2017–2020 · rendered at 1080p
2020
- Age
- Age 15Turns 15 in February
- Location
- Paddock Lane, Cold Spring, Potomac
- Era
- Sophomore
In my words
Sophomore year, most of it at home.
The world that year
Kobe, the bubble, Warzone, and Washington drops the name.
Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash on January 26, the sports world shut down on March 11 when Rudy Gobert tested positive, and Tom Brady left New England for Tampa nine days later. The Last Dance filled the empty spring, the NBA finished its season in a bubble, the Dodgers won in Texas, and Washington's football team dropped the Redskins name in July. Warzone launched in March and Among Us took over the summer.
Dec – Feb · Turns 15 on February 10
Winter
The birthday month. Snow on the street, warm windows, the year still new.
Milestones
A milestone from 2020. Only real ones.
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Memories
A sophomore-year memory: what the lockdown year was actually like for you.
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Now Playing
Most played, of what I added in 2020
Sauce It Up
Lil Uzi Vert · Luv Is Rage 2
304 plays
WHAT TO DO? (feat. Don Toliver)
JACKBOYS & Travis Scott · JACKBOYS
289 plays
Rich N***a Shit (feat. Young Thug)
21 Savage & Metro Boomin · SAVAGE MODE II
235 plays
sdp interlude
Travis Scott · Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight
225 plays
GREECE (feat. Drake)
DJ Khaled · GREECE (feat. Drake) - Single
210 plays
No Idea
Don Toliver · Heaven Or Hell
184 plays
90210 (feat. Kacy Hill)
Travis Scott · Rodeo
178 plays
On God
Kanye West · JESUS IS KING
167 plays
On the charts that year
- Blinding LightsThe Weeknd
- The BoxRoddy Ricch
- Say SoDoja Cat
- Don't Start NowDua Lipa
- Watermelon SugarHarry Styles
- Savage LoveJawsh 685 & Jason Derulo
- WAPCardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion
- DynamiteBTS
- Mood24kGoldn ft. iann dior
- cardiganTaylor Swift
The winter season
- Chiefs 31, 49ers 20Super Bowl LIV, February 2. Mahomes at 24.
- Kobe Bryant diesJanuary 26; the crash in Calabasas, with Gianna.
- Mookie Betts is tradedFebruary 10; the Red Sox send their MVP to the Dodgers.
Feed
A photo from 2020. Drop files in public/photos/2020/ and run npm run photos.
edit 2020.tsVideo
A short clip from 2020: an mp4 in public/photos/2020/ or an unlisted YouTube link.
edit 2020.tsMar – May
Spring
Diamonds drying out, the first catch of the year, the season starting.
Spring ball
- March 11Gobert's positive test; the NBA stopped, and everything else followed within a day.
- Brady signs with the BuccaneersMarch 20; 20 seasons in New England, over.
- The Last DanceApril 19; ten episodes, five Sundays, an empty sports calendar.
My Interests
- BaseballTraining with Antonio, Josh, Chris and Zane.
Things People Couldn't Stop Playing
- Call of Duty: WarzonemineMarch 10; free, 150 players, and the lockdown's game.
- Animal Crossing: New HorizonsMarch 20; the island everyone moved to.
- Among UsThe summer sleeper; 100 million downloads by September.
- Fortnite's Travis Scott concertApril 23; 12 million inside the game at once.
- Fall GuysAugust.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarNovember 13.
- NBA 2K21Damian Lillard; the Kobe Mamba Forever editions.
- Madden NFL 21Lamar Jackson.
- MLB The Show 20Javier Báez.
- The Last of Us Part IIJune.
- Ghost of TsushimaJuly.
- PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series XNovember 10 and 12; impossible to buy.
- ValorantJune.
- Rocket League goes freeSeptember.
- Cyberpunk 2077December 10, and the refunds.
Jun – Aug
Summer
The pool, the basement, long light, nowhere to be.
On My Screen
Mine
What you watched or played on repeat in 2020.
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Everyone's
- The Last Dance on ESPNApril 19 to May 17; Jordan and the 1998 Bulls, five Sundays in a row.
- The Match: Tiger and Peyton vs. Phil and BradyMay 24; golf in the rain, Brady's pants split.
- The bubble Finals on ABCOctober 11; Lakers over Heat, for Kobe.
- Super Bowl LIV on FoxFebruary 2; Chiefs 31, 49ers 20, Mahomes' first.
- Sonic the HedgehogFebruary; after the redesign.
