2012: The year the world didn't end

As most doomsdayers, movie buffs and anyone alive, really, knows: 2012 is the year the world will end.

Right?

Wrong.

NASA have released information telling us to stop buying cans of beans, and to stop preparing for the worst because the world is not going to end.

Shock.

Anyway, to celebrate the year the world (nearly/could’ve/almost) ended – here’s a look back at 2012:

Newly divorced Kim K paired up with Kanye (again, shocker) and they became tinsletown’s Kimye. 

Angelina Jolie’s right leg became the talk of the Oscars. 

Sophia-Grace and Rosie invaded our lives thanks to Ellen D. 

Elmo’s handler got accused of kiddy-fiddling (another shocker). 

Sh*t People Say vids went viral.

Gangnam Style took over and stopped everybody shuffling. 

Lara Bingle tried to get people to see her as more than an air-head (not so sure that worked, love).  

The Shire was supposed to be Aus’ answer to Jersey Shore (it wasn’t). 

Instagram made everyone a ‘photographer’. 

Online shopping became the norm. 

One Direction almost overtook the Biebs (or did they manage it?).

Fifty Shades of Grey spiced up dull relationships of forty-somethings. 

The Olympics was on (but seriously, who watched it). 

Big Brother promised a huge comeback, it failed. 

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds surprised everyone with their dash to the alter. 

Prince Harry got nude in Vegas. 

T Cruise and K Holmes divorced – but no one except Suri cared. 

 

Seal split with glamazon Heidi – who stepped out with her new BF soon after. 

Obama proved that once you go black you never go back.

Ed Sheeran emerged as everyones favourite ranga.

R Patz and K Stew split after Stewie’s affair with a married man, the pair reconciled just before the release of the final Twilight. Handy. 

Hannah Montana, sorry – Miley Cyrus, not only went on an image overhaul (hello, no hair!) but BF Liam popped the question. 

Snooki had a baby – as did Hilary Duff, Kristin Cavallari and Kourtney Kardashian. 

Jersey Shore graced our screens for the final time. 

North America faced one horrible natural disaster and, lastly, Whitney Housten died.

And there you have it!

Note: The word ‘shock/er’ is used as sarcasm.

Shock.

Growing up or not growing at all?

Today as I was ‘studying’ (10 mins writing, 2 hours Facebook) I found myself looking at MySpace. Yep, MySpace. Lawl.

Since I chucked a tanty and deleted mine years ago, in a stroke of genius I guessed a friend’s password and voila! I was on.

Looking at all the pictures from what seems like forever ago, I couldn’t help but wonder:

Do we ever really change from who we are in High School?

And I don’t mean physically. Yes, we look better now, we’ve lost weight/put on weight, changed our hair, changed our clothes (thankfully). But, when it comes down to it, we still have the same values.

We are friends with people because they’re cool, or something we aren’t. We look up to people who we deem as successful. We follow trends (or push against them). We enjoy drinking and parties and socialising. We’re still addicted to our phones and the internet. We use food to make us feel better, and sitting in circles is the only way to have a conversation.

We still value ourselves above anyone else. We’re still full of hopes and dreams and wonder. We still gossip, we still have crushes. We make friends. We lose friends. We’re still obsessed with celebrities and clothes and magazines.

So maybe we never really change, we just get older. We might’ve become more worldly, seen new things, met new people but are we actually different?

Maybe we are, maybe we aren’t. But go forth! Young Jedi's:
Travel the world, try new food, meet new people, visit places that amaze you. 

But never forget that High School (love it or hate it) is part of the reason why you are the way you are.  

Everything's better in hindsight anyway. Am I right, or am I right.