For the first time in over three years I ran two miles straight through tonight. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm pretty damn psyched. That weapon also known as my ass is getting into some dangerous shape once again so watch out!!! Dates for the butt parade to be posted shortly...

An American Haunting

The only thing haunting about this movie is how crappy it is. The flick is not scary at all and the reason that the haunting ocurrs is equally unmoving and really just sad. The connection that this haunting has to the future is equally as sad, but not good cinematically. I also watched the flick Ned Kelley w/Orlando Bloom and Heath Ledger, I suppose that in and of itself should have been clue enough that the movie would be a flop. My suggestion skip Ned Kelley and watch Young Guns.

Memorial Day Weekend 70- 80 Degrees and Sunny!

So today I got up at 8am and pretty much went straight to working on the yard. Of course I first had to let the birds out for their morning flight and have my cup of coffee, but then I was off in the car and on my way to get dirt and plants, switching the radio between all Elvis Sunday Morning and Country Oldies. It was a great day. The forecast was for cloudy skies, but the sun was bright and warm all day and felt awesome to work out in. Right now it's 7:51pm and I have been going for almost 10 hours straight. As I was cleaning up my tools, trash etcetera a hummingbird flew right at me and then literally two inches just past my face, I turned to watch him and he made a quick stop at the new hanging petunias and was on his way. Man are they fast! It was amazing. I was happy to discover that there is a bird who has made a nest where last Summer's Catbird/Robin nest was. I couldn't see in well enough, but I think it's the catbird again. However, now that I think of it, this morning I saw a Robin sitting near that bush and I was thinking she must have a nest nearby. Wouldn't that be wild if this turned out to be some totally unique catbird/robin family? Moving on, I got soooo much done today. An enormous list of yard work which involved hauling 40lb bags of dirt, compost and bark mulch and planting loads of things which include: snapdragons, marigolds, geraniums, hanging vinca, hanging petunias and new guinea inpatients. I also sowed some seeds: moon flowers, morning glories, 4 O'clocks, sunflowers and zinnias. I was pretty much finished up when that humming bird buzzed right past me and I have to say it was the perfect note to end the day. I was just sitting there looking at the yard and I felt so happy. I had a bit of a shit year last year, but since the end of last September I have been happier than I have ever been in my life. It's just this super amazing feeling and I can't get over it. I am so grateful; I have been waiting three years now to be able to live back home and enjoy the yard w/out the burden of working two jobs. I love it here and I am overwhelmed with how wonderful of an experience my life is.

Lost Until February

***Ruminations & Postulations on the Lost season Finale*** Things That Rocked: - Sayiid snapping that dude's neck with his legs. - Desmond shooting Mikael in the chest with the dart gun. - Jack pummeling Ben. - Rosseau elbowing Ben in the face. - Hurley saving the fucking day. Things That I'm thinking: My totally off the wall theory, but first thing that came to my mind. Is it possible to have memories of your future? Is it just me or did Ben fabulously demonstrate the technique of deceiving people by adding just the right amount of truth to the fabrication? Well, I guess that he demonstrated it, but unsuccessfully. Trying to get into Ben's head: he starts off w/the intention to lie and manipulate Jack and in the end is (as it would seem) telling him the truth, pleading to Jack with the truth...how did Ben, master of predicting and manipulating human behaviour misjudge what Jack's reaction to the supposed slaughter of Sayiid, Jin and Bernard would be? I have thought a lot about Jacob. I have no conclusions or postulations. The only thing I got is: how f*cking awesome was it when Lost momentarily went all scary horror, psychological flick on itself. Trying to be like everyone else: realistic, obvious and boring I came up with this: Definitely a flashforward. Jack’s references to his father are just drug induced statements. How ridiculous are these people trying to prove it was a flash forward evidenced by the make and model of Jack's cell phone. F*cking gay, try thinking: paid advertisement. Most obvious explanation for what’s going on in the flash forward – it’s Ben’s funeral. Kate’s w/Sawyer now and clearly, Jack is miserable for some undisclosed reason. There was a suggestion made that when future/or present time Kate says ‘he’ll wonder where I am’ she isn’t referring to Sawyer, rather the baby she had with Sawyer. Not a bad suggestion – but I don’t think it really matters at this point. Some one else theorized that the crash, what’s been happening on the beach, in essence the episodes that we’ve been watching are not in present time, but in past time and that the flash forward with Jack and Kate post rescue is actually the present time. They went on to suggest that next season perhaps we’ll be watching the present time as regular episodes and that the rest of the story of what happened on the island will be disclosed through flashbacks. I hope what I just said makes sense. I actually agree that it would seem what we’ve been watching is in the past, Desmond’s ability to see future events is further proof to this theory. As for the format of next season’s episodes. I think that they idea we’ll be watching them primarily after post rescue w/flashbacks to explain the rest of what happened is plausible and likely – but really who knows right? I think that I’d miss having them be on the island though. Why do Kate and Jack have differing opinions on whether or not they should have been rescued. We still don’t know the explanation between all of these people’s lives being intertwined prior to Australia and the plane crash. We still don’t have an explanation for Des’s ability to see the future – or for the old lady in his flash back who tries to prevent him from proposing. We don’t know why people seem to age selectively on the island – like Ben aging into adulthood and then seemingly stopping. I think it’s safe to assume there was no fake flight 815 – that Naomi lies when she says the flight was found as were all of the survivors. This supposed recovery of 815 shouldn’t factor into figuring out what’s happening because it’s a lie. Who are these people that were on the island prior to the Dharma Initiative. When Charlie realized it wasn’t Penny’s boat why didn’t he abandon the plan? Or at least swim out that window – he would have totally fit – I know we’re supposed to suspend our disbelief, but they could have made the window smaller just so it wouldn’t seem like such an obvious exit. Is Desmond good or bad? Is he hiding something – what is he hiding?