeh Gordon-Levitt, and even if I find Seth Rogan so unfunny I have a real soft spot for this movie. I also saw Sunshine Clearing which is another heartwarming one. Was probably still watching It's Always Sunny lol.

 

February 

Birthday month!! For my b-day I went to a cat cafe with my sister and had a lot of fun. This t'was the month I spent all my time working on my Thursday fansite - Voices On A String.

he did not gaf at all.

What I was listening to... discovered Q and Not U this month, accidentally listened to Ten Thousand Animal Calls so much it became my top song of the year LOL. choke enough by Oklou came out this month yayy!!

What I was watching... finalllly started Severance but spoiler - I still haven't finished S2.. sorry. Also got around to watching Anora which was.. okay?

 

March 

HUGE month for Thurs-heads (me) - I got to see Thursday live again T-T I screamed so hard to fast to the end the girl in front of me turned fully around just to see what the noise was. It was me. Met other Thurs-heads and freaked the fuck out when I saw the band walking on the other side of the road. Also Steve Pedulla blanked my ass even though I was trying to smile at him LOL. also saw Clairo with my bestie and that was fun AND chill. Awesome month. 

WHAT

What I was listening to... THURSDAY. Also I got an iPod Classic for my b-day :D

What I was watching... discovered about Matt Johnson. Lost my mind. Watched all of his films and NTBTS (ok maybe not all this month). Also got really into Steve Jobs biopics. Pirates of Sillicon Valley is like one of the greatest pieces of cinema. Alsooo saw Under The Skin WTF.

 April

Easterrr holiday!!!! Went to Italy and lost my damn mind at how beautiful the world is and ate the best gelato of all time. Officially removed all social media (essentially..) from my life and started this blog up! :) I read Catcher In The Rye finally. so good.

takee meee baaack

What I was listening to... was really in my indie girl era and only listened to Laura Veirs, onelinedrawing, death cab ect ect. Received an amazing cd mix in the mail from Finny and discovered so many great musicians.

What I was watching... saw soo many films this month, here's the low-down - worst: Boyhood (too damn lonng!) and The Amatuer (sadly boring..), best - Love Lies Bleeding (insane.) and Zero Day (also insane.).

 

May 

Played so much SSX3  I though I could do snowboarding tricks. Saw Michael Cera Palin which was really cool.

What I was listening to... Fancy That by Pinkpantheress came out and while it is good was slightly disappointing for me :'(. Began a long descent into the Tooth & Nail multiverse.

What I was watching... only saw incredible films this month: First Reformed, Kneecap and Rushmore. All life changing.

 

June

 Really damn hot already. :/ Perfected Now Press Repeat (music blog) and spent alot of time coding. Had a cute solo-trip to London and went to a Yoshitomo Nara and Jenny Saville art exhibit. 

MEAL OF THE YEAR .. maybe

What I was listening to... went insane with the tunes this month. Discovered eastern European emo/ hardcore, finally listened to Sufjan Stevens AND Jason Molina. and importantly, re-joined the cult that is mewithoutYou. This band ruined my year lowkey. 

 What I was watching... because I don't know what tv shows I was streaming it appears to me I only saw two things in June: GO (2001) - I cried and The Secretary - crazy ass movie with like THE BEST wardrobe of all time. insane. 

 

July 

Basically nothing happened. Except that my cousin did have a crazy wedding and I ran around in a fountain.

What I was listening to... got really obsessed with Frost Children. The mewithoutMentalillness is setting in.

What I was watching... back again with the life changing movies: Blue Gate Crossing, The Trotsky and New Waterford Girl. Wow have I been spoilt this year. Rewatched cycle 12 of ANTM for Allison <3

 

August 

Went to Wales in August and had an awesome time, saw The Get Up Kids and they were so awesome. Took pictures of beautiful things and enjoyed the wonderful weather. 

Prettiest place ever

What I was listening to... in my After era for real. Deftones Private Music came out and so did Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party by Hayley Williams so I was fed with new tunes.

What I was watching... saw Short Term 12 for the first time and was sad. Also saw Heretic and was unexpectedly surprised and how good it is. 

 

September 

Blacked out on August 31st and woke up October 1st.  

What I was listening to... the Tooth & Nail disease hit me fully during this time. Still not able to free myself from grip that Mae and Copeland have on me.

What I was watching... only saw Saint Maud this month, not a brilliant film but I still think about it often.

 

October 

Spooky season! Went on a solo trip to Bristol and had a mini-break at besties house over Halloween - befriended his dog after years of discontent.  

We ate Halloween UP

What I was listening to... began my long journey to listen to every T&N band from the 2000s and went crazy in the process. Made a whole site page about it which I still haven't finished...

 What I was watching... saw soo many films and got to watch some with my mum too which was fun. Went to the cinema for the first time in a while to see Brides and that was good. Best: Goodbye Lenin, Brother Sun Sister Moon. Worst: Jesus Camp.

 

November 

 Sold some of my cards at a local fair which was kinda cool. I feel like I spent most of November working on a CD mix for Finny and did nothing else lol.

What I was listening to... really in my Christian rock era: Sounds Like Silas, Cool Hand Luke ect. Mainly listening to the mix I made for Finny lmao.

What I was watching... watched Under The Banner of Heaven which is defo the best tv I have seen all year.

 

December

Christmas-time.. mistletoe and wine... December was really good! Saw my friends more often and attempted a Christmas movie challenge which I STILL have not finished writing about T-T. Went on a cute trip with my mum to a stately home and had some good soup. 

Wish this was my house LOL

What I was listening to... listened to lots of metalcore this month e.g Underoath, Hopesfall, I Promised The World.

What I was watching... so. many. Christmas films... also I saw Tick, tick... Boom! with my sister and enjoyed it a lot. 

 

The Stats:

Films seen:  61 (an all time record I think?)

Music scrobbled on last.fm: 9,609 (a record low i think, got into CDs and iPod listening this year!)

Best Film: Rushmore or A Charlie Brown Christmas

Best TV: Under The Banner of Heaven or The O.C

Best new music: Both After EPs for sure!!

Top song: All Deliberate Speed by Mae <3 <3

Best concert: Thursday obvs, but L.S Dunes was incredible.

 

 Happy New Year readers of the blog! Thank you for supporting me this year ^_^ here's to another one! 2006 let's go~