What are your plans, and where do you plan to be Dec. 21, 2012?

[floridablue]

[cali]

1. is this the Mayan prediction nonsense that new agers have been misinterpreting

for years?

[tekisui]

2. I don't plan that far ahead.

Nothing spectacular is likely to happen anyway. The 2012 obsession is largely misunderstood. It is nothing more than an astronomical event. Mayan calenders are cyclical, and we will be entering a new 25,000 year cycle. In fact we have been going through the new cycle for about 30 years.

[Junkdrawer]

3. Hanging the NEXT Mayan Calender I got from Walgreens....

:evilgrin:

[Kitty Herder]

31. LOL Good answer. nt

[crispini]

4. I'm sure the local woo-woos (said with affection!) will have a shindig,

and I'll probably be in attendance. That said, I agree that this is NOT the New Age rapture, and I don't think it's literally TEOTWAWKI, but I do believe that metaphors are powerful, and we are in for some interesting times. Actually, we already are in interesting times.

[omega minimo]

52. you call yourself that?

you're aware of the "woo" hating on DU?

[crispini]

53. I am happy to reclaim the woo-woo label ...

people who say that and mean it in a cruel way wouldn't ever "get it" anyway, so who cares what they think? :P

[omega minimo]

56. absolutely and good for you

really. :hi:

Unfortunately, the word is code and catchall for anything and everything that a subset -- vocal and vicious -- uses to harm others.

"What they think" matters when they think that others have no right to exist.

The catchall includes all sorts of things that would surprise people (not about spirituality). There's an agenda there, to deny access to information that many folks are interested in.

[Ganja Ninja]

5. I plan to max out my credit cards but I haven't decided where I'll be on that date. n/t

[hobbit709]

6. Watching the idjits and laughing

Just like I did in Y2K.

[rocktivity]

12. "WHO YOU CALLIN' AN IDJIT, YOU HORNY-TOED FLEA-BITTEN VARMIT?"

"THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS!"



:headbang:
rocktivity

[montanto]

27. I have horny toes. I think its "toad" if the cartoon though.

[meegbear]

7. What do you have in mind big boy?

[JHB]

8. It's the Friday before Christmas that year, so...

...(assuming my job hasn't been offshored yet or some other drastic change in circumstances) I'll probably take the day off and make the holiday a long weekend, and finish up the holiday shopping.

And proably have some drinks with friends to celebrate "the end of the world", same as we did for the "harmonic convergence", assorted end-timer Judgement Day predictions, and assorted fictional dates of significance ("Judgement Day" from the Terminator movies, the day the Moon was blasted out of orbit in the old Space:1999 TV series, etc.).

And then I'll get up on Saturday the 22nd and the world and all its joys and problems will still be here. Plus maybe a hangover.

[southernyankeebelle]

9. I WILL BE ENJOYING THE HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATING MY

GRANDCHILDS BIRTHDAY ON DEC 25. JUST LIKE I DO EVERY YEAR. WHAT IS SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN?

[NOW tense]

10. I am spending the day at home

with my Wife.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. Where I am supposed to be

You know that some Mayan scholars insist the calendar will run out in 2011, not 2012. Either way, it doesn't mean the end of the world, but rather the end of the calendar. If you interpret the calendar to mean a way of showing the evolution of consciousness, then perhaps by that time we will be in a conscious state that makes the world as we know it irrelevant. But whatever happens, I feel that I will be where I am supposed to be.

[Lint Head]

13. I plan to be laughing my ass off at the gullible people that are

cowering in fear.
:dem:

[floridablue]

14. Hmmm. No one is concerned with the Astroid striking the Earth?

[Ikonoklast]

51. 2029 for Apophis.

Then again in 2036 if it hits the 'window' on the second go-round.

[muriel_volestrangler]

69. I thought we are going to be invaded by a gigantic swarm of twelve foot piranha bees

or maybe we are in imminent danger of being eaten by an enormous mutant star goat. A monstrous creature from the pits of hell with scything teeth ten thousand miles long, breath that will boil oceans, claws that can tear continents from their roots, a thousand eyes that burn like the sun, slavering jaws a million miles across, a monster such as we have never ... never ... ever ...

Something of the kind, anyway.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. "The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men Gang aft agley," Robert Burns

[Mari333]

16. I will be naked , standing on a precipice at Machu Picchu

holding a basket of Armadillo hearts and coca leaves. with an Ayahuasca Vine around my neck. at midnight.

