Sorry Hannah!

Last week my mom came down and helped us clean up and paint our condo.

We had always asumed that we could not find our camera because Hannah had grabbed it and thrown it the garbage. I can't tell you how many times we have caught her throwing remotes, shoes, toys, etc in the gargage.

But it turned out that when we emptied one of our messy closets, behold there was the camera.

Woops...Sorry Hannah.

Lost - One of Them

Read the synopsis at:
http://www.filmfodder.com/TV/lost/archives/002270.shtml

Thoughts on this episode:

• This is one of the better episodes of the season. I like the fact that the series is getting back to doing back stories on the original cast, and Sayid is one of the more interesting characters on the island.
• Sayid's back story takes place during the the first Gulf War.
• The writers did good in not making any stereo types about the war (i.e. U.S. bad; Iraq good or vice-versa), but rather the episode shows people in the war and the crazy, difficult, ethical decision that have to be made by them on both sides. Still, torchure is never an alternative, unless the consequence of not torchuring would directly cause the loss of many lives. This situation did not come close to that requirement.
• Sayid is forced to torchure his own superior to get information on a captured pilot, but the decision is made easier for him after he finds out that his superior poisoned a village (either his home village or a village of people dear to him) with chemicals.
• Meanwhile back on the island, it seems pretty clear that the captured man is one of the others. I think we are going to get a lot more juicy info real soon!
• So that picture was Kate. I missed that one. Who was her step father?
• One interesting note regarding last week's episode is that I read a blog that surmised that Charlie was not as hideous as he appeared to be when he tried to kidnap Sun. It turns out that she did not suffer her concussion from a beating from Charlie; but rather, in her panic to escape, ran into a tree and knocked herself out. I still do not think this act is something Charlie would do, but that makes more sense.

Lost - The Long Con

Show review
http://www.filmfodder.com/tv/lost/archives/002227.shtml

• Sawyer nicknames: Anna Loo Loo
• What was John looking for in those books? More pieces of the film?
• What is motivating Sawyer to be so evil? I think the notion that he wants people to hate him is not far off, but why?
• Why is Jack's response to adversity to always go get a gun?
• When we find that Charlie was the one that attacked Sun. My first thought was that seemed out of charactor for him. I can see him wanting to get John back, but I do not think he would ever attack a woman. I don't buy it.
• I had a feeling it was Charlie from the beginning. It was obvious that it was not one of the others. As evil as they were, I believed them when they said that there was a line they would not cross. Will see about that line.
• I miss Mr. Echo!

Review: Grass For His Pillow

The second book in the trilogy, "Tales of the Otori", was an audible book that I had in my queue for while and had not got around to listening to it.

The first half the book is really depressing, and although the second half of the book picks up, it is still much slower paced than the first book. I feel like I could almost have skipped the second book and started on the final book and not missed all that much.

That seems to be a common gripe I have with trilogies. The second book in the trilogy always seems to be there only as a tool to set up the final book.

And don't get me started on series like "Left Behind" that milk stories beyond credulity where a whole book spans a week or so.

But I digress...