Âť 2021 Brag Sheet
Brags
- Successful NAR Level One certification flight
- Built a much improved runtime error notification tool for production at work
- My âNow Playing on KEXPâ web app made glitch.comâs cool apps list for October
Not brags, but notable things
- Adopted two kittens: Yaml Jiji Peralta and Markdown Prescott
- Moved to Oakland
- Went car-less for the first time since college and got a cargo bicycle
Books read
- Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdez
- Gideon the Ninth by Tasmyn Muir
- Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
- A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlà Clark
- Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
- Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water by Vylar Kaftan
- Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer
- Little Bird by Darcy Van Poelgeest, Tom Bertram, Matt Hollingsworth
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
- A Memory of Empire by Arkady Martine
- Slow River by Nicola Griffith
- Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
- Fireheart Tiger by Alliete de Bodard
- A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
- The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
I didnât read non-fiction books this year, and lot of what I read was or had substantial queer romance in it, so this was a year for comfort reading.
I loved the Teixcalaan books and The Hands of the Emperor and will defend Cilopher Mdang and Three Seagrass to the ends of the earth.
Singles I loved
- âB-Sideâ by Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
- âBitter Streetsâ by SAULT
- âFuck these Fuckin Fascistsâ by The Muslims
- âIn the Countryâ by La Luz
- âIf I Could Chooseâ by The Shivas
- âJuban Districtâ by Ginger Root
- âHate That I Need Youâ by Kevin Nichols
- âMedsâ by Idles
- âAfrique Victimeâ by Mdou Moctar
- âScarcity is Manufacturedâ by Deerhoof
- âElectricityâ by Ibibio Sound Machine & Hot Chip
- âWake Me Upâ by Foals
- âOh!â by The Linda Lindas
- âA Ti Que Te Importa (Cumbia Manifesto Pt. 1)â by Mexican Institute of Sound & Los Dianas
- âWet Dreamâ by Wet Leg
- âSavage Good Boyâ by Japanese Breakfast
- âStay in the Carâ by Bachelor
- âBefore You Gotta Goâ by courtney barnett
- âSatelliteâ by Thundercat ft. Louis Cole & Genevieve Artadi
During that window between Delta and Omicron, Cynthia and I got to make it to some shows and see Mdou Moctar, Wilco, Wet Leg, CHVRCHES, Jungle, St. Vincent, Spoon, AngĂŠlique Kidjo, and Idles.