- Hamilton on Disney+July 3.
- Ted LassoAugust 14; a soccer show for people who don't watch soccer.
- Cobra Kai on NetflixAugust 28; the show found its audience.
- Onward and SoulPixar in a lockdown year.
- The Mandalorian season 2October 30; Grogu.
- Tiger KingMarch; the first week of lockdown.
- Among Us streamsEveryone from Corpse Husband to AOC.
- MrBeast gives away an islandVideos that cost more than films.
The summer season
- Washington drops the nameJuly 13; the Washington Football Team, for now.
On repeat that summer
Most played
Taking A Walk
Trippie Redd · LIFE'S A TRIP
121 plays
Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)
Train · Drops of Jupiter
17 plays
Tech I Remember
In the house
A device or app you used in 2020.
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Out in the world
- PlayStation 5November 12; impossible to buy.
- Xbox Series X and SNovember 10.
- iPhone 12 and MagSafeOctober; 5G.
- Apple Silicon M1November 10.
- iOS 14 home screen customisation
- Oculus Quest 2October.
- Chromebooks for remote school
- SpaceX Crew DragonMay 30; astronauts from US soil again.
- AirPods Max and HomePod mini
Sep – Nov
Fall
New grade, Halloween, leaves on the lawn, the good hoodie weather.
The fall rotation
Most played
Low Life (feat. The Weeknd)
Future · EVOL
7 plays
Tiimmy Turner
Desiigner · Tiimmy Turner - Single
161 plays
ball w/o you
21 Savage · i am > i was
160 plays
Without Me
Eminem · The Eminem Show
158 plays
Thinkin Bout You
Frank Ocean · channel ORANGE
144 plays
The fall season
- Lightning win the Cup in a bubbleSeptember 28, Edmonton.
- Lakers win the bubbleOctober 11; LeBron's fourth title, Kobe's jerseys in the crowd.
- Dodgers over RaysWorld Series, October 27, in Arlington; the first in 32 years.
- A November MastersNovember 15; Dustin Johnson, 20 under, no patrons.
Time Capsule
- Warzone gas mask
- Face mask
- Zoom grid
- Among Us crewmate
- Tom Nook
- PS5
The Internet That Year
- Zoom becomes a verbSchool and everything else, from March.
- Among Us takes overAugust–September; "sus" enters the language.
- TikTok's biggest yearSavage, Say So, and the Blinding Lights challenge.
- Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts launchAugust and September.
- Tiger KingMarch 20; the first lockdown obsession.
- Dalgona coffee and banana bread
- Dream's Minecraft Manhunt
- Travis Scott's Fortnite concertApril 23; 12 million players.
- Ratatouille the TikTok MusicalNovember–December.
- "How it started / how it's going"
- Sea shantiesDecember into January 2021.
- Clubhouse and Houseparty
Meanwhile
The world that year
Kobe, the bubble, Warzone, and Washington drops the name.
The season that year
- Chiefs 31, 49ers 20Super Bowl LIV, February 2. Mahomes at 24.
- Kobe Bryant diesJanuary 26; the crash in Calabasas, with Gianna.
- Mookie Betts is tradedFebruary 10; the Red Sox send their MVP to the Dodgers.
- March 11Gobert's positive test; the NBA stopped, and everything else followed within a day.
- Brady signs with the BuccaneersMarch 20; 20 seasons in New England, over.
- The Last DanceApril 19; ten episodes, five Sundays, an empty sports calendar.
- Washington drops the nameJuly 13; the Washington Football Team, for now.
- Lightning win the Cup in a bubbleSeptember 28, Edmonton.
- Lakers win the bubbleOctober 11; LeBron's fourth title, Kobe's jerseys in the crowd.
- Dodgers over RaysWorld Series, October 27, in Arlington; the first in 32 years.
- A November MastersNovember 15; Dustin Johnson, 20 under, no patrons.
Culture
- LockdownMasks, six feet, and "unprecedented times".
- Zoom school
- Sweatpants and tie-dye
- Cottagecore
- Kobe Bryant diesJanuary 26.
- A summer of protestsJune.
- A US election yearNovember 3; counted for days.
- Murder hornets and "nature is healing"
- PS5 restocks
- "Simp", "sus", "it's the ___ for me"
How things looked
iOS 14 widgets and custom home screens, macOS Big Sur's rounded icons, Zoom's grid, and Reels' vertical feed. Glassmorphism became the design word of late 2020.