It’s here!!  IT’S HERE!!!!

Well, almost.  Of course we have the hour-long recap of five seasons.  Creepy that they have Ben voicing this business.  He is very monotone, like Ben Stein.  Yeah, there’s just no way to get across how awesome this show is by giving 90 seconds to each character and situation.   And if you think you’re going to start watching LOST at Season Six and you’re not going to watch the first five beforehand….well, that’s just stupid.

Ok, I’m not saying another word until the real show starts.

…………………….here we go!

I can’t believe I fell for the fake Locke.  And I really can’t believe he burned Jacob (i.e. God).  Ok, so technically the preview portion of the episode, but still!  I can’t believe that happened.

So we’re on a plane, same scene as always.  But this time, Jack seems a little disoriented.  And I’m not talking about the booze.  Rose makes the same old joke about planes - hey, it’s like Groundhog Day!  Which is extremely funny considering it’s, well, Groundhog’s Day.

So the plane lands.  I’m already feeling bad about this.  I don’t like it one bit.   Rose still has cancer, Locke’s still paralyzed, Jack’s bleeding…Jack’s bleeding?  Desmond.  You know Desmond!  Make the connection!  No, not the stupid running of the stadium stairs.  Something else!  Ugh, this is frustrating.

OH.MY.FREAKING.GOD.  It’s underwater!  The damn island is underwater!!  I gotta go fix myself a drink.

….and we’re all set to go again.

The eye opening beginning like before, but not it’s Kate.  And her hearing is so screwed up, it’s upsetting ME.  Well, obviously she’s not on the island, right?  Cause that bitch is underwater.  Right?  Or maybe it’s not right now.  Oh dammit, and there’s Miles.  The island?  No.  Wait.  WHAT?

What the HELL is going ON!?

And Hurley’s the luckiest guy alive now?  That doesn’t even make sense!!!!!

I am not liking this alternate universe crap.

Juliet vs. Sayid.  Save Sayid!

Vincent?  Wait, that’s not Vincent, that’s God.  (DOG backwards spells…)

Ahh, Boone.  So hot.  Such a hot vampire now.  Chatting with Locke, who’s not the devil anymore.  Wait just a damn second…is Locke not paralyzed!!!???

Wait just a damn minute!

Oh jeez, Ben is going to kill himself.  For reals.  He’s in shock.

So the plane people are 2004 and the island people are 2007 I think.

“John wants to talk to me??”  Hahahahahaha.  Poor poor Ben.

So Jacob is dead.  But Hurley can talk to him (”I see dead people!”) and now we are going to save Sayid.  THANK GOD.

Oh Sawyer, shut up about killing Jack.  You barely love Juliet.

Yes!  It’s Jack to get Charlie!  And Sayid!  And Charlie is totally dead.  Still.  Nevermind - stupid ass druggie.

So why am I totally uninterested in this devil-turn-Locke?  And then we find out he’s the black monster.  Well fine.  I don’t care.  He makes sounds like a freaking cash register.  Find your own identity, devil!  Stop using Locke for evil!

Oh no, the sad sad LOST music.  I can’t handle it.  That music is in my bones.

Where’s Desmond?  Is Hurley’s Grandma still alive?  Is Sayid’s girl alive?  Could they not get Maggie Grace to make an appearance?  Really?  What the hell is she even doing now?  Did Kate not ask that Marshall for a favor this time around?

Lock IS paralyzed.  He was lying to Boone!

And hour one is over.

Jack looks good in alternate world.  Umm, excuse me?  The coffin is gone?!  YES!  Christian is on the island!  And you know this!

“Who brings a book into a cave?”  Oh Hurley, how I missed you.

Jesus, MORE OTHERS??!!

Whoa, Marshall’s name is Edward.  Also, there is NO WAY an airport bathroom would be empty.   Especially a womens’ bathroom.  GO KATE GO!

Ok, who they hell are these people?  What the F.  Why is the asian man in charge?  Haha, that’s a stupid question.  Dude, these are a bunch of hippies.

Uggh, old Jin and Sun suuuuccck.

Dude, the killed him!  WTF!

Ok, so there are children in the temple?   As in, these people can magically have children?  I feel like I’m watching Babylon 5 or something.  Which is weird, cause I’ve never even seen that show.  But there’s something about these temple people that just scream “Star Trek.”

Owww, Ben is getting SCHOOLED!!!  The devil is schooling him!  And he looks so evil.

