Clark Ready for New Year's Eve Return: "The 76-year-old Clark, the focus of increasing speculation as his annual New Year's Eve hosting gig draws closer, has shunned public appearances and interviews since a stroke nearly 13 months ago."
This will probably be the highest-rated New Year's Rockin' Eve EVER. I know I'll be watching. Or taping.
12.30.2005
Speaking of Cute Animals.
Look at this little pika.
Poor little thing is headed toward extinction and I never even knew such a thing as a "pika" existed!
Poor little thing is headed toward extinction and I never even knew such a thing as a "pika" existed!
And so another year begins.
Just sitting here on my lunch hour, eating a Smart Ones Ravioli Florentine and picking the spinach out of my braces, waiting for word on whether they're releasing us early today for the holiday weekend. No definite word on a time yet, but things are looking good.
I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday week. Despite having to work, it was a nice one for me. We saw lots of family (photos to come), ate lots of food and exchanged lots of presents. It was our second Christmas since our father passed away, and he was missed very much. Spending time with Daddy was so much a part of the celebration for us that it will be some time before Christmas will really feel like Christmas again. Or maybe it will just have to be something different. Just as nice, but different.
Sheila got a wireless PS2 controller from Tommy so she's been immersed in Splinter Cell Chaos Theory all week, while I've been playing wing man for her. It's time for me to get back to Jak II so I can (hopefully) finish it and move on to the pile of games I have waiting for me. The wireless controller is the best thing since sliced bread, I'll tell ya - you can even play with your hand under a blanket, a necessity since home heating prices are going through the roof!
Our New Year's weekend is looking pretty quiet at the moment. We have an invite to a friend's house tomorrow night, but we're sort of playing it by ear, seeing how we feel tomorrow. Also, we're supposed to have some foul weather tomorrow night, so it might make more sense to stay at home. Whatever you all end up doing, have a wonderful time, and stay safe!
I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday week. Despite having to work, it was a nice one for me. We saw lots of family (photos to come), ate lots of food and exchanged lots of presents. It was our second Christmas since our father passed away, and he was missed very much. Spending time with Daddy was so much a part of the celebration for us that it will be some time before Christmas will really feel like Christmas again. Or maybe it will just have to be something different. Just as nice, but different.
Sheila got a wireless PS2 controller from Tommy so she's been immersed in Splinter Cell Chaos Theory all week, while I've been playing wing man for her. It's time for me to get back to Jak II so I can (hopefully) finish it and move on to the pile of games I have waiting for me. The wireless controller is the best thing since sliced bread, I'll tell ya - you can even play with your hand under a blanket, a necessity since home heating prices are going through the roof!
Our New Year's weekend is looking pretty quiet at the moment. We have an invite to a friend's house tomorrow night, but we're sort of playing it by ear, seeing how we feel tomorrow. Also, we're supposed to have some foul weather tomorrow night, so it might make more sense to stay at home. Whatever you all end up doing, have a wonderful time, and stay safe!
12.28.2005
Sweet.
Kenya's Hippo, Tortoise Mark Year Together: "The unlikely couple of a baby hippo and a 130-year-old tortoise were still together, a year after the hippo was separated from its family by a tsunami. "
12.24.2005
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Originally uploaded by gina64.
Wishing you all a very Happy Holiday season and a new year filled with good health, happiness and love.
Gina, Sheila and Marty
12.22.2005
More 'Alias' Chatter.
Is The End Truly Near For Alias? : "'The good thing about getting the news now,' Pinkner says, 'is that we have 10 episodes left to really wrap things up. We can kill characters and not worry about what to do without them next year. We can tell the epic story that this deserves to be.'"
Which leads me to mention something I've been mulling over since it occurred to me during the SpyDaddy piano scene. This is based on nothing but pure speculation on my part and is in no way a spoiler, but I think they're going to kill Jack. Good God in Heaven, I really think they'd do it.
One thing mentioned in this article is the possibility of an Alias spinoff.
Please. No. Don't.
Which leads me to mention something I've been mulling over since it occurred to me during the SpyDaddy piano scene. This is based on nothing but pure speculation on my part and is in no way a spoiler, but I think they're going to kill Jack. Good God in Heaven, I really think they'd do it.
One thing mentioned in this article is the possibility of an Alias spinoff.
Please. No. Don't.
Marty Update.
Listening.
Originally uploaded by gina64.
