Happy LOST Day!

I don't usually get all that excited about TV shows, but this is the exception... LOST premieres tonight!!! I have to admit that after watching the first episode I was anything but hooked... in fact I was a little repulsed... I have what might be called a "mild fear of flying". OK so I was pretty much scared shitless to fly for a better part of my life. Now, I'll get on an airplane, but that's only because I spend the better part of an hour before hand getting my alcohol levels up to their proper level :)

Anyway... back to LOST. What impresses me the most about this series is that it actually seems like they have a plan.. they aren't just writing the episodes randomly. Everything they do serves a purpose towards an ultimate payoff. This is a rarity these days in the age of instant gratification. Don't watch it, but I from what I hear about the O.C., it really seems like they are writing each and every episode flying by the seat of their pants. They have no build and the payoff is too quick for it to really have any affect on anything. The "slow build" is truly an art form.

Finally, once you get this slow build, it MUST actually lead to something. Again I was never an X-Files fan, but from all I heard the slow build and mystery was part of the draw to that show, but by the end of the series they really never solved anything, or at least the payoff wasn't nearly worth the wait. Whether LOST will actually payoff has yet to be seen, but from what I've heard, they have plot outlines to last them years. Time will tell...

Well I'm off...

Big, Big win... I'm still in shock and am just going to enjoy the afterglow for the rest of the eve... too bad I have to be at the office tomorrow morning :( GO GREEN, GO WHITE! 

GO GREEN!

The Gump

One of my fav pics. Two of the great minds of the 20th century ;)

Back Again

Hey there!
Well I'm back... and hopefully I'll be able to post regularly for awhile, because... I FINALLY have internet at home!!! I know! I have joined the 90's and now can surf this thing called the intra-net at home. It was a long and slow process but not only do I have the net at home, but I also just got a brand spankin new computer too! It's so nice having something to use that has a space bar that works. It's the little things ya know.
Not a big post 2 night as I'm off to bed, but I'll be back with a vengence tomorrow I'm sure...

Night