ARNE MEYER https://arnemeyer.com Arne Meyer's personal blog Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:59:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 Seen, Read 2020 https://arnemeyer.com/etc/seen-read-2020/ Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:58:58 +0000 https://arnemeyer.com/?p=2294

There’s no doubt 2020 was a strange, unexpected year in many ways. The combination of pandemic health orders and working from home from mid-March through the end of the year had a positive effect on my media consumption: a 181% increase overall from the previous year. With everything that has been going on, I felt fortunate that I was able to find so many outlets to immerse myself in and be inspired from.

A little background on why I’m keeping this list: many years ago, I found that one of my favorite film directors, Steven Soderbergh, has been cataloging and publishing a list of the movies, TV shows, plays, and more. I liked that concept and started to keep record of what I was watching and reading as well. In 2015, FiveThirtyEight turned his Seen, Read 2014 list into an eye-catching, informative graph and I decided to do the same.

I started in 2014 and have published my list every year so far. 

If you’re interested you can find Steven’s lists from prior years here: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.

Trivia

  • I watched 314 TV shows (+115 vs 2019), 143 movies (+88 vs 2019), and read 10 books (+7 vs 2019).
  • My busiest days were on February 16 and March 19, propelled by watching a bunch of TV shows.
  • Despite the huge jump in the number of movies I watched, double features were still rare and only happened twice in late 2020. The first time was back to back viewings of “Back to the Future” and “Back to the Future Part II”. The second occurred when I watched the animated 1978 “The Lord of the Rings”, followed by “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”.

Seen, Read 2020 visualized

The Seen, Read 2020 list

All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps: TV SERIES
All caps, italics: BOOK
Quotation marks: “Play”

