In all seriousness... There should be some sort of worldwide dance party/Rave to commemorate the end of the world.
The reason I bring this up is the undeniable fact that the world is quite obviously going to shit. Religious nuts are getting nutty-er, politics are getting worse, we're still at war more or less and despite the fact that gas prices in town are $3.16, the economy is pretty much trash. Now I'm not just talking about politics or government or the economy or what have you, but mother nature herself as well.
Oklahoma, well it's not exactly known for it's seismic activity.In the past three days we've had three "major" earthquakes. I say major only because the normal is nothing, and two 4.7s and a 5.2 are pretty major around here.(my numbers may be very slightly off btw) Needless to say, this is kind of a cause for alarm. Not that there's anything anyone can do about it, but it's just another sign of the big bad. I actually find it quite exhilarating.
The thing about this state that I always seem to forget, is that we're used to big freak storms, tornadoes and hurricane remnants. But when one such freak storm happens following a very nice day and another random 4 point earthquake happens in the middle of that, well, it's not a quieting feeling to say the least. And I really don't get nervous about the weather, so that's saying something.
Now if you don't believe that this is enough evidence to prelude the apocalypse, try this on for size-
This summer, Tornadoes wipe out half a dozen midwestern towns in the span of a week. Then... Oklahoma suffers a horrible drought and Texas practically burns to the ground, while the northern east coast gets hit with a hurricane, causing record rainfall and flooding. Not enough for the east coast? How about a freak snowstorm and freeze leading to massive power outages for almost a week - in October! Correct me if I'm wrong, but all of this in the same year... pretty ominous. At least the west coast seems to have gotten off easy (as far as I know) not that they haven't had their fair share of bad luck in the past.
It's not even just here in the states, Japan got hit so hard this year I'm actually surprised it's still on the map. And I'm sure there's dozens of other global situations that happened this year that I just never heard of (being a person that actively tries to avoid watching the news or reading the paper... not as easy as it sounds)
I'm not someone who believes all the religious bullshit that people spew about the second coming or hell coming to earth or whatnot, but you don't have to believe in god or the devil to realize that some serious shit is fixing to go down on our little blue rock here. Will I be shocked it all ends on 12/21/12 like the Mayans said? Not one bit. Do I read Mayan and know exactly what they said will happen? No, but from what I've heard, they're probably happy they aren't around right now. I'm not saying that I believe that the total annihilation of the planet, I think that the "reset" of the Mayan calender means the exact same thing for the earth, a reset. The factory settings will still be there, but you're gonna have to re-sync your device to get your music back. In other words, all the advances in technology, a large portion of the population, and probably most major cities would get wiped out and we'd start over from the beginning. My hope is that if a situation like this actually happens, the surviving population would work together to preserve itself and throw all of this political bullcrap out with the rest of the world. That's where we went wrong in the first place- one group trying to lay claim to something another group wants, causing separation and disconnect, leading to war, which makes technological advancement necessary, and then we end up here.
I think that's really all the heavy stuff I wanted to lay down... except I really wasn't kidding about a World Wide End Of The World Rave. Make it happen people!
(disclaimer: My facts about timelines and records and Richter scale numbers were not checked before posting, I am not an expert on anything covered in the above post {or anything at all} Also, I am not at all unhappy with life, living or anything of that sort, this is not me being depressed and morbid, I just think the world is falling apart, easy as that.)
