Jeffrey C. Long

I am what I like to call a story addict. Some people are addicted to television. Game shows, news, music videos, sitcoms. But for me it is more focused then that. I like a good story, well told. Which includes television shows… currently Grey’s Anatomy and Battlestar Galactica. But also anime… Full Metal Alchemist and Sumurai 7. And there are comic books… two Star Wars comics. And the occasional movie. I realized yesterday that there is a saturation level. I was looking at an Xmen comic book. (did you know there are probably 7 different Xmen titles… I don’t know how you’d keep them all straight). So I looked at the inside of the cover and read the synopsis of the current story that had began in the previous issue. I had bought the previous issue a month ago. As I read the synopsis, I couldn’t remember the story. I realized that I simply can’t carry too many story lines in my head. I had the same experience when I tried to watch Sumurai 7 around the same time as Full Metal Alchemist. I get confused. I don’t know if it is old age or something. But I’ve reached story saturation.