OMG! The Sun Almost Didn't Come Up Today!

Would you believe it? On the very day that the Long Count Calendar ends,  eerily, we have the shortest day and longest night of the year. Coincidence? Conspiracy? What did the ancient Mayans know that we don't know?

Well for starters, they probably sacked out just a little bit longer. Then, when they got up to make some 'Mayan Magic Coffee' to start another day of sacrificing virgins in a nearby cenote, would  just rip a stone sheet off the old 'Long Counter' as the Mayan cognoscenti might have called the calendar and start with the Mayan equivalent of January once again... Well, that and look forward to longer and warmer days to come for a few months. I mean, it does seem to get bloody cold during those long nights when all you've got to wear are feather robes and masks.

From some of the news reports this morning, crazies, weirdos, and alternative reality practitioners have been gathering at various ancient and sacred sites all around the world (Chichen Itza and others in Mexico; Lamanai, Alton Ha, and Santa Rita, right here in Corozal, in Belize; Bugarach Peak in the Pyrenees of France; For some obscure reason, Stalin's underground bunker in Moscow, Russia - Hey, whatever works; Mount Rtanj in Serbia; The village of Sirince in Turkey; Cisternino in southern Italy; The province of Qinghai in central China - where police have been busting heads of those who were getting a little too enthusiastic; and finally, several taverns and other watering holes in the US, probably mostly around Los Angeles), waiting for breakfast (no, that's not right, cross that out) - waiting for a sign of the apocalypse, or for the Mayan mother ship or something to magically appear in the sky (maybe they have the updated Romulan cloaking device) and either save us all or incinerate us all or some other thing that totally transforms/remakes/destroys the world.

Some feel that the 'galactic bridge has been established' allowing for the free transmission of something between here and there - wherever that is. Maybe it'll be an easy walk.

The good news so far is that we're all still here (except I guess, those folks who were set to check out of the system even if nothing earth-shattering was going to take place or not). I guess that's a good sign. No three days of darkness (I'm not sure if that event is connected to the Mayan end of the world thing or not), no alien ships, not much of anything.

It was really foggy here this morning. Does that count? I am looking forward to the sun burning that off and warming things up once again. It'll be nice if there's no rain today so that we have some pooltime during happy hour this afternoon. That is unless our Mayan/alien overlords have other ideas. Maybe they want to join us in the pool.

You think they'll want if for themselves?

Only 16 More Days!

Holy s***! I just realized the end of the world is speedily sneaking up on us and we're at ground zero for the big extravaganza! We haven't even gotten our 'for rent' signs out for the pool house. Nor did we do anything else to try and capture some of the 'end of the world' pot-o-gold crapola.

Mayan Calendar

(Regarding the title of this post, to be perfectly accurate, it should be 15 and a wake-up. But that might be putting too fine an edge on it.)

So, it takes place on December 21. I heard on the tube the other day (I was only half awake at the time) that it actually occurs at eleven minutes after eleven... Anyone know if that's AM or PM? Just my luck, I'd pick the wrong one.

You know, it's weird. Here in the heart of the historical Mayan civilization, or at least on the urban edges of it, it seems, at least in our area, that nobody is primed to make a buck off this thing. From what I've seen on the tube, it's folks from all over the world that're all primed for making a pile of bucks.

Geez, we could'a made a fortune just renting the place out. Some meditation exercises on the pool deck, an hour or so in the pool, some gazing at our navels, and before you know it, we'd have enough money that we too could retire to paradise...

Oh. That's right... We're already here. Well, maybe that's why we've been slow to get started. Geez, somebody better send money in a hurry. We've got a lot of catching up to do.

Let's see, what can we do to attract the end of the world tourist dollar? Hmm, We could offer quick and dirty tours of the Santa Rita Mayan ruins. We could drive you up there in our Isuzu and let you run around the place. It's not much really, but it's authentic.

I've heard that the 'powers that be' are thinking of excavating it to have more of the place on display. Really all they need to do is get rid of some of the graffiti and they'll have a winner. Just think. You'd be walking around and looking at it in almost pristine condition.

Afterwards we could take you to the Belikin Distributors - they're just in front of the ruins. A couple of cold ones will get you right into the spirit of things. I'm sure it's been there almost as long as the ruins. They had to drink something while they were building it, right? So, I'm sure the Maya just called up the Temple Beer boys and ordered up a few well-chilled cases.

Just think. You'd be on hand for the end of the world, or at least in the center of all the activity - whatever that might be when the long count calendar runs out.  I dunno. Better stock up on an extra case or two, just to be sure.