Okaaaay! So with the year over I can finally review my 2025 bingo card
Two rows completed, very nearly 5 but let me run through the year...
Dec 31, 2025 14:47Slight spoilers, but yes we did reach a million subscribers, but not on one but twwwo channels
Thank you very much much to everyone who subscribed and supported over the years to make it possible
I'll share photos to prove this at some point, but the house is a Christmassy mess right now
That being said, every major room in the house (besides kitchen and stuff which require actual adults to update) has been done - and I'm super happy with our little house
I think I did exactly three new cuisines; Ukrainian, Singaporean and (dubious I know) Australian
Including Ukrainian in New York with Paul (who is photographed but I don't think has BlueSky so someone show him irl please)
I know this doesn't sound like a thing - but I lose headphones all the time
I didn't lose a single headphone this year, which is honestly unbelievable
Knocked this one off early on the Nebula trip in Mexico
The water was much nicer than it looks
If you don't believe me check out my Letterboxd:
boxd.it/5KGEl
Also all of my 4.5 and 5 star films this year:
Marty Supreme
Grave of the Fireflies
Anatomy of a Fall
Ballad of Wallace Island
Howl's Moving Castle
Fargo
Friendship
Chicago
Grand Budapest Hotel
Blues Brothers
Arrival
Conclave
Two new continents this year; Africa and Oceania
Loved our trips to both - definitely need to explore more countries in each continent
Admittedly things have changed slightly since then, so not quite there right now
But close, and I did reach it haha
I think I read exactly 6 books, but I could be missing some:
- Original Sin
- Careless People
- Nuclear War
- Abundance
- Apple in China
- Burn Book
Absolutely smashed this one - far fewer trips than normal, and those I did I had a lovely time at
Just did it:
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇸🇬 Singapore
🇦🇺 Australia
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
I think we did 4 exactly; and next year I'd like to do more as I had a delightful time at all of them
Amazingly I actually did ditch BA
Moments ago I requested a status match to SkyTeam after booking a qualifying flight
I've also got a Virgin credit card on the way
No longer a BA loser