TDTVS

Membata…

…is Indonesian for “doubt” or “uncertainty”.

The last episode didn’t actually jump the shark but it did water ski precariously close. The same thing that really derailed National Treasure for me is one of the things that stretched credibility to the breaking point. Ben blows up the “vault” in the Orchid Station so that he can get to the place he needs to be to move the island. He follows a tunnel for a while then has to kick his way through a sheet of ice and starts to climb down a ladder into a room that looks as if it has been sealed for a very long time. A rung of the ladder breaks because the wood is so old it is dry rotted and Ben tumbles to the icy floor. He then gets up, dusts himself off, pulls some matches from his pocket and lights one. He takes the match to a hurricane lantern hanging on a nail, lifts the glass and the wick lights! That Dharma Initiative lamp oil must really be something.

Another little thing that I need someone to explain to me why the lying. Locke convinces Jack who in turn convince the rest of the Oceanic 6 to lie about the whole island experience. They concoct a story about how they were the only survivors to protect the ones they left behind. Why? The island is no longer where it was, Locke moved it (in space or time or both), how are they going to get found?

I loved the wooden wheel thing that Ben had to turn to activate the whatever that would move the island, reminded me of the Wheel of Pain that Conan had to turn as a child slave that made him the strong man he was. Also kind of reminded me of the wheel that the donkey was chained to in the blacksmith’s shop where Will Turner worked. Or maybe the helm of the Black Pearl. Where’d those last two references come from? TDPM was on USA tonight and I would have watched the whole thing too, if Donna hadn’t make me rewatch “There Is No Place Like Home Parts 2 & 3” at around 9:00 PM.

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We Wish You A Happy Red Hot Deals Day

Can’t blog right now, last hour of Lost is on. Come back tomorrow.

That Ben is such a nice guy.

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Man of Faith

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.

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Not Much To Say

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?

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Floors & Wall

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.

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Hurley Is A Citizen Too

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.

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We’ve Got Toilets

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.

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