January 2023 Recap

I swear it was November a second ago. And now January 2023 is over. What is happening to the time?

•I experienced some overwhelm at the start of the year by overthinking everything I wanted to do this year. Then I reminded myself that I don't need to do everything RIGHT NOW and that helped a lot.

•Some of my siblings and I went to see Puss in Boots: The Last Wish yesterday. We had the whole theater to ourselves and had a great time.

•I didn't have a lot of activities this month, which was great to help me get back into my routine after the holidays. It was great to have some extra downtime too.

•Unhinged- A. G. Howard (4 stars)

•We Were Dreamers- Simu Liu (4 stars)

•Ensnared- A. G. Howard (4 stars)

•Silk: Age of the Witch- Emily Kim (4 stars)

•Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century- Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell (3 stars)

•Cinder and Glass- Melissa de la Crus (4 stars)

•Brody's Ghost, Vol. 1- Mark Crilley (4 stars)

I got a Letterboxd account this year so I can properly track my movie viewing habits. So now you get the full list of what I watched in a month. An asterisk will mark if something is a rewatch.

•The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (not great, but it made me laugh)

•Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (I find Venom/Eddie hilarious)

•The Cat Returns* (cute and nonsensical in the best way)

•My Father's Dragon (also very cute)

•Monsters University* (movie time with my siblings)

•Where the Crawdads Sing (excellent adaptation of the book)

•Return of the Jedi* (the final film in our family's Star Wars movies rewatch)

•The Secret World of Arrietty* (kind of meh as Ghibli films go)

•To Catch a Thief (a slow paced thriller with a romantic subplot)

•Jurassic World: Dominion* (still meh at best)

•Kung Fu Panda 2* (not as good as number one, but still great)

•Eternals (bad, but not quite as bad as I thought it would be)

•Top Gun: Maverick (exactly what I wanted Top Gun to be)

•The Pale Blue Eye (an engaging murder mystery starring Edgar Allen Poe)

•Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (I loved everything but the songs)

•Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (such a step up from the first one, and I like the first one)

•Querying: No more news. I entered a Twitter pitch contest on a whim, but nothing came of it. That's okay.

•Editing: I finished the plot hole edits and now I'm working on other plot related edits. It's going pretty well.

January posts were:

2022 Recap and 2023 Look Ahead

Why Rapunzel and Eugene Are Wholesome

I'm also thinking of making some changes to this blog, but I haven't decided anything definite yet. I'll let you know what decisions I come to.

•I made this adorable air dry clay Octopus Prime! Isn't he precious? I'm so proud of him.

•I also completed the next Disney Princess- Aurora from 1959. Her face is weird, but I love her skirt.

•Take a trip to Virginia for a few days with my sister.

•Do some cleaning and organizing.

•Probably send a new batch of queries.

How was your January? Was it busy or peaceful? Tell me in the comments.