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End of years

This page is a collections of notes, ramblings and highlights for each year I pass through. I’m starting this at the end of 2021 with the intention of adding to it yearly. A good companion to this is the Timeline which retraces my projects and noteschronologically.

Highlights of 2025

  • Rescued 3 baby squirrels who lost their mother, nursed them for a while and then passed them on to other people for them to be released in the wild
  • Got married with Hex and got matching ogham tattoos for it
  • Did lights for my first trance show/rave at SAT and met some of my favorite artists in the process
  • Filmed our most elaborate music video yet for Suffer Puppet with Voidxwitch, which included a custom-built set, VFX, dolly shots, a custom video game, and much more
  • Finished putting together a circuit bent analog video glitcher and used it to make a music video
  • Finished the map of the North for Pious Rot
  • Started putting together a starter kit and adventure for Pious Rot
  • Wrote and recorded 8 edm-adjacent songs for my upcoming album under the name L1Zb3th, some of which will have vocals by me.
  • Illustrated by first book cover
  • Kept challenging myself with tattooing, doing some bigger pieces, lettering and precising my style
  • Designed and illustrated the full physical release of the new Aura Merlin album “Moon Gates”, which was the first vinyl package I did full design and illustration for
  • Re-kindled my love for 3d modelling and got my blender skills up to date
  • Dyed some of my hair green, started electrolysis

my favorite books of the year

  • Redwall by Brian Jacques
  • Something in the woods loves you by Jarod K. Anderson
  • Mausritter by Isaac Williams

my favorite movies (and series) of the year

  • Sinners (2025)
  • The Substance (2024)
  • Exhuma (2024)
  • Andor series (2022)
  • Fallen Angels (1995)
  • Alien Earth series (2025)

my top 10 songs of the year

  • Harvest sky (ft. underscores) - Oklou
  • Poplife - Umru & Underscores
  • Clipped Wings - Isla Den
  • Battery Death - Ninajirachi
  • She Went Astray - Brìghde Chaimbeul
  • Twilight Zone (Extended Mix) - Aaron Hibell
  • Where’s my Head At - Basement Jaxx & 100 gecs
  • Azimuth (Edit) - Danny L Harle & CAroline Polachek
  • Bientôt - Von Bikräv & Sidsid
  • Rocky Road to Dublin - Jack O' Connel, Brian Dunphy, & Darren Holden

Highlights of 2024

  • Filmed and edited a crazy music video in the backwoods of Ontario over five intense nights of shooting
  • Released my first album as Ritual Dust , which was also the first time I finish and release solo music that I’m really proud of.
  • Played a remixed version of Beast of the Black Hill on stage with Voidxwitch and Aliceffekt
  • Got a large back tattoo of my solar symbol
  • Deepened my practice of self-compassion
  • Challenged myself to draw characters and scenes, completing one complex illustration per month

my favorite books of the year

  • the Earthsea cycle by Ursula Le Guin
  • Listen to the Land Speak by Manchàn Magan

my favorite movies of the year

  • Human Traffic (1999)
  • Kneecap (2024)
  • The Boy And The Heron (2023)
  • Alien Romulus (2024)
  • Furiosa (2024)

my top 10 songs of the year

  • Better Way To Live (ft. Grian Chatten) - Kneecap
  • Interlocked - Danny L. Harle ft. DJ Mayhem
  • Yxguden (ft. Bladee) - Evian Christ
  • <3 Korean Girls (ft. Mega Mongoliad) - Alice Longyu Gao
  • gec 2 Ü (Danny L Harle)
  • Beast Of The Black Hill (Aliceffekt Remix) - Voidxwitch
  • FML - Zheani
  • Old Hag You Have Killed Me - The Bothy Band
  • Mineral Hool - Dj Ibon & Vilde Tuv
  • Satan Was A Baby Boomer - Brutalismus 3000

Highlights of 2023

  • Went on a pilgrimage to Ireland with my partner Hex and visited many sacred sites, stayed in old stone cottages and connected deeply to the land.
  • Made a series of pixel art illustrations for a small game accompanying an album by my friend Lyndsie.
  • Wrote a song for a compilation in support of palestinian liberation.
  • Filmed a cowboy/rave-themed music video for VOIDXWITCH
  • Assisted my partner through their recovery after top surgery.

Highlights of 2022

Highlights of 2021

Highlights of 2020

CreatedOct 19, 2020
Last tendedDec 25, 2025
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