Hey, you dropped your shoe!

OK quick update about my life. I FINALLY got a job working as a hostess at Cracker Barrel.  It's kinda weird working at a place I've eaten hundreds of times in my life but overall it's a pretty fun job if you make it fun and don't take it too seriously.  The pay is pretty bad right now but they offer pretty frequent pay raises so I'll be making more soon.

Now that that's done with, on to the blog.  I can't help but notice that American network TV is offering us up not one, but two shows this season with the premise that fairy tales are real.  I watched Once Upon A Time last night. Anyway, this is nothing new.  This premise has probably been around almost as long as some of the stories they use in the plot.  I also can't help but notice that sci-fi and fantasy shows and movies are becoming more and more mainstream.  As a card-carrying anglophile I'd like to think the return of Doctor Who and the Harry Potter phenomenon are responsible for this.  Why are we so fascinated by these stories?  I think it's because deep down we want to believe that magic is real.  Well, my friends as a professional day dreamer I can tell you that magic is real!  Again look at Harry Potter.  JK Rowling is definitely a modern day Cinderella.  Speaking of Cindy, I'm sure you've been exposed to enough feminist lit to know that this particular fairy tale takes a lot of flack for screwing up women's expectations about their lives, waiting to be rescued by some fairy godmother or prince charming.  I agree somewhat because if you wait, you'll be waiting a long time.  I have been watching Oprah's Lifeclass (stop laughing, the woman has some real insights and a talent  for recognizing good teachers) and she said if there was one thing people took away from her 25 years on TV it's that we are responsible for our own lives. We make our own destinies.  She is a perfect example of how someone can go from absolute poverty to being one of the richest, well-known and well-loved people on the planet.  Anyone can be a Cinderella, you just have to be your own fairy godmother.  Make a little magic in your life today!