I saw a headline recently that the domestic box office fell 5% in 2014, the lowest number of tickets sold since 1995. It's not terribly surprising, what with the myriad ways one can see a film these days that don't involve heading out to a theater. But more, I have to wonder if the dip in ticket ...
197 hours on screen. Or so.
Welp, after a slow start in early 2014, I managed to end the year having seen seven more films than I did in 2013. I'm honestly not sure how I did it, especially when you factor in all the television series I fit in there, the travel and work and, you know, generally having a life. Before I get to ...
183 hours on screen. Give or take.
By my count, I watched 124 films in 2013. That's films I'd seen for the first time - new this year, or new to me. I didn't count any films I was re-watching (like White Christmas, the film that's on while I write this). I feel like that's not too shabby. I also feel like it's nothing compared to ...
2013 [in books]
As previously documented, I've got a love of reading. And while I'm no good at reading more than one book at a time, I'm always reading one book at a time. Usually, I have a horrible time deciding which book I'll pick up; my habit of buying strolling secondhand bookstores means my shelves are ...