Blog #13: Year of the Snake - 2025 Wrap-Up

Okay this is gonna feel rushed. 2025 was a war. I had great times but there was so much transformation and trials in some of my closest relationships.

2025 moments: year of the snake 

I kept a list of 2025 moments of the year with Bonnie and Andrew that mostly I contributed to. This post was created by copying and pasting an existing iPhone note and even then I got really lazy about adding links.

  • Woah Vicky kidnapped 
  • Kylie and Timmy at the awards
  • Nicole Kidman drinking milk at national board of review 
  • La wildfires
  • Jan 16 - David lynch dies 
  • Jan 19 - Tik tok banned for 12 hours 
  • Rhoslc - finale 
  • Baddies: Africa announced 
  • Jan 21 - Elon’s “Roman salute”
  • Challengers panned at the Oscars
  • Jan 25 - Elon loses direct access to Trump, not because of Roman salute 
  • Grammys - Beyoncé charli sabrina chappel doechi Gaga - are the Grammys relevant again?? 
  • Tarriffs?? Trump applies ideas from his own ghost written book ‘Art of the Deal’ to his foreign policy
  • Ramona Singer RHONY - black rock twitter
  • Baldoni v. Lively: Candace Owens breaks into non-partisan mainstream journalism thanks to how awful Blake & Ryan are lol.
  • Onija in Pakistan. Onija world tour? Arrested in Dubai?
  • Super Bowl - eagles win!!!!! Drake humiliated L bigger than he’s taken in years.
  • 2/12 — Tokyo Toni apologizes to GloRilla
  • 2/14 — Andrew, has a romantic Valentine’s Day with himself at home.
  • 2/14 - euphoria season 3 announced with Rosalia 
  • 2/16 - SNL 50th Anniversary episode  - Valery Behan rejoices 
  • 2/18 - A$AP Rocky found not guilty of firing handgun at former friend 
  • 2/23 - Timmy chalamet’s pursuit of greatness speech 
  • Oscar’s? did anyone GAF? I didn’t all I remember is Challengers snubbed. 
  • March 6 - Mayhem is released. Drew continues to embrace a state of conceited independence 
  • March - trio trip to Oregon 
  • Meghan Markle I mean Sussex documentary released on Netflix 
  • March 19 - Azealia Banks gives interview, reveals she has finished a guided meditation album 
  • March 27 - Sundance moving to Boulder, CA :-(
  • April 2 - liberation day tarriff whatever 
  • Someone in rhoslc subreddit sentenced to same prison as Jen shah https://www.reddit.com/r/rhoslc/comments/1jvhawz/meeting_jen_shahmaybe/?share_id=Q1DXuJlfgAxsNtW9V9vK7&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1
  • 4/14 - Katy Perry, Gayle King, & Lauren Sanchez, amongst others become the first all female crew to complete an utterly useless trip to outer space
  • 4/21 Pope Francis dies
  • Chicago pope !
  • 5/5 - met gala who cares. Diana Ross made an appearance for the first time since 2003.
  • 5/7 - Sam bit by a snake!!! Year of snake
  • 6/7: happy pride! Addison Rae’s self titled debut album released 
  • 6/7: happy pride! Elon and Donald trump messyyy breakup - Epstein allegations 
  • 6/?: happy pride! Kristen Doute announces the birth of her baby, Kaia 🤍
  • 6/? I handle an active shooter situation in downtown slc by watching the od dumbest film of the year The Materialists 
  • 6/21: happy pride! Andrew sees G Flip with my gurl Shake 070 at Seattle pride 
  • Bezos wedding who cares 
  • 6/29: happy pride! Bjork Tokyo Toni Shelly and ghost of the mouse at Andrew’s apartment agree to debate the idea of Brent Milner 
  • Wow we have nothing for July and basically nothing for August 
  • July 2025 - Diddy convicted on lesser charges.
  • Jean ads culture wars - Addison wins for the substack hive mind that was paying attention to addison’s jean ads.
  • I guess labubu 
  • Do we need to talk about Epstein files 
  • 9/10 - Charlie Kirk shot at UVU - memer black-pilled shooter just like the one who came after and Luigi before. High watermark of how low trust and depressing it is out here these days. 
  • 9/11 - my plastic surgery office is the only place I get 9/11 copy from 
  • Jimmy Kimmel martyr status
  • Keith urban Nicole Kidman divorce 
  • 10/3 - Taylor swift album drop and flop 
  • The week of 10/5 - charli caught liking this post about Travis kelce 
  • 10/11 - Diane Keaton died :( 
  • At some point in October I made the switch to Apple Music because of ICE ads. I know ads are everywhere and it’s government ads so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I am exposed to them everywhere. TBH it’s genuinely and actually the least I can do lol but that and everything else about Spotify. I don’t regret it because I got to transfer all my playlists!
  • 10/24-11/1: Halloween extravaganza - fairy, alien, Georgette from All Dogs Go to Heaven, and Jesse from Team Rocket.  
  • 11/5 - mamdani wins election and dick Cheney died
  • 11/6 - mamdani requesting Kim Petras from dj I win 
  • At some point in November Jennifer Lawrence starts on her press tour for Die My Love and I’ll say it! Welcom
  • At some point in November I Love LA comes out and even though the show is middling I am Rachel Sennott’s soldier and I stand behind her.
  • 11/18 I find out Carly Rae Jepsen is pregnant - she also got married!!!!
  • 11/19 Epstein files release vote
  • SpongeBob big guy pants okay? 
  • Week of 11/23: wicked for good press redux: Cynthia protects Ariana 
  • Last week of November madam morrible turn it around wicked witch 
  • Megan got flu 
  • 12/10 - Jen shah released from prison 
  • Rob Reiner murdered by son :( we love harry met sally over here 
  • Nicki Minaj and turning point USA: jd Vance assassin 
  • Megan, Bonnie, and Andrew agree to debate the idea of color analysis
  • Marty supreme release Christmas Day - brat boy winter!
  • Rang in New Year at Sara Landry rave <3


