6 posts tagged “desmond hume”

So I'm home for my one week Spring Break, and you know what that means??? HORRIBLE CHEST COLD!! Yay! I'm currently using my inhalers like my third lung. Geross. Aside from me dying of death, I'm playing my Wii! My recent Animal Crossing acquisition is kinda awesome, even if it has sub-gamecube level graphics. Cute, funny animals! YAY! And of course I got Super Smash Bros. Brawl today, and it is that awesome. Kirby has some majorly awesome moves, but I've got a place in my heart for Zelda. You know I took down Peach in a mono a mono battle. Bitch went down.

Also. TV. In 1080p. Yes.

LOST
First I should mention all the episodes this season prior to Juliet's have been great. My apologies to future me looking up references for not chronicling those great ones. Sorry, I was busy. I'll just briefly talk about time travel for a sec.

Lost 4.05
I wonder how you not-me people are handling this blatant Sci Fi-ness Lost is employing. I mean, Time Travel is as Sci Fi as Sci Fi gets! I'm even a little surprised it's working out! Weird. Anyway, Desmond had some trippy-ish side effects and bounced like a ping pong ball from past to present. Must not be fun. So we clearly saw that the Island is on a different time stream than the boat... Will that be addressed, like as to how that is? Or will it be another Lost thing that we'll never really learn, like why the Numbers were so damn unlucky, or why there's a fucking smoke monster. By the by, I hope that monster thing gets addressed, we've had two monster related queries this season. Really.

And poor Daniel. Should have worn a lead helmet. Love how Desmond was just like "What about your brain?" and Daniel totally didn't hear it. Here's one of those wibly-wobly timey-wimey questions: Does present Desmond remember meeting with Daniel? Obviously that timeline played out somewhat, because he did desert the Scottish Army and that would end you up in prison... But it doesn't appear that present Desmond remembers jumping 8 years into the future... But then again, Daniel's got the notes from their encounter, you know the whole "Desmond is my CONSTANT" thing... It could be Desmond doesn't remember any of it due to time healing itself. I totally went all Doctor Who on you.

Big questions, I expect unfulfilling answers disguised as major revelations. God Bless Lost!

Lost 4.05
NOTE: I wrote this on my computer right after the episode aired. Expect babbling.

LOST FTW?

I always got a slight Ben/Juliet vibe, but no the uber stalkery kind. We didn't see any of this when Juliet was a-flirting with captive!Jack. Ben wasn't scheming to passively assassinate Jack after his surgery...

And Michael is so on the boat. Suchhhh a letdown. I was hoping for a major psychout like "Harold Perranau is showing up, but NOT ON THE BOAT!!" Of course, the Lost producers have openly teased about the name in the opening credits, but the lack of the actor. But really, who else could Ben have named that would have shocked John...

Freighter Peeps: Slightly Evil or Really Evil? You decide. Charlotte and Daniel weren't trying to gas the island ("Yay!"), but makes sense that Widmore would want to exploit the resources. He's appeared in two episodes in a row, and we assume(know) he had something to do with Desmond's "boat crash". Could he have tried to use Desmond as a tracking device, maybe with something on the boat? And then Naomi could have been trying to find him, and (kill him?) on Widmore's orders. But Charlotte and Daniel are so awesome! I sense they might change sides, a la my favorite Other: Juliet.

Side note: Loved the return of the whispering Others. Now that we know they're humanish, might the whispering be just an elaborate speaker system playing out a "creepy whispering" track?

BRAIN BURST:
Charlotte and Daniel were together, romantically. That's why she's helping with his memory and generally caring about him. She might have been picked to help his memory come back so he could study the island's properties...

House 3.19

Hee, great episode. The mystery turned kinda lame towards the end, the resolution was bizarre and fairly unexplained. But that wasn't the point of this episode. The point was to have fun with House/Wilson/Cuddy. Wilson freaking out when he got the flowers was amazing. I was laughing so hard, then when he was like "I'm going to go in there and kiss her," I lost it. Those two wacky kids are the funniest people. The "seriously?" bits made me think about Grey's (a shout out maybe?) and they confused me. Hell, they confused everyone. The very end when House asked Cuddy to a movie, I was like "HOLY SHIT!" because House totally wants to get in her pants. It's not like we had hints for weeks or anything. Still, it was hysterical for him to go back to his original theater idea. Oh, and the look of confusion on Cuddy's face was hysterical.

