Time is both a scary and intersting thing. As time passes, you dont' look for the subtle changes in your life until you are forced to reflect back on your life. Last night was my five year High School reunion. It was a fascinating event to find the juicy gossip of who is married, who graduated, who has children, who is living in a one bedroom shack with other individuals, and who definitely did not follow the private school plan of graduating from college in four years but instead of joining a cult like group who likes to smoke weed at the Santa Monica pier. It's 2011, it happens.
However, while time can be a fun and fascinating thing, time can also be terrifying. Tonight I watched the Jaycee Dugard interview with Diana Sawyer and was really shocked about how truly afraid for her life she was every moment of everyday. Her will to escape from her life of being held captive by a psycho was dimished at the fear of him harming her two daughters. While this story was absolutely horrifying, she brought up an interesting point. She decide to go public with her eighteen year of captivity to give voice to those sexual abuse victims that are too afraid to speak out. This voice strongly reminds me of Veronica Mars. I am not attmepting to trivialize any experiences Jaycee Dugard endured at all. What I am saying is, is her intention of giving voice to those who are too afraid of speak aloud is one of the clearest intentions that Veronica attempts to convey. Veronica herself is drugged and raped and then becomes an advocate of those who are victims and are too afraid to stick up for themselves. She becomes a warrior in the face of injustices just as Jaycee Dugard is with her agency to help victims of sexual abuse and her indirect way of attempting to reform the California parole system that made major mistakes so badly. This example of how real life can influence pop culture is one of the reasons that television, books, and movies are so important to life. While Jaycee Dugard was discovered two years after Veroinca Mars was taken off the air, this proves that both of them are equally important to everyday life.
On much more lighter news, Comic Con is coming in just a week and a half. The schedule for all five days are out and I am having a heck of a time deciding what panel I want to go to. Obviously, the Sons of Anarchy panel is a must as well as the Joss Whedon panel, and the new preview panel of the new show on The CW the Ringer, however, I am not exaclty sure exactly what else I want to do. There are so many different panels out there of so many different things. There are not a lot of huge panels this year, but that is okay because besides Twilight and True Blood I am hoping the line for Hall H and Ballroom 20 will not be quite as psychotic as they usually are, however, lines are what make it fun, anyways so what is the difference. For all those who have never intended Comic Con or never heard of it (Where have you been?) it is a celebration of all sorts of pop culture events. The floor has tons of Movie Studios and artists and actors are just exploding to tell you all of the upcoming events that will effect movies, television shows, and graphic novels. I am sooo excited to go and cannot wait. I will blog about the real exciting things and post tons of pictures so those who have never been to Comic con, they can be able to experience it from the comforts of your own home!
I have been giving a lot of thought of how I want to conduct this blog, and I think I am going to discuss a lot of events. I have some ideas for upcoming ideas on why real life themes such as Redemption and Love are the key ingredients on what makes television great. I also have ideas on blog posts about who is the better hero, Harry Potter or Jax Teller from Sons of Anarchy and to discuss why I am so excited about the new Angel and Faith Comic Book from Dark Horse. I am going to try to tie this is to Harry Potter as well. Harry Potter is only five days away! I cannot believe it. It has been 12 years since I opened the first page to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone after it was recommended it to me by an friend of mine after Confirmation class. I begged my Dad to take me to the bookstore and I grabbed it right off the shelf. I finished it in three days and had to beg my Mom to take me back to the store to pick up Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I grew up with Harry Potter and have shared his adventures many, many times. I am sorry to see the movies end and hopefully, with the help of this blog, that while Harry will never die, we can explore some other horizons that may be as great as Harry Potter, or at least be a second best.
What were your first memories of reading Harry Potter? How did you get into the series? Is anyone going to Comic Con? I hope you all are well! Thanks for reading!
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