01/01/2020 TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN, WATCHMEN
01/02/2020 THE WITCHER (2 episodes)
01/05/2020 BLACK SPOT
01/06/2020 BLACK SPOT
01/07/2020 BLACK SPOT
01/14/2020 BLACK SPOT
01/15/2020 BLACK SPOT
01/19/2020 THE MANDALORIAN
01/20/2020 THE MANDALORIAN
01/25/2020 PARASITE
01/28/2020 THE MANDALORIAN
01/29/2020 THE WITCHER
02/01/2020 HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING
02/03/2020 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
02/04/2020 THE WITCHER
02/05/2020 THE WITCHER
02/08/2020 TOAST OF LONDON (2 episodes), BLOODBORNE: A SONG OF CROWS (Ales Kot, Piotr Kowalski)
02/14/2020 THE LIGHTHOUSE
02/16/2020 BLOODBORNE: THE VEIL, TORN ASUNDER (Ales Kot, Piotr Kowalski), THE WITCHER, TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN 4 episodes)
02/17/2020 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
02/19/2020 THE REPORT
02/24/2020 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
02/25/2020 THE WITCHER
03/07/2020 KNIVES OUT
03/10/2020 THE WITCHER
03/13/2020 SUSPIRIA
03/14/2020 THE TENTH VICTIM
03/15/2020 WESTWORLD
03/16/2020 DEVS
03/17/2020 THE ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
03/18/2020 DOCTOR SLEEP
03/19/2020 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, CHINA IL (3 episodes), BOB’S BURGERS, LETTERKENNY
03/20/2020 THE PRINCESS BRIDE
03/21/2020 WRECK IT RALPH
03/22/2020 DEVS, TOAST OF LONDON
03/23/2020 THE ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
03/24/2020 SPY
03/25/2020 DEVS (2 episodes)
03/26/2020 BOTTLESHOCK
03/27/2020 THE FLY
03/28/2020 SHALLOW GRAVE
03/29/2020 WESTWORLD
03/30/2020 ZODIAC
03/31/2020 KILLING EVE
04/01/2020 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, TOAST OF LONDON
04/02/2020 KILLING EVE (2 episodes), SPACED
04/03/2020 EX MACHINA, TOAST OF LONDON (2 episodes)
04/04/2020 GOLDENEYE
04/05/2020 WESTWORLD, KILLING EVE
04/06/2020 KILLING EVE
04/07/2020 EL DIA DE LA BESTIA
04/08/2020 BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN), TOAST OF LONDON
04/09/2020 GENTEFIED (3 episodes)
04/10/2020 SHOWGIRLS
04/11/2020 ONWARD
04/12/2020 WESTWORLD, DEVS (2 episodes)
04/13/2020 THE BURBS
04/14/2020 INTERSTELLAR
04/15/2020 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (3 episodes)
04/16/2020 DEVS, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2 episodes)
04/17/2020 THE GENTLEMEN, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2 episodes)
04/18/2020 UNDERWATER, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (3 episodes)
04/19/2020 WESTWORLD, KILLING EVE, ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING
04/20/2020 KILLING EVE, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
04/21/2020 KILLING EVE, SPACED
04/22/2020 KILLING EVE, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, SPACED
04/23/2020 TOTAL RECALL
04/24/2020 FIRE IN THE SKY
04/25/2020 CABIN IN THE WOODS
04/26/2020 WESTWORLD
04/27/2020 KILLING EVE, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, CHINA, IL
04/28/2020 KILLING EVE
04/29/2020 KILLING EVE (2 episodes)
04/30/2020 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
05/01/2020 THE WICKER MAN (1973), SPACED
05/02/2020 A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
05/03/2020 WESTWORLD
05/04/2020 KILLING EVE (2 episodes)
05/05/2020 KILLING EVE, SPACED
05/06/2020 RUN
05/07/2020 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, SPACED
05/08/2020 EVENT HORIZON
05/09/2020 GOODNIGHT MOMMY
05/10/2020 COLOSSAL
05/11/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
05/12/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
05/13/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, TOAST OF LONDON
05/14/2020 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
05/15/2020 THE CUTTING EDGE, SPACED
05/16/2020 JOKER, TOAST OF LONDON
05/17/2020 KILLING EVE, TOAST OF LONDON
05/18/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER
05/19/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
05/20/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
05/21/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
05/22/2020 BORDER, TOAST OF LONDON
05/23/2020 EDGE OF TOMORROW, TRAVEL MAN
05/24/2020 RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET, TRAVEL MAN
05/25/2020 THE TRIP
05/26/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, TOAST OF LONDON
05/27/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, TOAST OF LONDON
05/28/2020 MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, TOAST OF LONDON
05/29/2020 TOPKAPI
05/30/2020 THE HUSTLE
05/31/2020 SPACE FORCE, DOCTOR WHO (2 episodes)
06/01/2020 SPACE FORCE, TOAST OF LONDON (2 episodes)
06/02/2020 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2 episodes)
06/03/2020 MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET, SHRILL
06/04/2020 MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET, SHRILL (2 episodes)
06/05/2020 STARSHIP TROOPERS
06/06/2020 THIS IS THE END, WHAT WR DO IN THE SHADOWS
06/07/2020 THE BORGIAS, LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, SHRILL
06/08/2020 MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET, SHRILL
06/09/2020 MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET
06/10/2020 SPACE FORCE (2 episodes)
06/11/2020 PORNO
06/12/2020 FORD V FERRARI
05/13/2020 BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, TOAST OF LONDON
06/14/2020 SPACE FORCE, MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET
06/15/2020 SPACE FORCE, SHRILL
06/16/2020 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, SHRILL
06/17/2020 MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET, SPACE FORCE
06/18/2020 MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET, SPACE FORCE
06/19/2020 PACIFIC RIM
06/20/2020 DUNE
06/21/2020 TAMPOPO
06/22/2020 MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET, SPACE FORCE
06/23/2020 MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (2 episodes)
06/24/2020 MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET, SPACE FORCE
06/25/2020 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, WHITES
06/26/2020 QUANTUM OF SOLACE, WHITES
06/27/2020 WILD THINGS, WHITES
06/28/2020 DARK, TOAST OF LONDON
06/29/2020 MAX HEADROOM (2 episodes)
06/30/2020 SKYFALL
07/01/2020 INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
07/02/2020 JURASSIC PARK
07/03/2020 KNIVES AND SKIN
07/04/2020 SPECTRE
07/05/2020 JAWS
07/06/2020 DARK
07/07/2020 DARK
07/08/2020 DARK
07/09/2020 DARK, CHERNOBYL
07/10/2020 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA
07/11/2020 THIRST, WHITES
07/12/2020 DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
07/13/2020 DARK, WHITES
07/14/2020 THE PRISONER (2 episodes)
07/15/2020 ALIEN 3
07/16/2020 DARK
