So 2012 is peering around the corner, waiting with her satin gloved hand to lure us in. Little does she know that the earth will tilt and bend and swerve us to her her grips without her sultry beckoning. She does not realize this, and in her winsome way, she thinks her devil-on-the-shoulder flirtations send us leaping to her embrace.
2012 is here.
It’s a long way from the days on the Rotunda steps that my college friends and I were in awe at the concept of the year 2000. That was 1990, and our lives were more ahead of us than behind us. It was before we knew to appreciate the now, the here, the moment. Time stretched ahead then, and now time seems to have lost some elasticity. 2012 is a number I had never even considered. It simply didn’t fall into the paradigm of what I considered a reasonable moniker for a year. I mean really, two thousand twelve?!
They say that 2012 marks the end of the Mayan calendar. I don’t think we’re going to —poof— vanish on December 21, 2012 as some prophesy. Plus, that day is my old friend’s 43rd birthday, and I’m pretty sure he’s going to celebrate it with a nice full bodied cab in hand. There might be global destruction and the fall of civilizations in our future, but the year 2012 has nothing to do with it. The Internet is full of crazies who think the heavens will unleash its wrath on earth and mankind. These conspiracy theorists and wackos always seem to harp on the negative, right? Where are the people who think the world is going to erupt into rainbows and unicorns?
2012 is the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac. It will also mark a Presidential election and various milestones for families all over the globe. The X Files warned us of aliens moving in to Planet Earth. NASA predicts that the Sun will reverse its own magnetic poles in 2012 (I failed astronomy in college so I am unable to expound on this.). Somehow in numerology the date 12-21-12 reads as A-B-B-A-A-B (Don’t ask me why numerology has a bunch of letters.). I think this is a cryptic code telling me that ABBA is going to go back on tour.
But for purposes of 5:00 Fridays, I’m sticking with the Mayans.
Mayan New Year
1 ounce Patron tequila
2 ounces Mango nectar
splash citrus soda
wedge of lime
sprig of fresh mint
Pour tequila into a highball glass. Add mango nectar. Top with citrus soda. Squeeze in a wedge of lime and drop in some fresh mint. Give it a good stir.
Party like it’s 2012. Happy New Year!