I recently saw the trailer for the new Hobbit movie coming out in a couple of months. It was one of the first books I read as a kid, and as you'd expect, I'm tingling with anticipation.
I've always interested in fantasy stories of all kinds. From the high fantasy of Tolkien, to the dark tales of HP Lovecraft, to the epic myths of bards, stories of fantasy have always drawn me since I was very young.
As I got older, I got involved in tabletop rpg's such as Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder. I saw them as the natural evolution of me previous interests. Where I once just read stories of fantasy, I could now take part in them. I could be a character in a distant land of sword and sorcery and build my legend with other adventurers.
(I'm not even going to begin to go into the number of fantasy themed video games I've played over the years.)
As I get older, I find that I need my fantasies more and more. They give me the sense of wonder I so desperately need. I'm so happy that my first fantastical jaunt is getting adapted for the big screen (Although, three movies seems a bit much).
Friday, August 24, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Another Opinion on the Chick-Fil-A Controversy
Now that it's the day after the much hyped Chick-Fil-A appreciation day, I'm going to give my belated and humble opinion...Here it goes.
For those of you who've been living under a rock under another rock in the Mojave desert, the owner of Chick-Fil-A, Dan Cathy, recently announced that he's opposed to gay marriage and gives a large amounts of money to anti-gay groups. In response, a great number of gay people have protested Chick-Fil-A restaurants around the country. To counter that, a large number of social conservatives bought Chick-Fil-A yesterday to support the company that they agree with. This is actually just the most recent in a long line of controversies related to major companies and their stance on gay marriage. Not terribly long ago, there were similar controversies regarding Oreo, JC Penny, and Target.
Here's the thing. On any issue, people are going to spend their time and money as their conscience dictates. This goes for company owners just as much as anyone else. The only difference between them and everyone else is that they have more money to spend. If you disagree with the causes that the company owner supports, feel free to take your business elsewhere. However, if you turn your disagreement into a media frenzy, the only thing you're going to accomplish is to further entrench people into the views they already hold. This Chick-Fil-A appreciation day is a great example of this. People who disagreed all gathered in protest while those who agreed stuffed their faces and lined Chick-Fil-A's pockets. If anything, it can be said that those who cried fowl (no pun intended) at Chick-Fil-A only ended up hurting themselves as Chick-Fil-A made more money than ever yesterday.
More than that, no company is entirely moral by anyone's standards. Almost anyone you can buy something from probably supports something that you disagree with. I remember back when people wanted to boycott Target that they were stopped in their tracks when they realized they'd have to take their business to the dreaded Wal-Mart. It was the only other place they could afford to shop at, and it had a considerably greater number of overworked child skeletons in its closet. The only way to have true economic integrity these days is to become a hermit off the grid and grow your own food. Other than that, you're going to have to make a few compromises.
My ultimate advice is that everyone should chill the fuck out. If you find out a company donates money to a cause you don't like, feel free to calmly (and quietly) spend your money elsewhere. If you start protesting and turn it into a public spectacle, you're not going to solve anything. You'll only make things worse.
For those of you who've been living under a rock under another rock in the Mojave desert, the owner of Chick-Fil-A, Dan Cathy, recently announced that he's opposed to gay marriage and gives a large amounts of money to anti-gay groups. In response, a great number of gay people have protested Chick-Fil-A restaurants around the country. To counter that, a large number of social conservatives bought Chick-Fil-A yesterday to support the company that they agree with. This is actually just the most recent in a long line of controversies related to major companies and their stance on gay marriage. Not terribly long ago, there were similar controversies regarding Oreo, JC Penny, and Target.
Here's the thing. On any issue, people are going to spend their time and money as their conscience dictates. This goes for company owners just as much as anyone else. The only difference between them and everyone else is that they have more money to spend. If you disagree with the causes that the company owner supports, feel free to take your business elsewhere. However, if you turn your disagreement into a media frenzy, the only thing you're going to accomplish is to further entrench people into the views they already hold. This Chick-Fil-A appreciation day is a great example of this. People who disagreed all gathered in protest while those who agreed stuffed their faces and lined Chick-Fil-A's pockets. If anything, it can be said that those who cried fowl (no pun intended) at Chick-Fil-A only ended up hurting themselves as Chick-Fil-A made more money than ever yesterday.
More than that, no company is entirely moral by anyone's standards. Almost anyone you can buy something from probably supports something that you disagree with. I remember back when people wanted to boycott Target that they were stopped in their tracks when they realized they'd have to take their business to the dreaded Wal-Mart. It was the only other place they could afford to shop at, and it had a considerably greater number of overworked child skeletons in its closet. The only way to have true economic integrity these days is to become a hermit off the grid and grow your own food. Other than that, you're going to have to make a few compromises.
My ultimate advice is that everyone should chill the fuck out. If you find out a company donates money to a cause you don't like, feel free to calmly (and quietly) spend your money elsewhere. If you start protesting and turn it into a public spectacle, you're not going to solve anything. You'll only make things worse.
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