07/17/2020 PALM SPRINGS
07/18/2020 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
07/19/2020 DARK
07/20/2020 JESSICA JONES
07/21/2020 STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS
07/22/2020 HOW TO SELL DRUGS ONLINE (FAST) (2 episodes)
07/23/2020 SHAUN OF THE DEAD
07/26/2020 DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS* CHERNOBYL (2 episodes)
07/27/2020 AMERICAN GODS
07/28/2020 TOMORROW NEVER DIES
07/29/2020 I AM LEGEND
07/30/2020 BIG NIGHT
07/31/2020 SUNSHINE
08/01/2020 CANDYMAN
08/02/2020 YAKUZA APOCALYPSE
08/03/2020 JESSICA JONES, GENTEFIED
08/04/2020 AMERICAN GODS, LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, CHERNOBYL
08/05/2020 FLEABAG (4 episodes)
08/06/2020 JESSICA JONES, FLEABAG
08/07/2020 BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
08/08/2020 GLASS, FLEABAG
08/09/2020 COHERENCE, FLEABAG, SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE (Ijeoma Oluo)
08/10/2020 FLEABAG (2 episodes)
08/11/2020 FLEABAG (2 episodes), THE GOOD PLACE (2 episodes)
08/12/2020 AMERICAN GODS, THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE-OFF
08/13/2020 THE THING (1982)
08/14/2020 PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
08/15/2020 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011)
08/16/2020 DEEP BLUE SEA
08/17/2020 JESSICA JONES, GAMEFACE
08/18/2020 JESSICA JONES
08/19/2020 AMERICAN GODS
08/20/2020 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
08/21/2020 SCANNERS
08/22/2020 STRICTLY BALLROOM, KATH & KIM
08/23/2020 STAR TREK: PICARD (2 episodes)
08/24/2020 STAR TREK: PICARD (2 episodes)
08/25/2020 STAR TREK: PICARD (2 episodes)
08/26/2020 STAR TREK: PICARD (2 episodes)
08/27/2020 STAR TREK: PICARD (2 episodes)
08/28/2020 THE BABYSITTER, KATH & KIM
08/29/2020 HOW TO BUILD A GIRL
08/30/2020 JANE EYRE (2011)
08/31/2020 AMERICAN GODS
09/01/2020 JESSICA JONES
09/02/2020 DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE
09/03/2020 OCEAN’S ELEVEN (2001)
09/04/2020 AMERICAN MOVIE
09/07/2020 JESSICA JONES, KATH & KIM
09/08/2020 AMERICAN GODS
09/09/2020 JESSICA JONES
09/10/2020 SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
09/11/2020 POINT BREAK (1991)
09/12/2020 THE LOST BOYS
09/13/2020 28 DAYS LATER
09/14/2020 JESSICA JONES, KATH & KIM
09/15/2020 JESSICA JONES, KATH & KIM
09/16/2020 JESSICA JONES, KATH & KIM
09/17/2020 JESSICA JONES
09/18/2020 LADY VENGEANCE
09/19/2020 THE BABYSITTER: KILLER QUEEN
09/20/2020 HAGAZUSSA
09/21/2020 AKIRA
09/22/2020 AMERICAN GODS
09/23/2020 COLOR OUT OF SPACE, THE CULTURE CODE (Daniel Coyle)
09/24/2020 A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
09/25/2020 MIAMI VICE
09/26/2020 THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, & HER LOVER
09/27/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
09/28/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
09/29/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
09/30/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
10/01/2020 BRIDESMAIDS
10/02/2020 MAD MAX FURY ROAD
10/03/2020 SNATCH
10/04/2020 ICHI THE KILLER
10/05/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
10/06/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
10/08/2020 ENOLA HOLMES, WORK RULES! (Lazlo Bock)
10/09/2020 DIABOLIQUE
10/10/2020 BACK TO THE FUTURE, BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II
10/11/2020 12 MONKEYS
10/12/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
10/13/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
10/15/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
10/18/2020 INSIDE OUT
10/19/2020 THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
10/20/2020 I LOVE DICK (2 episodes)
10/22/2020 I LOVE DICK (2 episodes)
10/23/2020 THE BANK JOB, I LOVE DICK
10/24/2020 THE GREAT BEAUTY
10/25/2020 I LOVE DICK (3 episodes)
10/26/2020 HOW TO SELL DRUGS ONLINE (FAST) (2 episodes)
10/27/2020 HOW TO SELL DRUGS ONLINE (FAST) (2 episodes)
10/29/2020 WARGAMES
10/30/2020 IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, KATH & KIM
10/31/2020 MANDY, TRUTH SEEKERS
11/01/2020 THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978), SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
11/02/2020 THE MANDALORIAN
11/03/2020 HACKERS
11/05/2020 X-FILES
11/06/2020 DON’T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER’S DEAD
11/07/2020 BATMAN RETURNS
11/08/2020 THE MANDALORIAN
11/09/2020 BLACK MIRROR, KATH & KIM
11/10/2020 THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR
11/12/2020 THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR, KATH & KIM
11/13/2020 INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE
11/14/2020 BIRD BOX, THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO CULTURE CHANGE (SIOBHAN MCHALE)
11/15/2020 THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR
11/16/2020 THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR
11/17/2020 THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR
11/19/2020 THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR
11/20/2020 THE LIVES OF OTHERS
11/21/2020 THE VOID, DOCTOR WHO, THE MANDALORIAN
11/22/2020 THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR, DOCTOR WHO
11/23/2020 THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (2 episodes)
11/24/2020 KILLING EVE (2 episodes)
11/25/2020 KILLING EVE (2 episodes), DOCTOR WHO, KATH & KIM
11/28/2020 KAALI KHUHI
11/29/2020 KILLING EVE (2 episodes)
11/30/2020 KILLING EVE, THE MANDALORIAN (2 episodes)
12/01/2020 DEUTSCHLAND 83
12/03/2020 DEUTSCHLAND 83
12/04/2020 WONDER WOMAN
12/05/2020 LIZZIE
12/06/2020 IT COMES AT NIGHT
12/07/2020 DEUTSCHLAND 83
12/08/2020 DEUTSCHLAND 83
12/10/2020 DEUTSCHLAND 83
12/11/2020 THE MANDALORIAN (2 episodes), THE HOBBIT (1977)
12/12/2020 HAPPIEST SEASON, HOMELAND
12/13/2020 DEUTSCHLAND 83 (2 episodes)
12/14/2020 DEUTSCHLAND 83
12/15/2020 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT
12/16/2020 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2 episodes)
12/17/2020 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2 episodes)
12/18/2020 THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2 episodes)
12/19/2020 TENET
12/20/2020 DIE HARD
12/21/2020 HIGH SOCIETY
12/22/2020 LORO
12/23/2020 THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN
12/24/2020 GREMLINS
12/25/2020 HOW GOOGLE WORKS (Eric Schmidt and Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg), THE COLDEST CITY (Antony Johnston, Sam Hart), WONDER WOMAN 1984
12/26/2020 HOMELAND, GOOD BYE LENIN!
12/27/2020 ALIEN RESURRECTION
12/28/2020 THE CRYSTAL WORLD (J.G. Ballard), A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, TED LASSO (2 episodes)
12/29/2020 THE MIDNIGHT SKY
12/30/2020 ANNIHILATION (Jeff VanderMeer), DIE HARD 2, TED LASSO (2 episodes)

