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Good touch, bad touch

The writers have really started to disappoint me. I’m not gonna gripe about it, though. I’m just gonna breathe and get my blog on.

Apparently, Jacob can’t keep his hands to himself. During the course of the show we have seen Jacob show up in different scenarios and touch the main characters. In fact, the scene usually draws your attention to his hand somehow touching one of the survivors. Richard described this touch as a curse/gift, but it means you can’t kill yourself.

Is this really a great gift? Yes, if you’re gonna live and work on the island with full devotion. It means you can roam about the island and not hurt yourself, but you can still be shot, burnt, beat up, drown, karate chopped, nuked, sprain your ankle, or get tennis elbow. It doesn’t sound like much of a gift. It just assures Jacob that you won’t take your life while you’re in the running to replace him.

While back on the mainland, Locke was desperate to get the Oceanic 6 back to the island. He was shit out of luck and was losing all faith so he decided to off himself. The extension cord was set, his feet were teetering, and he was about to take a final step when Ben entered. Locke was touched by Jacob so he couldn’t commit suicide. Unfortunately for Locke, Ben didn’t care.

It was clever that the writers had Ben prolong his dad’s life with gas this time versus taking it with gas. This episode was Ben centric but it wasn’t his story that intrigued me, it was Richard’s past/future. My biggest question is: What will happen to Richard? Thus far, there have been no Richard flashbacks/forwards/sideways. This is extremely odd seeing as how, other than Smokey and Jacob, Richard has the most island history. Homey is damn near immortal and has been an advisor to Widmore, Ben, and Locke. Time to give up the goods, Lost.

It was suggested that Richard arrived on The Black Rock. Well, now we know that for a fact. A little more fact checking yielded an awesome dichotomy of The Black Rock and Richard:
- Richard arrived to the island via The Black Rock
- The Black Rock sailed from Portsmouth under the captainship of Magnus Hanso
- Magnus was the great grandfather of Alvar Hanso
- Alvar Hanso owns the Hanso Foundation
- The Hanso Foundation funded the Dharma Initiative
- The Hanso Foundation works with The Widmore Corporation in an undisclosed way
- Tovard Hanso, who is somehow related to Alvar, sold the ledger of the first mate of The Black Rock
- The Ledger is now owned by Charles Widmore

Was Richard the first mate of The Black Rock? Or was he in chains?

So that leaves us with Widmore coming to the island on a submarine. Is he coming to kill Ben? If you remember, Ben can’t kill Widmore. He is probably governed by the same rules that Jacob and Smokey are. The rules probably work in reverse, which is why Widmore sent a team to kill Ben. Everyone has a reason to kill Ben, but Widmore doesn’t seem like the kind of man who will hesitate. While Widmore was the leader of The Others, Ben exiled him. Widmore’s last words were, “one day you’re gonna have to choose between The Island and Alex.” He sure did.

In other news, I’m like 85% sure Adam and Eve (the cave bodies) are the DeGroots?

Thanks for reading. Peace.

The fall of man

There isn’t much to say about this episode of Lost. Everything was pretty straightforward. Jacob = dead. Smokey = gonna rock the shit out of the island.

Who does Christian Shephard work for? We have seen Christian all over the island but the most memorable was in Jacob’s cabin. If I remember correctly, Claire was in the cabin giggling like an idiot. I’m assuming Christian is just a manifestation of the black smoke while Claire is an emissary like Sayid currently is. When Ben was in the temple, Smokey took the form of Alex. When Mr. Eko was being judged by Smokey, he took the form of Yemi. So clearly he only takes the form of the deceased but he can “convert” anyone who has died on the island.

This brings to mind when little Ben was shot by Sayid. Richard said that Ben would lose his innocence if he took him. I don’t think this meant he would become evil. I think he meant this very much in the biblical sense. When Adam and Eve ate the apple, they became very aware of good and evil. I think The Others understand the battle between Jacob and Smokey, black and white backgammon pieces, good and evil. With the loss of Jacob, folks from The Temple have now chosen the other side. "The serpent deceived me..." (Genesis 3:13)

Thanks for reading. Peace.

Japanese translations are keu

I really enjoyed this episode. Jack has slowly started to join Kate on my Lost Death List but after this episode, he has been rescued. There is still no hope for Kate. In ATL we find that Jack has a kid. He has something to live for as opposed to his ITL life. David is Jack’s redemption. Much like Claire was Kate’s redemption two weeks ago.

I’m sure we’ll find out who David’s mom is eventually. I would really like for it to be Sarah (Julie Bowen) but whatev. I thoroughly enjoy Jack’s story arc. He has been such a broken character as he stated to Hurley, but he’s starting to find himself and his purpose. Will Jack be the next Jacob? I dunno, but Jack is destined for something great. We knew it the moment he became a leader to the survivors. It seems that before he can become the protector of the island, he had to be broken. It is Lost, though so pretty much anything could happen.

