The Office of Pieter Pelgrims

2016

I don’t really do new years resolutions, for obvious reasons, but I do read books and watch movies every year, so I thought I’d come up with goals for those.
I got carried away and included some more statistics from last year alas I didn’t include any theater, dance/ballet, or art expositions.

Film

One of my goals for 2016 was to see 104 movies I hadn’t seen previously (that’s two per week), I made it to 126.
My idea was to see more Korean, Asian, and French movies, I was also interested to see more Film Noir. I do think I succeeded even though I saw a lot of crap, Blackhat and J.S.A.: Joint Security Area, I’m looking at you among others.

Worth mentioning

In no particular order:

I can’t really explain the amount of animated movies in there.

Complete list

  1. American Heist (4 weeks ago)
  2. The Crimson Rivers (1 month ago)
  3. Legend (1 month ago)
  4. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (1 month ago)
  5. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (1 month ago)
  6. Elsa & Fred (1 month ago)
  7. Pale Rider (1 month ago)
  8. Army of Shadows (1 month ago)
  9. Midnight Cowboy (1 month ago)
  10. One Day (1 month ago)
  11. The Professional (1 month ago)
  12. Breathless (1 month ago)
  13. The Prophecy (2 months ago)
  14. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2 months ago)
  15. Erased (2 months ago)
  16. Reign Over Me (2 months ago)
  17. Le Cercle Rouge (2 months ago)
  18. Alex Cross (3 months ago)
  19. The Siege of Jadotville (3 months ago)
  20. Last Year at Marienbad (3 months ago)
  21. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (3 months ago)
  22. A Hard Day (3 months ago)
  23. Adam's Apples (3 months ago)
  24. Dead Man Down (3 months ago)
  25. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (3 months ago)
  26. The Counselor (3 months ago)
  27. Blood Simple. (3 months ago)
  28. Exposed (3 months ago)
  29. Jason Bourne (3 months ago)
  30. Captain America: Civil War (3 months ago)
  31. The Purge: Election Year (4 months ago)
  32. 22 Bullets (4 months ago)
  33. Le Samouraï (4 months ago)
  34. My Way (4 months ago)
  35. Zootopia (4 months ago)
  36. Tower Heist (4 months ago)
  37. Derailed (4 months ago)
  38. Now You See Me 2 (4 months ago)
  39. Knocked Up (4 months ago)
  40. Sarah's Key (4 months ago)
  41. Due Date (4 months ago)
  42. Slacker (5 months ago)
  43. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (5 months ago)
  44. The East (5 months ago)
  45. Cold Eyes (5 months ago)
  46. Permanent Vacation (5 months ago)
  47. About Time (5 months ago)
  48. Hot Rod (5 months ago)
  49. Batman: The Killing Joke (5 months ago)
  50. Batman vs. Robin (5 months ago)
  51. Suicide Squad (5 months ago)
  52. The Admiral (6 months ago)
  53. Kundo: Age of the Rampant (6 months ago)
  54. The Fundamentals of Caring (6 months ago)
  55. Stone (6 months ago)
  56. Easy Money (7 months ago)
  57. The Conversation (7 months ago)
  58. The Target (7 months ago)
  59. Commitment (7 months ago)
  60. The Green Hornet (7 months ago)
  61. Lockout (7 months ago)
  62. The Suspect (8 months ago)
  63. The Hit List (8 months ago)
  64. Eagle Eye (8 months ago)
  65. The Angels' Share (8 months ago)
  66. Reno 911!: Miami (8 months ago)
  67. The Lone Ranger (8 months ago)
  68. The Jungle Book (8 months ago)
  69. Miami Vice (9 months ago)
  70. Man of Steel (9 months ago)
  71. High Crimes (9 months ago)
  72. No Tears for the Dead (9 months ago)
  73. The Gauntlet (9 months ago)
  74. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (9 months ago)
  75. Kill the Messenger (9 months ago)
  76. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (9 months ago)
  77. Son of Batman (10 months ago)
  78. Batman: Gotham Knight (10 months ago)
  79. Zoolander (10 months ago)
  80. After Hours (10 months ago)
  81. Batman: Assault on Arkham (10 months ago)
  82. The Hateful Eight (10 months ago)
  83. Hitman: Agent 47 (10 months ago)
  84. Batman: Bad Blood (10 months ago)
  85. Batman: Year One (10 months ago)
  86. The Return of the Musketeers (10 months ago)
  87. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (10 months ago)
  88. Batman: Under the Red Hood (10 months ago)
  89. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (10 months ago)
  90. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (10 months ago)
  91. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (10 months ago)
  92. Snowpiercer (10 months ago)
  93. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (10 months ago)
  94. Kiss Me Deadly (11 months ago)
  95. 21 (11 months ago)
  96. Survivor (11 months ago)
  97. Disclosure (11 months ago)
  98. Deadpool (11 months ago)
  99. The Killers (11 months ago)
  100. Child 44 (11 months ago)
  101. Rising Sun (11 months ago)
  102. Brave (11 months ago)
  103. The Big Heat (11 months ago)
  104. The Loft (11 months ago)
  105. Red Sky (11 months ago)
  106. Her (11 months ago)
  107. Infinitely Polar Bear (11 months ago)
  108. Sicario (11 months ago)
  109. Blackhat (11 months ago)
  110. J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (11 months ago)
  111. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (11 months ago)
  112. Thumbelina (11 months ago)
  113. The Gunman (11 months ago)
  114. Mars Attacks! (11 months ago)
  115. Rancho Notorious (11 months ago)
  116. Fantasia 2000 (11 months ago)
  117. If I Stay (25 Jan 2016)
  118. Run All Night (21 Jan 2016)
  119. The Forger (19 Jan 2016)
  120. The Transporter Refueled (17 Jan 2016)
  121. Last Knights (17 Jan 2016)
  122. Spectre (05 Jan 2016)
  123. Bringing Down the House (05 Jan 2016)
  124. Wreck-It Ralph (05 Jan 2016)
  125. Dorian Gray (03 Jan 2016)
  126. Love (03 Jan 2016)