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One of my favorite film directors, Steven  Soderbergh, has been cataloging the movies, TV shows, and plays he has watched, along with the books and short stories he has read, over the period of a year and then publishing the list every year since 2009. In 2015, one of my favorite sites, FiveThirtyEight, turned his Seen, Read 2014 list into an eye-catching, informative graph.

You can find Steven’s lists from prior years here: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.

Inspired by both the data tracking and resulting visualization, I started tracking what I watched and read throughout the year beginning in 2014. I continued to keep track the following years and now have published lists every year since. The results of my media consumption for 2019 are below.

I’m still not tracking video games. Sorry.

Trivia

  • I watched 199 TV shows (+69 vs 2018), 55 movies (+24 vs 2018), and read 3 books (±0 vs 2018).
  • My busiest days were on May 26, August 25, and September 12, when I watched a total of 4 movies and/or TV shows in a single day.

Seen, Read 2019 visualized

The Seen, Read 2019 list

All caps, bold: MOVIE All caps: TV SERIES All caps, italics: BOOK Quotation marks: “Play”

01/01/2019 BLACKKKLANSMAN
01/02/2019 THE UNKNOWN KNOWN, STRANGER THINGS
01/04/2019 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
01/05/2019 STRANGER THINGS (2 episodes)
01/06/2019 STRANGER THINGS, MR. ROBOT
01/07/2019 STRANGER THINGS (2 episodes)
01/08/2019 STRANGER THINGS
01/09/2019 STRANGER THINGS
01/14/2019 STRANGER THINGS
01/15/2019 TRUE DETECTIVE
01/16/2019 TRUE DETECTIVE
01/20/2019 INTERSTELLAR
01/22/2019 PREACHER
01/23/2019 PREACHER
01/26/2019 AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
01/27/2019 INTO THE WOODS: A FIVE-ACT JOURNEY INTO STORY (John Yorke)
01/29/2019 PREACHER
01/30/2019 PREACHER
01/31/2019 LAST CHANCE U
02/01/2019 OFFICE SPACE
02/02/2019 TRUE DETECTIVE
02/04/2019 TRUE DETECTIVE (2 episodes)
02/06/2019 PREACHER
02/09/2019 GHOSTBUSTERS, THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB
02/10/2019 PREACHER, HOMELAND
02/14/2019 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
02/16/2019 TRUE DETECTIVE
02/17/2019 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
02/20/2019 TRUE DETECTIVE
02/23/2019 HOMELAND
02/24/2019 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
02/25/2019 CHEF’S TABLE
02/26/2019 CHEF’S TABLE
02/27/2019 TRUE DETECTIVE
03/02/2019 GHOSTBUSTERS II
03/03/2019 PREACHER
03/04/2019 PREACHER
03/05/2019 THE FAVOURITE
03/06/2019 PREACHER
03/08/2019 CAPTAIN MARVEL
03/09/2019 PREACHER
03/10/2019 PREACHER
03/11/2019 RUSSIAN DOLL (2 episodes)
03/12/2019 SEX EDUCATION
03/14/2019 AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE
03/16/2019 AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE
03/24/2019 HEREDITARY
03/25/2019 AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE
03/27/2019 AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE
03/30/2019 REAL GENIUS
03/31/2019 LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS
04/01/2019 AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE
04/02/2019 AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE
04/06/2019 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW: THE BEGINNINGS
04/07/2019 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
04/08/2019 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
04/09/2019 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
04/10/2019 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
04/14/2019 GAME OF THRONES
04/17/2019 THE HUNGER GAMES
04/22/2019 GAME OF THRONES
04/23/2019 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
04/24/2019 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
04/27/2019 ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES, SAVE THE CAT (Blake Snyder)
04/28/2019 GAME OF THRONES
05/01/2019 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
05/05/2019 GAME OF THRONES, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
05/06/2019 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
05/08/2019 AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE
05/09/2019 MCQUEEN
05/11/2019 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
05/12/2019 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, GAME OF THRONES
05/13/2019 SALT FAT ACID HEAT
05/14/2019 CHERNOBYL
05/17/2019 BRAD NEELY’S HARG NALLIN’ SCLOPIO PEEPIO (2 episodes)
05/18/2019 SHRILL, CHERNOBYL
05/19/2019 SHRILL, GAME OF THRONES
05/20/2019 CHERNOBYL
05/22/2019 HOMELAND (2 episodes)
05/25/2019 HOMELAND (2 episodes)
05/26/2019 HOMELAND (4 episodes)
05/27/2019 CHERNOBYL, HOMELAND (2 episodes)
05/29/2019 HOMELAND (2 episodes)
06/01/2019 ZERO DARK THIRTY
06/02/2019 CAPTAIN MARVEL
06/03/2019 SHRILL
06/04/2019 CHERNOBYL
06/05/2019 SHRILL
06/07/2019 THE CHEF SHOW
06/08/2019 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW
06/10/2019 WESTWORLD, CHERNOBYL (2 EPISODES)
06/11/2019 WESTWORLD (2 episodes)
06/12/2019 THE YOUNG DOCTOR’S NOTEBOOK
06/18/2019 HOW TO SELL DRUGS ONLINE (FAST)
06/19/2019 HOW TO SELL DRUGS ONLINE (FAST), CHERNOBYL
06/23/2019 DARK, HOMELAND (2 episodes)
06/24/2019 DARK, HOMELAND (2 episodes)
06/26/2019 DARK, HOMELAND (2 episodes)
06/27/2019 WESTWORLD, CHERNOBYL
06/29/2019 DARK
06/30/2019 DARK
07/01/2019 HOW TO SELL DRUGS ONLINE (FAST)
07/04/2019 INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
07/06/2019 DARK, THE HANDMAID’S TALE
07/08/2019 DARK (2 episodes), BIRD BOX
07/09/2019 STRANGER THINGS
07/10/2019 HOW TO SELL DRUGS ONLINE (FAST)
07/13/2019 HOW TO SELL DRUGS ONLINE (FAST)
07/14/2019 STRANGER THINGS, WESTWORLD (2 episodes)
07/15/2019 STRANGER THINGS
07/16/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
07/17/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, WESTWORLD (2 episodes)
07/20/2019 STRANGER THINGS (2 episodes)
07/21/2019 STRANGER THINGS
07/22/2019 THE YOUNG DOCTOR’S NOTEBOOK
07/23/2019 STRANGER THINGS
07/27/2019 STRANGER THINGS
07/29/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
07/30/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
07/31/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, THOR: RAGNAROK
08/03/2019 LIFE
08/04/2019 POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU
08/06/2019 DERRY GIRLS (2 episodes)
08/07/2019 ARRIVAL
08/08/2019 DERRY GIRLS (2 episodes)
08/10/2019 ALIEN
08/11/2019 ALIENS, SICARIO
08/13/2019 DERRY GIRLS
08/14/2019 DERRY GIRLS (2 episodes)
08/17/2019 MINDHUNTER (2 episodes)
08/18/2019 MINDHUNTER (2 episodes)
08/20/2019 MINDHUNTER
08/25/2019 MINDHUNTER (3 episodes), INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
08/26/2019 KIDS THESE DAYS: THE MAKING OF MILLENNIALS (Malcolm Harris)
08/31/2019 MASCOTS, HALT AND CATCH FIRE
09/01/2019 AVENGERS: ENDGAME
09/02/2019 DERRY GIRLS (2 episodes)
09/05/2019 JOHN WICK CHAPTER 3: PARABELLUM
09/12/2019 ARGO, DOCTOR STRANGE, FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD, DERRY GIRLS
09/14/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
09/15/2019 GAME OF THRONES
09/17/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
09/18/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
09/21/2019 THE DARK CRYSTAL
09/22/2019 BOOKSMART
09/23/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
09/25/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
09/28/2019 GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS
09/29/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
10/01/2019 GLOW
10/07/2019 GLOW
10/12/2019 NIGHT WATCH
10/13/2019 DAY WATCH
10/14/2019 GLOW
10/15/2019 GLOW
10/16/2019 GLOW
10/19/2019 BLACK SPOT
10/20/2019 GLOW
10/21/2019 GLOW
10/22/2019 GLOW (2 episodes)
10/23/2019 GLOW
10/26/2019 SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
10/27/2019 MR. ROBOT
10/28/2019 BLACK SPOT
10/29/2019 BLACK SPOT
10/30/2019 BLACK SPOT
11/02/2019 UNZIPPED
11/03/2019 BLACK SPOT (2 episodes)
11/10/2019 WATCHMEN
11/11/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEW GENERATION
11/14/2019 RATATOUILLE
11/16/2019 MIDSOMMAR
11/21/2019 TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN
11/23/2019 THE MANDALORIAN
11/24/2019 THE MANDALORIAN (2 episodes), WATCHMEN
11/25/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEW GENERATION
11/26/2019 BLACK SPOT
11/27/2019 BLACK SPOT
12/01/2019 THE MANDALORIAN
12/02/2019 BLACK SPOT
12/03/2019 STAR TREK: THE NEW GENERATION
12/04/2019 THE RUSSIAN FIVE
12/15/2019 FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, BOOKSMART, STAR TREK: THE NEW GENERATION
12/16/2019 WATCHMEN, THE ADVENTURES OF PETE AND PETE
12/21/2019 WATCHMEN
12/22/2019 THE MANDALORIAN, THE ADVENTURES OF PETE AND PETE
12/23/2019 WATCHMEN, ROGUE ONE
12/24/2019 TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN (2 episodes)
12/26/2019 THE ADVENTURES OF PETE AND PETE
12/29/2019 WATCHMEN
12/30/2019 WATCHMEN
12/31/2019 TRON

]]> Seen, Read 2018 https://arnemeyer.com/etc/seen-read-2018/ Sun, 03 Nov 2019 18:01:51 +0000 https://arnemeyer.com/?p=2257

One of my favorite film directors, Steven  Soderbergh, has been cataloging the movies, TV shows, and plays he has watched, along with the books and short stories he has read, over the period of a year and then publishing the list every year since 2009. In 2015, one of my favorite sites, FiveThirtyEight, turned his Seen, Read 2014 list into an eye-catching, informative graph.

You can find Steven’s lists from prior years here: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.

Inspired by both the data tracking and resulting visualization, I started tracking what I watched and read throughout the year beginning in 2014. I continued to keep track the following years and now have published lists every year since. The results of my media consumption for 2018 are below.

I’m still not tracking video games. I haven’t figured out a method I want to follow yet.

Trivia

  • I watched 130 TV shows (-46 vs 2017), 31 movies (±0 vs 2017), and read 3 books (-1 vs 2017).
  • My busiest day was on January 15, when I watched 6 episodes of the fantastic German Netflix show, Dark, in one day.
  • The 3 movies I watched in 1 day were all on a flight back from Europe. I watched Deadpool 2, Pacific Rim Uprising, and Molly’s Game.

Seen, Read 2018 visualized

The Seen, Read 2018 list

All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps: TV SERIES
All caps, italics: BOOK
Quotation marks: “Play”