Marty had his x-ray this morning, and contrary to what we (and the doctors) thought, he has 5 stones in his bladder, still. Whether or not these are newly formed, or some of them were hiding on the last x-ray, we're not sure.
He's been feeling better, we think - no blood in his urine, he's getting his peeing under control. and he's on his special prescription food - so the waiting continues. He goes back in 3 weeks for another x-ray and if the stones are still there, he'll have the surgery.
12.21.2005
"I must find a way to keep Christmas from coming!"
That, my friends, is Pope Benedict in a Santa hat. Not quite the effect he was going for, I think.
12.20.2005
12.19.2005
Katie Holmes Turns 27 Amongst Other Imprisoned Playthings: "You're not going to eat this cake? Oh, missy, I think you are. Check your contract. Yes, I realize I say that a lot, but I wouldn't have to if you weren't so resistant to improvising every once in a while.. Now when I grab a fistful of your hair, and I'm not going to lie, it's gonna hurt a bit because I'm a little amped up right now- you open your mouth like a good girl and get ready for a faceful of the finest Fudgey the Whale money can buy."
That photo would be really disturbing if the defamer folks weren't so funny.
That photo would be really disturbing if the defamer folks weren't so funny.
Through His Webcam, a Boy Joins a Sordid Online World:
"Weeks before, Justin had hooked up a Web camera to his computer, hoping to use it to meet other teenagers online. Instead, he heard only from men who chatted with him by instant message as they watched his image on the Internet. To Justin, they seemed just like friends, ready with compliments and always offering gifts.
Now, on an afternoon in 2000, one member of his audience sent a proposal: he would pay Justin $50 to sit bare-chested in front of his Webcam for three minutes. The man explained that Justin could receive the money instantly and helped him open an account on PayPal.com, an online payment system.
'I figured, I took off my shirt at the pool for nothing,' he said recently. 'So, I was kind of like, what's the difference?'
Justin removed his T-shirt. The men watching him oozed compliments.
So began the secret life of a teenager who was lured into selling images of his body on the Internet over the course of five years. From the seduction that began that day, this soccer-playing honor roll student was drawn into performing in front of the Webcam - undressing, showering, masturbating and even having sex - for an audience of more than 1,500 people who paid him, over the years, hundreds of thousands of dollars. "
A long, disturbing, yet engrossing article that I recommend. I don't directly blame his parents for his victimization, and I'm not one to point fingers, considering I have no kids, but I am astounded that what went on for 5 years went unnoticed by his parents. Or by his mother, actually, since his father was in on it towards the end. I just think that things wouldn't have gone so far if they had been more involved in his life and actually knew what he was doing.
Parents don't let your kids have a computer in their room!
"Weeks before, Justin had hooked up a Web camera to his computer, hoping to use it to meet other teenagers online. Instead, he heard only from men who chatted with him by instant message as they watched his image on the Internet. To Justin, they seemed just like friends, ready with compliments and always offering gifts.
Now, on an afternoon in 2000, one member of his audience sent a proposal: he would pay Justin $50 to sit bare-chested in front of his Webcam for three minutes. The man explained that Justin could receive the money instantly and helped him open an account on PayPal.com, an online payment system.
'I figured, I took off my shirt at the pool for nothing,' he said recently. 'So, I was kind of like, what's the difference?'
Justin removed his T-shirt. The men watching him oozed compliments.
So began the secret life of a teenager who was lured into selling images of his body on the Internet over the course of five years. From the seduction that began that day, this soccer-playing honor roll student was drawn into performing in front of the Webcam - undressing, showering, masturbating and even having sex - for an audience of more than 1,500 people who paid him, over the years, hundreds of thousands of dollars. "
A long, disturbing, yet engrossing article that I recommend. I don't directly blame his parents for his victimization, and I'm not one to point fingers, considering I have no kids, but I am astounded that what went on for 5 years went unnoticed by his parents. Or by his mother, actually, since his father was in on it towards the end. I just think that things wouldn't have gone so far if they had been more involved in his life and actually knew what he was doing.
Parents don't let your kids have a computer in their room!
TIME's Persons of the Year
TIME magazine has named Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono as Persons of the Year, in recognition of their humanitarian work. In a year filled with so much human devastation and unthinkable suffering - the tsunami, Katrina, the earthquake in Pakistan - it's good to see these individuals recognized for their work as good samaritans. Many people, including a very good friend of mine, have quietly gone beyond the call of duty to give what assistance they could, and I sort of see the naming of the Gates' and Bono as Persons of the Year as a symbolic recognition of everyone who does good works. It's nice to see people celebrated for doing something worthwhile for a change.
