The hardest loss for me was Prince. The blog went purple for a year in honor of him, and there's rarely a day I don't listen to one of his songs.
The biggest disappointment was not Trump's election, per say, but rather the realization the United States, a country which has controlled it's international fate for the last 125 years, was finally brought to it's knees by the combination of a foreign country hacking our political parties, our state election offices and our entire election, and the inexcusable acceptance of said hacking by the Republicans. We used to control the world, now we're the controlled. We're no longer a super power...
But that all said, I might've found the best video ever to send off the craziness that was 2016. This is perfect!
I'm a big fan of Parks and Recreation. It's a wonderfully clever show filmed in the style of The Office, filmed from the perspective of a never seen documentary film crew following around the characters as they work in the Park and Rec department of an Indiana town. The show was jammed packed with jokes, so many you had to watch it twice to catch them all. Adam Scott's character on the show was Ben Wyatt, a municipal budget consultant, and an amazing character. In many episodes, he represented the viewer's perspective, as the insanity swirled around him. Next to Jason Bateman, Scott is the best straight man in Hollywood right now.
One of the quirks Ben Wyatt had was to look into the camera when something particularly bizarre happened or was said. It added so much to the show. Someone spliced together all of the times Ben looked into the camera. It's fantastic!
As you watch this, think about the year that was and ask yourself how many times did you stop and do a double take just like Ben Wyatt.
Goodbye 2016! You will not be missed...
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