2014 has been an interesting year. Let’s recap.

Beginning on a school-wide level;

• We started the year with no student representative and then suddenly had two.
• We vandalized the press box and various other aspects of the stadium for homecoming.
• Administration issued us all lanyards which everyone was really mad about and then seemed to not care anymore.
• “The Black and White” printed a paper with a huge pot leaf on the cover.
• English teacher Mark Schillerstrom’s pineapple plant bloomed.
• Senior Lenin Cardwell got 13.7K retweets and 24.5K favorites (last time I checked) on a tweet.

Next, the national level of stuff;

• Riots broke out in Ferguson, Missouri due to the murder of an unarmed teenager.
• Republicans took over Congress.
• Bill Nye debated evolution vs. creationism with Ken Ham and sparked a heated debate in churches across America.
• Robin Williams died.
• Cards Against Humanity sold 30,000 boxes of literal bull poop on Black Friday.
• Gas prices dropped to $2.

And finally, international;

• Ebola struck terror in the hearts of worried mothers across the globe.
• The Ferguson riots extended into nations everywhere, creating the Black Lives Matter movement
• Pakistan went crazy.
• Pope Francis is as chill as ever and also turned 78 on Dec. 17.
• Scotland voted against their own independence.
• World War 3 was scheduled when the announcement of the next Seth Rogan movie appeared.

It’s been an odd year. Not sure about you, but I’ve slightly enjoyed myself, which is a statement rarely uttered by a teenager. See you in 2015.