Friday, November 23, 2012
When you try to blog but dont have time!
SO.... I was really looking forward to doing this whole 30 day blogging thing, but honestly, there is no way I am going to have time. Between my Junior year of college, working full time, and trying to maintain the slightest ounce of a social life, I barely have time for sleep, much less blogging. Sorry readers... Today was Black Friday at Bass Pro. Enough Said. Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
30 days Until 12/21/12
November 21, 2012
Here we are, finally at the countdown Ethan. Ha, Mayan apocalypse. You know better than to even believe that stuff, being the God-fearing Christian you are, you know that the Lord himself is the only one who can bring about the end of days. Right? Right. The Mayans were good, but surely not THAT good. Heck, like everyone else has said, they couldn't even predict the Spanish coming, though in your Latin Civilization classes you've learned many truths about that situation. Such a lucrative thought: suddenly one month from today all live on Earth will cease to exist? Crazy. I just worry too much. Always have. Remember when you first heard of the Mayan apocalypse? Wow, what a different life that was.
-Summer 2002. A much younger, yet awesome Ethan "Awesome Sauce" Gregory is living in a yellow two story house on North Lincoln street in East Prairie. I actually remember this night as though it was yesterday. It was early June, school was out and I was up way later than I should have been watching a movie with Mom and Austin in the living room (Unless I am mistaken the film was Rose Red, my favorite horror flick). After the movie had ended Mom and Austin were asleep, as usual, so I decided to hook up the Antenna (back in my day we didnt have cable) and watch TV. KFVS Heartland News at 10 was on and I remember the two stories they ran. Those two stories scared the ever loving bejesus out of me. One was that an asteroid had been found and could collide with Earth in 2019 (No word on that since) and as a side joke Mary Ann Maloney said something to the affect of "We'll have to survive 2012 first" then went on to explain, very minimally, what was happening in 2012. I was terrified. I remember I stayed up all the rest of the night terrified that the world was ending. I remember thinking that 10 years was a long way away. Yet, here we are, ten years later and still none the wiser. I remember, though embarrassed now, that this was right around the time I set up my yahoo email account (skipper63845) and at the time Yahoo had an option to "send your future self an email" I remember that I sent myself an email to be delivered on 12/22/2012 and ir simply says "If your reading this, it means you lived through yesterday. Congratulations. Hope your life is as great as I hope it to be" Haha. Oh young, naive Ethan... So much to learn. [This is all actually very true]
Back to the present, I sit here at midnight on the eve of our one month to live mark. I reflect back and think how comical the situation is. This time next month I'm sure I'll be laughing about this whole ordeal and trying to look into the next apocalypse scare... Or will I? What if we die... What IF everything they say will happen, actually does happen? Is there any way to escape? Hmm... As of tonight I can say with confidence that I will probably not be with my family on 12/21/2012 due to my working schedule, but I would like to be off work. I do not want to die in my Bass Pro Polo! If I was going to die, I would have so much to do. So many things to say, so many burnt bridges to mend. Friendships to rekindle, loves to love, and jokes to laugh at. On the plus side, I wouldn't have to worry about bills or Christmas gifts right? *Sigh* Oh well, we have to keep our heads high and not dread what we cannot predict. Whether I am ready for it or not, December 21, 2012 will come and pass, let's just hope Planet Earth can handle it.
Countdown: 30 Days
Here we are, finally at the countdown Ethan. Ha, Mayan apocalypse. You know better than to even believe that stuff, being the God-fearing Christian you are, you know that the Lord himself is the only one who can bring about the end of days. Right? Right. The Mayans were good, but surely not THAT good. Heck, like everyone else has said, they couldn't even predict the Spanish coming, though in your Latin Civilization classes you've learned many truths about that situation. Such a lucrative thought: suddenly one month from today all live on Earth will cease to exist? Crazy. I just worry too much. Always have. Remember when you first heard of the Mayan apocalypse? Wow, what a different life that was.
-Summer 2002. A much younger, yet awesome Ethan "Awesome Sauce" Gregory is living in a yellow two story house on North Lincoln street in East Prairie. I actually remember this night as though it was yesterday. It was early June, school was out and I was up way later than I should have been watching a movie with Mom and Austin in the living room (Unless I am mistaken the film was Rose Red, my favorite horror flick). After the movie had ended Mom and Austin were asleep, as usual, so I decided to hook up the Antenna (back in my day we didnt have cable) and watch TV. KFVS Heartland News at 10 was on and I remember the two stories they ran. Those two stories scared the ever loving bejesus out of me. One was that an asteroid had been found and could collide with Earth in 2019 (No word on that since) and as a side joke Mary Ann Maloney said something to the affect of "We'll have to survive 2012 first" then went on to explain, very minimally, what was happening in 2012. I was terrified. I remember I stayed up all the rest of the night terrified that the world was ending. I remember thinking that 10 years was a long way away. Yet, here we are, ten years later and still none the wiser. I remember, though embarrassed now, that this was right around the time I set up my yahoo email account (skipper63845) and at the time Yahoo had an option to "send your future self an email" I remember that I sent myself an email to be delivered on 12/22/2012 and ir simply says "If your reading this, it means you lived through yesterday. Congratulations. Hope your life is as great as I hope it to be" Haha. Oh young, naive Ethan... So much to learn. [This is all actually very true]
Back to the present, I sit here at midnight on the eve of our one month to live mark. I reflect back and think how comical the situation is. This time next month I'm sure I'll be laughing about this whole ordeal and trying to look into the next apocalypse scare... Or will I? What if we die... What IF everything they say will happen, actually does happen? Is there any way to escape? Hmm... As of tonight I can say with confidence that I will probably not be with my family on 12/21/2012 due to my working schedule, but I would like to be off work. I do not want to die in my Bass Pro Polo! If I was going to die, I would have so much to do. So many things to say, so many burnt bridges to mend. Friendships to rekindle, loves to love, and jokes to laugh at. On the plus side, I wouldn't have to worry about bills or Christmas gifts right? *Sigh* Oh well, we have to keep our heads high and not dread what we cannot predict. Whether I am ready for it or not, December 21, 2012 will come and pass, let's just hope Planet Earth can handle it.
Countdown: 30 Days
What would you do if you only had 30 days to live?
Being the nerdy History student that I am, I have spent a great
deal of time studying the Mayan prophecy pertaining to the “End of the World”
on December 21, 2012. I have also spent time researching various methods and
the calendars of other indigenous tribes around the world, their various
doomsday predictions, and the outcomes of such. I, personally, am not under the impression
that the world is going to be ending in 30 days, but we never know. Apparently
people really think the world is going to end, and I mean, some interesting
stuff WILL be happening! The purpose of this new blog is to be a fictitious
account of a life in which I really only had 30 days to live. It will have some
basis in real life, but for the most part will be recounted in fiction. I will
include information about myself, personal memories pertaining to friends and
situations, and stories that will relate to my daily struggle. I plan to cover
my “Five Stages of Death” and my various ways of carrying out my last wishes as my “life”
comes to an end. I have not had the time to use my writing skills for anything
lately, so I feel as though this could be a good idea. Please feel free to
chime in. I would love to see some friends talking about their last days so
maybe our lives could interact. Much like an online-blog based Sims game.
Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are welcome, but please remember that
nobody likes a grammar Nazi (I will be doing this on my downtime, which I have
very little of, and I doubt I proofread each and every day). Hope you all enjoy
reading. May you all have a very blessed remainder of your lives.
30 Days Until 12/21/2012
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