Since then:

  • We’ve been in a perpetual war in the middle east
  • Created a fear about a religion based on the actions of some of its extremists
  • Turned 18, turned 21, turned 24
  • Lived dreams
  • Said goodbye to the Concorde
  • Said hello to Flight of the Concords
  • Seen an increase in ukulele popularity
  • Seen bands split and reform
  • Seen the end of the boy band stronghold, and increase in singer-songwriters
  • Seen the rise of social networking websites
  • Been given MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, Tumblr, Hi5, and more
  • Been given the gift of video hosting online, including Vimeo, YouTube, and all the porn star equivelents
  • I guess broadband internet speeds are faster
  • Were given iPods, iPhones, and other smart phones
  • Had the first black President
  • Seen an insanely high roster of celebrity deaths
  • Watched Disney Stars fall to pieces (see Britney Spears, and maybe that chick from High School Musical who’s nudes were all over the place)
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Watched Fame Acadamy, Pop Idol, American Idol and X-Factor run around making a mess
  • Had the tragedy that is Big Brother
  • Saw the follow ups to The Matrix and Star Wars Prequels and left feeling molested
  • Had Lord of the Rings
  • Learned what alcohol is BAD for you (read: none)
  • Created new mistakes, and didn’t regret
  • Listened to Millenium by Robbie Williams fourhundredthousandtimes
  • And used Last.fm to scrobbl that.

And really, what was the Millenium Bug going to do? Reset all our calendars and clocks to thinking it was the 1900s? Is that the biggest thing we had to fear back then? ‘Oh crap, I’ll have an appointment booked for Tuesday but I’ll be 100 years late for it oh no’.

I can’t believe its nearly 2010, you guys. Seriously, that is insane.