I wrote a small script in Ruby using Selenium to fetch these movies from my IMDB watchlist.

Books

The other goal was to read one book per week, I didn’t even come close to reading 52 books. However I did read these:

  1. F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
  2. Dimitri Verhulst – Bloedbook
  3. Dimitri Verhulst – Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol
  4. Schopenhauer – In de tuin der letteren
  5. J.D. Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye
  6. Leonard Koren – Wabi-Sabi: Further Thoughts

Aside from those I read a ton of articles from Hacker News.

Gigs

I’d like this list to be longer but the truth is I frequent more techno parties than anything else.

  1. Moderat, Forest National, B
    Although I prefer their older work this was really an amazing gig, mostly because of the lightshow. Afterwards I went to R&S Label Night, Kompass club, B. Excellent night!
  2. Sunn O))), Vooruit, B
    This is by far the loudest show I’ve ever seen, even with ear plugs. I couldn’t grasp why other people weren’t bothered by the volume. The crowd was rather shoegazing or in trance/zombie mode. Compelling show, worth seeing!

    That night’s opener:

  3. Gorilla Biscuits, Trix, B
    Fun, just regular, old fun! Lawnmowers, picking-up-the-change, windmills, you name it! I don’t recall the other bands but I’m sure Modern Life Is War was there as well.

Music

What did I listen to the most?

My iTunes reads 62 plays for this three hour mix, I quite enjoy listening to it while I’m working.

Another mix worth mentioning Bec @ Watergate (70 plays)

Albums

Per date added to my library

  1. Counterparts – Tragedy Will Find Us
  2. Mastodon – Blood Mountain
  3. Nas – Illmatic
  4. Neurosis – Times Of Grace
  5. Oathbreaker – Rheia
  6. Botch – An Anthology Of Dead Ends (not available on Spotify)
  7. Gingerpig – Hidden From View
  8. Cult Of Luna × Julie Christmas – Mariner
  9. The Dillinger Escape Plan – Dissociation

Here is a complete list of artists and the amount of plays on last.fm.

2017

What’s in store for 2017?

  1. Finish the IMDB top 250, I’m guessing roughly 70 to go.
  2. Read 18 books (6 down so far)
  3. These gigs:
    • Oathbreaker (twice!)
    • Chinese Man
    • The Dillinger Escape Plan
    • Gingerpig
    • Deftones
26 January 2017