2024 Wrap

Well well well. This thing still works! Very quickly then before I head out for NYE:

  • A full year of graduate school done at UVIC
  • Continued working at the place I work at and am enjoying it
  • Brought most of my music production / composition catalogue online
  • Made a massive classic Progressive House playlist on Apple Music
  • Spent whatever time remained with my partner, family and friends
  • Played lots of tennis
  • Took lots of photos and didn’t share them anywhere
  • Enjoyed life

See you next year!

winter picnic

snow has returned to the capital .. this photo was taken outside of my fav local coffee shop – Picnic II (the sequel).

There are some elements of this that remind me of the Blizzard of 96, but (so far) it’s not as brutal. City is similarly shut down and after a short break, the snow has started to fall again.

I cancelled three plans for the evening and stocked up on groceries. Doing alright and happy to be home (at the moment)…

Davin’s Top 2022

Here are my top tracks of 2022:

  • Khruangbin and Leon Bridges – Mariella
  • Skinshape – I Didn’t Know
  • Sam Evian featuring Hannah Cohen – Dream Free
  • Arlo Parks – Sophie
  • Tosca – Suzuki
  • Lord Echo featuring Lisa Tomlins – I Love Music
  • Royksopp featuring Alison Goldfrapp – Impossible
  • Kurt Vile – Bad Omens
  • INO hidefumi – Never Can Say Goodbye
  • Cannons – Goodbye
  • Fruitbats – Dream Would Breathe
  • Courtesy – Night Journeys I
  • Still Corners – The Trip
  • Tommy Guerrero – Heat in the Streets
  • Divine Matrix – Fast Train to Tokyo
  • Laura Groves – Foolish Game
  • Nilüfer Yanya – midnight sun
  • Hot Chip – Clear Blue Skies
  • Jon Natchez – Once There Was A Boat
  • Slowdive – When the Sun Hits

listen to Davin’s Top 2022 on Apple Music

Afternoontides

A vital piece of the home studio arrived and Adam and AJ came over to help me assemble it. It’s a standing desk with 2 tiers – top for monitors, bottom for midi keyboard and computers. I’m pretty excited about this, but it’s going to take a bit more work to get the wiring to cooperate with the movement.

That said, it’s time to get outside and so I am. I’ve noticed that it’s really easy to treat your home as your world, especially when it’s not nice out, but it’s definitely not the same thing.

breakfast

I woke up to the sounds of the wind this morning, well before my alarm. In another way, it was my alarm. the above is this morning’s breakfast, along with a coffee and ambient music from KEXP’s weekly show Pacific Notions. We used to have this simple breakfast growing up. We even ate from these very egg cups, which are a nice colour. Along with warmth from the fireplace, it’s a nice way to start the day.

Sometimes I skip the morning meal.. but when I miss breakfast, I find that I miss breakfast.

spooky donuts

Scary donuts from Empire Donuts in the CSV

Tennis was rained out this morning. Lame.

However, a fun thing to do in the fall is get a haunted donut in the village. I enjoy that with a coffee too! I recommend trying it with the best of friends. It will redeem any situation regardless of precipitation.

Side note, publishing from your phone to blog has come a long way since I started doing it (on a T9 flip phone no less.)