Sayid doesn’t look dead.  He looks like he’s sleeping.  Wait, and that’s why Miles can’t read him!

Jack and Locke, together again.  The coffin didn’t get on the plane bc the plane would have crashed.

“Nothing’s irreversible.”

Richard just got knocked the F out!

And there’s my boy Sayid!

All right people, count it down: 7 days to go until the next episode.

John Krasinki is there, manning the phones next to that Emily Blunt girl.  Grrr.

I’m watching the Help for Haiti Now telethon.  On DVR.  Which I know defeats the point, but my desire was to watch the musical performances and fast foward through the sad stuff.  Cause let’s face it, I’m already depressed enough about Haiti, and life in general, without watching full screen shots of crying childen (”they live on two dollars a day!”).  That probably makes me an asshole, but hey, I’m doing what I have to in order to survive. 

But wait, that wasn’t my point.  My point is that George Clooney just pointed out 100 CELEBRITIES WHO ARE WORKING THE PHONES!!  And real movie stars, people, like Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson (I bet he’s counting that as community service hours).  And I was had.  I was had right there (”you had me at hello!”).  I wanted to call, but for purely purely selfish reasons.  And how much of an ass does that make me?  A huge one.

“Hi…is this Reese?  Yeah…cause I want to donote money for the people and all, but I really need to talk to Reese first…….Reese?  OH HAI!!!! I LOVE YOUR MOVIES!!!  What?  Oh yes yes, I want to donate, of course.  But I need to ask you a personal question….why, why did you dump Jake?  What?  You’re working a telethon for the poor and devastated people of Haiti?  Yes yes, I realize that, but I’m willing to give more if-” 

Yup, huge asshole. Right here.

In other news, I think that James Franco is stalking me…through my television.  First, he shows up on General Hospital.  THE James Franco, on GH of all places!  Weird, right?  And I was really excited at first, he was set to be opposite the cold-hearted (he lost his emotions in a car accident that took his memory), leather-wearing, gangster, Jason Morgan.  I was imaging a hot-looking James, wearing polished suits and being all charming.  And he was, for approximately two seconds, until they turned his character into a looney tunes.  Seriously, Mr. Crazy “I take pictures of murder scenes and call it art” Magee.  It was a huge dissapointment.  But I digress.  My point is that he started on GH, then headed over to SNL.  THEN, then he went to 30 Rock last week.  Three different genres in basically a month’s time.  Apparently he’s doing some documentary, if by “documentary” you mean ”stalking KJ through the DVR.” 

Wyclef is talking now.  I appreciate him.  He was on ”Oprah” the other day, talking about his rescue trip to Haiti (where he’s from).  You know, Oprah has done a lot for me (yes yes I see you rolling your eyes), one thing being to expose me to people I normally wouldn’t learn much about (beyond their talent).  Wyclef seems like a fairly intelligent person.  Same thing for the guy from the Black Eyes Peas (who’s name evades me and yes I could look it up on Google in like 2.3 seconds but I’m just too lazy for that); he was on the show giving four full college scholarship to some “inner city youths.”  I was really really impressed by him.  He was just so gracious and humble.  Oh, and Jay-Z.  I’m serious!  I knew nothing of his personality before she interviewed him and by the end of the show, wanted to be friend.  For reals.

Shit, is that Shakira singing ”I’ll Stand By You??”  She’s murdering my song with her crazy vibrating voice!  I love that song…god, THIS is the saddest thing I’ve seen all night.  Forget the dying people, THIS is devasting.

Reese is talking to someone!!!  She’s thanking them for donating!!! Reese could be talking to me!!! Damnit.  Damnit why did I tape this and not watch when it was really on????

Oh Anderson Cooper, oh not-officially-out-of-the-closet (by we all know your secret) Anderson Cooper.  He’s describing how he saved the children from looting robbers (is that redundant?).  He’s a super hero, that Anderson.

And here come the children.  Oh lord, oh lord I cannot watch this.  I need a drink.

Hi. It’s me. I know I haven’t been around lately - I’ve been MIA for months, I realize.  I’m not sure how it happened.  Wait, that’s a lie.  It started with not writing about one event, then a new event coming along and me wanting to wait until I wrote about the first event, and then several events happenings and, well, it was pretty much downhill from there.