American Idol

I'm feeling ambivalent about Sanjaya going. On the one hand, I looked forward to him sucking every Tuesdays and Wednesdays (he tended to suck worse on the results shows). To be honest, I knew he would go if it was up to him and LaKisha. Now what do I have to look forward to next Tuesday? I'm probably not going to watch. On the other hand, I hated Sanjaya. I would have been angry if he stayed and Kiki or Blake went instead. So this week was a lose-lose situation I guess. At least we saw Jaya cry and forget the lyrics to his swan song.

Lost 3.16 and 3.17

Do you know we haven't had a bad Lost episode since February 21? "Stranger in a Strange Land" was the last crappy one, and the only crappy one since the show has come back. How nuts is that? This makes Season 3 the best season of Lost. Too bad no one is watching it. Right, so "One of Us" last week was probably my second favorite this season, behind "Flashes Before Your Eyes." It had a fascinating back story with an amazing twist. I think the flashbacks with little known characters are the best if they involve the island/mysteries/heartbreak. OMG, I cry every time I watch the scene where Ben shows Juliet her sister and nephew. Elizabeth Mitchell deserves an Emmy...now. It also humanized Ben, which is weird as it wasn't his flashback. I think he genuinely was afraid that he had this tumor. Juliet had a point, why couldn't this Jacob cure him? Add that to the mystery list. I've seen this episode 3 times since last week, and it just gets better and better each viewing. Did I mention Elizabeth needs an Emmy? Hell, so does Michael Emerson.

This weeks episode was not as good as last week's, but Desmond has yet to have a shitty backstory. See, this backstory showed how Des met Penny, and it reflected his hope at finding her. Apparently, he was quite the mess before Pen. Drunken Monk anyone? OK, the BIG MAJOR HUGE FREAKING WTFING EASTER EGG. There was a quick split second shot of Brother Campbell's desk with a picture of him and Ms. Hawking. This might mean nothing, it could have been planted just to pique our interests. It also could introduce Ms. Hawking as a key player sometime in the future. I hope it's the latter, we still know jack shit about her and how she knows about time and shit. Maybe she's a Time Lord. So that lady was not Penny. I really thought for a second it would be her, I guess I'm just naive, but I wanted a happy ending. This means that Penny's been finding a way onto the island, and she succeeded, unfortunately it looks like she stranded one of her crew. I was worried we weren't going to get a return to the real-time Penny story. I thought we'd have to wait until the finale.

For me, the thought-provoking part of this episode was when Des questioned if saving Charlie was even the right thing to do. What is Des's challenge is to let Charlie die? Maybe that's where Hawkings will pop up. Des is screwing with the natural order. Charlie has to die, I would feel not killing him would be a cop out. You can't almost kill a character 4 times and then miraculously he is saved permanently. What if this is a test for Des, what if Charlie dying actually works out for everyone in the end... OK, not so much for Charlie, but for everyone else.

AAH so behind in school. Freaking out... AAAH.

Oh, and use Twitter, srsly, it's the shit.

24 6.13

I had no idea I would miss the Logans this much. I have no clue what I was on last year that made me not like them. Well, I didn't like Pres. Logan, and not in a love-to-hate way. He just annoyed me. But having him in CTU made things super interesting. Chloe said it best "Sorry, I'm feeling ambivalent, I'm gonna go." Best. Line. Ever. She said it in her sour-O'Brian way. Oh how I adore thee, Chloe. Morris also took this hour to share his style habits, which include shirts that don't wrinkle. Take that Rick Schroder, God what a douchey character he was chosen to play.

But lets get to Martha, who keeps getting sent to institutions. I mean, I get she's a not the sanest one of all, but damn, she's not batshit crazy. Wait? What's that? She stabbed who? SHE STABBED HER EX-HUSBAND IN THE NECK? Take that all back, that bitch is crazy. But I do adore her, plus she offed the worst fictional president ever. Or did she? It was pretty ambiguous if Mr. Logan kicked it. (How awesome was it when Aaron Pierce put the emphasis on Mr., when he addressed his ex-boss?

