Escaping the year 2011

By Dexx 2G

  

2011 was a bad luck year for sure.  There were so many headlines and as usual most of them were negative.  To begin, Relationships!  Apparently this was not the theme for 2011.  There were so many breakups this year it would make your head spin.  Outside of just a ton of my personal friends ending long relationships the celebrity community just made it seem like the in thing.  I watched countless relationship statuses go from "married" or "in a relationship" to "single" in the blink of an eye.  Some of the more notable breakups were Mila Kunis and Macauley Culkin 10yrs dating (how’d he get her?).  Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver 25 years married (Come on terminator, the maid! Really?)  Then there’s my girl, JLo and Marc Anthony 7yrs married (Hey Marc maybe if you were a dancer).  The granddaddy of them all is Kobe Bryant and Vanessa (If you knew you were going to continue to fuck up Kobe, why no prenup? #fail) It’s just crazy.  According to Facebook, "single" was the thing to be in 2011 with 31.9%¹ of Facebookers posting that as there status.  True or not true, they said they were single.  Matter of fact these social networks didn’t prove to be promising for some people either, as is the case of Rep. Anthony Weiner.  Really, you twit pic your junk.  Enough said.  And what was up with Ciara beefing with Rihanna only to end up being played.  If that taught us anything it was to stay in your lane, FINANCIALLY.  Then there was the more ridiculous Fab and Ray J beef.  Really twitter you have produced some outstanding comedy.

There are more serious headlines out there that made it an even more solemn year than I would care for.  Conrad Murray found guilty of killing the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. An Earthquake and Tsunami that killed thousands in Japan and caused a nuclear meltdown.  Casey Anthony, not guilty.  Now if that just don’t beat all!  We can throw a mom in jail for disciplining her child in public but killing your child and then lying about it to authorities is forgivable.  This definitely was a year for losses.  We loss Amy Winehouse, Patrice O’Neal, Nick Ashford, Bubba Smith, Elizabeth Taylor, Nate Dogg, The Macho Man, Steve Jobs and Heavy D.                                                 

                                                                R.I.P

On a lighter note, unfortunately Harry Potter came to an end.  They kept me extremely entertained, worth getting the Blu-ray’s.  Jaycee Dugard was returned home after 18 years, wholly shit! 18 years.  That’s not being found that’s being an adult and just going back home.  Of course who could forget the famous Charlie Sheen meltdown that has everyone on Facebook and Twitter “#winning”?  Only here can crazy be celebretized.  <-my own word.  Proof of that is everyone’s favorite criminal and troubled actress Lindsay Lohan.  She’s been in and out of jail more than a rap star and still comes out on top.  The incomparable Oprah Winfrey Show came to an end and she decided to flex her financial muscle and buy a Channel.  Beyoncé got knocked up, congrats Mr. Carter, while we all are watching the thrown you watch the throw up.  Morning sickness is not pretty.  Chris Brown rebounded from his brush with domestic abuse.  I guess Lil Wayne caught himself beefing with Jay about their financial worth.  Over $400 Million do the math.  Diddy just kept making money.    But I guess 2011 wasn’t a complete bust, our President Obama did get Bin Laden, the troops came home, Jeter became Mr. 3000 (GO YANKEES), but outside of that nothing else.  I don’t even want to go in on the Penn State debauchery, just Sickening.   NBA locked out the ballers, and it was just too late for them to gain any appeal back by the time they came to their senses.  The NFL has completely taken over.  (GO GIANTS)  Reality TV should just be called TV now.  There is no channel not boasting some kind of reality show.  Being a housewife has never been more lucrative.  I can see why Chrissy needs to tie the knot (Love & Hip Hop), don’t fret being an actual housewife is not a requirement.  What does 2012 have in store for the masses? The republicans are trying to take it away from Obama, has he really screwed up or are we really still just stuck on the fact that he’s black.  Some of the movies coming out look over the top and makes you wonder where is all the money coming from?  Kristin Rodriguez-Gill Urban Beauty of the month, great start to 2012.  Facebook has added two new statuses:  “civil Union” and “domestic partnership” hey gay people like to let you know they’re gay and in love.  Let them live.  Sarah McKinley was told by 911 to handle your business and she did just that.  I don't know what to expect this year but I do hope it is nothing like last year.  2012 is going to be an interesting year indeed.

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