For some reason some confused people decided that December 2012 was the end of the world, but they couldn't accurately explain why. They found some obscure calendar from the long dead Mayan culture and based everything on the fact that the calendar ends in December 2012. I think there are many reasons for this; one, they might have just run out of space on the stone tablet the calendar was carved into, and two, the Mayans are dead, there was no-one left to bring out an updated calendar!
I'm not sure what these doomsayers were expecting? Were we supposed to just sort of pop out of existence? Poof! All gone! Was the planet supposed to explode? They seemed to expect the absolute worst! Meteors wiping out entire continents, tsunamis wiping out entire cities, earthquakes devastating most of the planet, Justin Bieber announcing a secret lesbian relationship with Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus doing something useful like solving world hunger instead of taking her clothes off (again), KFC announcing they would stock nothing but corn bowls. The world was going to go mad!
But, alas, none of this happened. Although I am still quite convinced about the Justin Bieber - Lady Gaga angle. Then there is the supposed Zombie Apocalypse. Some virus or something turning the entire planet into mindless flesh-eating killers. Now, if any zombie movie or series is to be believed, apart from walking around moaning and having the constant desire to bite something (like most of the cast of Twilight), zombies aren't exactly going to break any land speed records. Plus they aren't what you'd call bright, so outwitting them shouldn't be much of a challenge. I was astounded to learn that certain colleges and universities in America (why am I surprised) are actually presenting Zombie survival courses. The mind boggles!
You know what, in spite of all this, I firmly believe we'll all be alright. As the song goes: "It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine!"
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