Lost 3.12

One of the saddest things this season is the ratings decline. This episode hit a series low, and it's so tragic. The episodes this part of the season have been top-notch, and no one is watching them. Well, 12 mill isn't exactly no one, but the media certainly sees it as such. Oh well, those of us still with the show know how great this week's Claire episode was, and I have a renewed interest in the show. Sorry if the following comments are random, I'm pasting them from a conversation I had with a friend, much easier than reformulating my opinions.

I didn't hate Charlie at all. Actually, since Des said he was gonna die, I've begun to like him. Now I'm positive he's dead.

I'm so glad I didn't ship Jack/Claire, seeing my track record with related couples, it's a miracle I didn't jump on that boat.

Once again, bravo Evangeline Lilly. She used to be really bad, right?Because there is serious acting going on this season. I'm just astonished by how not annoying Kate is.

I love how the writers are beginning to think like the fans. Notice how Locke blamed Sayid for not telling him about the C4? I was smacking my head last week because no one told Locke. There is such a lack of communication, I'm glad the Losties are figuring this out and making note. Too bad Locke DID know and took the explosives for some reason.

Rousseau... I think it's odd that she went from stealing Claire's baby40-some days ago to get her daughter back to not wanting to know anything about her kid. She seems less crazy lately, so maybe she's gotten some clarity. That or the writers changed their mind. I like to think it's the former.

I underestimate Claire episodes, and I have no idea why. I think all of them have been fairly strong, but for some reason I tend to forget them when I list some of the great episodes.

Part of the reason I think this episode really worked was that the flashback was part of the subplot of the episode and not the main part. Claire had nothing to do with Sayid's crew, which were clearly the focus of what was going on. Claire, Charlie, and the birds were fun but not the point of this episode. It was merely a nice addition to the necessary story arc. See, the old Lost would have had Claire be the focus and we'd see Kate and others maybe twice doing nothing.

This is the perfect example of a good flashback episode that features a secondary character not involved with the major arc. Normally, Charlie,Claire, Hurley, Sun and Jin episodes try to focus primarily on those characters, who normally are pretty out of the Dharma/Others plots,which we all really want to learn more about. Hence, those episodes are stand-alones, which is probably why I forget them so easily. This episode, so obviously not a stand alone, aka AMAZING.

I think it's been so long since we've seen Jack that I was actually glad to see him. And I thought, gee Jack is a hottie. Yeah it's probably because he didn't say anything.

Next week: I hope to God this isn't a case of over-hyping. How horrible would it be if this was a case of "THREE BIG MYSTERIES WILL BE REVEALED. Major Suckage. I'm hesitant to believe we'll learn anything, but you never know, right?

Grey's Anatomy 3.18

So I didn't watch this last night because I chose to see The Lives of Others (so not better than Pan's Labyrinth) and I came home and asked my sister, without revealing anything, if it was good or not. She shrugged and said it was alright. So I had no clue what was about to occur. That was until a friend spoiled me on facebook with the following message:

"Izzie and George? Eeeeeeew."

That still didn't fully prepare me for the look of horror on Izzie's face when she rolls over to discover she just had sex with her married best friend. Holy Crap!

Now, I've expressed my newfound adoration for Meredith, and it keeps growing. Her family storyline really keeps my attention, I mean when Thatcher thought that picture was with his other daughter... OMG. What a horrible thing. Not only did this guy abandon Meredith and end up with a perfect family, but he's forgetting about his first family. Sorta. If this episode proved anything, it proved that Thatcher really WAS a caring father. I mean, we knew he had to be a good father, because look at his other family and his happy children! When Thatch pulled out the screw that he put there to protect Mere, it reminded her that this guy wasn't the devil that she deep down believed him to be. He took care of her, even if Meredith doesn't remember. I find it slightly amusing that Mere bonds more with her stepmother than she does with her own biological father.

WHAT IS UP WITH THE ATTENDINGS? This episode had a big case of the "adults acting like babies." I just wanted to smack all those adult doctors and kindly remind the writers the age of their characters. They are not 13, OK? It's OK to do funny with adult behaviors, really, it's possible.

