Started the year with an extended dad-batical before starting a new job with Block (in September, of course). It’s been invigorating digging in on a bunch of new things all at once. I’m back where I like to be — outside my comfort zone, stretching, learning every day.
Both kids are in school now, and time feels like sand slipping through my fingers. They’re screaming towards the end of that first magical period of consciousness, where the world unfolds in front of them with unicorns and Santa Claus and questions and language. Any day might be the last blueberry pampake breakfast, the last time they stuff books and a lunch into their pack-pack. At school pronunciation is something to be corrected, tongues untied. We lost unicorns earlier this fall — Emma’s favorite animal is the turtle now1.
Was fortunate to do quite a bit of traveling this year. Spent an incredible ten days traveling across Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Escaped the winter chill and laid on a beach. Weddings in Breckenridge and the Catskills.
Listened to a lot of Goose2. Didn’t get to read, watch, or play 10% of what I’d like to, as usual.
Music
- DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - Destiny
- Goose - Live at The Salt Shed
- M83 - Fantasy
- Mallrat - Butterfly Blue
- MGNA Crrrta - New Jersey
- Pinegrove - Montclair (Live at the Wellmont Theater)
- Troye Sivan - Something to Give Each Other
- Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
- Zach Brian - Boys of Faith
TV
Movies
- The Big Short
- Godzilla Minus One4
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Games
Apps
“Unicorns aren’t real, dad.”↩︎
Favorite shows of the year: Live at the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival (March 3, 2023), Live at the Capitol Theatre (March 12, 2023), Live at the Salt Shed (April 15, 2023), Live at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 7, 2023), Live at the Miller High Life Theatre (September 17, 2023), Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater (October 6, 2023)↩︎
All-time can’t tear your eyes away hate watch.↩︎
Not available to stream or purchase online at this time.↩︎