Listmas 2021: Movies

So Listmas always kind of ends with movies, since movies are so important to me. But very little will seem to have changed for longtime readers, so I wanted to spice things up. Read on to see how I did that.

Listmas 2021: The Disney Animated Canon

So during the long months in quarantine with small children, I managed to watch in order and rank every single Disney Animated Canon film. And I'm going to talk about it now.

Listmas 2021: Star Wars

Short, Sweet, and Nothing New. Let's goooooooooooooo

Listmas 2021: Pokémon

So during this latest period of being a bit stuck not at home, it oddly has been Pokémon that has been the main saving grace for me. I have two new Pokémon cartridges, I found some nice Let's Plays, and I finally bit the bullet on the wonderful world of emulation because 1. Paying exorbanent amounts for 15-year-old cartidges is bogus, 2. Pokémon having only one save file past Generation 1 is bogus, and 3. Not being able to fully evolve a Pokémon you want to use without trading - ESPECIALLY in Gen 3 - is bogus (If I can ever afford to get a streaming setup started we're going to have some laughs)

It has allowed me to take my oldest on her first Pokémon journey. While she's still a bit to young to really do the driving (or read thr dialogue), the team and major choices are all hers with no restrictions other than team diversity (We're playing FireRed and she enthusiastically chose Squirtle BTW)

With that giant preamble out of the way, it's time to get into these Pokémon lists

Listmas 2021: Final Fantasy

Another relarively short one, being a relatively last-minute replacement entry, and there are certain contenders I have to exclude as you will see. But I have enough that I feel I can at least make solid base lists. So without further ado, the world of Final Fantasy!

Listmas 2021: Video Games

 Just a quick entry today, not even giving a sentence or two for each number. Just two Top 11 lists. I am looking to eventually expand to 15 each but I need to play more first, and two franchises will get their own entries this week.

Listmas 2021: Television

TV has changed dramatically in the last decade. Hell, how we watch TV has changed dramatically in the last two years! As such, my feelings on the medium and the shows I love the most have changed dramatically since I last talked about them in this space. Many shows I used to love or watch religiously have either aged poorly, went into quality nosedives in later seasons, or both. As such, half of this entry will be an "Honorable Mentions" of sorts stating why certain shows I used to adore would no longer be put anywhere near my favorites list. Also, to preserve the surprise, I am not listing any of today's shows in the tags like I did with the first few Listmas entries this year.

Listmas 2021: Weird Albums

"Weird Al" Yankovic is my favorite musicsl artist of all time. I saw him live twice, shook the man's hand once (and totally choked), and he remains a big part of my entertainmrnt life. I had to devote a full Listmas entry to him.

Listmas 2021: Music

Welp, as long as I get twelve of these done by Christmas, I'll consider any schedule slippage a mulligan.

Anyway, this one is kind of a toughie since it's been so difficult for me to just stop and listen to music lately. Still, here is what I have for my Music Lists.

A * indicates a potential point of contention and/or future change 

Listmas 2021: Tabletop Gaming

Tabletop Gaming, while never quite going away, is certainly seeing something of a renaissance. It's been happening since the last half of the previous decade, but quarantines have seen it boost even higher through both family activities and online programs such as Tabletop Simulator.

Some readers may remember that I used to be involved with a community gaming day. This fell apart around the time other things in my life were, and after a falling out with that group in general I am looking for a new community to join. But I will always thank those people for helping me by either introducing me to or rekindling an old passion for many of the games on these lists. While it has been and continues to be difficult, I am eager to make new fond memories playing these games.

Listmas 2021: The Natural World

Let's...ah...let's pretend I got this out yesterday, hmm? Hey, I'm still trying to get my groove back. 

This entry is a short one too. Kindergarten level stuff. Just two lists of my Top 11 Favorite Animals in different categories of existence.

Listmas 2021: Top 5 Lists I'm NOT Doing This Year

 Welcome to Listmas 2021, my experiment to see if I can handle semi-regular updates. I plan on posting one of these every other day, then slowing back down to a couple a month if I have something to say. 

Here's how we do things here. My lists come in two flavors: Top 11 and Multiples of 5. I find Top 11 to be vastly superior to Top 10, the one and only worthwhile contribution Doug Walker ever gave society (told you some of my older posts would age like buttermilk). But sometimes I have far more or far less so I otherwise keep it to Multiples of 5.

Some lists will just be lists from top to bottom with no further explanation. Other times when I have more to say and want to indulge in some dramatic tension, I'll go for a more countdown-oriented model. Some posts will be several lists surrounding a topic and other posts will focus on just one.

Today's list will be a single short countdown: The Top 5 Lists I'm NOT Doing This Year