About
This site was created in the hopes of opening a forum for discussing a number of topics relating to the relationship of the average American with society at large. Most of the posts and articles published to TheFuriousRomantic.com will be aimed at exploring this relationship in detail, so that the author of this site (and hopefully, his readers) can begin to better understand its roots and gain a greater perspective on where and how it is progressing.
Specific points of discussion will revolve around the following major topics. This list was culled from the introduction to this blog. Please see this introduction for more information.
- The Internet and The Age of Information: On some days, I will be extolling the virtues of the Internet and its ability to deliver information, entertainment, and communications anywhere and in a jiffy. On most other days, I will be condemning the ways in which most people use, misuse, or overuse the internet and mobile communications devices to waste time, legitimize and/or validate their personal shortcomings (yes, people have shortcomings), and digitize and store life rather than experience it.
- The role that entertainment plays in our daily lives: This one will hopefully become clearer as time goes on: but generally what I mean to discuss is the overall swing towards a sort of national exhibitionism and voyeurism, indicative by the rise of reality television, the YouTube/MySpace/Facebook phenomenon, and the never-been-worse state of celebrity obsession in the country. I’ll also talk about entertainment itself, because at the same time that I’m studying and criticizing the industry, I’ll also be trying to infiltrate it.
- The sad, sorry state of journalism and/or the media: I will touch upon this topic, on occasion, as a natural consequence of discussing the first two.
- Writing: I always have a lot to say about the writing process and being a writer. If and when I feel the urge to publish some thoughts on either, I will try to keep the discussion relevant to topics that are covered in other sections of the blog.
- Life in general: Having written what I have about the “dire state of things” (see the introduction) it will likely be necessary for me to bring real-life examples up against the observations that I’ll be making. This will hopefully help legitimize, prove (or disprove) my ideas. At the very least, such examples will at least add some depth and context to what is otherwise being discussed in broader, more general terms.
In addition to regular blog posts, which will deal largely with examples culled from news outlets and real life, the site will also occasionally feature creative works relevant to the daily topics discussed. Feature length articles will also appear semi-regularly, and these will be written, as appropriate, in order to further explore those smaller examples cited on a more daily basis.
Thank you for visiting the site.