It wasn’t until this past weekend that my absence from blogging came full circle.  I chaperoned the school’s fall dance.  The last time I chaperoned a dance was Prom in May, the aforementioned first event that I failed to blog about.  The other event from Prom weekend was meeting John Krasinski (you know, Jim from The Office) - and no, it wasn’t at prom.  That also came full circle this past weekend, when I was set to see him talk at my local bookstore. 

John Krasinksi and dances.  I think I might be onto something.

And so, here I am.  I doubt I’ll write all to much about what’s happened, it’s really hard to recreate the past with as much emotion as you felt at the time.  So, I’ll just have to leave that all behind.  Well, except for one thing…see below.

John Krasinksi

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Here’s the only thing you missed this summer. John and me, looking a hot mess.

8:05pm - I thought the actual finale started at 8pm, but it’s actually 9.   Good thing because XTina #2 is not here yet.  So I’m watching today’s Oprah :)  Dane Cook!  Yes, I realize 99% of the men I know HATE HIM….they’re stupid.

8:37pm - Now watching The Daily Show (from last night).  Laura arrived home and can’t stomach Oprah, or Dane

8:39pm - Really loves Stewart’s impression of Trump.  They’re talking about the Miss California debaucle.  I agree with him, the girl is entiteld to her own opinion and it’s the same position Obama takes.  So…leave the dumb blonde alone.

8:55pm - And now, Colbert.  We want to watch long enough so that we can fast forward through some of the LOST commercials.  I love comparing the same news stories on Daily and Colbert to see how they spin it for a liberal and the faux-conservative view.

9:02pm - Nervous!  Making sure that the DVR is recording while we wait to start watching.  Yes, red light is on :)  Colbert is totally running it with this woman from the Council of Foreign Relations.

9:11pm - So my friend, who is watching on “real” time, keeps sending me teasers!

9:13pm - Me, to my roommate and xtina #2, “why don’t you guys just be over there in your little matching outfits.”  They were making fun of me for bloggin’.

9:17pm - We’re watching!  Who is this? Jacob?!

9:19pm - God and Devil?

9:20pm - Commercial already?!  ABC is getting more money than the Super Bowl for this.  Ok, it’s Kate and Tom; good job Laura for recognizing the toy airplane.  Kate’s always been a bad seed.  And there’s Jacob!  He is totally God.  He’s going to visit them all as children.

9:23pm - Sawyer is so boring.

9:24pm - Sayid is so hot.

9:26pm - Razinksi is a total tool.  He’s gonna die soon.  When are we going to get Richard’s backstory?  The man who never ages.  Also, I feel bad for Ben.

9:29pm - Why did they kill of Ana Lucia if they were just going to replace her with the exact same character?

9:33pm - Baby Boy Sawyer, writing the letter.  And there’s my man Jacob. Is this basically the story of how they all become liars and thieves?

9:42pm - So did Jacob cause Sayid’s wife to die?  Or save Sayid from being killed?  And that’s when Sayid goes bad, permanently?

9:46pm - Out of nowhere, Jin and Hurley!

9:48pm - Sawyer and Freckler flirt and Juliet thinks “why did I let you mothers off this submarine?”  WTF! Where did Vincent come from?  Holy shit it’s Rose!

9:51pm - “it’s always something with you people.” - Rose.  They’re very Zen.  Aww, cute moment.

9:55pm - Why is Jacob talking to the Ana Lucia clone?  How have they all been on this island before?!  Also, there’s NO WAY that fire is going to stay contained!

9:58pm - Heal thyself!  Well, there’s one thing that was explained. And that book that Jacob was reading is on the top seller’s list….now.

10:00pm - Look at Locke, telling Ben why he needs to kill Jacob.

10:02pm - Charlie’s ring!!! I called that shit!  Also, how Western is this Korean wedding?

10:08pm - So the story Jack tells Kate in the first episode, about facing fear head-on.  I had no idea it was his father’s words he was following.  God, Jack is a total brat.

10:12pm - Jack and Sawyer are having a heart to heart. July 1977.  “What’s done is done.”  God, Sawyer is being so rational.  Throw down!

10:17pm - We are now on real time.  Baby Juliet and Rachel.  And no Jacob.

10:27pm - How does Hurley get the real conversation with Jacob?

10:31pm - So if Sayid “dies,” and I say this loosely because apparently everyone’s coming back to life soon, will the fans revolt?

10:33pm - You can’t kill Jacob, you can’t even SEE Jacob!

10:40pm - Here comes the Scooby Doo van!

10:46pm - Holy Crap.  Did that really just happen in six minutes??  In apartment #9 there was a lot of screaming and “OH NO!!!”s and cringing.

