Dreamscape in a Blanket Silver-Grey

We pick up where we left off with Jack & the marshal, who keeps trying to tell him about K8, but apparently, telling Jack to look in his jacket pocket is easier than just saying her name. Now Jacko knows who the felon is. Oooooh. Mini-A-team is headed back to the beach, but they have to stop & make camp for the night. Sayid re-enacts the flight & subsequent crash with a fiery stick instead of a leaf-plane. Guess he didn’t have as much time on his hands. Charlie is sure they’ll still be found, maybe via satellite, but then Sayid explains how satellites actually work, so that hope is shot. Would anything ever have gotten done on that island without Sayid Jarrah? I don’t think so. James wants to talk about the 16-year-long radio signal; Boone wants to tell everyone about it, but Sayid knows better. “Hope is a very dangerous thing to lose.” It wasn’t a dinosaur, Hurley. Jack is still insistent he can fix everything, but those of us who know him know better. Hurley

L O S T - Episode 1.01, Pilot Part 1 We open on Jack’s eye - closed. No, wait, it’s open now. Lots of tension. Poor innocent Jacko, he has no idea what he’s about to get himself into. Cue Vincent. Jack is injured - the perfect excuse to meet...well, we’ll get to that. Cue the first of many, many, MANY future running-through-the-jungle scenes. The beach seems calm...until we pan a little further left. Shannon screams, people stand around, not sure what to do because they’re not hero/leaders like our good buddy Jack. We see Charlie, Jin, we hear Michael’s first ever cries of “WALT!” They won’t be his last, but first-time viewers don’t know that yet. Jack’s ready to jump into hero mode. And he’s off! Locke is up & walking. Jack’s just met his pregnant half-sister, but we’re not supposed to know that yet, either. Oh the joys of a rewatch. Jack calls on Hurley to help Claire, and Hurley is not amused. Boone is TRYING to be in hero mode too, but he’s rather unsuccessf

So today we watched A Cinderella Christmas , and it made me think and feel a lot of things. I might just have ridiculously high standards based on my deep and undying love for all things Disney and fairy-tale-related...who are we kidding, that's totally the case. Nevertheless, this movie was a mix of things, both fine and...not so much. It starts off pretty predictably, with Angie being bossed around and harassed by her awful cousin Candace, clearly the "evil stepsister" in this story. Angie works with Candace and wants to break out on her own, but she's too afraid. Then there's Nikolaus, the obvious Prince Charming, heir to a grand inheritance. He's famous for some reason, but I can't remember why. He also wants to be "free", but his mumsy tells him he's got some growing up to do, and UH OH, he can’t have his inheritance until he gets married. Because I guess that’s the only way to show you’re a mature human being or something. The

There are a lot of reasons to love Lost - strong characters with interesting arcs, great writing and acting - I could write entire essays (and I have) about how fantastic it is. Unfortunately, there is (STILL) a large group of people who seem to think that the 2010 finale of the series was less than superb. Those people are wrong. Now, I have been let down by many a show in my day ( Desperate Housewives and How I Met Your Mother, I’m looking at you). This has made me highly critical of the things I love because I expect greatness from them. Many shows fall short, but Lost delivered greatness in its finale. The main hangup I’ve seen is that the finale didn’t answer all the little, lingering questions the audience had. No, it didn’t. Here’s the thing, though: THAT’S THE POINT. Lost is a show about life , and in life, you don’t always get all the answers. The finale (and the show as a whole) is about the big picture . Jack Shephard spent most of the series trying to fix ever

1. Do things that scare you. I don’t mean jumping out of planes or going deep sea scuba diving (unless you really want to), I just mean that trying something you’re afraid of can actually wind up being very fulfilling - and often times, far less scary than you thought it was. 2. Being kind is SO important. It’s probably the most important thing there is. It’s very simple and makes a HUGE difference. 3. People don’t fit into neat little boxes - don’t put them there. You don’t know someone’s story just because you know a few superficial details about them. 4. It’s really easy to let the day-to-day frustrations get to you. Don’t let them get to you. I know, it’s much easier said than done, and I’m not sure it’s possible for anyone to ever be perfect at this, but doing your best to look at the big picture can really help keep you grounded when things aren’t going your way in the short term. 5. What’s right for you may not be right for someone else, and that’s okay. 6. Read books th