Oh Cristina. Not mentioning you banged well-known-English-doctor? Not a smart move. She doesn't get it does she? 3 years, and she just ups and leaves? No problem? No wonder Burke's seeing warning signs everywhere. Especially since Cristina doesn't want to get married, or maybe she does, but just said it wrong. Because later she tells Meredith "I'm going to screw up my engagement," which implies she cares. So when she told Burke she didn't really want to get married, she probably meant something like, "I love you enough to get married, but I don't need to be married to feel married." That is what she meant, but it came off as "Well, if you want to be married, fine, I'll do it. Whatever, it's stupid anyways." Bad move Cristina.

Screw you Callie. I really dislike her, especially keeping her wealth from George? Bad. Men have pride, and George paying the "1/2" gave him that pride, like he was helping, but telling him his money is actually going towards tips? That's hurting ego right there. GOD. It's one thing to hide wealth to live normally, it's another to hide it, spend it, and lie about how you're getting nice things. Though Izzie bringing it up to Callie, that wasn't so great. Izzie really should have been more mature about the Callie situation, for George's sake. She owed it to her best friend (now lover) to do it. I doubt the situation will get any better, especially since George and Izzie did the nasty, just like Callie feared. I don't think it's because Izzie and George have feelings for each other, I think it's because they were drunk, George was pissed at his wife, and he brought up Callie's idea, that Izzie had a thing for George.

Am I the only one who is dying to know why Pregnant Ferry Girl is? Jane Doe is the biggest mystery on this show, and I am starting to get a wee bit impatient about this. I think PFG is, too. I mean, it's been... 2 months. I think they established this episode took place 2 months after Mere almost died and Ellis did die. 2 months and no one knows who this woman is? Poor lady.

Rumor had it Veronica Mars is getting the ax. I wish to God I cared about this show the way I used to. I just can't. For me it's not the same, Veronica is just too different for me. She's become a normal girl who comes up with clever remarks. It saddens me that this show could end and I just wouldn't care. I sorta hope it does get canceled, because shows that receive the news often have amazing episodes that lead up to the series finale. Angel and Alias come to mind. I just want my old troubled, pained Veronica back, because her inner demons from S1 and S2 aren't the kind to just *poof*, which is why this season bugs me. She says these sarcastic lines, but she doesn't have those painful memories to back them up. She's not quipping to someone who's betrayed her or quipping about stupid people, she's making these comments to everyone about everything, even in inappropriate situations, like in jail, or to her father. The quips have replaced meaningful conversation. This probably doesn't make sense to anyone, but it does to me. At least think about it, and think about Veronica in season 1 or season 2 acting this way. I understand characters need to change and develop, but they do it in a way that makes sense with circumstances. Her transformation skipped the circumstance part, and we're just seeing the result. Once again, you probably disagree and want to argue with me about it. I just don't have the passion to deal with this.

So this is the time for college decisions. Today I found out that I got waitlisted at a top non-Ivy school, one of the 25 new Ivies. I'm not sure how I feel about this, should I be happy that I wasn't rejected or disappointed that I didn't get accepted? I'm currently just confused. Do a lot of people get put on waitlists? Should I feel special? Do I have a chance at getting admitted from the waitlist? My parents seem thrilled, they thought I would get rejected. This school was a very tough school to get into, the type of school where acceptance is based on more than just intelligence, because so many really smart people apply. This waitlisting also brings up another point: I have 5 schools left to hear from. I have 2 more very good non-Ivy schools, both new Ivies. I have better chance at getting into those schools, but not that much better. They're still tough to get into. Then I have 3 actual Ivy schools, all of whom release their decisions the same day. Now, if I couldn't get into this non-Ivy, I'm sort of resigned to believing I'm not getting into an actual Ivy. Though that logic is probably flawed. This school received more applications and accepted a lesser percentage than some of the actual Ivies, but still.

Now, speaking of a school I did get into, this was also one of the 25 new Ivies. I got in, and I got a 20K scholarship, which I had no idea I would get. So that's a pretty big incentive to go to this place, except they don't have a strong liberal arts base, and while I'm a science/engineer person, the humanities are very important to me. Plus this school is in a dump of a city. I think my mom is pushing for this school more since we found out about the money, but I have no idea what to do. The schools I have yet to find out from I have little to no chance of getting any sorta scholarship, so that means this is the best I'm gonna do. Gah, I totally shouldn't be thinking about this, I'm on break, srsly. I'm gonna try sleeping now, night.

