Do We Crave Another Life?

         A lot of our entertainment throws into detail the 
       stagnation and illness of how we live today-it's sad 
                   and it's sick... and it's profitable.
                                    Heather Donahue 

I have to say when I first saw this book on our reading list I never heard of it. I went and looked it up and have been looking forward to reading it. The book went right through my expectations and beyond so far that I have already ready the second and third one. I didn't expect myself to get drug into them like I was. I found it funny how we were talking in class and asked the question "Are we not yet entertained?". I found myself thinking about this, probably more then I should have but I look at myself and I not only look for entertainment in life but also in movies and even books. Is it a sad thing that I don't get enough entertainment from my friends, family or events in my life that I must find it somewhere else? That is why I love reading so much. These books take me to another place, just for awhile. They make my imagination run rampant and I can picture each page and each moment in my head. Was reading the first Hunger Games book not enough for me? Not enough that I had to go out and read the next two?  Or how about when I went to pick up the last Harry Potter movie the other night at midnight and there was a line of people waiting for the new Skyrim video game to come out. Are we really entertained with out lives? Are we really satisfied and happy with them? I feel that if we really were then we wouldn't need these sources of entertainment because we would already be entertained.  When we lack something in our lives, we tend to crave it more. We lack money, fame, or even that new shirt that Wet Seal just put on their shelf. Because we can't have it, or we are unable to obtain it, it makes us want it that much more.

I admit when I was younger I wanted to be on TV. I thought it was the coolest thing but now, being older and watching what TV has turned into I really don't want to even be on my local news channel. Heck, a few weeks ago I was in my hometown and this lady from my local newspaper came up to me and asked me if she could hear my opinion on something to use in her article and I told her no. I didn't want my name to be plastered in the newspaper. I don't want hundreds or thousands or even millions of people knowing who I am, or what I look like, or what I think. There are some people out there that crave this, they want millions of people to know their name. That's what they crave. They want to be known and they will do anything to get that even if it means to have cameras filming ever moment of their day watching as they get drunk and fall or go home and hook up with a random stranger.  I think that may be one of the many reasons that we crave these forms of entertainment. We crave it because we secretly wish we were in their shoes, maybe completely or maybe just for one reason like we want the money.  We crave it because we think our lives are boring and uneventful and we see these people having a good time "every night", something we can't do.

I found this photo funny because you have these "chickens" watching the other "chicken" get cooked. Its basically a metaphor for reality TV or even violent movies. Would you watch voluntarily someone get killed, or in this case cooked? No you wouldn't, but you would do it on a movie screen?  

P.S watch the The Hunger Games Trailer :D:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAWODq_dMFI