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I love being entertained. When I read a book, watch TV, see a play or movie, I give myself to that world completely – totally. I doubt I’ve said “That would never happen in real life” too much because I’m not thinking of real life when I’m being entertained. This has set me up to be really WOW’d by a few moments in media.

Today I had a moment while reading a book that caused me to literally stop reading, look away from it, and audibly say “WOW.” Immediately I started thinking of these few media moments that had a similar reaction from me.

The book I am reading that caused this moment of WOW! is turning out to be a great read, and the moment that I reacted to isn’t really too much of a spoiler for someone who thinks through plot devices, but nonethless in case someone stumbles across this little corner of the interwebz, I’ll put the book title in “invisotext”… highlight to read:  Life Expecancy by Dean Koontz.

The moment was the first line of a chapter near the end: “My name is Lorrie Tock.” Chills run up my arm just typing it!!!

Other moments…

The beginning of Season 2 of LOST, where we discover Desmond living in The Hatch, as he goes through his morning routine. When the money shot finally came just before the LOST logo, I literally stood up out of my seat, grasped my mouth, and was literally stunned. LOST has given me a few others, too, like this entire current season. That show is just too damn good for television.

From childhood, I recall getting pay-per-view of Wrestlemania when Adre “The Giant” fought Hulk Hogan in front of 50k+ people. The match, while not too athletic, was the zenith of a great story build, and The Moment came when The Slam Heard Round The World closed a great event.

Visually, the film “City of the Lost Children” is simply beautiful. I did not want that film to end.

In sports, Michael Jordan gave me two distinct moments: 1- the behind the head layup/dunk thing he did without looking – a highlight that has been played probably 10k times. 2 – The game he played with a high fever; I think he had the flu or something. You could tell he was just doing it for love of game, and that moment where he and Scottie did the shoulder hug as they walked off court. Oh – (3)- The first game the Bulls won after Jordan’s dad died. Big WOW moments.

That’s all I got.