[arcadian]

30. I'll be on a neighboring precipice with a camera and tripod.

Bag of chips and a six pack.

[Mari333]

39. LOL use the wide lens if I bend over...nt

[demwing]

49. Armadillo hearts? You know how to PARTY!

and I am in awe...

[BulletproofLandshark]

17. Getting ready for my niece's 12th birthday party the next day.

Can't think of anything else that might be going on. :)

[Xithras]

18. With my precog support group, sacrificing bigfoot to the Grays.

They can save us!

[WilliamPitt]

19. Wha?

[azmouse]

20. I'll be laughing my ass off at those who think the world is going to end.

Then I'll have a nice snifter of Cognac to quench my thirst.

[montanto]

21. Enjoying my winter break from work, no doubt.

[Javaman]

22. Running around the room like my pants are on fire...

oh wait, I did that this morning.

never mind.

[Baclava]

23. I'm heading down to Mexico for the alien armada landing

You really didn't think humans built those pyramids, did you?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

24. My sister's 25th birthday party?

[montanto]

25. Oh, I see now.

This is about the end of the world right? I can't remember how many times the world was supposed to end in my lifetime, or how many times California was supposed to fall into the sea. Well I'm still waiting and no doubt will be on 12-22-12 as well.

But lets look at the numbers, shall we? 12 is the date of my birth, 12 is also divisible by 3 and 2, which, when multiplied, is the month of my birth. The product of the the factors of 12 and 21 (which themselves are the same numbers reversed!!) plus the numbers 12 21 and 12 equals the year of my birth. OHSHITOHFUCKNOITSTEHENDOFTEHWORLD!!!!!!!

A few years ago, I'll never forget this, there were some people here at work panicked because the date 6-6-6 was rolling around. Panic!!!!!The devil!!!!11!!!one!!!!OMFG ITS 6-6-6!! Well I haven't seen the devil yet either. It's a disappointment to me, sure, but I'm content to keep waiting.

[bikebloke]

26. I've got the flick in my Netflix queue.

After seeing what happens at the end, I'll decide what to do. I've booked a UFO abduction (sans anal probe) just to play it safe, should I need to jump ship.

[mainer]

28. I'll be where I was the last time the earth was supposed to end.

There've been so many of those those Armageddons, I can't keep track of them all.

[arcadian]

29. Standing on top of the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotuhuacan.

Holding the Spear of Destiny aloft and channelling Ramtha.

[canadianbeaver]

33. JZ...Is that you???

if not...better make sure to get a lawyer...she likes to take people to court for she is the only one who can be channelling the Ram....so be it!

[Bill McBlueState]

47. thanks for the reminder

I need to go to Target and get a Spear of Destiny before the demand picks up.

[Toucano]

32. Is this a prelude to an invitation? n/t

[Amonester]

34. Here! Here!

I plan to be here! (After my mom's 92nd birthday celeb) :party:

[Blackhatjack]

35. Everything that begins has an end... everything that ends had a beginning ... grasshopper

When you can take the pebble from my hand it will be time for you to go....

Only a Mayan truly understands the meaning ascribed to the date Dec 21, 2012, and it has been difficult locating a Mayan lately .....

Any Mayan posters out there? PLease Speak Up ....

[a la izquierda]

59. Not a Mayan, but...

a budding scholar of Mexico's indigenous peoples. I'm getting my PhD in Latin American history. I'm a year out from completion and will be spending significant time in the Yucatan this summer.


I can assure you, nothing will happen. The Mayan worldview, like most of Mexico's indigenous peoples, believe in cyclical time. All things come to an end. What does this mean? A new world will start with the click of the next katun. It is not necessarily a bad thing; and besides, the Mayas (and Aztecs) believe that several worlds existed before this one. The Long Count coming to an end doesn't mean all life will cease to exist.

To be fair, the Mayan people could not predict their own massive collapse at the end of the Classic Period.

*My advisor is a Mayan historian with many contacts in the Yucatan. He assures me nothing weird will happen.

[Kalyke]

36. Sitting on the back deck with my family and peering through

my son's decently-powered telescope.

[question everything]

37. Shoveling snow, again

trying to stay away from slick roads, and sit by the fireplace.

