I don't know about you, but I got pretty excited when the clock changed to 11:11 on 11/11/11. Despite that I'm nearly 27 years old, I still find myself making a wish when I catch the clock rolling to 11:11. Call me hopeful or call me strange, it brings me comfort knowing all of the digits are the same.
I get my superstition trait from Pago (my grandpa), who was an old soul that subscribed to his own way of thinking. Despite being catholic, I'd say his spirituality was more akin to the thinking of ancient philosophers and conspirators than the Priests who delivered Mass to the little Catholic church in Warsaw. Pago was the first person I ever heard talk about the prophet Nostradamus, long before the History Channel documentaries came around.
Although it's certainly subject to debate, there has been much talk about how Nostradamus has predicted many of the world's events through his prophecies. After 9/11, there were eerie things that seemed to predict the WTC's collapse, and one of those was an excerpt from Nostradamus:
Another famous prediction from Nostradamus was the end of the world on 12/21/12. This also happens to coincide with the end of the Mayan calendar, which leaves some skeptics (or crazies) thinking doomsday is almost here.
Since my birthday is on December 12th, that means my 28th birthday on 12/12/12 is going to be epic. Not only do I get to celebrate consistency in numbers, but 9 days later the world is predicted to end. For those of you who I've already rambled on to about plans for a trip to South Africa to ring in my 28th year and celebrate the end of the world, consider this your official invitation. To those of you who I have not yet told about this trip, consider this your invitation too (if I haven't freaked you about enough with the Nostradamus stuff).
Think about it. South Africa will be lovely and warm in December, when winter is really starting to take shape in the northern hemisphere. If you can pull getting away in December right before the holidays, then you will practically not work for a month (if your company's vaca/holiday schedule is as stacked as mine at least). That's pretty much a sabbatical.
My plan is to fly into Johannesburg on December 10th, 2012, and fly out of Capetown on December 22. Twelve days of vacation for 12/12/12. I've already heard from some of you plan on going, so mark your calendars, in pen.
Let's do this.
I get my superstition trait from Pago (my grandpa), who was an old soul that subscribed to his own way of thinking. Despite being catholic, I'd say his spirituality was more akin to the thinking of ancient philosophers and conspirators than the Priests who delivered Mass to the little Catholic church in Warsaw. Pago was the first person I ever heard talk about the prophet Nostradamus, long before the History Channel documentaries came around.
Although it's certainly subject to debate, there has been much talk about how Nostradamus has predicted many of the world's events through his prophecies. After 9/11, there were eerie things that seemed to predict the WTC's collapse, and one of those was an excerpt from Nostradamus:
"In the City of God there will be a great thunder,Read into it as you wish.
Two brothers torn apart by Chaos,
while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb",
The third big war will begin when the big city is burning"
- Nostradamus 1654
Another famous prediction from Nostradamus was the end of the world on 12/21/12. This also happens to coincide with the end of the Mayan calendar, which leaves some skeptics (or crazies) thinking doomsday is almost here.
Since my birthday is on December 12th, that means my 28th birthday on 12/12/12 is going to be epic. Not only do I get to celebrate consistency in numbers, but 9 days later the world is predicted to end. For those of you who I've already rambled on to about plans for a trip to South Africa to ring in my 28th year and celebrate the end of the world, consider this your official invitation. To those of you who I have not yet told about this trip, consider this your invitation too (if I haven't freaked you about enough with the Nostradamus stuff).
Think about it. South Africa will be lovely and warm in December, when winter is really starting to take shape in the northern hemisphere. If you can pull getting away in December right before the holidays, then you will practically not work for a month (if your company's vaca/holiday schedule is as stacked as mine at least). That's pretty much a sabbatical.
My plan is to fly into Johannesburg on December 10th, 2012, and fly out of Capetown on December 22. Twelve days of vacation for 12/12/12. I've already heard from some of you plan on going, so mark your calendars, in pen.
Let's do this.
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