crop circles. they are all the rave. and i don’t get it. and i don’t mean that i don’t get them (the crop circles), i mean i don’t get they hype. just like with anything else that humans don’t have the answer to, we will sit here and form the most outrageous theories that are rarely based on knowledge of factual information, but rather our beliefs, fears, and imaginations.
but i am not going to debate who is responsible for the crop circles, because i could go any direction. if someone can have the desire to kill and eat 15 people, then it would be a vast underestimation to think that someone bored as hell on a fucking farm wouldn’t spend some time planning a way to freak out the world over his patterned corn cropping. on the flip side, an alien could walk in my office right now and take a piss on my floor and i wouldn’t be fazed.
point # 1: i could give a fuck about crop circles, who is responsible for them, what they mean, etc.
so here’s the article that got me on this topic:
an excerpt: “investigators claim more formations are referencing the possibility of a cataclysmic event occurring on december 21, 2012, which coincides with the end of the ancient mayan calendar.”
my initial reaction to this is that 12/21 is my roommate’s bday…which means he might be able to go out with a bang while we are celebrating his birth…which would be pretty cool.
but then i keep reading. and i get to the comments. and then i see people debating what it all means, while others are quoting scripture, some debating who formed the crop circle, and a few the mayan culture, etc. and i think it’s all fucking bullshit.
so…this is not about the crop circles to me…it’s about why people are so afraid of the end of the world.
here are a couple of reminders:
you will die one day (unless you are a vampire, but that’s a whole other topic)
we are maggots, sucking life from this earth
when the shit hits the fan, it’s going to hit the fan and this universe is too big and powerful to worry about the nice house you built for yourself and the fact that you aren’t ready to leave
you cannot redirect a meteor, or a bomb, or whatever wipes the earth's surface clean of us
we are pretty stupid
okay…with all that being said, here’s my issue: what the fuck does it matter if the world as we know it comes to an end? what do you think you are going to be missing out on? i am not saying that people should look forward to dying, but by being alive, you are subject to death…every second of every day. it’s that simple. if your heart is beating, it could just as easily stop beating. what if it’s pissed at you one day, and is just like, 'fuck this asshole, i am going to take a long nap'. you’re done. and that’s your heart…inside your body…it belongs to you…thrives in your chest cavity…and at any given moment it could end you. but i don’t see anyone trying to interpret a religious or spiritual meaning behind a heart palpitation. get it?
death is death. no matter how it comes. and quite frankly, if the end of the world comes while you are still inhabiting the earth, consider the fact that your family and friends will never have to mourn over your death. i am all for us all going out together. why the fuck not? then we can all get our last thrills (or hugs and kisses) in, and be done. no, i am not trying to get anyone to drink the kool-aid. just saying…our lives aren’t that fucking meaningful on this planet. but if you need that security blanket to keep from slitting your wrists, go on telling yourself that you are a miracle, that we are here for a reason, that life is a test, fill in the blank.
i personally feel that we are here by chance…the natural evolution of things. no one planned on my existence, and no powerful being has a place for me after this. life is life, without all the bullshit everyone adds to it to make it seem more important than it is. it’s about doing whatever you want to do…and if that consists of falling into the trap of fear and old school fables that you misinterpret, then go for it. i will be enjoying myself, and not living as a hostage to all that jazz. and i have a feeling (but you know…i am full of opinions) that we will all end up in the same place. not heaven, not hell, not purgatory…but nowhere. if i am wrong, then you will have plenty of time to remind me of that in the after life. until then, i am going to enjoy myself.
so that’s my rambling of the month. it’s not to strike a debate because we are all entitled to believe what we will. so if your bible and your heaven make you sleep well at night, good for you. vodka usually helps me sleep well. and sex…that knocks me out.
here’s to 12/21/12!







