It's Not Too Late to Party Like It's 1999!
“Party like it’s 1999.” I remember when Prince released his 1999 album back in the early 1980s. And I remember thinking that 1999 was unfathomable—that it was light-years away. No one could think that far into the future. In the naivety of my youth, it didn’t occur to me that 1999 could be a symbol of the end, and that the song could mean you better get with it, live and party to the fullest because now is all you have. There is no tomorrow. What if now is all we have? What if the Mayan calendar is right on the money? What if December 23, 2012 is the end? Maybe we better start partying like it’s 1999—again. Let me make it clear that I don’t believe in the Mayan calendar predictions. But I do believe in waking up from our self-imposed waking sleep. We walk through most every day Wide-Awake-Asleep. And it’s time a lightning bolt shot through our systems. If we suppose that December 23 rd is the END, are we going to go out with a whimper, like listless zombies, or are we going to go ...