end of the worst.

RAGINI- This time last year I had pretty high hopes for 2016. Little did I know this year would turn out to be one of the most notoriously awful years in recent history. After Brexit, a Trump presidential nomination, and the passing of several iconic celebrities, I think we're all looking for a break from the constant L's 2016 has been giving us. Before we start setting our expectations for 2017, however, let's step back and look at some of the things that made this year personally more tolerable.

• favorite musical artists:
  1. Panic! At The Disco
  2. Childish Gambino
  3. DΞΔN
  4. Anirudh Ravichander
  5. DNCE​

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• ​favorite musical albums:
  1. ​​ANTI- Rihanna
  2. EXIT: E- WINNER
  3. Death of a Bachelor- Panic! At The Disco
  4. Mind of Mine- Zayn
  5. Sremmlife 2- Rae Sremmurd​

• favorite songs​:

• favorite tv shows:
  1. Brooklyn 99
  2. Jane The Virgin
  3. We Bare Bears
  4. Atlanta
  5. Black Mirror

• favorite movies:
  1. ​​Deadpool
     
  2. Zootopia
  3. Captain America: Civil War
  4. Moana
  5. Irudhi Suttru

• social media used the most​​​​: snapchat
• favorite phone game: endless lake
• inspirational icon who rose to fame this year: Nathan Zed
• major lifestyle change: learned how to drive
• saddest news: Trump becoming president
• best news: the ice bucket challenge actually funded an ALS breakthrough
• saddest moment: leaving UNT
• best moment: road trip to Austin
• describe 2016 in one word: yuck
• describe what you expect/want to achieve in 2017 in one word: ​organization

• favorite musical artists:​
  1. Zayn
  2. The Brobecks
  3. Nick Jonas
  4. Badshah
  5. Nicki Minaj​

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• favorite musical albums:​​
  1. ​​Starboy- The Weeknd
  2. ANTI- Rihanna
  3. Death of a Bachelor- Panic! At The Disco
  4. Mind of Mine- Zayn
  5. DNCE- DNCE

• favorite songs​:

• ​favorite tv shows:

1. Scream
2. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
3. Jane The Virgin
4. Scream Queens
5. Black Mirror

• ​favorite movies:

1. ​​Deadpool
2. Ghostbusters
3. Zootopia
4. Kapoor & Sons
5. Moana

• social media used the most​​​​: snapchat
• favorite phone game: 8-ball
• inspirational icon who rose to fame this year: Demetrius Harmon
• major lifestyle change: took a gap semester before college
• saddest news: Trump becoming president
• best news: giant pandas are no longer endangered
• saddest moment: first car accident
• best moment: going to India after 11 years
• describe 2016 in one word: YIKES
• describe what you expect/want to achieve in 2017 in one word: ​focus​

• favorite musical artists:
  1. Nicki Minaj
  2. Panic! At The Disco
  3. Blink-182
  4. NCT
  5. Rihanna​

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• favorite musical albums:
  1. Death of a Bachelor- Panic! At The Disco
  2. "Awaken, My Love!"- Childish Gambino
  3. ANTI- Rihanna
  4. MADE- BIGBANG  
  5. Lemonade- Beyoncé

• favorite songs​:

• favorite tv shows: (I didn't really watch anything new, but I caught up on some iconic old shows.)
  1. ​​Parks and Recreation
  2. The Office
  3. Adventure Time 

• favorite movies:
  1. ​​​​​Moana
  2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  3. Zootopia
  4. Finding Dory
  5. Captain America: Civil War 

• social media used the most​​​​: Tumblr
• favorite phone game: Neko Atsume
• inspirational icon who rose to fame this year: Ted Cruz
• major lifestyle change: going to a new school
• saddest news: Trump becoming president
• best news: the story of Dimdim, the penguin who swims 5,000 miles a year every year to visit the man who saved his life
• saddest moment: leaving TAMS graduation and all of my TAMS friends I'll probably never see again
• best moment: turning in my physics final
• describe 2016 in one word: heck
• describe what you expect/want to achieve in 2017 in one word: ​quiet

Happy new year from all of us at Garamasalas! We hope this year brings you the happiness and success you deserve!