Hello all, my name is Jami and I love so many things, music, movies, television, food, and celebrities. I figured why not write a blog about all of my favorite things going on in the world and share these thoughts and feelings, who knows maybe there are others out there who feel the same. With this being my first post and probably my last one of 2012 I figured I would do a recap of my 12 favorite things of 2012. This is going to be very hard but I am going to give it a shot. Here we go.
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11. "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Goyte featuring Kimbra. This song was a lot like the previous ones I have talked about with the fact that whenever it came on you couldn't help but sing it and by sing it I mean yell it out really loud in your car. The only difference was I felt less people were ashamed to admit that they rocked out to this song. Everyone needs to sing to the top of their lungs sometimes and this song gave us all a chance to do that in 2012 which why it is number 11 on my list.
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10. London. So many things happened in this great city this year. We got to celebrate the Queens jubilee which had many TV specials and concerts. These allowed us to take a glimpse into the royal world and rock out all at the same time. And even though the Queen doesn't control anything in this country she still has always been apart of our lives. The summer Olympics were also held in London and went off beautifully. The opening and closing ceremonies were a sight to be seen and they did an amazing job hosting the games. And finally London has given us William and Kate who just a while ago announced they are pregnant with their first child. I think we can all agree we can not wait to see 2013 unfold for those two.
9. Bruno Mars. Between his SNL hosting gig a few weeks out and his new single "Locked Out Of Heaven" Bruno is killing it. This guy is just bursting with talent. His voice is flawless and is very reminiscent of the late MJ. His newest album "Unorthodox Jukebox" Just came out last week and I am sure it is just as amazing as his other stuff and if it is I believe he will have an amazing 2013, so watch out.
8. Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This man has had one hell of a year with 4 great movies that came out in 2012 including "The Dark Knight Rises" and the Golden Globe best picture drama nominated film "Lincoln". On top of that he killed it hosting SNL a few months back and has been out promoting his own self project hitRECord, which is a website he put together so other unknown artist can come together and create amazing things together. It is pretty amazing and every artist should check it out.
7. Adele. Another artist who had an amazing year. She had the top selling record on iTunes this year with her sophomore album 21 with selling over 10 million copies. That record had many hits including "Someone Like You" and "Rolling in the Deep". She won 6 Grammy's in the beginning of the year for the same record. She has also had an amazing year personally with her engagement to boyfriend Simon Konecki and the birth of her first child, a son, in October. Congrats to her all the way around for her in 2012.
6. Katy Perry. This girl had a year of ups and downs with her personal and professional life. Professionally she had a great year. Her album Teenage Dream has more hits on it then we know what to do with. Her Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection has 8 singles on it that were top 5 hits if not number 1 on the hot 100 list. She came out with Katy Perry:A Part of Me, a documentary that allowed us to see into her personal life, what is like to be on the road with her, concert clips, and her rise to fame. Sadly it also documented her recent divorce to her ex-husband Russel Brand. As viewers we got to see the raw emotion and sadness of that hard time in her life. I think we can all agree we hope she doesn't have moments like that in 2013.
5. New Girl. This year this show brought us so many funny laugh out loud moments. We have got to watch Jesse become more a part of her roommates lives along with going through the hilarious ups and downs of life. Nick become yet more awkward and Schmidt and Cece fall in and out of "love" over and over again. I think as viewers we can not wait to see what shenanigans this crazy bunch will go threw in 2013. Maybe a wedding or a baby, who knows.
4. Glee. This year has been an interesting year for the students at McKinley High. With the end of season three we got to see many of our favorite students graduate and go on to bigger and better things which left us all wondering how will season 4 be. They have done a great job bringing in some new blood with new cast members and new story lines while at the same time bringing back past cast regulars to show us what they are up to. Along with seeing what is going on in the high school we get to follow Rachel and Kurt live out there New York City dreams. I would say the best episodes of the year of been the tribute ones. They did an amazing job with their Micheal Jackson episode, The Whitney episode, which really allowed us all to recognize how amazing the late singer was, and the Brittney 2.0 episode which was filled with so many amazing Brittney remixes of her hit songs. The writers and creators of the show do such an amazing job picking and using songs that work well with the story they are telling and yet sound amazing. Along with this and the ever present drama that the show brings it is amazing to watch every week. Can't wait to see what 2013 brings from Glee.
3. The 2012 Olympics and Team USA. The 2012 Olympics gave us so many great moments this year and allowed us to all cheer on our country which is always awesome. We got to watch the amazing Michael Phelps become the most decorated Olympian of all time winning a total of 22 medals in his career. We also got to see our women's gymnastic team, otherwise known as the fab five, take home team gold. Along with all of this team USA brought home the most medals from the games with 104 medals total. We dominated the games and hopefully we do the same during the winter Olympics in 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
2. Homeland. This show is so good and so addicting you can not help but love it. The story line and drama pulls you in and makes you beg for more. Claire Danes and Damian Lewis are so good and play their characters on the show so well you believe them with everything they say and do. This explains why this year homeland was nominated for countless awards and walked away with 3 Golden Globes including Best actress in a drama (Claire Danes), best actor in a drama (Damian Lewis) and Best drama series. If you have not checked it out please do, trust me it is worth it.
1. President Obama. I know I said this was going to be a blog about entertainment and things of that nature but when thinking of a list of my favorite things in 2012 I could not help but make this man my number 1. I think our President is a great man both professionally and personally. I won't get to into why I feel this way I will just say I think he is going to put our country first and do great things for us over the next four years.
There it is my top 12 of 2012. I hope you enjoyed reading my list and agreed with at least some of picks. Check back in 2013 for more on my favorite things. Have an awesome New Year!
-Jami
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