Cried all night down the phone.

Tunes in my head: Sentimental Heart by She and Him
Atmosphere: Foreboding

I think the whole "end of the world in 2012" is very interesting and one issue that should be explored in further detail.

This is all a little rusty in my mind, by the way, so feel free to correct me on any inaccuracies.

Basically, the Mayan calendar exists in 500ish (I want to say 509, but don't quote me) year sections? And every time a new phase is introduced, the world enters a new phase.

In their culture, this could have been a new settlement, what have you.

For example, in the 1000's (1027ish?), the Aztec civilisation was founded, and in 1519, the same culture was destroyed by the Spanish under Cortez.

If these effects were echoed worldwide on the turning of the clock, perhaps we're consciously running towards the end of the world?

Perhaps it will happen, perhaps it won't.

Perhaps it will usher in a new era of science, of technology, of culture.

We shall see.

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It's amazing, the cybernetic nature of today's society.

I mean, what are you reading this on, exactly?

But I just find it amazing how dependent we've become on these devices.

People having multiple laptops, mobile phones, iPhones, all so they can not be bored for one brief moment.

And instead we get some sort of comatose generation lacking inspiration, lacking creativity, because they're constantly being stimulated, they're constantly being assaulted by technology.

I mean, I'm not saying I'm immune to it...I generally carry a phone and an iPod on me for long bus rides or so I can be contacted in public.

But there are people with a laptop, a phone (with Mobile Facebook, naturally), an iPod, possibly a portable DVD player, too. All on their chairs.

What's the point? Get out paper and pen and actually do something different.

Think about some other way of doing things.

I remember hearing of a student who could only write one paragraph for their creative story which they had 40 minutes to write.

Are we coming to the point where the youth simply does not think? Where it sort of sits comatosely and just accepts what is fed to them?

If so, there needs to be a change.