Now that the election seems to be over (a long and exhausting 70 days ahead of us) and we are driven by political viewpoints, Nora and I are back to writing. Over the last couple months, we lost the will to create and write yet through this very challenging time we have found inspiration to write about things that we love. While having CNN on for the entirety of last week, comic books, Star Wars, and video games provided us with the distraction that we desperately needed.

Instead of the dubious feeling in our stomach watching a so called president spread lies about the vote, we were arguing over the latest episode of The Mandalorian. One of us really enjoyed the episode with the character building and the expansion of the universe into live action, while the other felt the episode lacked storytelling but enjoyed the horror aspect of the episode. It felt great to have an argument over something we love instead of dealing with the stress of the election and politics.

In times like these, it is great to have a hobby that can save us from depression and disappointment. Not only the election, but also the rising cases of Covid, Nora and I are grateful to have these distractions. We know that we have to sacrifice gatherings, we know the holidays may be different from other years, we may not be able to share moments with family this holiday season but we do not let that bring us down. We escape into the worlds that provide us happiness. Whether its swinging through the streets of New York as Spider-Man or we are on a speedster in the desert of Tatooine, we are happy.

If you are reading this, please find something that brings you direct happiness. Right now forget about the stereotypes associated with anything that brings that joy. Remember others do not dictate what you love, if you love Howard the Duck that is awesome man…. so do I.