Marty's on the mend, we hope.
Hi there, Marty.
Originally uploaded by gina64.
When last we spoke, Marty was fighting a UTI and the effects of his antibiotic. He seemed to do better once he was off the antibiotic, but then his symptoms returned. He had x-rays taken and it turned out the little guy had 6 bladder stones, which were going to have to be removed surgically.
He was scheduled for surgery on Thursday, Dec 8, but his x-rays that day showed that he had passed 4 of the stones himself in the 3 days since his first x-ray. So no surgery for Marty, yet, but he is on a special diet (which he loves) and a painkiller. He has more x-rays on Thursday this week, when we'll see if he's passed the other two stones.
In the meantime, he's more snuggly than usual and has taken to peeing in the house. We're hoping that the reason for that is physical and not behavioral. We'll just have to keep on top of him - take him out much more often and follow him around with paper towels and a bottle of Fantastic inside - and hope he recovers soon.
He's still a good boy, though.
12.18.2005
Santas Go on Rampage in New Zealand City: "The rampage, dubbed 'Santarchy' by local newspapers, began early Saturday afternoon when the men, wearing ill-fitting Santa costumes, threw beer bottles and urinated on cars from an Auckland overpass, said Auckland Central Police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty."
This "movement" is called Santarchy, and is supposed to protest the commercialization of Christmas. Just a bit misguided, methinks.
12.16.2005
The One Where SpyDaddy Says "Thong".
(original airdate 12/7/05)
Bob
Oh yeah, it's also the one where Sark comes back.
Let me just say right now that this week's episode (The Horizon) was so good that it has almost completely obliterated my memory of "Bob", so this will be brief.
This episode was weird - a lot of stuff went down, and there were some great moments, but it was really just middle-of-the-road for me. I think I liked it more for the details than the overall storyline. For instance:
~ There was some whacky stuff going on with the accents: Sark is played by an American, who was pretending to be a Brit who was pretending to be American, while Rachel was an American pretending to be British. And she did a pretty good job, I thought. I'm liking that they're not making her into a super-spy, and that's she still nervous and makes mistakes.
~ Syd made a cute face when Jack said he was going on his mission with Elizabeth, sort of like a "Oooo, Dad and Elizabeth sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g..." sort of face. It was definitely implied that they had a past together, and I hope we get to hear a little more about it before the show ends. Elizabeth's pretty kick-ass and I wouldn't mind seeing her again. SpyDaddy definitely has a "type".
~ Rachel's expression when she saw Sark on the computer screen was priceless. I bet she won't be having any more one night stands for a long while. I'll tell ya though, she must be good for Sark to have turned down money!
~ Liked the "I guess what happens in Brazil stays in Brazil." "What happened in Brazil?" "Rachel got food poisoning." Heehee.
~ Also loved: "Just so we're clear, you approached me. You were the one who was stupid enough to let me into your room and afterwards? You were the one that wanted to cuddle." "About what you just heard --" "Don't know, don't wanna know."
~ Finally, I wonder why Jack was at home and Sydney was left with Dixon as a surrogate father to hug. It was sweet, but I wished it was her SpyDaddy she was hugging. So did she, and I suppose that was the point. I really like the quiet, sad scene of Jack playing piano. Good stuff.
~ Wait! One more thing. Thongs!
Bob
Oh yeah, it's also the one where Sark comes back.
Let me just say right now that this week's episode (The Horizon) was so good that it has almost completely obliterated my memory of "Bob", so this will be brief.
This episode was weird - a lot of stuff went down, and there were some great moments, but it was really just middle-of-the-road for me. I think I liked it more for the details than the overall storyline. For instance:
~ There was some whacky stuff going on with the accents: Sark is played by an American, who was pretending to be a Brit who was pretending to be American, while Rachel was an American pretending to be British. And she did a pretty good job, I thought. I'm liking that they're not making her into a super-spy, and that's she still nervous and makes mistakes.
~ Syd made a cute face when Jack said he was going on his mission with Elizabeth, sort of like a "Oooo, Dad and Elizabeth sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g..." sort of face. It was definitely implied that they had a past together, and I hope we get to hear a little more about it before the show ends. Elizabeth's pretty kick-ass and I wouldn't mind seeing her again. SpyDaddy definitely has a "type".