01/01/2018 BLADE RUNNER 2049, DARK
01/03/2018 DARK, SAGA VOL. 8 (Brian K. Vaughn, Fiona Staples)
01/11/2018 BLACK MIRROR
01/14/2018 BLACK MIRROR, DARK
01/15/2018 DARK (6 episodes)
01/17/2018 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
01/20/2018 HANNIBAL (2 episodes), HALT AND CATCH FIRE
02/03/2018 ALTERED CARBON (5 episodes)
02/04/2018 ALTERED CARBON (3 episodes)
02/05/2018 ALTERED CARBON (2 episodes)
03/10/2018 BLACK PANTHER
03/25/2018 I, TONYA
04/15/2018 UGLY DELICIOUS
04/17/2018 IMPOSSIBLE LIGHT
04/23/2018 WESTWORLD
04/24/2018 UGLY DELICIOUS
04/30/2018 WESTWORLD
05/01/2018 UGLY DELICIOUS (2 episodes)
05/02/2018 THOR: RAGNAROK, EDGE OF TOMORROW
05/07/2018 THE DISASTER ARTIST, BIZARRE FOODS DELICIOUS DESTINATIONS (2 episodes)
05/08/2018 WESTWORLD
05/09/2018 UGLY DELICIOUS
05/14/2018 WESTWORLD
05/15/2018 UGLY DELICIOUS
05/19/2018 UGLY DELICIOUS
05/20/2018 WESTWORLD
05/21/2018 UGLY DELICIOUS
05/22/2018 ATOMIC BLONDE, THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
05/27/2018 WESTWORLD
05/28/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
05/29/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
06/02/2018 ANNIHILATION
06/04/2018 WESTWORLD
06/09/2018 THE BIG SICK
06/10/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE (3 episodes)
06/21/2018 WESTWORLD (2 episodes)
06/23/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
06/24/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE (2 episodes)
06/25/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
07/01/2018 WESTWORLD
07/02/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
07/03/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
07/04/2018 JODOROWSKY’S DUNE
07/09/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
07/10/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
07/14/2018 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
07/16/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
07/17/2017 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
07/18/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
07/21/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
07/29/2018 MINDHUNTER
07/30/2018 MINDHUNTER
07/31/2018 MINDHUNTER (2 episodes)
08/04/2018 MINDHUNTER
08/05/2018 MINDHUNTER (2 episodes)
08/06/2017 MINDHUNTER
08/07/2018 MINDHUNTER
08/11/2018 MINDHUNTER, A QUIET PLACE
08/13/2018 CHEF’S TABLE
08/14/2018 GLOW (3 episodes)
08/19/2018 GLOW (4 episodes)
08/20/2018 GLOW (2 episodes)
08/26/2018 GLOW
08/27/2018 DARK
09/02/2018 DARK (2 episodes)
08/03/2018 SOLO
08/06/2018 THE POST, DARK (2 episodes)
08/09/2018 DARK (3 episodes)
08/11/2018 GLOW (2 episodes)
08/12/2018 GLOW
08/14/2018 CASINO ROYALE
08/16/2018 GLOW, TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN (3 episodes)
08/21/2018 SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING
10/01/2018 DEADPOOL 2, PACIFIC RIM UPRISING, MOLLY‘S GAME
10/08/2018 GLOW, TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN
10/09/2018 SAGA VOL. 9 (Brian K. Vaughn, Fiona Staples)
10/13/2018 TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN
10/15/2018 TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN
10/16/2018 GLOW
10/21/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
10/22/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
10/23/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
10/27/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
11/01/2018 BLOODBORNE: THE DEATH OF SLEEP (Aleš Kot, Piotr Kowalski)
11/04/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE (2 episodes)
11/05/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
11/10/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE (2 episodes)
11/11/2018 THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
11/14/2018 MIAMI VICE
11/19/2018 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
11/20/2018 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
11/23/2018 UNBREAKABLE, SPLIT
11/24/2018 CASTAWAY
12/05/2018 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA (2 episodes)
12/08/2018 THE WORLD’S END
12/09/2018 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
12/10/2018 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
12/16/2018 RAISING KRATOS, GODZILLA
12/17/2018 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
12/18/2018 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA (2 episodes)
12/19/2018 GRAND PRIX DRIVER
12/26/2018 THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
12/29/2018 GROUNDHOG DAY, THE FOG OF WAR
12/30/2019 ALTERED CARBON
12/31/2019 ALTERED CARBON, BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL

 

]]> Seen, Read 2017 https://arnemeyer.com/etc/seen-read-2017/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:34:55 +0000 https://arnemeyer.com/?p=2227 One of my favorite film directors, Steven  Soderbergh, has been cataloging the movies, TV shows, and plays he has watched, along with the books and short stories he has read, over the period of a year and then publishing the list every year since 2009. In 2015, one of my favorite sites, FiveThirtyEight, turned his Seen, Read 2014 list into an eye-catching, informative graph.

You can find Steven’s lists from prior years here: 2017, 2016, 2015 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.

Inspired by both the data tracking and resulting visualization, I started tracking what I watched and read throughout the year beginning in 2014. I continued to keep track the following years and now have published lists for 2015 and 2016. The results of my media consumption for 2017 are below.

Unfortunately I’m still not tracking video games. Perhaps next year when I figure out how to approach tracking playing games – whether it’s by session, or by completion. And answering “what exactly counts as a session?”

Trivia

  • I watched 176 TV shows (+66 vs 2016), 41 movies (-13 vs 2016), and read 4 books (-3 vs 2016).
  • My busiest day was on November 1, when I watched 9 episodes of Homeland in one day.
  • I didn’t manage to wach more than 3 movies in one day — on February 8. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that was on my flight from London to Los Angeles. I watched The Intervention, Doctor Strange, and Denial.

Seen, Read 2017 visualized

Seen Read 2017

The Seen, Read 2017 list

All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps: TV SERIES
All caps, italics: BOOK
Quotation marks: “Play”