Looking Forward to 2026: Ins and Outs

In:

  • diy manicures with regular polish - cuticle care big in 2026
  • 3 person group chats - As many as necessary!!!!
  • Diva worship after taking the year off
  • Post WWII melodramas
  • red meat - and iron 
  • odd jobs 
  • patterned stockings - lace for me personally
  • sleepovers!!!
  • baths 
  • friend time over everything else - bigger than before!! than ever before bro
  • mobility training/fixing gait and posture
  • being so in my body and trusting my physical instincts
  • kissing 
  • teasing your hair
  • accepting that which I cannot change
  • gay girls >>>
  • hollywood regency era furniture and pastels
  • girl apartment 
  • babydoll and A-line dresses - party dresses!!!
  • cheeky cocktail
  • getting your lick back!
  • lady stoners
  • movies every day 
  • brine 
  • public radio
  • big bathrobes 
  • at home dinners with friends - group dinners
  • dog-positivity 
  • Channing Tatum 
  • flirting! big time!
  • getting serious about jewelry journey
  • Madonna
  • Apple Music
  • group playlists - more smaller playlists!
  • road trips!!!
  • side comments
  • high quality earplugs for concerts 
  • having dinner with your friends in a city none of you live in (stole from Nora Ephron)
  • accepting spiritual advice via instagram DMs
  • really queeny gay stuff

    Out:

  • Spotify
  • meekness 
  • being a seen-it-all
  • nightmare baby daddies, male sluts in any stage of cycle 
  • intellectualizing my feelings instead of just feeling it 
  • agreed upon reality as a global population
  • Europeans - except you Kimmy <3
  • lecturing ppl - humility in!!!
  • influencers - continuing from last year
  • skinny kids in movies - skinny ppl in general seeming really charmless no offense 
  • poultry 
  • hostile takeovers of my friend group


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