it's late, but I feel like I owe the world a blog Have you ever noticed that fantasy themes in literature and movies share a pretty blatant theme? I was thinking about this some while driving to Austin tonight. Think about it. All the super hero stories. Harry Potter. Porn-o flicks. Star Trek. It doesn't jump right out at you, I know, because you haven't been in solitary confinement in an old car for three hours with nothing else to think about. So I'll tell you what they all have in common.
All of them are about people who have exciting lives completely free of drudgery. And furthermore, they don't ever have to do what I consider work. Ponder it. All the characters with super powers have some ability that basically enables them to kick ass, which they do about 90% of their waking hours. They don't spend a lot of time sitting in meetings about the new book of regulations for unlicensed crime fighters.
Science fiction-- same deal. People cruise the galaxies in tricked out space ships that don't have desks full of papers that need to be filed and organized-- the disembodies "computer" takes care of all that crap. They never seem to have to wash their lycra uniforms. Maybe they always wear the same one. Nobody in the future has to read a bunch of boring crap, or make coffee for the boss. It's all action, all the time, just like Superman.
And porno flicks-- I saved my best example for last. In the spirit of some of the recent blogs, this will be written from the male perspective. Not only is the protagonist constantly screwing beautiful women, they're teed up for him with no effort. No foreplay, no dinner before that, no waiting two hours for them to put makeup on, no listening to them complain about feelings and crap for hours and hours.  ¶ 12:03 AM