01/01/2017 MICHAEL CLAYTON
01/09/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83
01/10/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83 (2 episodes)
01/11/2017 THE OA
01/14/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83
01/15/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83
01/24/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83, THE 15 COMMITMENTS OF CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP (Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp)
01/25/2017 MR. ROBOT
01/26/2017 THE LOVE WITCH
01/27/2017 MR. ROBOT
01/28/2017 THE HANDMAIDEN
01/29/2017 MR. ROBOT (2 episodes)
01/30/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83
01/31/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83
02/01/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83
02/05/2017 THE ACCOUNTANT
02/08/2017 THE INTERVENTION, DOCTOR STRANGE, DENIAL
02/11/2017 JOHN WICK, DEUTSCHLAND 83 (2 episodes)
02/13/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83
02/18/2017 MR. ROBOT
02/20/2017 THE EDGE OF TOMORROW
03/08/2017 BATMAN BEGINS
03/11/2017 LOGAN
03/14/2017 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
03/19/2017 PLAYING TO WIN: HOW STRATEGY REALLY WORKS (A.G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin)
03/23/2017 MIND OF A CHEF
03/24/2017 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
03/25/2017 MIND OF A CHEF
03/26/2017 MIND OF A CHEF
03/28/2017 MR. ROBOT
03/30/2017 MR. ROBOT
04/04/2017 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016), SAGA VOL.7 (Brian K. Vaughn, Fiona Staples)
04/09/2017 SNOWDEN, MR. ROBOT
04/11/2017 MR. ROBOT
04/19/2017 MR. ROBOT
04/25/2017 GIRLS
04/27/2017 GIRLS
05/01/2017 MR. ROBOT
05/07/2017 MR. ROBOT
05/11/2017 MR. ROBOT
05/16/2017 PACIFIC RIM
05/22/2017 ARRIVAL
05/27/2017 THE SAME SKY (6 episodes)
06/02/2017 TWIN PEAKS (2 episodes)
06/03/2017 TWIN PEAKS (2 episodes), HOUSE OF CARDS
06/10/2017 TWIN PEAKS, SHERLOCK
06/17/2017 TWIN PEAKS, SHERLOCK
06/21/2017 SHERLOCK
06/22/2017 INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE
06/23/2017 CATFIGHT
06/25/2017 TWIN PEAKS (2 episodes)
06/28/2017 SHERLOCK, THE SAME SKY
07/04/2017 CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY
07/05/2017 INDIE GAME: LIFE AFTER
07/09/2017 THE SAME SKY (3 episodes)
07/10/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83
07/14/2017 JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2
07/27/2017 MISS SLOANE
07/30/2017 TWIN PEAKS
07/31/2017 GAME OF THRONES
08/08/2017 GAME OF THRONES (3 episodes)
08/12/2017 TWIN PEAKS (2 episodes), GHOST IN THE SHELL
08/13/2017 GAME OF THRONES
08/15/2017 GIRLS
08/18/2017 ATOMIC BLONDE
08/20/2017 GAME OF THRONES
08/22/2017 THE DEFENDERS
08/26/2017 TWIN PEAKS (4 episodes)
08/27/2017 TWIN PEAKS. GAMES OF THRONES
08/29/2017 VIDEODROME
09/05/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83
09/06/2017 THE SAME SKY (4 episodes)
09/08/2017 TWIN PEAKS (2 episodes)
09/09/2017 ANTHONY BOURDAIN: PARTS UNKNOWN, HALT AND CATCH FIRE
09/10/2017 SOUTH PARK (2 episodes)
09/11/2017 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
09/12/2017 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
09/14/2017 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
09/16/2017 ALIEN COVENANT, SONS OF ANARCHY
09/17/2017 HALT AND CATCH FIRE (2 episodes)
09/18/2017 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
09/20/2017 DEUTSCHLAND 83 (3 episodes)
09/22/2017 HALT AND CATCH FIRE, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
09/28/2017 GET OUT
09/30/2017 BLADE RUNNER: BLACK OUT 2022, ANTHONY BOURDAIN: PARTS UNKNOWN, HOMELAND, THE HANDMAID’S TALE
10/01/2017 THE HANDMAID’S TALE
10/04/2017 THE HANDMAID‘S TALE
10/11/2017 THE HANDMAID’S TALE
10/14/2017 HANNIBAL
10/15/2017 HANNIBAL, THE HANDMAID‘S TALE
10/20/2017 BLADE RUNNER 2049
10/28/2017 HANNIBAL, THE HANDMAID’S TALE
10/28/2017 THE HANDMAID’S TALE
10/29/2017 THE HANDMAID’S TALE (2 episodes)
10/30/2017 THE HANDMAID’S TALE
10/31/2017 HOMELAND (3 episodes)
11/01/2017 HOMELAND (9 episodes)
11/04/2017 HANNIBAL (2 episodes), STRANGER THINGS
11/05/2017 HANNIBAL (3 episodes), STRANGER THINGS
11/07/2017 STRANGER THINGS
11/12/2017 STRANGER THINGS, SIGNIFICANT ZERO: HEROES, VILLAINS, AND THE FIGHT FOR ART AND SOUL IN VIDEO GAMES (Walt Williams)
11/18/2017 STRANGER THINGS, HANNIBAL
11/19/2017 HANNIBAL, STRANGER THINGS
11/21/2017 STRANGER THINGS (3 episodes)
11/24/2017 KONG: SKULL ISLAND
11/25/2017 HANNIBAL (2 episodes), NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
11/26/2017 HANNIBAL (3 episodes)
11/27/2017 MINDHUNTER (3 episodes)
11/28/2017 MINDHUNTER (2 episodes)
11/29/2017 MINDHUNTER (2 episodes)
12/01/2017 LADY BIRD
12/02/2017 HANNIBAL (3 episodes), MINDHUNTER (3 episodes)
12/04/2017 THE PUNISHER
12/05/2017 THE PUNISHER (4 episodes)
12/06/2017 THE PUNISHER (2 episodes)
12/10/2017 HANNIBAL (2 episodes), THE PUNISHER
12/12/2017 THE PUNISHER
12/14/2017 I’LL NEVER FORGET WHAT’S’ISNAME
12/16/2017 HANNIBAL (2 episodes), THE PUNISHER (2 episodes)
12/18/2017 THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY
12/19/2017 IRON CHEF
12/20/2017 THE CIRCLE, IRON CHEF
12/22/2017 STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
12/23/2017 HANNIBAL (2 episodes)
12/26/2017 HALT AND CATCH FIRE, RISK, DARK
12/30/2017 MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES
12/31/2017 CITY OF GOLD

 

]]> Seen, Read 2016 https://arnemeyer.com/etc/seen-read-2016/ Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:18:10 +0000 https://arnemeyer.com/?p=1835 One of my favorite film directors, Steven  Soderbergh, has been cataloging the movies, TV shows, and plays he has watched, along with the books and short stories he has read, over the period of a year and then publishing the list every year since 2009. The FiveThirtyEight DataLab turned his 2014 list into an eye-catching, informative graph.

This year, he continued with Seen, Read 2016. You can find Steven’s lists from prior years here: 2015 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.

Inspired by both the data tracking and resulting visualization, I started tracking what I watched and read throughout the year beginning in 2014. I continued to keep track and published Seen, Read 2015 last year. The results of my media consumption for 2016 are below.

Unfortunately I’m still not tracking video games. Perhaps another year when I figure out the best way to approach tracking.

Trivia

  • I watched 110 TV shows (-37 vs 2015), 54 movies (equal), and read 7 books (-8 vs 2015).
  • My busiest day was on January 22, when I watched 4 TV shows in one day — all of them were American Horror Story: Hotel. There’s no doubt I love AHS: Hotel — I’ve seen this individual season 3 times.
  • I didn’t manage to wach more than 3 movies in one day — on June 7. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that was on my flight back from Europe. I watched The Big Short, Sex & Crime, and Miami Vice.
  • Travel continued to affect my consumption habits — in 2016 I managed to log over 95,571 flight miles (-34,992 vs 2015) on about 50 total flights (-42 vs 2015). That’s nearly 4 times around the world!

