NYC!

So I've been in NYC since last thursday, and am loving it. Being here without it having any family trip type situations has really opened my eyes to this lovely city. I mean, I've always loved this city, but have never experienced it like I have on this trip, being a legit "adult." I've really started to think about going to grad school here instead of L.A, I'm going to end up there eventually anyway, so I might as well try the whole east coast thing, right?

Anyhow, the first night we were here I managed to talk everyone into going to see the midnight showing of CLoverfield, awesome, right? Yea it should have been, But the two bottles of whisky we drank before the show, only to enter with a handful of 20-something ounce Coors, definitely lead to me not remembering a large part of the fucking movie. Which sucks, I'm going to need to see it again. 

As far as movie going goes from this trip... 'There will be blood' kicks 'No Country For Old Men's ass.. for real. 

Anyhow, we've been meeting at the Pioneer theater everyday this week (over on third st. and Ave A.) and have met a shit ton of really impressive individuals. Two of which definitely made me sure this industry (well TV) is something I want/need to pursue, and the passion and truth they displayed in our meetings were like a breath of fresh air.

Only a few days left here, which is sad. But damn, it's been an amazing trip.

And I digress... I found the oceanic/find815 billboard, definitely made the trip. And the fact that a LOST promo plays every five or so minutes in times square is awesome!!! 

About LOST, the premiere is now so close!!! And I'm getting more and more excited. The number of sneak peeks ABC has put out seem kind of silly to me. Five minute and a half clips of important scenes pretty much make up a considerable portion of the episode. Although I guess that really doesn't matter, since I'm going to watch and enjoy it regardless of how many sneak peeks they release.

That's all for now!

Fate? The bigger picture...

About all the stuff I’ve been reading about Skate vs. Jate spoiler biznass on Dark UFO’s site…

 

Damon and Carlton said (I believe in a podcast) that one of them is a Skater and one of them is Jater, and they have made the decision about who Kate would end up with in Kate's best interest, the best interest of the overall story. Which whatever our ships may be, that's what we'd really want, right? Because the show is soooo much more than just their "relationships" that for the most part haven't been explored to that great an extent (with both ships)....

Having Kate go back and forth so shamelessly takes away from her character, and definitely does not portray the strong willed woman she really is…. I love Sawyer and Kate together, so I guess I could be classified as a skater. But what I love about them is that he is the most natural option. They just fit, they are the same and from the beginning they saw through the masks and walls their pasts lead them to put up. There was a connection for sure, and it seemed almost wrong at first, but when they started to play into it more people started to like the idea. Plus, Evangeline and Josh have a beautiful chemistry, and they way it transfers on-screen is thrilling to watch and see develop. Starting as early as Tabula Rasa, we started to see that Sawyer spoke to Kate in a different way than he did the others, and acted differently around her.

I’ve been re-watching the series, and to be fare there are a bunch of Jate moments season one that are kind of cute, and made me smile.

Yea, I’d like to see Kate end up with Sawyer; because I love both characters, and I think they deserve the happiness/peace their feelings bring out.  But if they didn’t end up together because it didn’t work into the better bigger picture (even if that were to involve Jack) that’s what I would want… Beacause it’s the story as a whole that’s why I watch. And keeping it natural, even at the expense of Skate… I’d want that ending.

But, will they end up together?… I don’t think that we’ll get a true answer to this triangle until 2010… ross and Rachel style. It wouldn’t be as interesting if we didn’t have to wait. Point A and Point B aren’t what intrigues us all… it’s everything that happens in between to take them there.