It’s funny, but this episode aired on February 23rd and Jack is 23 on The List. Also, this was the 108th Lost episode. To add even more intrigue, Jack’s mom hasn’t made an appearance on Lost in 23 episodes. Well done, writers.

Is the appendix scar a sign that the timelines are somehow melding? The banner outside of David's recital says, "welcome all candidates." David plays the same song as Faraday did when he was a kid.

"Someone is coming to the island." My immediate instinct is that Jacob is referring to Widmore. Then again, Jacob is not being very direct with Hurley. Poor Hurley is being sent on these missions because he seems to be the most apt to follow instruction, especially from ghosts. Having the favor of Jacob helps, though. You can see Dogen's immediate displeased submission when Hurley tells Dogen that he is a candidate. In fact, Dogen mumbles in Japanese, "you are lucky that you are protected. Because if you were not protected, I would cut your head off." What are your thoughts? Who is coming to the island, and for what purpose? Whoever it is, i hope they get there before Claire and Locke wreck The Temple.

Thanks for reading. Peace.

Great little movie review of Shutter Island

My best friend, Mike, posted an awesome review of Shutter Island. Check it out here. Also, read my comment.

SF

Little boxes on the hillside…

There is nothing like getting off work and getting to travel. I have the pleasure of dating a Californian so I’ve gotten to go to California twice. I’ve walked on the beaches of SoCal and I’ve eaten a bread bowl of chowder in NorCal. My most recent trip was the San Francisco. Sunny, hilly, pot-smelling San Francisco. Elizabeth and I packed our bags and got the hell out of dodge.

My SF trip was an adventure to say the least. I worked for half the day, like an idiot, before our trip. Clocks move the slowest when you know there is fun to be had. At one point I’m pretty sure my clock started moving backwards. After I finally got off of work, we took every form of transportation to get to the airport. People movers. Idiots. Long lines. Thankfully I had my iPhone for entertainment…and the gentleman below.

His backwards sunglasses say: the sun is following me and my neck is sensitive to UV rays.
His flannel shirt says: Christmas is not over. Not in my heart.
His skateboard says: I like to be mobile when I’m celebrating Christmas.
His blue tooth ear piece says: I don’t look weird when I walk around at the mall talking to myself.
His sweater vest says: there is a very narrow cold front.
His boots say: Don’t mess with me, because hoedowns are a way of life.

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We finally boarded the plane and took flight. …little boxes made of ticky tacky…

Five and a half hours later we land in San Francisco and are greeted by warm weather. Elizabeth’s friend, Kelley, graciously picked us up and took us to one of the greatest eateries that has ever existed; In-n-Out. I can only imagine that In-N-Out is served in heaven. Jesus enjoys animal style fries. Our first night in San Fran was pretty low key. We kicked back a few drinks and people watched at what can only be described as Copa Cabana meets geriatrics. I’m gonna pick up a cougar next time. Dead or alive.

For the rest of the weekend we were given the Golden Tour by Miss Kelley with commentary by Miss Casey. We kicked it off in the Mission by enjoying a Morning Bun from Tartine Bakery in Dolores Park. (Did you know that Camino Real means Royal Road?) From there we did a little sightseeing: Golden Gate (from afar), Palace of Fine Arts (complete with weeping women and the prospect of getting shat on by a bird), and of course a little night boozing.

The second day consisted of a little more sightseeing. I thoroughly enjoyed walking The Golden Gate Bridge. The weather was perfect, the anti-suicide signs were glowing, and I was surrounded by a group of hot girls. Here are some facts I learned about SF from this group of girls:

- Coit Tower looks like a giant penis and is short for Coitus Tower.
- Lombard Street is awesome but you have to take the trolly past it by about a quarter mile and then have to hike back uphill to enjoy it.
- Chinatown houses titty bars and Asians.
- Pizza is always a good choice, even after you’ve already eaten.
- The Bush Man is an enigma wrapped in a puzzle.
- Gum is a valid enough purchase to park in a Harris Teeter parking lot.
- Sushi is more delicious if there is a challenge involved.
- I can shimmy better than Molly.
- The finger game is a success on all coasts.
- Don’t try to promote your music to Emily.
- M-O-N-A…
- Both boys and girls can wear pink underwear.
- ...little boxes on the hillside

- Taking a nap and The Sweetest Thing are interchangeable.

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It was definitely an estrogen fest but I loved it. It was great trip with a great group of girls. The flight home felt much shorter, except for the guy behind me who violated every bit of my auditory privacy. At one point I could hear him chewing through my headphones. “How does that taste? It sounds delicious.”

Kelley, do you like your bumper sticker? ...little boxes all the same.

Thanks for reading. Peace.