Seen, Read 2016 visualized

Seen Read 2016

The Seen, Read 2016 list

All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps: TV SERIES
All caps, italics: BOOK
Quotation marks: “Play”
01/01/2016 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
01/03/2016 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
01/09/2016 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
01/10/2016 MAKING A MURDERER
01/11/2016 SICARIO
01/12/2016 EX MACHINA
01/18/2016 THE SHAPE OF DESIGN (Frank Chimero)
01/19/2016 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
01/20/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS
01/22/2016 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL (4 episodes)
01/24/2016 WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS
01/25/2016 THE X-FILES
01/26/2016 THE X-FILES
01/27/2016 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (EXTENDED EDITION PART 1)
01/28/2016 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (EXTENDED EDITION PART 2)
01/30/2016 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (EXTENDED EDITION PART 1), THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (EXTENDED EDITION PART 2)
02/06/2016 5 TO 7
02/07/2016 BEST OF ENEMIES, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
02/08/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
02/09/2016 SPECTRE
02/10/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, THE X-FILES
02/12/2016 DEADPOOL
02/13/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
02/14/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, THE MARTIAN, HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL (Carrie Brownstein)
02/15/2016 THE X-FILES, BETTER CALL SAUL
02/21/2016 GIRLS, THE FIRST 48
02/22/2016 LOVE
02/25/2016 THE X-FILES
02/27/2016 STEVE JOBS
02/28/2016 GIRLS
03/02/2016 BETTER CALL SAUL
03/05/2016 LOVE
03/06/2016 GIRLS
03/08/2016 BETTER CALL SAUL
03/09/2016 BROAD CITY
03/11/2016 THE WITCH
03/20/2016 GIRLS
03/24/2016 FLAKED (2 episodes)
04/08/2016 BLACK MASS
04/18/2016 LOVE & ANARCHY
04/24/2016 THE REVENANT
05/01/2016 CARAVAGGIO: A LIFE SACRED AND PROFANE (Andrew Graham-Dixon), JOY
05/02/2016 CRYBABY
05/08/2016 GIRLS
05/11/2016 GAME OF THRONES
05/14/2016 GREEN ROOM, GIRLS
05/15/2016 FLAKED, GAME OF THRONES
05/16/2016 GAME OF THRONES (2 episodes)
05/17/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS
05/20/2016 THE LAYOVER: ROME
05/21/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS
06/07/2016 THE BIG SHORT, SEX & CRIME, MIAMI VICE
06/08/2016 GAME OF THRONES
06/11/2016 GAME OF THRONES, HOUSE OF CARDS
06/19/2016 GAME OF THRONES
06/20/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS (2 episodes)
06/21/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS
06/23/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS, THE LAYOVER: ROME
06/25/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS (2 episodes)
06/26/2016 GAME OF THRONES
06/27/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS
06/30/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS
07/03/2016 HOUSE OF CARDS
07/06/2016 Saga Vol. 6 (Brian K. Vaughn, Fiona Staples)
07/07/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
07/10/2016 ZERO DAYS
07/13/2016 HANNIBAL, FLAKED, VICE
07/18/2016 DAS REBOOT (Raphael Honigstein)
07/24/2016 THE WEST WING
07/26/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
07/27/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER (2 episodes)
07/30/2016 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
07/31/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER (3 episodes)
08/01/2016 HALT AND CATCH FIRE (2 episodes)
08/05/2016 SUICIDE SQUAD
08/06/2016 JOHN WICK, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
08/07/2016 VICE PRINCIPALS, HALT AND CATCH FIRE
08/14/2016 SLOW WEST, STRANGER THINGS
08/19/2016 MORRIS FROM AMERICA
08/21/2016 STRANGER THINGS
08/23/2016 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
08/24/2016 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
08/30/2016 STRANGER THINGS (3 episodes)
09/11/2016 STRANGER THINGS
09/13/2016 X-MEN: APOCALYPSE
09/24/2016 MARVEL’S CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, HOW TO BE SINGLE
09/27/2016 STRANGER THINGS
10/04/2016 STRANGER THINGS
10/05/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
10/11/2016 THE WEST WING
10/16/2016 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART ONE, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART TWO
10/22/2016 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL (2 episodes)
10/23/2016 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL (2 episodes)
10/24/2016 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
10/28/2016 CRIMSON PEAK
10/29/2016 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
10/30/2016 13 HOURS
11/06/2016 GHOSTBUSTERS
11/09/2016 VICE NEWS TONIGHT
11/12/2016 DR. STRANGE, BLACK MIRROR
11/19/2016 ARRIVAL, CITIZENFOUR
11/22/2016 BLACK MIRROR
11/23/2016 STAR TREK BEYOND
11/26/2016 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, THE LIVES OF OTHERS
11/27/2016 BLACK MIRROR, THE LIVES OF OTHERS
12/06/2016 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
12/10/2016 WESTWORLD (2 episodes)
12/11/2016 WESTWORLD (3 episodes)
12/16/2016 WESTWORLD (3 episodes)
12/17/2016 WESTWORLD, THE MARTIAN
12/20/2016 DEADPOOL
12/21/2016 HANNAH ARENDT
12/22/2016 WESTWORLD, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL (2 episodes)
12/23/2016 SNOWPIERCER
12/24/2016 ROGUE ONE
12/26/2016 13 ASSASSINS, GOOD BYE, LENIN!
12/30/2016 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
12/31/2016 KUNG FURY, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

 

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]]> Seattle, WA. September 2016. https://arnemeyer.com/photography/seattle-wa-september-2016/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 04:04:47 +0000 https://arnemeyer.com/?p=1866 I was far too lax about posting these photos from the most recent time I was in Seattle. There is so much to love about this city.
Photo of Seattle, taken September 2016 Photo of Seattle, taken September 2016 Photo of Seattle, taken September 2016 Photo of Seattle, taken September 2016

]]> Seen, Read 2015 https://arnemeyer.com/etc/seen-read-2015/ Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:56:13 +0000 https://arnemeyer.com/?p=1068 One of my favorite film directors, Steven  Soderbergh, has been cataloging the movies, TV shows, and plays he has watched, along with the books and short stories he has read, over the period of a year and then publishing the list every year since 2009. The FiveThirtyEight DataLab turned his 2014 list into an eye-catching, informative graph.

You can find Steven’s 2015 list here: Seen, Read 2015.

Inspired by both the data tracking and resulting visualization, I started tracking what I watched and read throughout the year. I posted my own Seen, Read 2014 last year. I’ve continued keeping track since then — below are the results of my media consumption for all of 2015.

I still haven’t figured out how I would want to track playing video games, perhaps that’s something for the 2017 tracking year. It also appears that I’m not diligent enough to track the comic books I read beyond those in graphic novel or trade paperback formats.

Trivia

  • I watched 147 TV shows (-29 vs 2014), 54 movies (-5 vs 2014), and read 12 books (+8 vs 2014).
  • My “heaviest” days were on March 19 and 20, where I watched 6 TV shows each day — a varied mix that included Better Call Saul, VICE, Real Time with Bill Maher, Sex and the City, House of Cards, Backstrom, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
  • I watched 5 movies in one day — on August 10, on a flight back from Europe.
  • Travel heavily affected my ability to watch and read — you can see the impact of my increased travel schedule from June through early December when I logged 94,279 flight miles over 63 flights. That’s 72% of my total 2015 travel in just 6 months. The 2015 total was an incredible 130,563 miles in 92 flights.

