Saturday, December 28, 2024
2024 Year in Review
Let me tell you, I've surveyed (read: not plagiarized) a bunch of publications' year in reviews, and some of the stuff they include is wild. Danish Queen Margarethe II abdicated? Yeah, that was on everyone's minds in 2024. Utah's new flag design took effect? Maybe that was the hot news for flag manufacturers. So I'm not even going for significance or uniqueness with mine; these are just the random 2024 things that occurred to me off the top of my head.
Beyonce. She's on my mind most of the time, to be fair. But her Christmas halftime show was good enough to make me actually watch football, or at least fast forward through it. Plus she makes the hats work.
Weight Loss Drugs. They seem to be everywhere. And actually work. Yet I remain slightly afraid they would someday make my spleen fall out if I took them.
The Eclipse. I wasn't in the zone of totality and didn't really watch it, but it did get kind of weirdly dim out while I was drafting a motion in the guest bedroom. Plus it was nice for people to have something to do.
Chappell Roan. The youths seem to like her, and she was huge at Lollapalooza, which I would not attend at gunpoint. I only know the song with the spelling, and yes I know I sound like my mother right now.
Conflict in the Middle East. I have to mention this because I'm a serious, substantive person. It 100% has been awful though. I'm sure that President Trump's nuanced diplomacy will be the answer.
Barbenheimer. I realize that was 2023. I'm just really happy that we finally got to stop saying it in 2024.
The Olympics. Remember those? They were fun.
Taylor Swift. I'm pretty sure I'm required by law to mention her. She had a great year. Doesn't she always?
Baltimore Bridge Collapse. Isn't it kind of crazy that a bridge just, like, collapsed? They're not supposed to do that, right? Let's not do that again.
Wicked. It is everywhere. And though I remain opposed to Ariana Grande's work in the adultery sphere, I have to say the movie was kind of a bop.
The Price of Eggs. It was too high. And as a result, nothing else mattered.
Bennifer. It's looking more and more like that Gigli sequel is never going to happen.
My Safesearch Filter Blocking Me from Searching for Gigli. Very strange, but I suppose I should be grateful.
Year in Reviews. Kind of just a cheap ploy to repurpose content from the rest of the year so you don't have to come up with anything new around the holidays, right?
