Excess

Do you ever get the feeling that there's just too much in a world where there's too little?
We really enjoy movies and apart from a drought when our kids were young we were regular cinema goers. We watch the movie shows on TV and remark how much we'd like to see certain (most) films. But, there are just too many. I don't know what the annual output is from Hollywood and beyond but we certainly can't keep up. Fortunately, because there are so many, most of them quickly appear in the DVD stores or on TV. But we still don't have enough time to watch them all.
How about food. For the last few years we've been bombarded with sugar. One side saying how bad it is, diabetes raises its ugly head (yes, even in our family), children are becoming rounder (not in our family I'm happy to say) and while all the debates go on, what do the manufacturers do, they add more sugar! A few years back Black Cat Peanut Butter, our favourite, was given a redo, instead of containing only peanuts, it suddenly had sugar added. Major outcry from thousands and we now have it listed as "Original". And my beloved Special K, another make-over, now it's too sweet and I'm looking for something else.
But it doesn't end, there are so many Barbie dolls, Fashion dolls, Brats (real and vinyl) etc. etc. that the poor overprivileged child is at a loss when she has to pick one.
The bottom line is that we have come to expect more and more. I'm really looking forward to the next Harry Potter movie, because it isn't following hot on the heels of the previous one. Does anyone under the age of 25 understand how you can salivate with expectation? Yuch that sounds awful but I think you know what I mean.
Was it Mr Barnham who said "Leave them wanting more"? I'm not sure but who ever it was was so right.
And yet, there are more people starving and living in abject poverty than ever, ever, ever.
Do they care that Brangelina are rumoured to be breaking up, do they care that Richard Branson may buy a bank and frankly, do they care how much sugar is in my peanut butter. I think not.