Strangest Birthday present ever....

So my best friend told me what she wants to do for my birthday, and man, have I never heard of a better, weirder birthday present!
She is taking me to a class on Surviving the End of Days.
Yeah, it sounds morbid, right? It's actually about preparing yourself to be physically and spiritually ready for what lies ahead.

Many different spiritual groups, including some that have been around forever, like the Rosicrucians, are readying themselves for what they think is going to be quite a showdown/remodeling of society very soon.
The war in Iraq, peak of oil production, and impending oil crisis, the tsunami of this past year, and now, the loss of New Orleans all fortify these beliefs for many.

I just heard on NPR that we are entering a 30-year period of very active hurricanes and weather, so it's only going to get worse, I suppose.

A lot of groups site 2012 as the year of the end of society, probably because the Mayans predicted the end of civilization on December 21, 2012 at 11:11 GMT. Their calendar ends on this date. You can read more here: http://www.greatdreams.com/2012.htm .

For contrast, the Muslim calendar ends in 2076, and the Jewish calendar ends in 2240. I'm glad somebody is a little more optimistic.

I don't know about all this date business, since decryption of dates and prophecies has been inconsistent througout history. But I do know that society as we know it cannot sustain itself at the pace at which it is moving.
And I see many decisions being made every day, particularly by the House of Bush, that fuel this fire and doom us all prematurely.

I have come to the understanding that speaking sense has little effect, and that perhaps preparing for the destructive impact of a huge population of idiots is all one can do at this point.

Hope to see you all in 2013.