[DearAbby]

38. Plans arent firm yet

But I plan on sitting near the tree shaking gift packages, as I do every year, trying to figure out what they are.

[Blue_In_AK]

40. I'll probably be doing my last-minute Christmas shopping.

I'm not too worried about this date.

[Lisa0825]

41. I think that may a good time to go to Cozumel and hang out with my Mayan friends.

Maybe they will have the new calendars at the party.

Seriously, I am thinking about it! I have a bunch of local friends there that I see every year or so. What a great way to celebrate the end of the world! LOL!

[dana_b]

43. We're also going to the Yucatans to find that one

virgin, descended from the Mayans, who we shall then take to the top of a Mayan temple in order to sacrifice her to the gods so that we all can live!!


Or - maybe I'll go Christmas shopping.

[madokie]

42. I'm hoping I'm still going to be on the right side of the grass

if you know what I mean

[scheming daemons]

44. Still basking in the glow of Obama's re-election a month earlier...

....

[WeDidIt]

45. I'll be sitting in my bunker living off all the Y2K survival stuff I stocked up on

:eyes:

[mnhtnbb]

62. Best answer!

:rofl:

[WeDidIt]

68. Thanks

:evilgrin:

I figure the survivalist industry is trying to ramp up profits again after they took the crash of their industry in January of 2000 so hard.

:evilgrin:

[cherokeeprogressive]

46. Hmmm. I think I'll start the day with a little fishing, provided my lake hasn't frozen over yet.

Then come home and make breakfast, prolly fried potatoes, eggs, and bacon. Maybe some Bisquick biscuits.

After that I'll navigate to DU to see what the doomsday folks are saying about how many more minutes there are before the world ends.

Once that gets boring, I might play a little Scrabble with my honey or watch a movie, while debating whether to have steaks, chicken, or fish (trout that we caught over the summer) for dinner, and what we might cook to accompany the entree. My guess is that it'll either be steamed brown rice with some kind of sauce, or steamed veggies.

Later we'll probably go to our favorite dive bar: Chad's, take in some live music, and tip the bartender real well.

Then I'll probably go to sleep.

Thanks for asking. I hadn't actually made a schedule for that day, but now I have a rough idea of what to prepare for.

[flvegan]

48. In front of my tv watching the criminal trials of Bush and Cheney.

What? Everyone else is being ridiculous in this thread, so I thought I'd join in.

[omega minimo]

50. The Galactic Center

:hi:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

54. I will be

polishing my bronze copy of the Mayan calendar and waiting to be struck by the irresistible notes of magic flute music which will levitate me into the heavens where I will finally fulfill my dream of finding out all the secrets ---- all of them.

[Forkboy]

55. "Same thing we do every night, try to take over the world!"

[omega minimo]

57. .

:spray: :rofl:

[Echo In Light]

58. On the mountain at dawn

[TexasObserver]

60. Y2K, the comet Kohotek, the Age of Aquarius ...

I'll be at home on Dec 21, 2012, trying not to think about the Christmas shopping I still need to do.

I think of that calendar as merely the marking of a new astronomic age, and no more.

[Throd]

61. Crankin' Rush albums and drinkin' Steel Reserve in the driveway

[Recovered Repug]

63. So why can't the end of the world be a monday?

It might not seem so bad then.

[DireStrike]

64. Hopefully at an end-of-the-world party getting WASTED. nt

[gauguin57]

65. Well, since one of the "theories" holds that the Earth's poles will reverse on that day ...

... apparently, here in the Northeast, I'll be trading in my longjohns for a swimsuit on Dec. 21, 2012!

I'll watch the snowman melt in the front yard, and get ready for the beach party! Woo-hoo! Rock on, Mayans!

[sakabatou]

66. Possibly with my fiance

Oh, and laughing and the idiots shouting it's the end of the world, while I'm the one feeling fine.

[Contrary1]

67. I'll still be celebrating another Democratic Party landslide. n/t

[MilesColtrane]

70. As far away as possible from Rl'yeh, where dead Cthulhu lies dreaming of lunch

[RFKHumphreyObama]

71. Celebrating after November's landslide re-election victory of President Obama

[BigBluenoser]

72. I'll be on DU ranting about how Christmas is a horrible...

holiday and anyone who participates in the festivities is an evil, vile, imbecilic, pro capitalist whore (and probably a racist too or something!).

Oh wait... no... I'll just be reading that. My bad.