Dogen knows karate

What on EARTH is Dr. Goodspeed doing in L.A.? In the landing timeline (LTL), the island is completely underwater. The bomb went off and the island sank. It worked. Juliet (sigh) saved everyone. That means Ethan got off the island before the bomb went off. If you remember, Ethan is the son of Amy and Horace Goodspeed. Dr. Chang ordered an evacuation of the island before the incident, a.k.a. bomb, when Ethan was but a wee babe. So, Ethan gets back to America. Then what? If the island sank, and the only purpose of Dharma is to find the island, what is Dr. Goodspeed up to? Looks like Dharma either picked up a new mission after the incident or they are participating in some extracurriculars. I can't wait to see the role that Ethan will get to play in all of this.

Meanwhile, back in the island timeline (ITL). I'm slowing beginning to really appreciate the character of Dogen. He wears that tiny telescope or scroll or whatever it is around his neck and he has kicked Jack's ass twice. I'm starting to wonder if Dogen is a part of the island much like Richard is. "I was brought here like everyone else." Theories hold that Richard was a slave on The Black Rock. Was Dogen brought to the island in much of the same way? Jacob calls everyone to the island with a purpose. Dogen's purpose thus far is to run the Lazarus Pit and to be a defense against Smokey. While he was diagnosing Sayid he sprinkled ash on top of him. All signs point to the "infection" being Smokey related. He was claimed like other dead people have been, ie. Claire.

Claire gets to L.A. ready to deposit a baby in the adoption pool. My question is: did the adoptive father really leave the adoptive mother, or did Dharma step in. Claire is young and innocent and ready to move on with her life, post Aaron. In ITL she is living a life quite the contrary. What happened to Claire? We saw her giggling like a creeper in Jacob's shack and then never again. Did she die? If she died, was she brought back to life by Dogen, only to escape and become Claire the gun toting bad ass? Dogen said she was infected so maybe she was and then left the temple. You crazy, screaming Australian, you're an enigma wrapped in a puzzle.

My last question is, why does Sayid suddenly trust Jack? Before they Oceanic 6 came back to the island, Sayid told Jack it would be very unpleasant if he ever saw him again. Now they're bffs. When did that happen? Sayid was about to swallow poison, 'cause Jack said so. That doesn't sound very unpleasant for Jack. Is Sayid already infected? Does the monster inside of Sayid know what it's gonna take to tear apart that camp? Hopefully tonight's episode answers some of these questions.

Extra tidbit: if you watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, you'll recognize Aldo.

Also, I promise to write my next post much sooner.

Thanks for reading. Peace.

Nothing is irreversible

It's been a long hiatus but Lost is finally back. Other than football, this is the one thing I plan my week around. Every week I'll write a post about each episode. It won't be the next day, but definitely within the week. Or, in this case, the day of the next episode. Also, don't read this unless you have seen the episode. There may/may not be spoilers.

So let's kick this thing off. After careful scrutiny, here are some things I noticed:

While the plane is experiencing turbulence, Jack holds on tight as if he knows what was supposed to happen. If this is truly an alternate timeline, he was just holding on out of fear. What's the deal with the cut on his neck, though? Jack goes to the bathroom and peels back his collar to find a little cut. It couldn't have been caused by the turbulence because if you notice, Jack's top button is unbuttoned and his tie is loose. The turbulence couldn't have jerked him (heh) that hard.

Desmond and Jack met years before on the stadium steps while they were both running. This is where Jack recognizes him while Desmond draws a blank. Rose and Bernard don't notice him because they were asleep. That just leaves Jack and maybe the stewardess who let Desmond sit next to Jack noticing him. One minute he's there and the next he isn't. Desmond was never on that plane. When Oceanic crashes on the island, Desmond is a prisoner to THE BUTTON. So what was he doing there?

I'm not entirely sure why the island is underwater, but you do get to see the Dharma shark again. This must have been for funsies.

When our heroes start to wake up Kate wakes Jack up first. She sees Sawyer, then sees Jack, and then decides on one or the other. Did she know that Sawyer would have killed Jack? Is Kate fully on Team Jack now? How long until the writers do me a favor and kill off Kate?

Where the eff is Jacob's body? If Jacob can bleed, then he can have a corpse. Smoke Locke seemed perfectly okay with Jacob's body disappearing, though. Come to mention it, Ben didn't even question that fire makes Jacob go poof.

Where.is.Shannon? In season 1, Shannon was sitting next to Boone. Granted, they had relations the night before the flight, but Shannon was still there with him.

