Cereal Wednesday began as a complete and total goof. Yes, there is no seriousness behind Cereal Wednesday... except perhaps its seriousness. It started with a comment from Miss Ann Thrope when I was wondering if my blogging was interesting to the people reading it. Her words of wisdom on that December 2006 entry were:
You could write about Breakfast Cereal Box Wednesday and I'd still come by to see what you thing of Sugar Smacks, the games and the guar gum.
Needless to say, I took her suggestion and started to work on doing just that. Originally I was going to write cereal reviews. Then while sitting there I realized that just writing about cereal wasn't going to be enough. I needed to SHOW myself eating the cereal... and the most copious amounts possible. We are afterall a very visual society as the declining level of literacy amongst children indicates, and therefore I figured this would be the way to do something different on my blog. Of course, the fact that I also majored in Film in college kind of helped a little in figuring out how to do it.
My inspiration for the format? Roger Ebert. Plain and simply put, he would review every movie from Gone With The Wind to Chicken Little with the same level of seriousness. He was a professional reviewer, and so that's what I wanted to do. Of course... I've had my moments.
I originally intended on Cereal Wednesday to conclude in February of 2007. I figured 6 episodes would be more than enough. Something odd happened... or perhaps it really isn't so odd since this is the World Wide Web afterall... and some people who I know in real life and had no idea of this blog's existence saw a few episodes. At first I laughed because I never imagined them seeing it. Then I decided to poke fun at them as well with my intro using "In Focus But Out Of Context", but the views and comments kept coming. Next thing I knew, OTHER people were doing the same thing. Finally... I was recognized by someone I don't know.
Cereal Wednesday indeed has almost taken on a life of its own and in its own small way... becoming an internet phenomenon. The major Cereal Companies probably remain ignorant to its existence, and perhaps my plea for more toys will go unheard. Chances are though, that somewhere, someone is about to eat a bowl of cereal. The possibility remains that they may very well have made their choice based on what I said on any given Wednesday.
