Tag: 2019

  • Goodbye 2019

    I know at the end of the year we say, “this was the worst year ever,” but… 2019 was literally the worst year ever. I don’t know if it’s because I got older and I have more responsibilities and I am much more aware of how much the world hates me… but my goodness. I won’t do an entire recap of how much the world showed me that it didn’t like me this year but I will say this one was definitely one for the books. Now it wasn’t completely bad. Some good things did happen. I got a new job, moved to a new house, started saving money. But the emotional strain that this year had on me was hard. I lost friendships that I truly thought would last forever. I cried more this year than I have since I was a fetus. I felt so much stress and pressure this year from so many different things but this year taught me that I am truly resilient. Every time I fell, I got right back up and continued moving forward. All the friends I lost, good riddance! Every bad thing that happened was to prepare me for something later on. A reminder for anyone who reads this, you are resilient! This year has tested everybody but we’re still here, growing!! So be proud. This decade was something else but here’s to the 20’s! Good luck!

  • Throughout the Decade

    2010

    • Ke$ha’s song “Tik Tok” was the number one song of the year.
    • Haiti earthquake
    • Taylor Swift jousted with Kanye West and was nominated for 4 Grammys.
    • Justin Bieber’s “shaggy hair” was in trend.
    • Good Luck Charlie aired its first show.

    2011

    • Beginning of the Syrian civil war.
    • Hurricane Irene strikes the East Coast of the United States killing 47 citizens and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
    • NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the moon.

    2012

    • The End of the World rumor came out, putting people in a large amount of panic.
    • The Avengers movie first came out, bringing popular comic book characters to life and fans going wild.
    • The Endeavour Space Shuttle was brought to Los Angeles after having taken its final flight in the month of September.
    • Dumb Ways to Die was introduced as a public service announcement for Metro Railroad Safety and rose itself to the top.

    2013

    • Miley Cyrus releases her Wrecking Ball, turning her good image into a naughty one.
    • Frozen became the most popular movie of the year.
    • Playstation 4 is released by Sony while the Xbox One is released by Microsoft.
    • Avicii released hit song “Wake Me Up”.

    2014

    • Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappearance.
    • Ebola Virus Breakout.
    • Sochi Winter Olympics.
    • Beloved actor and comedian, Robin Williams passes away.
    • Ellen’s Epic Oscar’s Selfie.

    2015

    • Same sex marriage is legal!
    • The death of BB King .
    • The blue/black vs gold/white dress debacle .
    • The debut of the Hotline Bling music video.
    • NASA confirms the presence of water on Mars.

    2016

    • Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential Election.
    • Beyonce releases Lemonade.
    • Harambe was killed at the Cincinatti Zoo and his name was entered into the 2016 Presidential Election.
    • Lil Uzi Vert becomes popular with his release of Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World.

    2017

    • Donald Trump officially became the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017.
    • Las Vegas had a mass shooting at an outdoor music festival along the Vegas strip.
    • Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria hit southern United States.
    • North Korea launches 23 different missiles in 16 different tests within a couple months.
    • For the first time in 99 years on August 21, a solar eclipse crossed the US from coast to coast.

    2018

    • Winter Olympics in South Korea.
    • Stoneman Douglas Shooting.
    • Stephen Hawkings died.
    • Tide Pod challenge banned on YouTube.
    • Beyonce becomes first black female to headline.

    2019

    • The world-famous Instagram egg beat Kylie Jenner in having the most liked Instagram photo.
    • Lori Lauglin was caught in a college admission scandal, where she paid to get her kids into prestigious colleges.
    • Greta Thunberg inspired the world with her climate-change activism.
    • Pop artists Camilla Cabello and Shawn Mendes get together.
    • Rumors about an Area 51 raid took the internet by storm.

     

  • Artists of the Decade

    As we prepare for the end of 2019, and the end of the decade, numbers were released from Spotify, a music streaming platform, showing which artists, songs albums listeners streamed the most during the past 10 years. The most streamed artist was, of course, Drake, followed by Ed Sheeran, Post Malone, Ariana Grande, and Eminem. Since 2010, Drake has released nearly an 18 track album each year, not count counting singles and features. His album Scorpion gained 745.9 million U.S streams and the first week it was released. Within the decade he has gotten over 28 Billion streams on Spotify. For over a decade he has had a dominant presence in the music industry, which helped him become one of the most influential people this decade.

