Renée Millette’s Lists of 2018

The year of our Lord 2018 is now coming to an end. It may be cliché to say that this year — as a concept — beat me to a pulp but it’s true. At least, it’s true for the majority of this year, which has arguably been one of my worst ever in my short 24.5 years of being alive so far, not to be dramatic.

Needless to say, as the calendar year ends and I have the last long weekend until Memorial Day, this is a time for me, and for President Barack Obama, and for all of us to reflect on the year that was.

​Best Books of 2018
5. Honestly didn’t read any books.
4. Is that bad?
3. Probably.
2. I went to college so I can at least pretend I read books.
1. That one free vampire romance novel I got on my phone.

Best Movies of 2018
5. ??????
4. ??????????
3. I paid real life money to see Robin Hood for some reason what a WASTE
2. Actually saw Black Panther, almost forgot it came out this year.
1. That new Spiderman movie I have also not seen yet.

I’m not even going to do music because I listen to the same 5 songs from 10 years ago plus any song I see mentioned on Twitter at least 7 times just so I know what The Youth are talking about.
1. Ariana Grande and Carly Rae Jepsen saved pop music as a genre.

Best Shows of 2018
5. Riverdale: Holy shit if you are not watching this show already just do yourself a favor and give yourself plenty of time to pause mid-episode out of secondhand embarrassment. I need other people to experience this piece of media with me, it’s too much to go through it alone.
4. Vampire Diaries: I’m late in the game but I spent 2.5 months of my life watching this very bad (but very horny) show for my job that I ended up quitting.
3. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Spooky and fun. My mom didn’t really like it.
2. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Now that it got canceled for 36 hours people are finally giving a shit about this quality program. Andy Samberg is the sexiest man alive.

Biggest Anime Betrayals of 2018
5. Me thinking I would be able to move out of my parent’s house by September.
4. The space cake I bought in Amsterdam.
3. “Plus, I met someone else / We havin’ better discussions / I know they say I move on too fast / But this one gon’ last / ’Cause her name is Ari”
2. Only getting interview call backs from pyramid schemes disguised as real jobs.
1. Finding out that when British people say “quite” they mean “just a little.”

Highlights of 2018

• Being able to have a fire Instagram for a few months while I lived in France, had cheap healthcare, worked very little, ate a lot of cheese, and went on a lot of vacations.
• Didn’t get a French boyfriend so I inevitably had to come back home.
• Ariana and Pete’s engagement, making me have to think about if Pete Davidson really was hot.
• My eczema getting really bad and my hands turning into weird oozy scales (yeah it’s not great).
• Joined a D&D campaign and the DM regrets letting me in every day.
• Stitched Zac Efron’s face (still not complete).
• Astrology memes.
• Going into an almost daily existential crisis about where my life is headed and how I’ll never be able to move out of my parent’s house and maybe I should just give up wanting to follow my dreams in the Big City, buy a car, and live in my hometown forever.
• Nobody wanting to hear about my existential crises on Twitter.
• I drove one (1) time this year.
• Seeing some old friends I haven’t seen in a while.
• Becoming best friends with my next door neighbor’s dog, since I don’t have a dog, or any pets of my own.
• Being very tired most of the time but hoping that maybe someday I’ll be doing better and having more fun and not sleeping on a twin bed anymore.
• Quitting my stupid freelance writing job that Facebook ruined in a complicated and stupid way because I ended up only being able to write about Friends and The Vampire Diaries which are both not great shows to have to write 4,000+ words about two times a week so now I have more time to write on this very cool blog of mine.
• Still being very cool despite the universe TESTING me every day!

Resolutions for 2019

• I’m not doing resolutions because I don’t want to feel like a failure when I inevitably break them in two weeks.
• Become really hot and take over the world.

Originally published at www.reneeisverycool.com.