However, I did call Juliet’s death.  Totally.

10:51pm - Yeah, we knew that was Locke.  So this other Locke must be the devil person and he wants to kill Jacob but can’t so now Ben’s going to do it.

10:54pm - Jacob vs. the Devil.  Ben is having a talk with God.

10:57pm - Did they just kill God?

10:58pm - Oh no Juliet.

10:59pm - No they didn’t. Really?  Really?

UGGHGHGH. 2010!!!!!

I had been doing really well at blogging for a bit…I feel like I lost focus of what I was using this blog for.  And by lost focus I mean I never really had a focus :)  Sometimes I write about actual events that are going on (European adventure in 02) or I talk about some pop culture (mainly Lost), or I speak about life in a general sense.  I really don’t have a problem with how I use this site, so I guess I just need to start using it more.  I think I’ve been Facebooking (is that a verb now?) my thoughts instead of putting them on electronic paper here.

So…things I’m excited about

1. Finale time!  Well, this is really bittersweet.  I want the action of a finale but I hate having to wait so long for the new season to start.  Especially with Lost, since they wait 7 months to return!  Perphaps I’ve watched too much TV in my life, but one of my co-workers had no idea that within a show’s regular season they show re-runs.  They just assumed every week was a new episode until they ran out for the year.  I mention this because she was upset when Gossip Girl was a repeat a couple of weeks ago.  Yes, she watches Gossip Girl and is in her mid-20s.  Yes, I watch it too.

2. Summertime in Boston.  I get it.  I get why Northerners love the summer.  It’s because there are actual seasons up here and it makes a difference what time of year it is and what activities you can participate in.  As opposed to Florida where everyday is beach day - I mean, even in the “dead of winter” it hits at least 60 by noon.  So I’m absolutely thrilled that I can wear my flip flops again; I tried a month ago and kept stepping in puddles that were freaking freezing.  I’m also looking forward to driving outside of the city and experiencing outdoor summer fun without it being 100% humidity.  For those Southerners who have never been up here  - no humidity is FANTASTIC.  Believe the rumors, they are true.

3. Work.  Yes, I’m serious.  I was feeling like I was in a rut, a.k.a. a routine (which I am not a fan of) and now I’ve been given the opportunity to work in new areas of the organization.  I really couldn’t mention it before, but now that things are finalized I am free to speak about it.  In addition to HR, I’ll be the development manager and the alumni liasion.   For me, I’m most excited about getting some face time with the students and creating real relationships with them.  I haven’t had the opportunity to do that this year and, as a result, was not feeling that connected to the school and its mission.  So, new job(s) in tow, I am forging full steam ahead.  Yes, that sounded incredibly corny.  Wow.

4. I’m turning 29 next month!  I have no problem admitting my real age (especially when a parent asked me if I was a student….a high school student…not too long ago) and can’t wait to start the last year of my 20s.  I’m planning a party at Jillian’s, next to Fenway.  It’s a good venue for a party because they have a lot of different activities (bowling being the main one) and then we can go downstairs to Tequilla Rain for dancing.  And y’all know how I love to dance

Speaking of Fenway, I had the chance to sit in the most amazing seats last month.  Four of us from work were given tickets from one of our trustees, who wasn’t able to attend the game himself.  We were literally in the front row.  Right behind home plate, a bit to the right.  You could see us on the television whenever they showed a batter!  Completely awesome.

Oh, and speaking of fun things to do, I went paintballing last month with about 50 of my co-workers.  Beyond awesome.  I had never been and, this should not be surprising to most of you, I LOVE SHOOTING AT PEOPLE.  Honestly.  Best way to get some stress out and plenty of exercise - I was so sore (and bruised) the next day.  Sidenote: those “bullets” hurt like a bitch.  I’d totally do it again

So I’m really confused as to why Sun and Ben (and the pilot) are stuck in the present with the rest of the plane survivors.  However, I’m way too excited about the Hurley/Sawyer reunion to care!  Jack and Sawyer shaking hands,  James and Kate calling each other by their real names, I feel like this is going to be a good one.

Jin’s off to find his woman!  I can only think it’s because he hasn’t had sex in three years…oh, and because he loves her.  Hmm, and now we have to explain the whole “Juliet hearts James” thing.

Great, a new plane crash means a dozen new stupid characters we have to delve into. God, I hope we can kill them all off in this episode.  I can’t handle anymore side stories.

