Am I typical? I'm hooked on narratives. Helplessly hooked.
I'll list some of the current ones:
Clinton v Obama - can't get enough of it. Even though nothing ever really happens
The Archers - venerable British radio soap - as much a part of my life as brushing my teeth
New Zealand v England cricket - Test cricket in the middle of my GMT nights
Lost - series 4 - I want to be there all the time, whatever that time is
The Wine-Dark Sea - latest of Patrick O'Brian saga that I'm rereading on the side - if I could be on the Surprise with Maturin and Aubrey, or rather as Maturin and Aubrey, I could salve my thirst for Lost .
But I see all of this as a problem just as much as a series of entertainments - I use them as opiates to avoid living my own story, to replace the acts of writing/making my own stories (I'm a TV producer and writer manque, sadly enough), to escape it all in the best and worst ways.
I follow sports, soaps, novels, drama, news in search of denoument and when I get that sense of an ending it feels a bit worse, even if "we" won...
And I'm starting this blog as a cry for rescue .
I'm going to follow these tales, talk about my attempts to cure myself of some of them , try to tell rather than witness , ask for advice , contempt, elucidation , comfort...
2 comments:
Hi, very ingeresting story.
I was just here because I googles 'loops of tarry gaskin': the line from the book treasure island. I just wanted to know what that is: and mobile phone was closer at hand then dictionary;).
So, what is it? I'd figure you know because you have the image there of when you Jim Hawkins meet Ben Gunn.
Hi, very ingeresting story.
I was just here because I googles 'loops of tarry gaskin': the line from the book treasure island. I just wanted to know what that is: and mobile phone was closer at hand then dictionary;).
So, what is it? I'd figure you know because you have the image there of when you Jim Hawkins meet Ben Gunn.
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