What is it with American’s these days?  We, as a nation, have become so lazy and casual about almost everything.  I go out to the store and I see younger people running around in these heavy pajama bottoms (or at least that is what they look like).  Many times, they are also wearing bedroom slippers!!  And then there are the jeans worn below the buttocks, I think that one irritates me the most.  I don’t want to see some guy’s boxers (and sometimes their upper buttocks) when I am walking down the street.  This offends me.  They say it is supposed to be cool and was started in the prisons because they are not allowed to have a belt to hold up their pants, but for heaven’s sake, buy pants that fit and you would not need a belt!!!  I believe that the American people as a whole have become too complacent when it comes to the way we dress when we go out in public.

Have you ever watched this show?  I find it deeply disturbing.  These mothers are disturbed people trying to live their dream through their daughters.  They are so hard on the children, making sure they don’t gain too much weight, making them adhere to a strict routine.

I think they should let the little girls be little girls.  They are making them grow up way too fast.  And some of the coaches!!!  I think that child beauty pageants should be against the law!!!

I watched this movie for the second time the other night.  It was a really good movie and gives you something to think about.  What if Nostradamus and the Mayans were right?

What would you do if this was your last year on earth?  Make amends with estranged friends?  Go to church?  Read the Bible?

I think we should live every day as if it were our last on earth.  I am kind to people and try to be a good person on a daily basis.  I do the right thing, I call my mother every day and tell her that I love her.  Think about it.

Well, did you watch the ball drop in Times Square last night?

I was awake until 11:45, turned the channel to watch it all go down; I had been watching the Big Bang Theory marathon all evening, and then I fell asleep!!

I awoke again about 12:30, said “eh, Happy New Year” and went back to sleep.  Very exciting evening!!!

So, it is the eve of the year 2012.  What will this year hold for the world?  Will we come to an end as Nostradamus and the Mayans predicted?  Or will the earth continue to spin in space, third rock from our sun?

I don’t know if I really believe in the 2012 theory.  If we are coming to an end this year, we had all better get our affairs in order and make things right with whatever God we answer to.

But can anyone really predict when our world will end?  The bible says that no man shall know the day and the time, only God himself knows.  Even the son of God does not know.

Something to ponder in the year to come.