Turns out this is an attitude that accomplishes only two things: accumulating DVD's that you own but don't watch for years, and the creation of choice anxiety every time you want to watch a movie - "sure, I maywant to watch this movie right now, but what if I want to watch one of my other 500 movies? Maybe I can bring the TV in from the other room and watch two movies at once!". That's right, I - until yesterday - had about 500 DVD's filling up a custom made 8-shelf cabinet that fills in an unnecessary doorway in our house and another smaller DVD rack that someone gave us as a wedding gift many moons ago. Now, the smaller DVD rack is essentially cleaned out and the larger rack is 25% cleaned off after I decided to get rid of over 140 DVD's in the round one cuts. Unfortunately, I have to get rid of another 100 or so... which will not be nearly as easy as round 1. Now we're getting into the movies I am at the least a bit attached too for one reason or another - which begs the question of how the hell I ended up with over 140 DVD's that I wasn't really attached to at all? This is clearly one of those areas where I don't just need to get rid of stuff, I need to change my way of thinking. Just because I like a movie doesn't mean I need to possess it - the only reason to buy movies will be if I know I will watch it repeatedly. Or, if like "Frosty the Snowman", Ginny will want to watch it repeatedly :)
(Speaking of Frosty - It was sad to see the Christmas season finally end yesterday. That's right, the Christmas lawn ornaments finally came down in our yard yesterday - just like everyone else's did, right? Sad to see Christmas go so early this year... now, if you'll excuse me, I must go put up our Valentine's day decorations.)
But enough with Christmas - back to getting rid of stuff. Along with DVD's, I'm also getting rid of video games. But, more importantly, I'm getting rid of video game systems. A PS2, PS1, Super Nintendo, and Sega Genesis will be leaving our house, along with their games and controllers. They'll be donated, or given to the highest bidder. When all is said and done, we'll be down to our Wii and Atari 2600. And, as the games and gaming systems are part of the "Entertainment" category along with DVD's, perhaps I won't need to make as many DVD cuts as I'm fearing... don't worry, original Transformers movie - your fate will not be the same as the three "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" movies, the "Super Mario Brothers" movie, or the Dolph Lundgren "Masters of the Universe" movie. And no, I'm not kidding.
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Oh no! You got rid of the Masters of the Universe movie? Surely something of lesser quality could have been given instead, like The Godfather or Casablanca?
ReplyDeleteI just started reading today, and I'm inspired! I need to get past my blocks for getting rid of things as well - "A P4 laptop that weighs 20 pounds? Maybe I'll make an email server someday."
please tell me you're going to rip those movies before you donate them. you spent the money on the rights, you might as well keep a copy on a hard drive, and that won't take up much space at all
ReplyDeleteDon't worry! We have a copy of the Master's of the Universe Movie with Dolph Lundrgen in all of his loin-clothed glory if you ever miss it.
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