#618: End of the world? Again?

So, supposedly according 2 the ancient Mayan calendar, the end of the world's sposta happen sometime today. Intresting how the Mayans could allegedly predict the end of the world, but they couldn't predict their own disappearance in2 the Central American jungle....
I don't even have any end-of-the-world-music suggestions 4 you, because I posted them 2 end-of-the-world predictions ago....
However, if it really IS gonna B The End, I'd suggest a really big party is in order -- in which case you should find the best upbeat party music you can lay your hands on, & I'm sure you don't need my help with that. Prince's "1999" would be a good addition 2 that pile. & his "Purple Rain" would make a nice -- tho still apocalyptic -- change of pace.
I think the period while we wait 4 the asteroids 2 come raining down (or whatever's gonna happen) could best B soundtracked by Wigwam's rumbling, ominous "Bless Your Lucky Stars."
& once the destruction begins, I think King Crimson's "Starless" might make the most appropriate funeral music.
But the end of the world doesn't havta B a bad thing. I've often thot that maybe there R just 2 many people out there crowding the globe -- & science-fiction writers have been toying with this idea 4 years. Every generation has their own end-of-the-world story: Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD, Whitley Streiber & James Kunetka's WAR DAY, David Brin's THE POSTMAN, George R. Stewart's EARTH ABIDES, etc. & the idea of a suddenly depopulated Earth & the plusses & minuses of that go way back in fiction....
+ some happenings over the last week or so seem 2 B bearing this out -- that maybe there R too many people, & maybe The End could B a sort of cleansing thing. Ghod knows there seem 2 B enuf people Getting Ready....
& if the past week+ has taught us anything, it's that you never know when your particular world might end. "You never know what's out there, and you never know when it's coming for you."
I hope we all wake up just fine on Saturday morning. I want to keep doing this. I hope that if you do have a big "The End" party, the scariest thing you wake up with is a hangover.
Until next time then, keep your head down, keep smiling, & don't piss anyone off....