~ Rachel's expression when she saw Sark on the computer screen was priceless. I bet she won't be having any more one night stands for a long while. I'll tell ya though, she must be good for Sark to have turned down money!
~ Liked the "I guess what happens in Brazil stays in Brazil." "What happened in Brazil?" "Rachel got food poisoning." Heehee.
~ Also loved: "Just so we're clear, you approached me. You were the one who was stupid enough to let me into your room and afterwards? You were the one that wanted to cuddle." "About what you just heard --" "Don't know, don't wanna know."
~ Finally, I wonder why Jack was at home and Sydney was left with Dixon as a surrogate father to hug. It was sweet, but I wished it was her SpyDaddy she was hugging. So did she, and I suppose that was the point. I really like the quiet, sad scene of Jack playing piano. Good stuff.
~ Wait! One more thing. Thongs!
12.15.2005
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Vikings party scandal fallout: "Crew members complained that some people took off their clothes and engaged in public sex acts during the cruise..."
Old news, I'm sure, but sports are so far off my radar that this is the first I've heard of it. Nice.
Old news, I'm sure, but sports are so far off my radar that this is the first I've heard of it. Nice.
12.14.2005
Man in Traction Flees New Zealand Hospital: "It was not immediately clear how the man sustained the injuries that put him in hospital, nor why he fled before completing his treatment."
I'd like to know how he fled!
I'd like to know how he fled!
A Lutheran minister and Special Ed teacher lied about volunteering with his National Guard unit to aid Katrina victims in order to attend a religious conference in Brazil:
"Thomas, 55, told the Daily News last night that his troubles began when he fell off a ladder last year in his church, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran, and didn't get mental health care afterward."
Unless he fell on top of a group of toddlers, crushing them all to death, I ain't buying it.
"Thomas, 55, told the Daily News last night that his troubles began when he fell off a ladder last year in his church, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran, and didn't get mental health care afterward."
Unless he fell on top of a group of toddlers, crushing them all to death, I ain't buying it.
Showtime may book 'Arrested'. I've also been hearing that ABC might be interested, too. I would prefer ABC since I've been seriously considering dropping the Showtime package from our cable system to save a buck or two. Either way, though, this could be great news!
A DUI arrest and now 3 speeding tickets in as many months - Michelle Rodriguez should have her car and license taken from her before she kills herself or someone else. It's looking more Ana Lucia might be the next person killed off the island.
12.12.2005
Actor, Friend Face Charges in Police Death: "Brancato got his acting break as a 16-year-old in the Robert De Niro-directed film 'A Bronx Tale' in 1993. He appeared in a dozen other films, including 'Crimson Tide' and 'Enemy of the State.' On 'The Sopranos,' he played mobster wannabe Matt Bevilacqua in a half-dozen episodes before he was executed by the mob boss."
When I heard one of the shooters was a Sopranos actor, I thought for sure it was Robert Iler (AJ).
When I heard one of the shooters was a Sopranos actor, I thought for sure it was Robert Iler (AJ).
12.07.2005
Holiday Favorites.
It's that time of year, when they start playing Christmas music WAY too early. Are they starting earlier every year? While I can avoid the radio stations that go "all Christmas music all the time" as early as Thanksgiving weekend, I can't hide from it at home, where Sheila begins baking her Christmas cookies even earlier than that and likes to play Christmas music to help get her in the spirit. Oy!
To tell the truth, I don't mind so much, and while a good portion of holiday music is complete crap, I do have my favorites. Do you?
Here are a few of mine, in no particular order, to start things off:
To tell the truth, I don't mind so much, and while a good portion of holiday music is complete crap, I do have my favorites. Do you?
Here are a few of mine, in no particular order, to start things off:
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, by Judy Garland
- Merry Christmas Darling, by The Carpenters
- The Christmas Song, by Nat King Cole
- Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, by Bruce Springsteen
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, by Andy Williams
There are more, but those are the ones that spring to mind. Post some of your favorites in the comments.
This is your TV Guide speaking...
REMINDER: Alias is on tonight at 10:00, following a repeat of LOST (the one where Hurley has to hand out the food). The same goes for next Wednesday: repeat of LOST at 9:00 and a new Alias at 10:00.
Don't forget!
Don't forget!
Stupid Question.
Saddam's Trial Adjourned Until Dec. 21.
This headline has reminded me of something I've always wondered about but never remembered to ask: Is "Saddam" his first name? If so, why is it OK that we use his first name like that? It seems to me that we should call him Hussein. Am I wrong? Do we or have we ever referred to any other world leader that way? Look at all the other "bad guys" in recent history: Hitler, Stalin, Kruschev, Castro, Qaddafi, Amin - did the media call them Adolf, Joseph, Nikita, Fidel, Muammar or Idi?
Is it weird that we call him Saddam, or is it just me?
It's probably just me.
This headline has reminded me of something I've always wondered about but never remembered to ask: Is "Saddam" his first name? If so, why is it OK that we use his first name like that? It seems to me that we should call him Hussein. Am I wrong? Do we or have we ever referred to any other world leader that way? Look at all the other "bad guys" in recent history: Hitler, Stalin, Kruschev, Castro, Qaddafi, Amin - did the media call them Adolf, Joseph, Nikita, Fidel, Muammar or Idi?
Is it weird that we call him Saddam, or is it just me?
It's probably just me.
12.06.2005
Jamie Lee Curtis on Plastic Surgery:
"The 47-year-old star also talks to Jann about aging gracefully in a superficial industry and delivers her candid opinion on the plastic surgery trend that has become alarmingly too common in recent years.
'I think more than ever it's an epidemic that's out of control and it seems like people are under a drug,' says Jamie Lee. 'What's so sad to me is these people are completely ruining their faces, their beautiful God-given faces, and they look like aliens, and yet it's as if nobody is saying anything.'"
I've become so used to seeing nothing but "perfection" on the TV that I was so surprised to see her, and her real body, in theParker Brothers Hasbro commercials. Good for her.
Speaking of people ruining themselves with plastic surgery, I just ran across this guy and YIKES. WTF is wrong with people? A quarter of a million dollars.
That is so sad.
"The 47-year-old star also talks to Jann about aging gracefully in a superficial industry and delivers her candid opinion on the plastic surgery trend that has become alarmingly too common in recent years.
'I think more than ever it's an epidemic that's out of control and it seems like people are under a drug,' says Jamie Lee. 'What's so sad to me is these people are completely ruining their faces, their beautiful God-given faces, and they look like aliens, and yet it's as if nobody is saying anything.'"
I've become so used to seeing nothing but "perfection" on the TV that I was so surprised to see her, and her real body, in the
Speaking of people ruining themselves with plastic surgery, I just ran across this guy and YIKES. WTF is wrong with people? A quarter of a million dollars.
That is so sad.
Not-so-Petty cash to rock bat mitzvah: "For his daughter's coming-of-age celebration last weekend, multimillionaire Long Island defense contractor David H. Brooks booked two floors of the Rainbow Room, hauled in concert-ready equipment, built a stage, installed special carpeting, outfitted the space with Jumbotrons and arranged command performances by everyone from 50 Cent to Tom Petty to Aerosmith."
My cousin, who works at the Rainbow Room, was filling me in on this monstrosity as she was helping to prepare for over Thanksgiving weekend. According to my cousin that price tag is accurate, despite Brooks' denials. All for a party for a 13-year-old. What an idiot.
My cousin, who works at the Rainbow Room, was filling me in on this monstrosity as she was helping to prepare for over Thanksgiving weekend. According to my cousin that price tag is accurate, despite Brooks' denials. All for a party for a 13-year-old. What an idiot.
Eddie Izzard Lands Fx Pilot: "'Low Life' is the first FX pilot to feature a family front-and-center. Izzard will play the father of a family of traveling con artists who, after hitting a spiritual and midlife crisis, settles down with his wife and kids in a suburban community."
Jeezy Creezy! It may perhaps be time to re-visit my Dress To Kill tape.
Jeezy Creezy! It may perhaps be time to re-visit my Dress To Kill tape.
TV Download Choices Increase: "NBC Universal programming now available on the iTunes Music Store spans from the 1950s to the present, including NBC's 'Law & Order,' 'The Office,' 'Surface,' 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien,' USA Network's Emmy Award-winning 'Monk' and Sci-Fi Channel's 'Battlestar Galactica'... "
Oo, a direct line to my L&O connection, just what I need. Like an IV filled with TV Crack. (I'm also psyched about Battlestar Galactica)
Oo, a direct line to my L&O connection, just what I need. Like an IV filled with TV Crack. (I'm also psyched about Battlestar Galactica)
LOST Baggage.
What Kate Did.
And so the Daddy issues keep coming.
I’m sounding like a broken record but again, I really liked this episode. Kate isn’t a favorite of mine, but I don’t hate her (I don’t have a severe dislike of anyone on the island, actually), so I didn’t mind seeing more of her backstory. I sort of get the whole “I killed him because after the years of him drinking too much, beating on my mother and looking at me the wrong way, finding out he was my real father was the straw that broke the camel’s back” reasoning, and that she’s attracted to Sawyer because of the whole redneck/bad boy similarity to her father, but I didn’t quite buy the father’s reason for not telling her that Wayne was her real father: “Because you would have killed him.” Huh? Was she particularly murderous as a little girl? Anyhoo, she’s going through a serious inner struggle with her badness (something else she has in common with Sawyer – and I like her better when she’s interacting with Sawyer than with Jack – she’s more relaxed), and I think the kissing of Jack was a way to try to connect with the goodness in him. But he didn’t seem to react the way she wanted him to. Or perhaps it's the other way around?
So, the horse. Since Sawyer saw it, too, I say it’s similar to the polar bear, in that something on the island made it manifest itself from her subconscious mind. What does it represent to her? I don’t know. Her freedom? I thought the horse helped her get away from the Marshall, but I've seen at other sites that people are saying that it was a deer that ran the car off the road and then the horse appeared. I don't know, I'm still convinced it was the horse that ran in front of the car. Or maybe it represents her chance to leave her past behind, which is a kind of freedom. It's a pretty horse, whatever it represents. I think Sawyer/Wayne attacking her and asking her why she killed him was the same thing – from her subconscious mind – but Sawyer telling Jack that he loved Kate was really Sawyer. (Or maybe that was Jack’s subconscious revealing itself?)
I picked this tidbit up at TWoP: Check out this screencap from the scene where Kate enters the recruiting center where her father is working:
http://timdorr.com/images/Lost/thatsjustsayid.jpg
Look who’s on the TV in the background! Someone was saying that the voiceover was saying something about the army, the desert, Iraq, Kuwait...probably a recruiting film. Neat.
I liked all of the hatch stuff. Locke and Eko make a great pair. I nearly jumped when I saw it was the cut piece of film in the bible, but sadly it didn’t reveal much more than I had already surmised – don’t use the computer for anything besides inputting the code. Interesting, however, that doing so will bring about another “incident”. What does that mean? Is that really what will happen? And where is the power source coming from for all of this?
The best part was, of course, the “Dad?” !! I may be dense, but I did not see that coming. I was too freaked that Michael was using the computer for something besides inputting the code right when the guy was telling them not to. I thought maybe they should have racked up the drama there a little bit more, insofar as they are marooned on a desert island and here is a possible connection to the outside world, hence a possible rescuer, and Michael's just like, "Oo, someone wants to chat." I'm not sure if that was the real Walt or not. Could it be an island trick? Or the Others trying to trick the computer's user into causing another incident? Question: When Michael looked at the countdown clock, was it stopped at 23:00?? I actually taped it last night because I was doing laundry at the same time, so I’ll have to take a look at that again.
And what are those blast doors all about?? Do they shield the place from something like an EMF pulse or “incident”? Michael really is a Renaissance man, huh?
I liked the scene between Jack and Ana Lucia, too. Like Kate is with Sawyer, Ana Lucia is more palatable when she’s interacting with Jack.
I see the castaways have started putting down roots in the area, with their little hut village on the beach now. I was thinking last night that we haven’t had a storm episode yet, where a hurricane or typhoon or something blows through.
And the award for the most visually pleasing moment of the episode goes to:
Heads up: There will be no new LOST episodes until January. That's just not right.
And so the Daddy issues keep coming.
I’m sounding like a broken record but again, I really liked this episode. Kate isn’t a favorite of mine, but I don’t hate her (I don’t have a severe dislike of anyone on the island, actually), so I didn’t mind seeing more of her backstory. I sort of get the whole “I killed him because after the years of him drinking too much, beating on my mother and looking at me the wrong way, finding out he was my real father was the straw that broke the camel’s back” reasoning, and that she’s attracted to Sawyer because of the whole redneck/bad boy similarity to her father, but I didn’t quite buy the father’s reason for not telling her that Wayne was her real father: “Because you would have killed him.” Huh? Was she particularly murderous as a little girl? Anyhoo, she’s going through a serious inner struggle with her badness (something else she has in common with Sawyer – and I like her better when she’s interacting with Sawyer than with Jack – she’s more relaxed), and I think the kissing of Jack was a way to try to connect with the goodness in him. But he didn’t seem to react the way she wanted him to. Or perhaps it's the other way around?
So, the horse. Since Sawyer saw it, too, I say it’s similar to the polar bear, in that something on the island made it manifest itself from her subconscious mind. What does it represent to her? I don’t know. Her freedom? I thought the horse helped her get away from the Marshall, but I've seen at other sites that people are saying that it was a deer that ran the car off the road and then the horse appeared. I don't know, I'm still convinced it was the horse that ran in front of the car. Or maybe it represents her chance to leave her past behind, which is a kind of freedom. It's a pretty horse, whatever it represents. I think Sawyer/Wayne attacking her and asking her why she killed him was the same thing – from her subconscious mind – but Sawyer telling Jack that he loved Kate was really Sawyer. (Or maybe that was Jack’s subconscious revealing itself?)
I picked this tidbit up at TWoP: Check out this screencap from the scene where Kate enters the recruiting center where her father is working:
http://timdorr.com/images/Lost/thatsjustsayid.jpg
Look who’s on the TV in the background! Someone was saying that the voiceover was saying something about the army, the desert, Iraq, Kuwait...probably a recruiting film. Neat.
I liked all of the hatch stuff. Locke and Eko make a great pair. I nearly jumped when I saw it was the cut piece of film in the bible, but sadly it didn’t reveal much more than I had already surmised – don’t use the computer for anything besides inputting the code. Interesting, however, that doing so will bring about another “incident”. What does that mean? Is that really what will happen? And where is the power source coming from for all of this?
The best part was, of course, the “Dad?” !! I may be dense, but I did not see that coming. I was too freaked that Michael was using the computer for something besides inputting the code right when the guy was telling them not to. I thought maybe they should have racked up the drama there a little bit more, insofar as they are marooned on a desert island and here is a possible connection to the outside world, hence a possible rescuer, and Michael's just like, "Oo, someone wants to chat." I'm not sure if that was the real Walt or not. Could it be an island trick? Or the Others trying to trick the computer's user into causing another incident? Question: When Michael looked at the countdown clock, was it stopped at 23:00?? I actually taped it last night because I was doing laundry at the same time, so I’ll have to take a look at that again.
And what are those blast doors all about?? Do they shield the place from something like an EMF pulse or “incident”? Michael really is a Renaissance man, huh?
I liked the scene between Jack and Ana Lucia, too. Like Kate is with Sawyer, Ana Lucia is more palatable when she’s interacting with Jack.
I see the castaways have started putting down roots in the area, with their little hut village on the beach now. I was thinking last night that we haven’t had a storm episode yet, where a hurricane or typhoon or something blows through.
And the award for the most visually pleasing moment of the episode goes to:
Heads up: There will be no new LOST episodes until January. That's just not right.
Drive Thru Review
In Good Company - Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace and Scarlett Johanssen in the one about the middle-aged ad exec who's supplanted in a corporate takeover by a 26-year-old who had no experience and is sleeping with his college-age daughter. A surprisingly mature movie. Conventional yet unconventional. And sweet.
Rockefeller Center, NYC.
Rockefeller Center, NYC.
Originally uploaded by gina64.
This was my first trip to Rockefeller Center at Christmastime. It was a bit crowded, but I didn't mind. I was too excited about seeing the tree.
And no, I didn't skate. I am TERRIBLE at it and haven't had a pair of skates on in about 20 years. If I had a couple of cocktails in me, however, I could very have been persuaded to give it a go.
Little Drummer Boy.
Rockefeller Center, NYC.
Originally uploaded by gina64.
One of the toy soldiers at Rockefeller Center. Handsome fella.
Horse and buggy on Fifth Avenue.
Fifth Avenue, NYC.
Originally uploaded by gina64.
One of these days I'm going to take a ride in one of these.
9 West 57th Street, NYC.
9 West 57th Street, NYC.
Originally uploaded by gina64.
It's so beautiful when they cover the entire tree with lights, but who has this kind of patience? Not me!
Waiting for Kong.
Empire State Building, NYC.
Originally uploaded by gina64.
I had a nice little trip to the big city, and I brought back a few photos that I'm going to post here for your viewing pleasure.
This, obviously, is the Empire State Building. Unfortunately, due to time constraints and a long wait in frigid temperatures, we couldn't get the full tourist experience by going to the top. Still, it was neat to finally see it.
12.02.2005
NYC, Here I Come.
My friend Jill from Seattle is in Manhattan for a class this week, and a couple of us locals have decided to meet up with her and do the touristy thing. I'll just be going to for tonight, and I'm leaving in about a half hour. I'm hoping to get a peek at the tree at Rockefeller Center, and maybe some good photos, if I can figure out how to shoot at night.
I'll be back in town tomorrow afternoon, but probably not back here until Monday. Have a great weekend, everyone!
Oh, and before I go...
Britney's Birthday Letter of Fug: "Yeah, so, I guess what happened was that last week, I brought the baby to the Peninsula and I actually seriously had lunch with Justin (so he could meet the baby and also my new boobs, oh yes, I said it) and oh my god, don't tell anyone, but he is still SO CUTE and I sort of think I might still be in love with him but I am scared to say that aloud, but seriously, how can he really be happy with that skinny crackhead Cameron Diaz? I mean, for one thing, she is OLD, but anyway, he told me really really seriously that he thought I was better off without Kevin and I thought about it and I thought about it and I realized that Justin is right because Kevin totally doesn't even care about what happens in our family, like he just laughed that I time I thought the dog was having her brother's babies and I can't be with a man who doesn't understand that incest is wrong. Plus he keeps taking money out of my purse."
Those GFY girls are running on all cylinders lately.
I'll be back in town tomorrow afternoon, but probably not back here until Monday. Have a great weekend, everyone!
Oh, and before I go...
Britney's Birthday Letter of Fug: "Yeah, so, I guess what happened was that last week, I brought the baby to the Peninsula and I actually seriously had lunch with Justin (so he could meet the baby and also my new boobs, oh yes, I said it) and oh my god, don't tell anyone, but he is still SO CUTE and I sort of think I might still be in love with him but I am scared to say that aloud, but seriously, how can he really be happy with that skinny crackhead Cameron Diaz? I mean, for one thing, she is OLD, but anyway, he told me really really seriously that he thought I was better off without Kevin and I thought about it and I thought about it and I realized that Justin is right because Kevin totally doesn't even care about what happens in our family, like he just laughed that I time I thought the dog was having her brother's babies and I can't be with a man who doesn't understand that incest is wrong. Plus he keeps taking money out of my purse."
Those GFY girls are running on all cylinders lately.
12.01.2005
Goodbye Fug: Randy Quaid:
"It's tough to be Randy Quaid.
Well, okay, not really. He's a talented actor, he's funny, he grilled burgers made of Hamburger Helper in National Lampoon's Vacation, and he can probably afford a mortgage in this town, which is more than a lot of people can say. In that sense, being Randy Quaid isn't such a heinous thing.
But it's got to be hard when your brother is Delicious -- er, I mean, Dennis -- and you will always be considered the Quaid who, sure, is great at what he does, but maybe got stuck in the shallow end of the physical gene pool while Dennis was busy marinating in all that good DNA juice that buxom blonde hotties have spent his lifetime licking off of that manly, sculpted chest."
"It's tough to be Randy Quaid.
Well, okay, not really. He's a talented actor, he's funny, he grilled burgers made of Hamburger Helper in National Lampoon's Vacation, and he can probably afford a mortgage in this town, which is more than a lot of people can say. In that sense, being Randy Quaid isn't such a heinous thing.
But it's got to be hard when your brother is Delicious -- er, I mean, Dennis -- and you will always be considered the Quaid who, sure, is great at what he does, but maybe got stuck in the shallow end of the physical gene pool while Dennis was busy marinating in all that good DNA juice that buxom blonde hotties have spent his lifetime licking off of that manly, sculpted chest."
Garner on Alias Finale
Any intel on the big finale? "If it's what I think it's going to be, it will be the most… Oh, gosh, I'm afraid to say anything. You know, one thing about not doing the show — I look forward to just being able to talk about what I'm doing and not always having to stop myself.... It won't be one of those finales where it ends, and you go, ''Oh, that was it? After all of this?'' We came in with a bang, we'll go out with a bang."
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