Something I really liked was that in both realities Jack asks for a pen. On the island he asks for a pen to save Rose/get Boone away from him and the other time on the plane to save Charlie when he swallowed the bag of heroine. If you notice, a pen and paper carry a lot of weight in the show. Damn near everything is handwritten with a pen. Sure, they're on an island and they don't have Microsoft Word, but even Jacob's lists are written with a pen. "Not Penny's Boat"

Juliette is time jumping in her mind like Charlotte did. Her secret is “it worked” because she knows, from seeing first hand in her mind, that the bomb ends up working. I legitimately shed a tear for Juliette's death. Sawyer is my favorite male character and Juliette was my favorite female character. They loved each other so much and now she's gone. Maybe she'll come back as an island ghost.

The pilot - Greg Grunberg came back for an audio cameo. Kinda sweet, especially if you read one of my original blog posts.

The one thing that kind of peeved me about this episode was The Temple. How is there anything left on the island that is undiscovered? The survivors have been running their asses off around this island. How did they miss The Temple?

Out of all the luggage they could lose. They lost Jack’s and Locke’s stuff. Is the Island calling them back? Are Jack and Locke destined to become the next Jacob and Smoke Monster? Just sayin'.

The lists. Jacob’s lists change based on how much a character changes.

Lostpedia: In "I Do", Danny Pickett mentioned that "Shephard wasn't even on Jacob's list".

In "Par Avion", Mikhail states that Kate is not on the list because she is flawed; Sayid is not on the list because he is weak and frightened; and Locke is not on the list because he is angry.

Ben is once again kept in the dark. Locke orders Ben to fetch Richard and tells him that it's an A/B conversation so C your way out. Burnnnn. Either Ben will die before the end of the season or it will be Ben that finally kills the smoke monster.

So, let's say the alternate reality, where everyone lands safely, come true. Here's what's gonna happen:

Hurley - still lucky
Sawyer - con man
Jin - terrible husband
Sun - in a terrible marriage
Jack - aimless and ungrateful
Kate - arrested
Charlie - addicted to heroine
Rose - dying of cancer
Bernard - will lose his wife
Sayid - in love
Boone - alive, but just slept with his sister
Shannon - alive, but gets taken by Frenchmen in Taken (just kidding)
Locke - alive but handicapped

Life doesn't really seem that great.

Jack: Nothing is ever irreversible.

Thanks for reading. Peace.

Three songs you're probably not listening to

Don’t Stop the Music – this Rihanna cover is sung by Jamie Cullum in more of a jazz style. If you’ve never heard any of Jamie’s (yeah we’re on a first name basis) stuff, you should check out his music. It’s a lot of jazzy stuff with some good standards in there and a few covers of pop songs.



Wrapped Around Your Finger – Beth Rowley is gonna make it big eventually. I can feel it in my bones. She has a raspy, sultry indie voice but isn’t Norah Jones boring. This song was featured in the movie An Education (you gotta see this movie). Feel free to fall in love with it.



The Champ – Ghost Face Killah brings the noise (I almost have enough street cred to pull off saying that). I put this song on my gym, running, and baking mix almost immediately. It’s like Eye of the Tiger meets every Kanye West song. Horns, dope beats, and a guy rapping about how he is better than everyone else.



Thanks for reading. Peace.

LOL

I’m very much a culprit of writing how I speak and think. From brain to fingers. It’s probably the most honest way of writing. I do tell one lie though. A hefty lie. We all do it. I do it. You do it. Dogs do it. I would say that one out of six times I write “haha” I’m not actually laughing. Please don’t be offended if I talk to you via GChat or e-mail. It’s not that I don’t think you’re funny or that your stories about your workday aren’t funny; it’s just that I’m not gonna laugh out loud. I know I sound like a douche but c’mon, we all do it. I know MY jokes aren’t that funny and you’ll probably comment on this post with “haha.”

This is my work face.

If I give you a “haha” I’m probably making this face.

There are variations on laughter from person to person. I’m consistent with my double ha. No more, no less. If it’s a little funnier than normal, you’ll get a third ha, at which point you can smile contently. If it’s a genuine hearty laugh I’ll give you a “ash;dgalbiaheowghag” or as my friend calls it, “sassgalash.” Some people give you “lol,” which is always nice, or a hehe, which sounds cute. I like my haha, though. It’s concise and to the point. “Hey, what you typed is humorous to me.”

Along the same vein, there are a lot of overtypers. These people go above and beyond what they were trying to say.

Me: hey man

Chuck: hey dood

Me: how was the concert?

Chuck: !!!

Me: what does that even mean?

Chuck: it was great!!!!!!!!! Why didn’t you come!?!?

Me: I was at home thinking of a way to kill you

Chuck: ….

Me: haha :P

Nothing grinds my gears in typing more than poor spelling or typing like a 14-year-old. WhY aRe YoU tYpInG lEiK tHiS???!!!

Also, the word definitely will never have an A in it. Never. The last time I misspelled that word I was:

learning English

wearing Starter jackets

learning to use chopsticks

Here, this will help:

http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

http://rediculous.co.uk/

Thanks for reading. peace.