Well, readers, this is quite bittersweet. Of the two of you who actually care to read this blog and listen to me blabber on about pop culture, I assume you’ve noticed by now that Friday is always the day of the week I post. Unfortunately, this is my last Friday of my senior year, as I will be done with school next Wednesday. Hooray for graduation, but boo in regards to saying goodbye to The Culture Consultant, my voice and alter ego (though not as fabulous of an alter ego as Beyoncé’s “Sasha Fierce,” but still, it counts). Seeing as I will be gone in Columbia, Mo. next year living the college life at the University of Missouri and won’t be here to keep you up to date on cultural happenings, I thought a good way to tie up this blog would be to share some notable things set to happen later this year that I otherwise would have probably covered.
Google Glass: Google is set to release a very futuristic pair of cyber-glasses next year, but expect for the chatter surrounding it to become huge this year.
New music: Throughout the year, expect fresh albums from Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Azealia Banks, Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez.
“Boy Meets World” spinoff: Keep your eyes open for the premiere of “Girl Meets World,” the show based off the classic series “Boy Meets World.” The show is set to center on Riley Matthews (Rowan Blanchard), the daughter of Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel) from the original show. Fishel and Savage are both set to return to play the grown-up versions of their famous characters.
Updated Apple technology: The speculation never ceases when it comes to what Apple has up their sleeve next. Be on the lookout for a possible iPad 5, iPad Mini 2 and iPhone 6.
No more of the “Twilight” franchise: OK, sorry, this wasn’t really necessary to include, but I thought I’d take this opportunity to publicly rejoice. Let me just say that a couple of weeks ago I tried watching “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” and it was humiliatingly awful. Thank the Lord above that the “Twilight” franchise is over with (knock on wood).
The birth of baby Kimye: The famous duo Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are set to have their baby this summer, who is only a fetus and already more famous and successful than you will ever be. Perhaps if it’s a boy they’ll name it after me.
The long awaited film adaptation of the second “The Hunger Games” novel: “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is set to be released this November. Just as the first movie’s tagline says, “The world will be watching.”
