Tonight’s episode must be Locke centric as it started out with his birth.
Appropriately, or not, I think that John will be my next acquisition. That is, if I happen to bid victoriously.
Somebody needs to beat the snot out of Ben again, all the bruises on his face are clearing up.
The tile is down, but needs grouting. The bead board is up, leaving the top to be modified for a medicine cabinet and the new light fixture. The contractor’s usual electrician has been to busy to get over here and wire up the exhaust fans, so he is calling in a favor from another fellow and they will be here tomorrow to wire things up. They won’t be interrupting us in any way because we will be out running the MMC‘s annual Time, Speed, & Distance Rally.
I’ve given up on the whole new theme, who needs widgets anyway, but I’m going to change the color scheme. I’m going to keep the diagonal stripe background and I had downloaded the perfect one from the Stripe Generator, but accidentally overwrote it when saving the new header and I can’t get it back (I hope just for now) because the stripe page is down.
Still trying to digest last night’s episode of TDTVS, even after a second viewing tonight. We got a half answer to a big question, but several more new ones were asked.And what was up with the bad guys, were they actually trying to miss Saywer on purpose with their fusillade or was that a textbook example of the Automatic Miss Syndrome?
There wasn’t much visible progress made yesterday, a lot of new plumbing, but today we got the drywall up and the tile around the tub. Tomorrow there will probably be tile on the floor.
Finally watched “The Commitments” tonight. Just as good as the first time, although Donna thought she was watching it for the first time…
I’m typing away during the commercials because Lost is on. In tonight’s episode the writers have decided to lighten the payroll considerable. A man has washed ashore with his neck slit, three Red Shirts were gunned down, Sayid’s wife is dead and Ben’s “daughter” was executed in front of him.
No, you weren’t imagining things, there was a video here, but it seemed to prevent the page from loading under certain conditions, so I yanked it.
Just after lunch today there was a knock at the door. We weren’t expecting anyone, but turns out that was wrong. When Donna opened the door there was the unlikely duo of Shannon Rutherford and Hugo Reyes. I knew Jack was a Sox fan, but I was surprised to find a native son of Santa Monica, CA was too. I had bid victoriously.
Here’s an item I won’t be victorious on — I don’t have quite enough cash in my PayPal account — David Ortiz “Yankees Curse” Jersey
I primered the the inside of the newly remodeled bathroom and then hung a towel rack, the TP holder and the shower curtain rod. We started to shuffle things around in preparation for moving our bedroom to the other end of the house. We cleaned out the two closets by carrying a dozen boxes up into the attic. Sunday night we’ll move the bed and our clothes to complete the transition.
Broke down and washed the car tonight, even though there is a chance of afternoon thunder showers tomorrow. Pine pollen season is all but over and it has been 6 weeks since the last wash, so I figured it was time. Plus we are going on a Post Office Safari tomorrow and the Emperor always like to put his best face forward even though he isn’t the primary photographic subject.
Not yet exactly, they are at the dealer and will be delivered tomorrow. We are almost ready for them too. The shower walls were grouted today and the floor in the room is about half done. The walls are almost ready for wainscoting.
I have started my LOST action figure collection with not just one, but two figures. I scoured ebay looking for figures I could buy for no more than $15 bucks total (price & shipping.) My main objective was Hugo (Hurley) Reyes. My first attempt fell 50¢ short. The next time I found one to bid on, it was after checking out a couple other characters, and somehow I managed to bid on a Shannon figure. Whiny Shannon was always my least favorite “main” character on the show and if the accidental purchase had any redeeming value it was that I was the only bidder (guess I’m not the only one who isn’t a Shannon fan), so she is going to cost me only a penny over the $8 shipping fee.
Luck was with me next time, as right after the Shannon auction closed I found a Hurley figure that had a couple days left on it. The next bid up was just a buck over my arbitrary fifteen buck limit, so I gave iit a shot, never figuring it would hold up. It did.
We went downtown last night to get an ice cream. The place was hopping. That was to be expected because the middle jewel of Aiken’s Triple Crown, the Spring Steeplechase, was yesterday and it routinely attracts 30,000 people and a lot of them hang around town long after. The restaurants were packed and there were several venues with live music. We arrived at the Sweet Cow Creamery at just the right time, we were next in line to be served and by the time I paid for our ice cream there were a half dozen people storming the door to get in.
This morning after watching last Thursday’s episode of Lost with breakfast, we went out and got lost in Hitchcock Woods. As usual, we were not really lost, we just didn’t know exactly where we were. The map hasn’t been updated in a long while and there are quite a few new trails that can confuse us for a short while.
To help you through the next few dark days until April 24th, go to the Lost Island Video and see want some talented Losties have created.
So far I am 31 of 48 in my March Madness picks leaving me only 20 points behind the leaders and next round games are worth 15 points. That’s the good news, the bad news is that there are still 15 of the 21 people entered ahead of me. Unlike last year when I watched none of the games, this year I have actually watched a few of the games. The b-ball players these days love their tats. There was one guy playing for Memphis who I could have sworn had the whole Declaration of Independence tattooed on his upper arm.
We are taking the day off from work Tuesday because the BMW’s are coming to town. We can’t start driving until 9:00AM, but that is OK because I have the perfect way to spend those pre drive hours — baseball. The FRS open the season in Japan against Oakland and the game starts at 6:00AM on ESPN2.
Because of where the date of my birth falls in the Gregorian calendar I am considered a Libra. The symbol for Libra are the scales of balance representing the balance that Libras continually seek in their selves and their life.
I don’t put much stock in astrology and my wife doesn’t either, but one or both of us must subconsciously because it is my job to balance the checkbook. And when I get done posting here I need to get back to seeking what happened to the $5.41 the bank says we have that I don’t think we have.
An interesting side note (or maybe not): Libra is the only inanimate sign of the zodiac, all the others represent either humans or animals.
Might be something to this astrology after all, because I am constantly seeking ways to be inanimate.
The FRS almost didn’t go to Japan for Opening Day.
To get you ready for tomorrow’s Episode 8 of Lost here are a couple of theories on what the “Island” is all about:
1. Coolest. Theory. Ever.
2. The Great Gedanken Expriment, a Tale of Time Travel and Schrodinger’s Cat
They are kind of long, so you might want to save them for next Thursday night, because Lost won’t be on. Tomorrow is episode eight of thirteen total for this season and there is going to be a six week break before we get to see the last 5 episodes (dang writers strike.)