Seen, Read 2015 visualized

The Seen, Read 2015 list

All caps, bold: MOVIE
All caps: TV SERIES
All caps, italics: BOOK
Quotation marks: "Play"
01/01/2015 GONE GIRL, HANNIBAL (2 episodes)
01/03/2015 BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
01/05/2015 PYBRAC (Pierre Louÿs)
01/09/2015 THE YOUNG GIRL’S HANDBOOK OF GOOD MANNERS (Pierre Louÿs)
01/19/2015 AMERICAN SNIPER
01/28/2015 GIRLS
01/29/2015 GIRLS
02/01/2015 THE STORY OF O
02/12/2015 THE GOOD WIFE (2 episodes)
02/13/2015 THE EDGE OF TOMORROW
02/14/2015 BETTER CALL SAUL (2 episodes)
02/15/2015 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
02/16/2015 GIRLS
02/19/2015 BOB’S BURGERS
02/20/2015 BETTER CALL SAUL
02/21/2015 GIRLS
02/22/2015 GIRLS (2 episodes), SIMON SCHAMA’S POWER OF ART: CARAVAGGIO
02/23/2015 UNDER THE SKIN, SUNSTONE (Stjepan Šejic, Linda Lukšic Šejic)
02/27/2015 CHINATOWN
03/08/2015 BETTER CALL SAUL
03/10/2015 GIRLS (2 episodes)
03/11/2015 BETTER CALL SAUL
03/12/2015 A FEAST FOR CROWS (George R.R. Martin)
03/13/2015 CITY OF GOLD
03/15/2015 TRAINWRECK (work in progress)
03/19/2015 BETTER CALL SAUL, VICE (2 episodes), REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER,
SEX AND THE CITY (2 episodes)
03/20/2015 UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT, BACKSTROM, BETTER CALL SAUL, VICE,
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, HOUSE OF CARDS
03/21/2015 BIRDMAN, HOUSE OF CARDS
03/22/2015 GIRLS, HOUSE OF CARDS
03/23/2015 HOUSE OF CARDS
03/24/2015 BETTER CALL SAUL
03/26/2015 HOUSE OF CARDS (2 episodes), DOGTOOTH
03/27/2015 IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES
03/28/2015 HOUSE OF CARDS
03/29/2015 GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY & THE PRISON OF BELIEF
03/30/2015 HOUSE OF CARDS
03/31/2015 HOUSE OF CARDS
04/03/2015 WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
04/05/2015 GAME OF THRONES
04/06/2015 HOUSE OF CARDS
04/10/2015 HOUSE OF CARDS
04/12/2015 GAME OF THRONES
04/13/2015 HOUSE OF CARDS
04/15/2015 BETTER CALL SAUL
04/18/2015 VICE, TAMMY, KINK
04/19/2015 GAME OF THRONES
04/20/2015 WATCHMEN
04/24/2015 BETTER CALL SAUL
04/25/2015 CHEF
04/26/2015 BROAD CITY (3 episodes), WIRED FOR LOVE (Stan Tatkin)
04/27/2015 GAME OF THRONES, BROAD CITY (3 episodes)
04/28/2015 BROAD CITY (3 episodes)
04/29/2015 BROAD CITY (3 episodes)
04/30/2015 BROAD CITY, NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL (Lena Dunham)
05/01/2015 BROAD CITY
05/02/2015 CHEF’S TABLE, BROAD CITY, HALT AND CATCH FIRE (2 episodes)
05/03/2015 HALT AND CATCH FIRE (5 episodes), GAME OF THRONES
05/07/2015 INSIDE AMY SCHUMER, HALT AND CATCH FIRE
05/10/2015 KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK, GAME OF THRONES, HALT AND CATCH FIRE
05/11/2015 HALT AND CATCH FIRE, HANNIBAL
05/14/2015 HANNIBAL
05/17/2015 GAME OF THRONES, BROAD CITY
05/22/2015 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
05/23/2015 ENTOURAGE (2 episodes)
06/02/2015 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES, EX MACHINA, BLACKHAT, THE IMITATION GAME
06/03/2015 GAME OF THRONES
06/05/2015 HANNIBAL
06/06/2015 GAME OF THRONES
06/07/2015 ENTOURAGE, 30 ROCK (4 episodes)
06/08/2015 GAME OF THRONES, HALT AND CATCH FIRE
06/10/2015 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
06/19/2015 GAME OF THRONES
06/21/2015 TRUE DETECTIVE
06/24/2015 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
06/27/2015 HALT AND CATCH FIRE
06/28/2015 RED ARMY
07/02/2015 A DANCE WITH DRAGONS (George R.R. Martin), VICE
07/04/2015 TOP GUN
07/18/2015 INSIDE AMY SCHUMER (2 episodes)
07/19/2015 TRAINWRECK, INSIDE AMY SCHUMER
07/23/2015 INSIDE AMY SCHUMER
07/24/2015 COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS AMY SCHUMER, 7 DAYS IN HELL
07/26/2015 BALLERS
07/29/2015 HANNIBAL
07/31/2015 COFFEE IN BERLIN
08/02/2015 VICTORIA
08/10/2015 MARVEL’S AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, CHAPPIE, TOMORROWLAND, TOP FIVE, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
08/12/2015 HANNIBAL
08/13/2015 HANNIBAL
08/14/2015 HACKERS
08/22/2015 MISTRESS AMERICA
08/26/2015 HANNIBAL
09/03/2015 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
09/06/2015 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
09/07/2015 HANNIBAL
09/13/2015 HANNIBAL
09/16/2015 INSIDE OUT
10/04/2015 INHERENT VICE, OFFICE SPACE
10/07/2015 NO RESERVATIONS
10/15/2015 THE LAYOVER WITH ANTHONY BOURDAIN
10/16/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
10/18/2015 AMY SCHUMER: LIVE AT THE APOLLO
10/22/2015 DOPE
10/29/2015 THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
11/08/2015 JUSTINE, OR THE MISFORTUNES OF VIRTUE (Marquis de Sade)
11/09/2015 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION, CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
11/10/2015 SAGA VOL. 1 (Brian K. Vaughn, Fiona Staples)
11/11/2015 SAGA VOL. 2 (Brian K. Vaughn, Fiona Staples)
11/12/2015 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, SAGA VOL. 3 (Brian K. Vaughn, Fiona Staples)
11/15/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
11/16/2015 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
11/17/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
11/22/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
11/23/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
11/28/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
11/28/2015 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, LOST IN TRANSLATION
12/11/2015 THE TWILIGHT ZONE
12/12/2015 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2, JESSICA JONES
12/13/2015 JESSICA JONES
12/14/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
12/16/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL, JESSICA JONES
12/17/2015 BROOKLYN
12/18/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL (3 episodes)
12/19/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
12/20/2015 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL (2 episodes)
12/21/2015 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
12/24/2015 JESSICA JONES
12/25/2015 JESSICA JONES
12/26/2015 JESSICA JONES
12/27/2015 JESSICA JONES (5 episodes)
12/28/2015 JESSICA JONES
12/29/2015 JESSICA JONES
12/30/2015 THE MIND OF A CHEF
12/31/2015 THE HATEFUL EIGHT

 

]]> NHL After Dark https://arnemeyer.com/etc/nhl-after-dark/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 07:53:54 +0000 https://arnemeyer.com/?p=1079 The skills on display in GoPro’s current NHL After Dark series amazing. I could watch a hundred videos of things like this, but alas there will only be eleven by the time this year’s video series has concluded.

If that’s not your thing, I’ll leave you with this piece of pure awesome…

]]> Sydney, Australia. November 1, 2015. https://arnemeyer.com/photography/the-book-kitchen-sydney-australia-november-1-2015/ Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:46:09 +0000 https://arnemeyer.com/?p=1060

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