So, everybody... tomorrow is the 21st, the end of the Mayan calendar! 11:11 AM GMT marks the Winter Solstice. I may or may not be asleep when it happens my time (3:11 AM). Most likely I will set an alarm for 3 AM, just to have one last bowl of the kindest green if it is the end.
And though I've joked about it for years, I really don't think anything of import is going to happen. There might be a few wackjobs acting out. But on the whole, I really do think it's going to be anti-climactic. I do have a bug out bag with extra clothes, map, compass, spare phone, my car has a full tank, I have some cash on hand and a supply of water/food/first aid/booze, but those are things I would have anyway. If there's one thing I have learned from being born and raised in hurricane country, it's to be prepared. My only weapons are pepper spray, (very good) kitchen knives, a baseball bat and a 9 iron. The axe we use to chop firewood (we've got a good supply of that too) is easily accessible.
Some of my family members - the same ones who tripped and built a Y2K bunker - are up in the mountains 'just in case'. I wish it were just an excuse for them to take the day off or a long weekend, but I do come from slightly crazy stock.
What I am wondering is how this will affect people who genuinely believe - to the point of being psychologically unstable - that something enormous is going to happen. I think NASA has ruled out Nibiru or an asteroid. The world has had a crazy month with the shootings and fiscal crisis, etc. Some people really take that sort of thing to heart. I know two people who ARE genuine believers, both took off to the country today.

Neither is the type who would go batshit in a catastrophic situation, just a case of watching too many youtube videos combined with a little eccentricity.
But if the world does end - know that I've enjoyed engaging in various levels of discourse with most of you. I hope that this mark in time (and make no mistake, it is significant to many) brings a new level of peace and consciousness to the world.
See you on the flipside.