. . . is nostalgic.
The life of the Troglodyte isn't always easy. Cicandian rhythms are a legend, by most standards so is the social life, and her friends often mistake her for a vampire because she has a distaste towards sunlight.
Of course, things have not always been this way. When I was young, things were just happier, brighter; there was simply more hope. Yes that is correct, the Troglodyte is secretly an 80-year-old woman.
Today we live in a world where the major form of communication is to jump onto the nearest internet connected device (because to say computer would be totally incorrect in this day and age) and perhaps 'like' something our friends have been too busy posting about doing, to actually get much of the doing done. In the current world, it seems I am not the only one metaphorically living in a cave.
But when I was younger , the only person living in a cave was THE GODDAMN BATMAN -- and that was only because he was awesome! So, are we more awesome now with all this cave dwelling? Surely not, the 80-year-old woman in me is saying.
To take a look at the issue of the fast evolving world that seems to be dehumanizing us all in to batmens, let us look at what we entertain ourselves with: I'm going to focus on books here for the simple fact that, well, the Troglodyte is also a worm.
In my youth I read a wonderful series of friendship and triumph of good over evil in epic adventure quests (Deltora Quest), and now the youth of the world indulges in the bloody and gruesome murder of children for entertainment (The Hunger Games). Of course, the themes have gotten darker, as has much else in the world, but to be honest both series are brilliant, and they both have a place on my bookshelf.
But awesomity doesn't necessarily make it a good thing. Mushroom clouds look stunning after all, but they are anything but good. Is shrouding ourselves in death and destruction, and lessening our contact with one another something that can be positive at all?
However upon closer inspection, it is easy to find that not everything is getting darker, in fact some things are so bright they are sparkling! If you have not yet figured as to what I refer to, then the hole you have been living in is a lot deeper than mine. It's Twilight of course, but any other current series entailing the supernatural and vampires pretty much goes here too. Looking back at older Vampire fiction (Dracula) it seems that today's Vampires have been more preoccupied on devouring horny goat weed as opposed to blood. The violent monsters they used to be have been transformed into the lovable bad boys.
And of course this can pretty much go for anything in life. If something goes up, something has got to come down. It's all just a matter of balance.
The world was certainly very different during my childhood, but that doesn't make it better or even worse.
Of course, things have not always been this way. When I was young, things were just happier, brighter; there was simply more hope. Yes that is correct, the Troglodyte is secretly an 80-year-old woman.
Today we live in a world where the major form of communication is to jump onto the nearest internet connected device (because to say computer would be totally incorrect in this day and age) and perhaps 'like' something our friends have been too busy posting about doing, to actually get much of the doing done. In the current world, it seems I am not the only one metaphorically living in a cave.
But when I was younger , the only person living in a cave was THE GODDAMN BATMAN -- and that was only because he was awesome! So, are we more awesome now with all this cave dwelling? Surely not, the 80-year-old woman in me is saying.
To take a look at the issue of the fast evolving world that seems to be dehumanizing us all in to batmens, let us look at what we entertain ourselves with: I'm going to focus on books here for the simple fact that, well, the Troglodyte is also a worm.
In my youth I read a wonderful series of friendship and triumph of good over evil in epic adventure quests (Deltora Quest), and now the youth of the world indulges in the bloody and gruesome murder of children for entertainment (The Hunger Games). Of course, the themes have gotten darker, as has much else in the world, but to be honest both series are brilliant, and they both have a place on my bookshelf.
But awesomity doesn't necessarily make it a good thing. Mushroom clouds look stunning after all, but they are anything but good. Is shrouding ourselves in death and destruction, and lessening our contact with one another something that can be positive at all?
However upon closer inspection, it is easy to find that not everything is getting darker, in fact some things are so bright they are sparkling! If you have not yet figured as to what I refer to, then the hole you have been living in is a lot deeper than mine. It's Twilight of course, but any other current series entailing the supernatural and vampires pretty much goes here too. Looking back at older Vampire fiction (Dracula) it seems that today's Vampires have been more preoccupied on devouring horny goat weed as opposed to blood. The violent monsters they used to be have been transformed into the lovable bad boys.
And of course this can pretty much go for anything in life. If something goes up, something has got to come down. It's all just a matter of balance.
The world was certainly very different during my childhood, but that doesn't make it better or even worse.