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
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