The end is near here.  Well, it will be here Sunday.  I’m talking about the finale of Lost, of course, the sci-fi version of Gilligan’s Island that has had me saying “huh?” every Tuesday night.  I was late to the game, I’ll admit it.  My addiction to Lost began just this January as I found the first five seasons online.  In a sickly, cough-medicine addled state of mind, I thought it would be a good idea to tackle all the seasons in time for the sixth and final season’s premier.

Over the course of  two weeks, I was a shut-in.  Friends stopped calling, my parents thought they lost a child. And they did, temporarily.  Every waking minute was spent taking in the Jack-Kate-Sawyer love triangle, weighing in on Locke’s nuttiness, and fearing Ben.  I stayed up until ungodly hours so I could watch just one more episode.  I had questions, who didn’t?  Naively, I thought I’d get answers.

With the final chapter upon us, I’ve come to terms with the fact that all my questions probably won’t be answered.  There’s just too much ground to cover.  But, there are a few that I’m hoping get resolved: Read More »

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“They’re a bunch of snot-suckers.”

“What?”

“Like, they actually suck snot. They remove the physical snot from your head.

“Ew. So, literally, snot-suckers.”

“Yup.”

“How do you one-up ‘Twlight’? They already did ‘vampires that can’t have sex.’”

“What about angels? Angels are sexy. Angels that can’t have sex.”

“How about angels that just don’t have any junk? No penis?”

“Or maybe they have two penises. Whaddya think?”

A man holding out a single-serving jelly package to a girl.

“I put sugar on it. It feels like a cat. Come on, try it.”

“It goes four a.m. diner, four-thirty omelettes, get home at five – and then it’s, hey, I have all these computer games here, and I guess I’m not tired anyway. And then I have a final.” Read More »