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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

  1. A milestone from 2020. Only real ones.

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Memories

from my hard drive
  • A sophomore-year memory: what the lockdown year was actually like for you.

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Now Playing

2020

Most played, of what I added in 2020

Sauce It Up

Lil Uzi Vert · Luv Is Rage 2

304 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

WHAT TO DO? (feat. Don Toliver)

JACKBOYS & Travis Scott · JACKBOYS

289 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

Rich N***a Shit (feat. Young Thug)

21 Savage & Metro Boomin · SAVAGE MODE II

235 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

sdp interlude

Travis Scott · Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight

225 plays

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GREECE (feat. Drake)

DJ Khaled · GREECE (feat. Drake) - Single

210 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

No Idea

Don Toliver · Heaven Or Hell

184 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

90210 (feat. Kacy Hill)

Travis Scott · Rodeo

178 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

On God

Kanye West · JESUS IS KING

167 plays

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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

cultural context
  • 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

from the camera roll

A photo from 2020. Drop files in public/photos/2020/ and run npm run photos.

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Video

A short clip from 2020: an mp4 in public/photos/2020/ or an unlisted YouTube link.

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Mar – May

Spring

Diamonds drying out, the first catch of the year, the season starting.

Spring ball

cultural context
  • 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

this was everything
  • BaseballTraining with Antonio, Josh, Chris and Zane.

Things People Couldn't Stop Playing

cultural context
  • 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

cultural context
  • Washington drops the nameJuly 13; the Washington Football Team, for now.

On repeat that summer

from my playlists

Most played

Taking A Walk

Trippie Redd · LIFE'S A TRIP

121 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)

Train · Drops of Jupiter

17 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

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

from my playlists

Most played

Low Life (feat. The Weeknd)

Future · EVOL

7 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

Tiimmy Turner

Desiigner · Tiimmy Turner - Single

161 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

ball w/o you

21 Savage · i am > i was

160 plays

OpenOpen in Apple Music

Without Me

Eminem · The Eminem Show

158 plays

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Thinkin Bout You

Frank Ocean · channel ORANGE

144 plays

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The fall season

cultural context
  • 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

6 objects
  • Warzone gas mask
  • Face mask
  • Zoom grid
  • Among Us crewmate
  • Tom Nook
  • PS5

The Internet That Year

cultural context
  • 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

cultural context
  • 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

trends · memes · products
  • 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.

2020 · dark era · 6 slots still to fill← → to travel