WTWWYDKWTW: The Creation

Seems like I deal with a lot of acronyms in my life especially when dealing with corporate America. To read a company communique is like looking at some type of hybrid texting language which is LOL to me because I think texting has bastardized the English language. Naturally my solution is to create an acronym for a column I want to write for my blog.

At least a couple of people in my lifetime have asked me my opinion on movies to watch, and that, is all I need to justify writing a movie review (nah, I’m not an egotistical writer) on my blog, Dorothy In The Emerald City at http://dorothyearp.blogspot.com/ or you can follow me on Twitter at Dorothy Earp@DotEarp. Once again, that is Dorothy In The Emerald City at http://dorothyearp.blogspot.com/ or Twitter at Dorothy Earp@DotEarp.

So, what does it mean, this acronym of mine? The acronym was actually created it because the definition is too long for an actual title, therefore these mere 10 letters stand for (can I get more cowbell here, please!)...

WHAT TO WATCH WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WATCH

 I don’t know about you but it is hilarious to me that despite having hundreds of cable channels, tv shows and movies available to me anytime and almost anywhere via the vast expanse of the internet, phone, tablet, computer and probably ways I don’t even know about, that I could or should ever think let alone utter the words “There is nothing to watch”. These words inevitably lead to me mindlessly channel surfing until I am tired and glassy eyed from trying to decide what to redecorate, torn between looking or looking away at reality shows, watching shows I watched 20+ years ago, deciding if I really need that infomercial item and hungry from watching food shows. So, in order for me to not have Channel Surfing Hangovers, I have decided if I don’t have a rental movie or there is nothing to watch on my DVR I am going to watch my way through my DVD collection. Which by the way is in alphabetical order because I find it is much easier to locate what I am looking for if my movies and music are alphabetized.

I was the person who was never going to get a DVD player because I already had a TV and VCR in every room and what looked like hundreds and hundreds of VHS movies. However I soon relented and got a DVD player and on last year’s Black Friday Eve, bought a Blu-Ray player. I decided this time around that I would only by DVD’s and Blu-Ray discs that I really, really like and would watch more than a couple of times so feel I have a pretty good little movie library now.

Now, what kind of movies do I like? Since I have more than one emotion, I enjoy all types of movies and film and different genres can invoke varying emotions in me. The most important thing is that I do feel something whether that something is funny, sad, romantic, thought provoking or motivating.

I saw my first movie at 5 years old the day my brother and I’s adoption with our biological Father’s parents was finalized and the movie was “Mary Poppins”. I thought it was the most magical thing to be in a dark, quiet theater with this huge screen, being enveloped in the atmosphere and like flying on a magic carpet, I was transported back to 1910 London, England. I have loved movies ever since.

So, just in case anyone else out there is prone to Channel Surfing Hangovers or undecided on what movie to watch, I will be reviewing the movies in my collection and if you decide to take my advice and watch something I have recommended, I hope you enjoy it and pass it along to someone you know who might also enjoy it.

Here’s to riding the movie magic carpet with Dorothy In The Emerald City’s WTWWYDKWTW. 

Photo Credit:

DITEC
Anchorage 5th Floor View

Summer 2012

 

**This blog post was originally published on 11/20/13 at 
http://en.bloguru.com/13princessbeach/191496/wtwwydkwtw