This is an important week. What will happen this week has been talked about for so long and debated for many moons. I can't begin to tell you the importance of this week in my own household. We have talked about this for some time and now it is finally here!
No, I am not talking about this fair land getting a new President, I am, of course, talking about the return of LOST! (Yes, I did hear something about some swearing in ceremony of someone in a state or district up north but that so pales in comparison...doesn't it?!)
It has been a long time since last May when bad boy Ben turned the frozen wheel on the island and moved it to...well, we are all waiting to know!! (DISCLAIMER...if you do not watch LOST, stop reading now because none of this will make any sense and I will seem crazier to you than before...a leap, I know.)
I am a huge fan of Doc Jensen on ew.com. If I am a LOST fan, this guy is an uberfan. He reads books that relate to the show and researches like crazy so he can, weekly, tell the rest of us his theories from the world of LOST. He is a master...a true LOST maniac! So, if you watch LOST and don't read his column, I would highly recommend him. (He seems like a nice guy. He even emailed me back when I sent him one of my theories relating to how LOST mirrored Star Wars...I know, I am a LOST geek!)
Back to the issue at hand. We are less than three days away from finding out (well maybe finding out) where or WHEN the island moved to, what happened to those left behind and what the Oceanic 6 plan to do about it.
Very exciting stuff! Much better than half of Hollywood showing up in that district up north for that big party that the Dems are throwing. Not that I have anything against our new President. In fact, I hope he can pull off 10% of what he promised because this great land needs some help. On this MLK Day, I sincerely hope that people of all races can finally put aside all the ugliness that has plagued our country in the past and unite behind this President. Did I vote for him...no. The reason I didn't was not because of the color of his skin but his politics...especially that part about spreading the wealth. I firmly believe that this country is where people can come and do anything. You can go from poor to millionaire in this country and you shouldn't be punished for being able to do it....OK, unless your means of making money was illegal. I also firmly believe that our country should help those that need help but not give a running line of credit via my check to those who chose not to work and live off of government programs. No one is entitled to anything. You work and work hard to make it in this world. If bad times strike, then we all should lift up the one who has fallen on bad times until they can get back on their feet. Jesus advocated helping the needy but he never said that it was OK to not work and expect others to just give you their money. Wow...where did that soapbox I am standing on come from! :)
Guess I had better stop while I am ahead...or before I offend any and all reading! If you are a LOST fan like me, I bet you have your DVR set and are ready for another amazing ride courtesy of Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley, Ben, the Others, the Dharma folks and others (not to be confused with the cap Others mentioned before). Gotta love this show!
Live Together or Die Alone!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Wow...I Sure Have Been A Slacker...
OK...my last post came right after Christmas so I guess it is time to write something.
It has been a busy couple of weeks but I did get to go on my annual scrapbooking weekend! Me and the rest of the crazy scrapping women packed up about half the stuff in our house and headed for a cabin in the mountains. Fun was had by all! Of course, I end up talking about as much as I scrapbooked so I only got 19 pages done...but who is counting! The one of us that does very few pages (you know who you are) actually started and finished 4 pages and even finsihed up a couple more that were already in progress. We are SO proud of you!
Yes, we pack up hundreds of pounds of stuff and set up a scrapbooking store in a cabin, but the real fun is the converstations had by all. The 4 pager mentioned above keeps me doubled over in laughter most of the time. I can't tell you, my dedicated blog readers, what we talk about because all of that has to go in "the vault". However, I can be bought and I do accept PayPal so make an offer! :)
Just so I stay on the track that this blog usually takes...and most often derails...I will also share with you about a movie I recently saw. We took the kids plus one friend to see Bedtime Stories. It looked funny in the trailers so I thought, why not drop 60 bucks. (Hubby HAS to have the "big stupid popcorn and big stupid Coke"...don't ask me where he came up with those titles except I think it is dangerous to your health to eat that much popcorn covered in that mystery oil they call butter so maybe that is what begats the stupid part...anyway...that is what drives up the price of the movie going.)
Bedtime Stories was actually very cute. Adam Sandler almost made up for Don't Mess With The Zohan...ALMOST...by playing a clueless uncle who is asked by his overachiever sister (Courntey Cox) to watch her two kids for a week. As the title suggests, there are bedtime stories told. Uncle Clueless tells the tales, mostly the story of his down and out life but set in Ancient Greece or the Old West and he casts himself as the hero, to his niece and nephew. The niece and nephew add in some things and this movie is off and running. Sandler quickly figures out that the parts the kids add to the story actually happens to him the next day.
Overall, it is happy tale of a once loser guy who makes good and gets the girl. That formula has worked for Hollywood for years so why mess with success. Sandler is funny but keeps it in the PG range so families can enjoy his brand of craziness together...and he is actually much better staying in the PG range. I imagine that a Bedtime Stories 2 is in the works even as I type.
Well, that is really the only Popcorn Report I have to make. Mostly we have been moles hiding in our house watching old DVDs and trying to stay warm. Right now I am watching it snow outside. The boys are SO excited! Of course, they think it is going to make it look like a ski resort outside and I know it will probably stick to nothing, but they can dream...and I let them.
It has been a busy couple of weeks but I did get to go on my annual scrapbooking weekend! Me and the rest of the crazy scrapping women packed up about half the stuff in our house and headed for a cabin in the mountains. Fun was had by all! Of course, I end up talking about as much as I scrapbooked so I only got 19 pages done...but who is counting! The one of us that does very few pages (you know who you are) actually started and finished 4 pages and even finsihed up a couple more that were already in progress. We are SO proud of you!
Yes, we pack up hundreds of pounds of stuff and set up a scrapbooking store in a cabin, but the real fun is the converstations had by all. The 4 pager mentioned above keeps me doubled over in laughter most of the time. I can't tell you, my dedicated blog readers, what we talk about because all of that has to go in "the vault". However, I can be bought and I do accept PayPal so make an offer! :)
Just so I stay on the track that this blog usually takes...and most often derails...I will also share with you about a movie I recently saw. We took the kids plus one friend to see Bedtime Stories. It looked funny in the trailers so I thought, why not drop 60 bucks. (Hubby HAS to have the "big stupid popcorn and big stupid Coke"...don't ask me where he came up with those titles except I think it is dangerous to your health to eat that much popcorn covered in that mystery oil they call butter so maybe that is what begats the stupid part...anyway...that is what drives up the price of the movie going.)
Bedtime Stories was actually very cute. Adam Sandler almost made up for Don't Mess With The Zohan...ALMOST...by playing a clueless uncle who is asked by his overachiever sister (Courntey Cox) to watch her two kids for a week. As the title suggests, there are bedtime stories told. Uncle Clueless tells the tales, mostly the story of his down and out life but set in Ancient Greece or the Old West and he casts himself as the hero, to his niece and nephew. The niece and nephew add in some things and this movie is off and running. Sandler quickly figures out that the parts the kids add to the story actually happens to him the next day.
Overall, it is happy tale of a once loser guy who makes good and gets the girl. That formula has worked for Hollywood for years so why mess with success. Sandler is funny but keeps it in the PG range so families can enjoy his brand of craziness together...and he is actually much better staying in the PG range. I imagine that a Bedtime Stories 2 is in the works even as I type.
Well, that is really the only Popcorn Report I have to make. Mostly we have been moles hiding in our house watching old DVDs and trying to stay warm. Right now I am watching it snow outside. The boys are SO excited! Of course, they think it is going to make it look like a ski resort outside and I know it will probably stick to nothing, but they can dream...and I let them.
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