Was lost, but now I'm...well, still lost, but a bit more enlightened.
Last night was the culmination of a nearly eight-month journey for me:
At long last, I am caught up--and yes, just a little obsessed--with LOST.
Up until last June, I had only seen glimpses of the show. I wanted to know what the big fuss was all about, but I didn't know if I was ready for the commitment to another serial TV show (I mean, I had just gotten hooked on Heroes). But the stars happened to align for me and LOST this past summer: Jonathan moved in, and Julie left her Seasons 1 and 2 DVD sets with me so that I could get caught up.
So Jonathan became my LOST-sherpa, and together, we worked our way through the 72 40-minute episodes. And it became a great little bonding time for the two of us.
We started in June; the first season took a few weeks--maybe a month--to get through, the second season even less time. The third season was a bit more difficult, as the DVD wasn't released until just last month. We ended up tracking down episodes online, downloaded them, and then would hook Jonathan's iBook up to our 52" TV to watch them.
Somewhere around August or September, though, we got stuck. Maybe it was because I was teaching and tutoring 3-4 nights a week, throwing mine and Jonathan's schedules off a bit. Maybe it was that I now had a little less interest/desire in watching yet another one of Julie's favorite TV shows. Maybe it was just meant to be; we had only worked our way through the first 5 or 6 episodes of Season 3, and--as was the case with the actual airing of the show--it would be a number of months before we started up again...maybe that's just how the show was meant to be viewed.
Whatever the case, we finally got back on track in the last month or so, and last night, finished up with the thrilling Season 3 finale, just two weeks away from the Season 4 premiere. The timing couldn't have been better.
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The first thing I did after catching up was to go back and read Jonathan's LOST-lists, the ones he wrote way back in May. The ones I'd waited eight months to read. They're good--if you like the show, go back and take a lot at 'em before the next season begins.
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Over the past few weeks, as the beard has been coming in more and more, I've been comparing myself to various characters on the show. At first, I thought the long hair and stubble made me look a bit like Sawyer (my favorite character on the show, incidentally). Then the beard filled out, and I thought I looked more like Desmond. Now, after having seen the Season 3 finale, I'm pretty sure I look the most like bearded Jack. Which seems about right, considering I probably feel the most like bearded Jack these days.
...
So then. I guess I'm now officially part of the club. Who's excited for Season 4?
At long last, I am caught up--and yes, just a little obsessed--with LOST.
Up until last June, I had only seen glimpses of the show. I wanted to know what the big fuss was all about, but I didn't know if I was ready for the commitment to another serial TV show (I mean, I had just gotten hooked on Heroes). But the stars happened to align for me and LOST this past summer: Jonathan moved in, and Julie left her Seasons 1 and 2 DVD sets with me so that I could get caught up.
So Jonathan became my LOST-sherpa, and together, we worked our way through the 72 40-minute episodes. And it became a great little bonding time for the two of us.
We started in June; the first season took a few weeks--maybe a month--to get through, the second season even less time. The third season was a bit more difficult, as the DVD wasn't released until just last month. We ended up tracking down episodes online, downloaded them, and then would hook Jonathan's iBook up to our 52" TV to watch them.
Somewhere around August or September, though, we got stuck. Maybe it was because I was teaching and tutoring 3-4 nights a week, throwing mine and Jonathan's schedules off a bit. Maybe it was that I now had a little less interest/desire in watching yet another one of Julie's favorite TV shows. Maybe it was just meant to be; we had only worked our way through the first 5 or 6 episodes of Season 3, and--as was the case with the actual airing of the show--it would be a number of months before we started up again...maybe that's just how the show was meant to be viewed.
Whatever the case, we finally got back on track in the last month or so, and last night, finished up with the thrilling Season 3 finale, just two weeks away from the Season 4 premiere. The timing couldn't have been better.
...
The first thing I did after catching up was to go back and read Jonathan's LOST-lists, the ones he wrote way back in May. The ones I'd waited eight months to read. They're good--if you like the show, go back and take a lot at 'em before the next season begins.
...
Over the past few weeks, as the beard has been coming in more and more, I've been comparing myself to various characters on the show. At first, I thought the long hair and stubble made me look a bit like Sawyer (my favorite character on the show, incidentally). Then the beard filled out, and I thought I looked more like Desmond. Now, after having seen the Season 3 finale, I'm pretty sure I look the most like bearded Jack. Which seems about right, considering I probably feel the most like bearded Jack these days.
...
So then. I guess I'm now officially part of the club. Who's excited for Season 4?