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.

Marrying Miley

With the (VERY publicised) news of southern princess Miley and Aussie heartthrob Liam planning on getting hitched, not many people have been shy on sharing their opinions.

She’s 19! 19? TOO YOUNG! She’s not ready! She’s just a baby! Baby? Must be pregnant!

But really, in of all this:

How young is too young to marry, and do we even have the right to judge?

Miley’s gone through a million more things than pretty much any other 19-year-old. She’s always in the tabloids: eating disorder, new man, gay?, wild child, pregnant.

She’s had to grow up faster than any of us – she’s probably more mature than my mum!

Who is anyone else to judge on whether or not she is in love and knows what she wants? At least they’ve been together for three years. I know people that have gotten engaged after just three months. Three months or three years? Take your pick.

Sure, we live in a time where people (cough KIM KARDASHIAN cough) don’t see marriage as sacred, but at least Liam didn’t propose with three cameras and a director.

So why do we have such a problem letting other people live their lives and fall in love? The gay marriage debate anyone?

IMO people should stop judging and start living their own lives. And here’s to hoping Miley doesn’t break Liam’s achey-breaky heart.