I woke up this morning and I realized that I no longer have anyone around me who likes to talk about the things I do. When I was younger I always found people that liked the same popular culture topics that I did. When I was in my teens and early twenties and working at a grocery store, I could always talk about Star Wars and comic books with the guys back in the meat and produce departments. When I was in Peace Corps Turkmenistan, in my mid-twenties, I could talk about movies and television with the other volunteers. When I was living in Poland, in my late twenties, I had various expats around me that loved books and films. Up til this year, when I was working on my Ph.D. at Michigan State University everyone I knew wanted to talk about comic books, movies, and television (especially Lost). Then in January 2009, I moved to Honolulu, HI to take a new job and now all I tend to talk about is work. Although I spend much of my free time reading and writing about popular culture, I no longer meet people that want to discuss the nuisances of the ever changing mass American culture. I’m created this blog in hopes of discussing comic books, television, movies, science fiction, and a number of other popular culture topics. I hope to be able to write about important and (hopefully) interesting ideas and topics and explore the things in life worth talking about. I welcome anyone that would like to join me in the conversation.
