2019

did/doing

races

  • Cherry Blossom Ten-Miler (April)

trips

  • Boston, MA
  • Durham, NC
  • Kauai, HI
  • Marquette, MI
  • Oahu, HI
  • Seattle, WA
  • Utica, NY
  • Vancouver, BC, CAN

courses

fiction

  1. Acceptance (The Southern Reach Trilogy #3) by Jeff VanderMeer
  2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  3. American Marriage, An by Tayari Jones
  4. Annihilation (The Southern Reach Trilogy #1) by Jeff VanderMeer
  5. Binti (Binti #1) by Nnedi Okorafor
  6. Dark Forest, The (Remembrance of Earth's Past #2) by Cixin Liu (in progress)
  7. Descendants, The by Kaui Hart Hemmings
  8. Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino (in progress)
  9. Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
  10. Night Masquerade, The (Binti #3) by Nnedi Okorafor
  11. New People by Danzy Senna
  12. Authority (The Southern Reach Trilogy #2) by Jeff VenderMeer
  13. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (in progress) gave up
  14. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

non-fiction

  1. 102 Minutes by Jim Haskins and Kevin Flynn
  2. *Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism *by Safiya Umoja Noble (on hold)
  3. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  4. Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth (on hold)
  5. goodbye, things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki
  6. Higher Loyalty, A: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
  7. Last Black Unicorn, The*,* by Tiffany Haddish
  8. Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up, Theby Marie Kondo
  9. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams
  10. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
  11. Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow
  12. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
  13. Souls of Black Folk, Theby W.E.B. Du Bois (on hold)
  14. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor Megann Twohey (in progress)
  15. *We Were Eight Years in Power *by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  16. Year of Less, The: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

video games

  • Assassin's Creed: Origins
  • Best Saber
  • Counter Fight SE
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  • God of War
  • Overcooked 2
    • Chinese New Year
    • Festive Content
    • Surf 'n' Turf
    • Campfire Cook Off
  • Persona 4: Dancing All Night
  • Ring Fit Adventure
  • Uncharted: the Lost Legacy
  • Walking Dead, The, Season 1 (in progress,)

comics/manga

  • *Black Panther *(2009-10) by Reginald Hudlin
  • Black Panther: Doomwar by Jonathan Maberry
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman (in progress)
  • Justice League Dark: The Last Age of Magic, vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
  • Lazarus: The First Collection by Greg Rucka, Michael Lark, Santi Arcas
  • Lazarus: The Second Collection by Rucka, Lark, Arcas
  • Library Wars: Love & War (図書館戦争 LOVE&WAR), vols. 1-15 by Kiiro Yumi
  • Monstress, vols. 3-4 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
  • Ms. Marvel, vols. 6-10 by G. Willow Wilson
  • Wonder Woman and Justice League Dark: The Witching Hour by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez
  • Wonder Woman: Earth One, vols. 1-2 by Grant Morrison
  • Wotakoi (ヲタクに恋は難しい), vols. 1-3 omnibus by Fujita

tv series

  1. Attack on Titan, seasons 2-3
  2. Case Against Adnan Syed, The
  3. Chihayafuru, season 2
  4. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, season 1 (in progress)
  5. Game of Thrones, season 8
  6. Great British Bake Off, season 1
  7. Handmaid's Tale, The, season 1 (in progress)
  8. House of Cards, seasons 1-2
  9. Infinite Ryvius
  10. Insecure, season 3
  11. La Casa de Papel, season 3 (in progress)
  12. Lost in Space, season 1
  13. One Punch Man, season 1
  14. Promised Neverland
  15. Rascal Dreams of Bunnygirl-senpai
  16. Rilakkuma and Kauru-san
  17. Sabagebu: Survival Game Club
  18. Spice and Wolf
  19. Supergirl, season 1
  20. They Ready

movies/documentaries

  1. 12th and Delaware
  2. Agatha and the Truth of Murder
  3. Avengers: Endgame
  4. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
  5. Captain Marvel
  6. Crazy Rich Asians
  7. Dark Phoenix
  8. Detective Pikachu
  9. Fyre: the Greatest Festival that Never Happened
  10. Get Me Roger Stone
  11. Good Will Hunting
  12. Her Sketchbook (Sekai wa kyou kara kimi no mono)
  13. Into the Spider-verse
  14. Inventor, The: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
  15. Justice League: Dark
  16. *Knives Out ****
  17. Making of Horizon: Zero Dawn, The
  18. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう)
  19. Neko Atsume House
  20. *Okko's Inn ****
  21. On the Basis of Sex
  22. A Silent Voice (聲の形) ***
  23. Us

Live performances

  1. Admissions (Studio Theatre)
  2. Doubt: A Parable (Studio Theatre)
  3. Keep (Studio Theatre)
  4. Peculiar Patriot, The (Woolly Mammoth Theatre)
  5. White Pearl (Studio Theatre)

to-do; goals

  1. finish cherry blossom 10-miler (April) at zone 4 heart rate under 2:00
    1. Run at Zone 4 heart rate. It seems I often run at Zone 5 98% of the time, which is dangerous.
    2. tips
  2. hablar con Anita solamente en español
    1. estudiar un poco de español cada día
  3. ser menos trastornado* por media social
    1. desactivar Facebook por al menos un año
    2. desinstalar Instagram por al menos un més (enero)
  4. mejorar como una ingeniera de informática
    1. post about a new topic at least biweekly
    2. resume Khan Academy math
    3. finish at least 2 relevant courses
  5. mejorar como una escaladora: escalar cada v3
    1. escalar al menos 2 veces cada semana
  6. mejorar mi salud
    1. Sleep at least 7 hours 15 minutes a night
    2. Work out at least 4 days a week
    3. correr por la mañana, 3+ veces/semana

vocabulario*

  • trastornado: distracted
  • escaladora (f): climber, rock climber