The thing that I question about Episode 4 and kate/sawyer/jack… is that I imagine her trial would take place before the FF in TTLG…. So clearly things have deteriorated since then…and we clearly know the ‘he’ isn’t sawyer… all these things are fun and I can’t wait to watch. The idea of adding to Kate’s story to include some surprising and monumental details would be awesome. Being the lead female of the show I think she needs to be given a greater purpose/story, and I’d love to see Evangeline play with that arc… I like the Annie idea, that would totally be a WTF moment, but something tells me with TPTB having the rest of the series mapped out… these reveals are going to be mostly outside the realm of our guessing…

 

Off the Wagon

I forgot how little sleep and how much partying goes on during Jan-term. Damn... I always do. Not to mention the fact that my class is at 9:30... which on that note is pretty bad ass. Our schedule right now is a little taxing we meet in the morning watch a movie take a lunch break, come back, watch another movie, discuss, then watch a third movie... But the time does pass really quickly, which is nice. The best part is that in New York we have a shit ton of free time, all morning and most of the after noon, the we should be done before ten. Awesome. If the strikes still in full force next week, which sadly I'm sure it will be; I'm gonna picket. And I'm stoked. I really would love to see a taping of Conan O'Brian, but I can't bring myself to cross the line. Sad day.

Anyhow, I got another tattoo.. It's this.....

But it's in black-light ink on the back of my neck, which in case you were wondering, is quite painful. The guy at the shop told me that in comparison to my wrist where I have three other small tattoos, it would be nothin'.

What a bold faced lie, it hurt like a bitch. Nothing my superhuman pain tolerance couldn't handle but it was strange. You know that tingly release you get after you sneeze? It was a constant feeling like that (which was nice), but mixed with a lot of pain :(. Anyhow, I love it and can't wait to see it under the black-light in full force after it heals.

I tried to explain to my friend who thought it was just done due to my LOST obsession.... but that doesn't even begin to explain it.... 

I'll be back to finish this incomplete thought later :)

This Is The New Year.

It's 2008... wooooohoooo.

And now that I've finally recovered from my New Years Eve induced hangover I decided I should reappear and start the new year off right, even if it is almost five days in now. For starters, I'd just like to let all you who were worried about my health during this absence that I am fine (and by all of you, I mean none of you. Because lets be honest. The only person who reads this, is me... And the occasional friend I force to listen to my witty comments after I laugh aloud typing them). The long term affects of my last night of 2007 have yet to be determined, but if my motor skills and other normal functions begin to deteriorate to an alarming low I'm sure you'll notice.

So again I say, it's 2008. Who the fuck cares... In my mind New Years Eve is pretty much the high point of most years, and New Years day is usually the suckiest... Not counting days such as Valentines Day (if you're alone), Columbus Day (If you're a Native American), and "Random drug/alcohol test day from your parole officer," if you're Bobby Brown. 

Anyhow this so-called 2008 has taught me a few things, however inane they may seem:

1) When consuming Fruity Pebbles, the milk to cereal ratio must be seriously readjusted. Now, I'm no mathematician but I think it is probably safe to safe the proportions should be around 3/5 of Bedrock's best to 2/5 Milk.

2) Make a New Year's resolution you can keep: Like mine, don't drive the wrong way down the freeway drunk. So far, so good.

3) The third final thing I've learned so far is that I need to start looking into a 12 step program for Mac addicts... 

4) Fourth and Finally... I learned the AMPTP sucks. but then again, I knew that last year.

Enough about the new year.... It is now January fifth, and you know what that means..... (and yes I do mean more than the numerical value, or any other completely legitimate observations you might have.).... It means that there are Twenty Six Days until season four of LOST premieres. And hot damn! That's exciting... Only 3 plus weeks, or to be a little more precise... about 36, 840 minutes until the premiere. Which to me the first thing I noticed about the number where the two digits, 8 and 4....and what significance they may have. But then I remembered  that was just me overanalyzing every tiny detail of any given thing in order to determine whether or not it has greater meaning in the whole scheme of things... and as it turns... that is is a great mind exercise to prepare my brain to re-enter the world of LOST on January 31st.

Anyhow, I'm trying not to read spoilers. I never really want to know the answers they will reveal ahead of time. But like a moth to a flame, I'm the spoiler worlds pathetic little bitch...

On one final note before I go...

Everyone should look into the series of essays called "Why we write" and they're pretty bad ass. www.whywewrite.wordpress.com

Next time...I'll talk more about lost... and that damn Find815 game that I love.