It occurred to me that this is the third-to-last sequential-numbers date we’ll have for nearly a century. Next year we’ll have 11-12-13, and after that 12-13-14 (assuming we don’t all vaporize on 12-21-12, of course.) That’s it until the next 1-2-03, though (assuming civilization survives Y2.1K, of course.)
Also, of course, there was that whole viral thing in Prometheus:
I had an elaborate blog post in mind after I saw Prometheus in the theater, but I never wrote it. I think I am still processing my feelings about the film. At least one of those feelings, I’ll admit, is disappointment. (It took me years to admit, even to myself, that Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was a lousy, lousy movie. Prometheus was better than Phantom Menace.)
Anyway, today’s date appeared in this image from the end credits of Prometheus, and it leads you to some other viral stuff that may or may not be significant to something. To be honest, I only intended to write a brief post pondering the ethereal nature of numbers, and how a date like 10-11-12 can take on imaginary meaning. When I started to type “10/11/12” into Google, though, it auto-filled “10/11/12 at the end of prometheus,” and that sort of sucked me in.
Since I don’t really have anything else meaningful to say this morning, here are a couple of GIFs of Jessica Simpson at a car wash:
