*Spoiler Alert*
The season finale of Lost passed, and it looks like from here on out there is a fundamental change in the whole plot of Lost. Rather than spending all of their efforts to get off the Island, it looks like the plot has not become how to get back onto the Island. I’m kind of wary when shows do this. The last time I remember this happening was on Alias, when Sydney stopped being a double agent and strictly worked for the CIA. I never thought the show was the same again. The first year or two were just the best.
Anyway, on the finale, Kate and Sayid help the Others rescue Ben from the men that Widmore hired. In exchange they are allowed to leave the Island. So, they, along with the rest of the Oceanic 6 and Desmond and Sawyer leave on the helicopter back to the boat. They are flying back to the Island, but the copter is leaking fuel and so they need to throw all excess weight overboard so that they can get to the boat. Sawyer, seeing as how they will not make it, jumps out of the copter, and hence there is no Oceanic 7.
By the time they reach the boat, they have to put what little fuel they can in there because the boat is about to explode. They do so, but Jin and Michael apparently are left on the boat and perish from the explosion. Michael, before he dies, sees Jack’s father, who says “You can go now.” Did that mean the Island was telling him that he had fulfilled what needed to be done and was free now? After refueling, the group is trying to fly back to the Island, but….
Locke couldn’t figure out how to “move the Island”. So, Ben, after escaping, did it for him at the Orchid station. Apparently there is a chamber there for time traveling? That’s what it seemed like from the video Locke watched. However, the person who moves the Island, according to Ben, can never come back to it. Ben is not happy with this, but apparently it has to be done. Ben twists some wheel, and after accomplishing that the Island just disappears.
The helicopter now has no where to land, after witnessing the disappearance and so crash. They stay in the a lifeboat, where they are rescued by Desmond’s love, Penny. Before being rescued, Jack tells everyone that they have to lie about everything to protect everyone who is still on the Island. He talks to Penny, and that is how they concoct their scheme of being rescued. Desmond of course stays with Penny.
The flash forwards of this episode take place immediately after the season finale of last year, where Jack has his beard and is telling Kate they have to go back. Jack is going crazy trying to get back on the Island, and he meets up with Ben at the end. Ben says that bad things happened to those on the Island, so they have to go back. However, the Island will only let them come back if they ALL go back. Ben has his ideas about how to do so. We find out that the person who died in that episode was actually Locke! He was going by the name Jeremy Bentham or something, and it looked like he was in contact with the Oceanic 6 for a while. So, he must of been off the Island before dying. Kate must of had some bad moments with him because she did not want to go to his funeral at all, and there seemed like venom there. Oh, and the ALL part Ben was referring to includes bringing Locke back too. So, next season we will have to see how it was that he came off of the Island.
So, its interesting this shift in the plot. I’m wondering how long it is episode wise that the Oceanic 6 will take to get back on the Island. And who’s left on the Island that will garner interesting stories? Locke and how he left the Island? Sawyer and Juliet going to start some romance? And what happened with Claire? Is she dead? And did Jin somehow survive that explosion?
As for the 6, Jack is going to have to spend a lot of time convincing people to go back. Kate is dead set against it, even having a dream in which Claire warns her not to bring Aaron back. And apparently Sun is not speaking to Jack anymore because she blames him for Jin. She does, however, have an encounter with Mr. Whidmore, so it looks like she is plotting something as well. Ben I still don’t get. It seems to me that he is on a mission of redemption. Maybe he thinks that if he can help the now Oceanic 7 get back onto the Island, then the Island will let him return as well? Why else would he be putting the effort? And I still have no clue what the Island is. The fact that Ben had to twist some wheel to move it seems like its a machine or something, with an on/off switch.
So, the countdown to the end of Lost is upon us. What is there like 20 episodes left or so? I’ve seen every one so far and have no intention of stopping now. Gotta see how all of the questions are answered and how all of the plots are tied up. Is the ending going to involved everyone returning to the Island? Dang the summer and wait!
So, the mother of all chick flicks came out this past weekend. Yes, Sex and the City the movie came out this past weekend. And, it opened to about 55 millions bucks. No, I have never ever seen an episode of the show. I just know about it because, well, what person who does not have access to radio, tv, internet, or do not know any girls would not know that it came out?
Why do I feel like writing about this? Well, the previous weekend I was at my sister and her husband’s place. My sister brought up the fact that it was coming out the next weekend, and her husband asks, who are you watching it with? She then said with some of her girl friends, and he goes, Thank God. I laughed, because it gave me a blog post.
Why is it that guys will not willingly watch a chick flick? I mean, girls go to “guy flicks” don’t they? Other than Titanic, I’d venture to guess the rest of the top 10 grossing movies of all time are these supposed action/guy movies. I asked V this question, and he said its cuz chick flicks suck and action movies are fun, stuff that girls would want to watch too. Funny. But is it true?
Its a bit subjective of an argument. I’d guess, generally speaking though, that the split between guys and girls for movies in general is something like 60/40. I have no idea if that’s true, but I’m basing my argument on that assumption. Now, if that’s the case, I’d guess it makes more sense to make an action movie than a chick flick. So, probably explains why there are more action movies made than pretty much anything else.
But, that does not answer my original question. Why are guys so unwilling to go watch a chick flick? V’s answer is just too subjective to me. Here are a few ideas I have. Guys do not like to show their sensitive side in public. Chick flicks in general are more sensitive and emotional. Hot girls in chick flicks don’t usually get naked. Doesn’t really need an explanation. Guys are “acting” because they figure if they make it seem like a pain to go watch a chick flick with their woman, then their woman will owe them something in return. And the final reason I can think of? All straight guys are at least a little homophobic. Yup. Only gay guys watch chick flicks right? So, no straight guy wants to be lumped in that category, cuz that would be gross, and undermine his manhood.
Ok, those are my thoughts. Agree? What are yours?
Finally the NBA Finals are upon us. Although, I’m still upset that its freaking starting on Thursday. And then there is even more of a wait until Game 2 even though there is no travel involved? Too much.
Anyway, I’m still surprised that the Celtics made it to the Finals, although I still think the Pistons would of won if they were totally healthy. Oh well. It was the only series I predicted wrong, so not bad I guess.
As for this one, I still stand by the fact that the Celtics were a crappy team this year, and have a totally new team this year. It takes time for teams to gel, and they almost never win in their first year together. For that reason, all year long I was saying the Celtics would not win the championship, and now that they are in the finals, I cannot backtrack.
You say the Lakers are new too? I disagree. They basically have one new completely new player in Gasol, and one “new” player in Fisher, who already knew the Lakers system inside and out. The Celtics have pretty much a completely different team and system from last year.
Does that mean Celtics cannot win? No. But, I think their trek through the playoffs just showed that they were not as good as everyone had predicted based on their regular season record. Yes, they finally won on the road against Detroit. I’ll give them that. Yes they have a great defense. But, I just don’t see how this defense can do any better of a job than the Spurs did against the Lakers. Greg Popovich even said that they got everything they wanted accomplished defensively against Kobe and the Lakers, and yet they still lost in 5 games. Nobody on the Celtics can guard Kobe as well as Bowen did. Tim Duncan is a better post presence than Kevin Garnett, though Garnett is probably the better help defender. Parker vs Rondo? Please. The key to this series for the Celtics are Allen and Pierce. Allen had better not fall back into the slump he was in earlier, and Pierce needs to play out of his mind like he did against he Cavs in Game 7.
As for the Lakers? I’d guess that they play a lot of pick and rolls with whoever Garnett is guarding so that he is out of the paint and cannot help out, much like they did with Duncan. Odom is probably the key. If he plays well, the Lakers will be tough to beat. Fisher will be steady. And Kobe will be Kobe. The bench really helped the Lakers out against the Spurs, allowing Kobe tons of energy to close out the game. They are young, so not sure how they will do since the series starts on the road for them, where they have not fared as well. Kobe may have to exert himself extra early to begin the game.
I don’t think it will be any cakewalk by any stretch of the imagination. I just don’t see how the Celtics can do to the Lakers what the defending champs could not. Lakers in 6.
So I’m scanning articles on Google news and come across this article from a Boston newspaper complaining about the late start times for the NBA Finals. For those that do not know, it starts at about 9:00 EST, or 6:00 PST. The article went off about how that is crazy and ridiculous and that the game would not be over until close to or after midnight. And then the comments left by readers after that was even worse, saying how everything favors the west.
That’s about the stupidest thing I ever heard. The east coast bias in this country is so crazy that if the east coast doesn’t get what they want, they cry foul. Now, let me first say that David Stern, commissioner of the NBA, defended the start times, saying that statistics show that is the time to start a game to get the WIDEST possible audience. Yes you East Coast whiners…statistics show that is the time they can get the most people, not the time that will please the most East Coasters. Sorry, the East Coast is not the center of the universe.
Some of the complaints and suggestions that they had kind of made me laugh. I will say though that I think its silly that none of the games start on Friday or Saturday, when people do not have to care about waking up early the next day. But, I’d guess its because once again statistics show that people go out on those nights and so do not want to stay home to watch a basketball game. For those of you complaining, this is how a business works. You want to do everything you can do get the most customers that you can muster. Hence you follow the statistics and research. There are many more people living in the other timezones than just the east alone.
And its not that you CAN’T stay up late to watch, its that you don’t want to. Like any of you have never stayed out late before on a work night, or been at a bar late, hung out with friends…. You’re freaking team has not been in the Finals in like 20 years and you are telling me that you can’t stay up late maybe 6-7 times in the next 2 weeks? Yes, you CAN stay up late to watch the game. Stop crying and telling me you have to wake up at 6 am in the morning to work. I don’t care. You CAN stay up late, you just choose not to cuz ur a lazy ass and can’t handle having a couple hours less sleep that night. But, many on the West coast do not have a choice. How many bosses do you know who will let you out of work early so that you can go watch a basketball game? If you want to tell us west coasters to ask our boss if we can go to work early and then leave early, I will turn it around on you and tell you to ask your boss to come in late the day after the game so you can sleep in and then leave work later!
I also like the argument they use that who cares if the game starts earlier and we west coasters will miss the first half of the game. The end of the game is more important anyway. We can afford to miss the beginning of the game, but they cannot afford to miss the end since its going to be close to midnight and they need to work the next day. Let me tell you something. That argument is dumb. Saying that the end of the game is more important is lame. I can go on and say what’s ultimately more important than the end of the game is the final score. Since that’s what’s “most important” why don’t you just skip the game altogether and watch the news in the morning to see who won? I don’t want to miss the beginning of the game just because you claim its less important.
Are you fans or not? Just watch your team play. Cheer for them. So you have to lose a little sleep for a small period of time. Big freaking deal. Do you know that many soccer fans in Europe wake up in the middle of the night to watch their teams play? Suck it up.
The bottom line is that the statistics show more people watch the game when it starts at 9:00 pm. Rather than complain and whine, do something about it. Don’t freaking watch the game then!!! If enough of you do that, then the statistics will then skew in your favor and maybe the next year Stern will be forced to start the game earlier. The stats don’t lie, but apparently you east coasters whine.
So, as many of you know, my dog died a few weeks ago. I already wrote about that, so that’s not what I want to write about here. Over the weekend, I was cleaning up my backyard, picking up dog droppings from my other dogs. I have a metal bar fence between my yard and my neighbor’s, so we can see each other’s yards. She saw me going around my lawn, and she says to me, “At least you have one less dog to pick up for.”
I just looked at her, thinking, are you trying to be funny? Sympathetic? What the hell was that? I just ignored her and continued to do what I was doing. I’ve never really liked my neighbor, and this didn’t help things. Dogs are not just dogs, so that was just not funny. This lady’s husband died about a year ago. When he did, I promise you that I did not go to her and say, “At least you only have to cook for one now.” Fock that! Old biatch better not be saying shit like that to me anymore. I’ll still be polite and say hi if she ever waves to me, but you can guarantee I won’t be initiating that.
Saw this last night with some friends. If you like Adam Sandler movies, then you’ll probably enjoy this. Most of his movies are pretty much the same, playing to his young male audience. In this movie, he plays a super Israeli soldier. However, he is sick of all the fighting, and wants nothing better than to become a hair stylist to make everyone’s hair “silky smooth’, with Paul Mitchell being his idol. So, he fakes his death and his off to America to realize his dreams. He gets a job at Emmanuelle Chriqui place, where his shenanigans are the hit of the neighborhood, and of course he falls for her. Can’t blame the man, since she is very pretty in this movie. I’ve never seen her before, but she looked good in this movie.
Anyway, I definitely laughed a lot watching this movie. There were a lot of funny parts. Its not a great movie, and its probably more fun watching this in the theaters than it is at home, if you plan on watching it. I don’t know about most of you, but for comedies, I tend to laugh out loud more when watching in a theater than I do when I’m at home. Maybe cuz everyone else is laughing??? Maybe I’m just a zombie and stupid laugh tracks on sitcoms work on me….actually they don’t…so can’t explain.
Regardless, I usually enjoy Adam Sandler movies. They are just stupid, funny movies, but usually entertaining. This was not my favorite of his movies. Actually, its probably one of the silliest ones, and far from his best. But, I laughed, and isn’t that the point of watching a comedic movie? Bottomline, if you like Adam Sandler movies, I think you’ll like this. If not, then this movie is probably not for you, since you probably do not like his type of humor in that case. If you watch, let me know what you think!
Saw this with my friend yesterday. I told you that I pretty much watch every movie that comes out in the summer!! Outside of the Shrek movies, this is the only Dreamworks animated film I’ve seen. The plot is pretty simple, and very similar to the one with Jackie Chan and Jet Li in The Forbidden Kingdom. That is, person who knows no kung fu is somehow chosen to be the one that is supposed to be trained, and therefore defeat the big bad guy.
The hero in this one? Obviously from the title, its a panda named Po, voiced by Jack Black. Po’s family has always been in the noodle business, and so that’s what his dad is expecting of him. Of course, he doesn’t want to be in that business, and he somehow gets involved with his idols…the Furious Five of Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. He gets trained by their master, hopeless as it seems, so that he can fight Tai Lung.
The movie is pretty funny, and I think lots of kids would enjoy watching it. Obviously the plot is not very complex, it being a movie for a young audience, but it was very fun, entertaining, and I did laugh a lot. You would think that Angelina Jolie had a huge role in the film in that she was advertised so much along with Jack Black, but not much. I’m guessing she probably had a total of like 10-15 minutes of speaking lines. The main stars are Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman, who voices Master Shifu, and is the one in charge of training the hopeless Po.
I think if you like good family fun, you should watch this. Go take your kids, or nieces/nephews. Its not as funny as Shrek, IMO, but I think that Shrek, despite being an animated film as well, is a bit more complex and seems like its written for a slightly older crowd. I don’t think your kids will be disappointed with this. I had fun, my friend said she liked it too, so you might enjoy it as well.
A lot of the couples I know, with one exception, the girl is in charge of the finances. She pays the bills, she balances the checkbooks, she keeps track of the expenses, etc. Is this the reason why weddings cost so much and why guys are always denied in buying the gadgets and/or cars they want? Women have dozens and dozens of purses, and dozens and dozens of shoes. But guys get grief whenever they want a new electronic? I often here my friend tell me that their husband/boyfriend buys a new toy, then gets tired of it and then it just sits in his closet. Ummm, let me ask all you women out there this….how many purses and how many shoes do you have in your closet that you have not used in over a year??? Yes, I know you CAN use it, but the guy CAN use his gadget too…
The shopping isn’t even that big of a deal, at least when compared to the cost of a wedding. What’s the average cost of a wedding, like 30k? Are you freaking kidding me? For a one day party???? Why is it that they can be “somewhat practical” with all things finances, but then when it comes to a wedding, all reason goes out the door. And spare me the, we were under our budget for the wedding. Hello! The budget, I guarantee, is still higher than the cost of many cars. What is with the insanity? The diamond engagement ring alone is in the thousands. That thing doesn’t even have any electricity going through it, and it costs that much!!?? Did you people know that the history of a diamond as an engagement ring is well less than 100 years old??? The marketer’s at DeBeer’s are freaking geniuses. Those are the people you should be hiring if you have crap to sell, after all, they got women all over the world to believe that a stupid rock mined at gunpoint by an African slave is the absolute necessity of the symbol for love.
Don’t tell me this insanity is because girls have dreamed of a storybook wedding all their life. Guys have dreamed about owning the best gadgets and coolest cars all their life too, and they aren’t able to throw all reason out the window to do so, at least not if they want to keep their woman. If you added up the cost of all the electronics a guy wanted, I’d venture to guess it cost less than a wedding. As you “budget” how much you want to spend on your wedding, think about if its worth just getting married at city hall, then buying a nice sports car with that money. The sports car would be awesome, and with the divorce rate nowadays being like 55% or so, it’ll probably last longer than your marriage as well.
Yes, yes, I know you all think I’m all talk and am just bitching. I realize it too. I guarantee when I get married, I will lay over just like every other guy, and do the same. Just wanted to complain about it before that day comes.
Darkness, Take my Hand is the 2nd book be Dennis Lehane featuring the private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. In this book, the two take on a case of a psychiatrist and her son being threatened by the Irish Mob. Having grown up in the same neighborhood as many of these mobsters, Kenzie and Gennaro know the dangers of the case, but against better judgment decide to take it. And obviously, they are right. Murder and mystery ensue, and everyone is left guessing who killed who and why.
Because I read the 3rd book, Sacred, before reading this one, I kind of knew what was going to happen at the end of this book. If you are going to read his books, you probably shouldn’t do that. However, despite that, I enjoyed this book. Of the first three books he has written, with the first being A Drink Before the War, I liked this one the best. Sacred, my least favorite, just didn’t seem very realistic and I just hated the ending. A Drink Before the War, while entertaining, I felt just played the race card too much. Felt like I’ve been there done that. This one starts off as a case of a client being threatened, and just turns into so much more. You also get more of a feel of why these 2 main characters are who they are, as it describes the people and the neighborhood they grew up in.
I think that Lehane has written 5 books with these 2 characters, so I will definitely read that since I have already bought all of his books. If you like murder, mystery, investigation type books, then I’d totally recommend you read this. If not, well, I still think its an enjoyable book.
All through my years of working, I’ve been asked many times by friends, family, co-workers, and even bosses if I like my work. I never know how to answer that because most of the time, I don’t really care what I’m doing. Its just work. What I hate the most is when I sit at work and I have nothing to do because then the time goes unbelievably slow and you just want to go crazy.
But, as for what my work goes….I guess I like to be challenged rather than do brainless crap. I’d rather have to do a variety of things than the same things over and over again. I prefer to interact with my co-workers. I hate getting work at the last minute. Impossible deadlines are dumb. I don’t like working more than 40 hours per week. That goes along with me hating to work on weekends and at nights. If I can’t enjoy my personal time, then there is no point in earning money at a job. I never understood people who feel the need to work 80 hours/week. What’s the point in earning all that money if you have no time to spend it? I don’t like micro managers. Annoying co-workers suck…but then again, annoying people in general suck. It’s almost work at work because if you have to work with them, then you pretty much have to see them every day. At least out in the streets, I can just walk away from idiots.
So, just give me my work, let me do my thing, don’t make me stay long, and I guess you can say I’ll “like” my work. But, unless it is my own company and what I do at work immediately and directly affects my income, then its just freaking work to me. I’ll do it, and I’ll do it well, but as my friend once told me, there is a reason why its called work and not fun.
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