Ben is acting really strange.  No, I mean stranger than usual.

HA! I thought Juliet was going to drop Ethan on his head when she heard his name.

You know, I don’t think we’ve ever seen Sawyer acting frazzled, ever.  It’s interesting.

There’s my boy Sayid, looking hot as usual.

Haha, I am loving this Welcome New Recruits event.  Poor James/Sawyer, he’s in over his head with this return of the survivors business.  Meanwhile the Captain is becoming the new Jack.

Damn Sun!  Asian women…you just never know what they’re going to do next.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - never trust them.

Whoa!  We finally meet Peter Chang!  He looks much better in real life than on video.  And big kuddos to Sawyer for giving Jack the aptitude of a janitor!  Do you think that Kate and Juliet are going to have a smack-down in this episode or they will wait until next week?

Back to James/Sawyer trying to save the day.

DUDE.  Creepy Hitchcock moment with Christian’s shadow at that house.  He’s like Father Death.  Are we going to see Claire now?

I absolutely love Sawyer running the show in this time period.*

That guy is suspicious.  The one that gave Jack directions.  He’s trouble.

Juliet and Jack.  Uh huh.

Awkward.  Jack and Sawyer.  This is going to be a big problem.  Sawyer, thinking?  God, his ego is going to be sky high next week.  I don’t like how he’s basically turning into a Jack.  Annoying.  I don’t want to hate him.

….and I give it five days (island days) until Kate and Sawyer hit the hay.

OOOOOHHH!!! CHILD BEN!!!!!!!  He has adult Ben’s creepy glare.

I don’t know how Sayid is going to keep from killing Junior Ben.  Wait, I just saw previews for next week, he’s totally there to kill Ben.

Seacrest Out!

* I think I take that back.

Coy

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Toby turns 4 today! That’s 28 in human years, which means that Toby and I are the same age….for the next three months at least

Time has certainly flown by and I can’t believe I’ve had him for so long (minus his stint in Maine). In fact, I think I’ve been watching too much Lost (strike that, I KNOW) and I was contemplating the idea that perhaps I’ve been time traveling and that’s why these four years have seemed like four months.

Anyways, here’s to Toby Jones!

Last year, an article was published about Dothan, AL (where my father’s family is from); the Jewish community was offering $50,000 to families that were willing to relocate to Dothan, for at least five years. Apparently the number of Jews in the area has dwindled in recent years, with many college graduates not returning to the town. Gee, I wonder why. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love Dothan…for visiting. It’s very much the Bible Belt and I can’t even believe there were once 100 Jewish families living there. I’m from a relatively diverse part of FL and growing up we only had a handful of Jewish kids at my school - seriously, you could count them on one hand. I find it hard to believe Dothan had us beat. There, you’re either a Christian…or a Catholic. Ha! Sorry, I had to throw that one in, people actually say that.

My brother and I were discussing how much it would take him to move to Dothan; no, he’s not Jewish, he’s actually a liberal atheist. We stopped at $500,000 for five months, I think, and then realized he couldn’t even do that. We’ve just grown up with a much broader worldview than what I’ve witnessed in Dothan and I don’t think my mind could survive it.

This past week, another article hit the internet. Two of my best friends forwarded it to me - Dothan is quite famous amongst my crew as where my relatives are from. I often boast about the National Peanut Festival (where they give out samples of flavored chewing tobacco!) and the Copper Pig sculpture. The new article details the move of the first family, The Reeds, into the city. The husband, who was raised Mormon and is in the process of coverting to Judaism, spoke about the friendliness of the residents. He’s received dozens of calls from people asking if they can do anything for him, take the family to dinner, etc. I’m not surprised. These poor people are investing a million dollars to get 20 families to move there - they are going to do whatever it takes to make them happy. Me, I think I would have taken the million and moved the congregation up North. I know, I know, you’ve got to bring about change anyway that you can, and I wish them luck with that whole venture.

So, back to the entry’s title. My best friend in Atlanta texted me that it is snowing there today. I texted back telling her that it’s snowing in Dothan (information courtesy of my Aunt Cheryl, who is now on Facebook!). She then replies back “snow for the jews!”

Ha, I just thought it was funny. Yeah, so I decided to write an entire post about it

In other news, I’ve discovered that watching movies at the gym 1) entices me to work out for 2.2 times longer than I normally would and 2) might end up replacing my NetFlix subscription. Hey, it’s a recession. Gotta cut costs where you can!