2022 favorites
I love reading other people's yearly favorites and looking back on my own. It's a great way to discover new artists, music, movies, makeup - memes?? I haven't done one of these in... 2 decades lol? (‘◉⌓◉’) Here goes!
Media
I actually didn't watch too many movies or TV shows this year (or at least I didn't log many of them lol) but this was an amazing year for movies.
- Movie: Aftersun (Everything Everywhere All at Once is a strong 2nd, A24 killing it.) I could write an entire blogpost about Aftersun but I'd likely breakdown and curl up into my bed. It's a movie that I can't rewatch but will be dear to my heart for life.
- TV Show: 1899 (rip). While I don't think it would've blown me away as much as Dark, I was prepared to be wrong lol.
- Song: Piece of Your Heart - MEDUZA (borderline impossible to just pick 1 song lmao, but I had a great time listening to this song with my hubby at Veld)
- Musician: New Jeans, I'm sorry but the hold they have on me and my 90s child is insane
- Album: Final Fantasy - Crystal Chronicles OST, I don't think this will ever change lol
- Book: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin, I actually am not even close to finishing this but I can't remember if and what I read last year but I technically started this in 2022 soOOo..
- Manga: Asadora! - Naoki Urasawa, can I pls find an easier way to find new chapters smh
- Video games: Def raiding in FFXIV and the countless cursed ZOOTRs with friends (including this 10/10 pictionary one LOL)
Cyberspace
- Artist: @seong_ryul, absolutely adore all their works
- Twitter account: @claire, I love her take on 80s/90s anime style and am so excited for the game (◔ᴥ◔)
- Youtuber: Super Eye Patch Wolf his content is impeccable (and I also love his quarterly favorites which prob inspired this lol). Honorable mention to cup of jasmien as the sole survivor vlogger
- Instagram: @maigomika, granted I try to speedrun Instagram content (I have a 5min app timer set on it, typically for just reading messages), but I do love 100% speedrunning her content
- Twitch: zfg, I actually don't really watch Twitch but when I do, it's almost always ZFG ( ͡°ω ͡°)
- Meme: this or this
Beauty
Not much to report here..
- Nail art & gel - One of many pandemic hobbies I picked up and thankfully have not given up on. Luna Beauty has been my go-to for my out of hand (heh) collection
- Perfume - Ikat Jasmine I adore this scent, it reminds me of my Grandma's garden that my mom and I would take care of. We use to harvest some buds and leave them in a plate in the living room and it smelled divine.
- Makeup: Only one HG this year but it's hands down the Amuse Vegan Green Lip Balm, this shit slaps
Experiences
- Pottery classes: Can't wait to do this again, we had such a great instructor and a small class size. We made a lot of cute cups, plates, and even a planter!
- Ya gurls fitness journey - I've been doing a bangin job. I lost over 15lbs and counting and I FEEL healthier (」゜ロ゜)」
- Halloween & AN - I'm grouping these together cause I love cosplay/dressing up and having fun with friends. Andrew and I dressed up as Misato and her fav beer and we were actually recognized LOL (sometimes..individually as that guy who's dressed up as a beer can and Misato, lol.. ಠ⌣ಠ)
- New job - This is 50/50 cause my imposter syndrome has reset once more but I am so much less stressed and yet still learning so much!
- Euro trip: - I absolutely adored Portugal and would 10/10 visit again. Amazing weather, friendly locals, beautiful scenery, and hills that destroyed my calves lmao. I also got proposed to in Tivoli which was very magical ★~(◠‿◕✿)
- NY Trip: Had a blast experiencing a different side of the city (I love Greenpoint omigod..), meeting up with new and old friends, dancing the night away, and most importantly petting bodega cat. Also so much good food (mostly pizza, hehe..)
- Getting eloped: LMAO, we'll have our real wedding when we're balling a bit more but I'm really happy this happened and it was very cute hehe. My husband is also very cute
- Veld & James Hype - Second time at an outdoor festival and it was HYPE. James Hype was also HYPE. (ಥ⌣ಥ)
- Ice skating - I used to figure skate as a child and I had the sudden urge to get into it. We discovered a few ice rinks in walking distance too! I sadly did not get unwaitlisted from lessons but next year (:prayge)
- Concerts - I saw my husbando(Miyavi) in the flesh and he touched my shoulder after swooning for him for two decades (´∀`) We also saw indie group Se Seo Neon that was equally as amazing (and the same amount of fangirling)
- Finished invisalign - I started at the beginning of the pandemic, over 2 jobs ago LOL and it's finally done and I'm so happy with my results and the fact that I don't have limited time to eat anymroe [○･｀Д´･○]
- Discovering my love for film: I love looking at my mom's photo album. It's something that I've wanted to start for such a long time. I started with a Canon-AE and I've moved on to a Yashica Samurai. It's def a learning curve (hello ruining 2 film spools lol). Getting film processed, weeks or months after you've taken your shots is always such a fun surprise. It's like gacha but not toxic lmao. Andrew even bought me a custom photo album and we've been filling it up with all our memories.
- And all the little things - It's interesting scrolling through photos and realizing just how quickly a year went by but also realizing just how much has happened. I thought I'd have a handful of memories but in fact..there's so many that I've become too lazy to keep documenting and am copping out with this last blurb. LOL I'm constantly worried that life is flashing before my eyes and I'm not experiencing enough. This was a nice reminder that wasn't true. I have a habit of catastrophizing and reflection is a great way to combat that (also why I be bloggin like it's 2006 lol o(o･`з･´o)ﾉ ). Experiences shouldn't have metrics anyways. I've had a lot of anxieties in 2022 but looking back, it was a great year full of growth, compassion, and love. ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ Plus my husband is cute as heck and always up for my random adventures!.
