I read a statistic one time (and I
might be pulling this out of my butt) but half of all the books sold are
grouped into those Harlequin romance novels that have Fabio on the cover with
his shirt open and his hair all flowing in the wind. I don’t know if that is
true or not. Man, that Fifty Shades of
Gray blew up last year or whenever it came out.
Thankfully, our store always kept a
pretty substantial collection of novels and magazines in stock. Admittedly, not
every magazine and book is going to be of interest to me but I am pretty darn
happy that we have these kinds of entertainment.
It is all about offering that
distraction so we can forget about the world outside and retreat into a
different world, if only for a little while. If I am not blogging before bed, I
do like to try to read.
The magazines though… Man, it is
amazing the crap that was covered by the “media.” Do we really care about how
so-and-so decorated their home or which celebrity wore it best on red carpet of
the movie premiere? And there are a lot of fashion and style magazine that are
out there. A lot. I never understood the whole fashion thing anyway but, man,
it is amazing how the whole perspective have changed.
All these things that we thought
were so important… They really don’t mean anything in the grand scheme of
things. But it is all about entertainment. Be it video games, reading fictional
stories, watching TV, it is all just a big waste of time. You could argue that
lifting weights and flag football helps you with your fitness goals. Reading
nonfiction books about certain survival techniques sure could save your life –
especially in this scenario we are in now. I suppose we can say that learning
math can help you with your rationing food and such. All those things could
improve your life.
Nowadays, knowing the proper Paladin
DPS rotation on World of Warcraft doesn’t really help you. Knowing the words to
a bunch of Eminem songs is not going to help you. Having seen all the episodes
to Seinfeld doesn’t help you much in
the post apocalypse world.
I see this. I recognize this. But
thanks to the popularity of the HBO show Game
of Thrones, the George R.R. Martin novels were on the shelf amongst all the
other paperbacks. So I dug into that book and started reading before bed almost
from day one of the siege. And why is this?
The only answer I can come up with
is that the human brain cannot be on 100% of the time. It is impossible. You
have to have distractions. I think this is why movie night is so popular. I am
not the only one that reads either. I guess we all want to have the escape
every now and again…
I am always looking for a silver
lining with this whole zombie apocalypse thing. I guess the best thing we can
say is that now we don’t have to hear about the Kardashians anymore. So, yeah,
totally worth it.