  • Movies of the Decade

    The year has finally come to an end, also bringing the decade to an end. Within these 10 years, there have been many films which have most certainly left quite an impression on us. Here is a list of 10 films which have made it to the top throughout the past ten years.

    • 2010 Despicable Me
    • 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger
    • 2012 The Hunger Games
    • 2013 Frozen
    • 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy
    • 2015 Jurassic World
    • 2016 Moana
    • 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    • 2018 Avengers: Infinity War
    • 2019 Avengers: Endgame

  • Missing the Class of 2019

    If it hasn’t been said already, then I’ll be the first to say it: this school year is extremely different compared to last year. However, one thing that has especially impacted me has been the absence of alumni. It is uncertain how I got so close to them, but I know for a fact that it is definitely not the same without them.

    During the previous school year, you would find me hanging out with a group full of seniors. Like I said, I don’t really know how I winded up there in the first place, but being around them sure gave me pleasure. Conversations with them made me feel welcomed, and being a part of them made me feel included.

    Aside from that friend group, I also gained some friends from a college readiness program located at Long Beach City College called Upward Bound. I did not expect all my friends there to be ready so soon. Now that they’re in college and the majority of them no longer attend the program the same way, it feels different.

    Not only that, but last school year the newspaper production class was full of seniors. It was a class full of leadership as well as love and passion. Without this love and passion they held, the school newspaper could not have been the same. The laughter and inside jokes shared among the class brought a whole new meaning to journalism for me.

    Overall, these people left such a huge impact on me. Meeting them is possibly one of the greatest things that has ever happened to me. In all honesty, seniors should be appreciated more and not taken for granted while they’re around.

    Although I no longer see them or hang out with them in the same way anymore, the experience was fun while it lasted. The connections are still there and the friendships still exist. I hope they’re all doing well and that they’re surrounded by people as amazing as they all are. In the end, people come and go in life, but it’s what they leave behind that matters.

  • Prom 2019: Time to Shine!

    Prom 2019: Time to Shine!

    Sunday May 26 at 7:00 PM at the Hotel Maya was where the class of 2019s prom was held. At the event there was food, games, caricature, henna, karaoke, photo booth and multiple dance rooms.

    The weather was not as cooperative before prom, as it was raining. Multiple girls were either holding their dresses up or not even bothering to do so.

    Not only did they have a main dance room but there was also room dedicated to just music in Spanish. In previous years, this was not a thing and people were upset about having very limited songs played.

    Most of the activities were present in the same building as the Spanish DJ. There was some confusion amongst students about where some of the activities were. With the food not many people were enjoying the food, such as on how on one side there was cold food and the other having hot food.

    Senior Denise Diaz said her experience was “fun” and really liked the Spanish DJ. Diaz noticed that people who “normally don’t dance to Spanish music” were dancing to it. Although much people weren’t fond of the food, Diaz enjoyed the “chicken tenders”. She disliked walking in her heels, as she had to keep going “back and forth” and it felt like “forever” walking in them.

    Senior Darli Ortiz doesn’t consider herself much of a “party person” but for prom being one of her first “parties” she found it enjoyable. Ortiz disliked the fact that there was “two different ballrooms”, as everyone was separate and there not being much unity.

    Senior Montserrat Valencia Delgado preferred the spanish DJ as they played spanish music and was “smaller”. Delgado was alternating between the two dance rooms and liked that there was a “variety” of spanish music. Senior Jose Diaz added onto what Delgado said and stated that due to it being small “you could request songs”. Senior Rachcna Sokhom-Khou also said the area with the Spanish DJ was “crowded”.

    Senior Evelyn Sanchez was surprised when arriving to prom, as she expected “less” to be present. Sanchez felt the main dance room could have been “a lot better”. Sanchez liked the Spanish DJ but when it came to him playing music, he played a lot of “reggaeton” and she didn’t know how to “dance to it”. Sanchez for the most part had her expectation pretty low for prom, but when at the event felt it had went past her expectations.

    Senior Amy Martinez had most of the same remarks as other students but did point out about the lack of seating, and how people were “standing up” and had “nowhere” to put their stuff.

    The night ended with confetti falling from the ceiling and songs relating to having a good time and living or remembering the moment. Doors started opening up at 10:30 but most students stayed for the entirety of prom.