Lost 3.08

My soul hurts :-( That was the most tragic thing I've seen on Lost. I definitely cried the entire time, and I'm still crying now. Think about it? You have the burden of reliving all your mistakes and on top of that, you need to do it to save the world. But you don't know for sure, you are burdened with that doubt for your entire existence. This is probably my favorite episode since the Pilot. Yup, this was better than "Live Together, Die Alone." And yup, there's no question as to which show has better writing and character development. Lost defeats Heroes in a landslide. The problem is Lost can't do these episodes all the time. If it could, no one would ever have a problem with this show.

Sorry, I'm off to sob again. I can't imagine having to relive some of the most devastating moments of my life over. I would wish that on no one, and seeing Desmond having to do it. Ugh broke my heart.

House 3.14

HEEEE! OMG HEEEEEE! SQUEEEE!!!!! So, ships much! I liked House and Cuddy for a while, but I was basically jumping on my bed with excitement during the scene where House goes to her home. I love the two of them!!!! I mean, I don't really want them to hook up, but to have Cuddy questioning her feelings? BRILLIANT! That look on her face when she's lying alone in bed was fantastic!

The case was great because it was a House-personal-interest case. I love those cases, because we see a very driven side of him. Throughout the episode, I kept wondering why he needed the spinal nerve if they already knew she had CIPA. I loved how it all came together. Oh! WILSON! WAY TO GROW A PAIR! Dude, he totally stepped up and called House out. Wilson is always the one who has to remind House how nuts he's being. I love how Wilson told House off. It was fucking amazing! Hee, I love Wilson.

OK, the main attraction: CHASE AND CAMERON!!!!!!!!! I've shipped them ever since Cameron got high and called Chase up for a booty call. Plus, I am in love with Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer as a couple. BUT OMG I FLIPPED OUT WHEN CAMERON TOLD CHASE: "So I’m thinking we should have sex." I fell off my bed I was so excited! I love how cold and mechanical Cameron was being about that, like it was just a biological necessity and nothing more. And you could see Chase looking for more, but settling because he knew that was the only way he could be close to her. OMG HIS SMILE AT THE END? I died. I just died!!!! HEE THEY MAKE MY LIFE!!! GAH I hope in three weeks we get some sorta awkwardness between Chase and Cameron and House and Cuddy. HEE I LOVE THIS SHOW!!

*END SPOILERS*

Whee! We didn't end up having school today, but there wasn't so much snow, but we had a shitload of ice. So no school. I spent my day playing my Wii and playing the Sims. Basically I didn't do shit. I have a lot of English to do, so I'll get to it later tonight... Riiight.

In other news, Happy Valentine's day. I got this really pretty necklace from my Grandma, she always get me and my sister really cool "St. Valentine's Day" gifts. One year I got a giant white bear with a red bow. My dad might have gotten that one... It's nothing sketchy, it is just another day, just another gift. Tomorrow at school, people bought carnations with notes to be handed out to various people. I'm not expecting one, but I know a bunch of people who professed various things through those notes. I'm quite looking forward for the hilarity to ensue.

Tomorrow's episode of The Office is directed by Joss, and it looks hysterical and definitely like a Joss episode.

JOSS WHEDON DIRECTS THE OFFICE

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Also, my friend is coming back from Taiwan and I haven't seen or spoken with her in ages. HEE I'M SO PUMPED!! I miss her like crazy.

OK, Lost in less than an hour. I'm hoping they reveal stuff, it is a Desmond episode.

Case in point: when I saw that Milo Ventimiglia and Zachary Quinto were doing the Heroes cast commentary,
I was uber pumped. It made me watch this weeks episode, even though it made me sad. Peter is Claire's uncle, uber bummer. The sad thing is, I still watch the older episodes, and I can't help but to ship them. UGH. Even rewatching this week's ep, that moment Peter remembered Claire, I got that OMGOTP feeling.

Hayden and Milo