Shirtless on Lost

Missing LOST already? Well, here's a video that compiles every shirtless moment!

It's only a minute and nineteen seconds long, but it does include Ben and Locke and Sun's bald boyfriend and that creepy guy whose name I can't remember, and a weird porn-music soundtrack. But it also has Sawyer. Lots and lots of Sawyer.

Enjoy!

LOST Finale

I'm live-blogging the LOST finale tonight at 9:00 Pacific. I'm not going to watch that pre-show, though, which, to me, will be too spoiler-filled. SEE YOU TONIGHT!

- - - - - Before it Starts - - - - -

It's five minutes before the finale starts, and I'm turned to the pre-show and it really is spoiling things. Evangeline Lilly is saying what she thinks "the point" of things is, which is that we already know the things we are supposed to know. If she's right, then I'm not supposed to know anything.

I'll post again during the first commercial. So excited!

- - - - - The First Commercial Break - - - - -

Wow! So many answers in only eight minutes! No, really, so far nothing has happened. We didn't need Hurley to say something about Yoda in order to get that the "bad feeling" line is from Star Wars, by the way.

I never noticed before that Jack's father was named Christian Shepherd. I mean, I noticed it, but still. That was kind of cool. I can't wait to get to the concert, but are Sayid and Hurley going to be there? Oh, wait, it's back on - and there they are!

- - - - - CM Break #2 - - - - -

I saw Maggie Garce on the credits!

Charlie!

Rose and Barnard (and Vincent) saved Desmond!! Rose's hair is so cute.

So, wow. The question of who saved Desmond from the well is finally answered! I've been wondering about that since season one... no wait. it's only been since last week's episode. Still, an answer is an answer - I'll take it.

I want to know where Miles is. Plus, some people are saying that Richard is dead. Is Richard dead? If he is, I missed that.

In that pre-show somebody said we will be left at the end with the six characters from the first episode. Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley... but who are the other two? Sayid? Charlie? Desmond??

- - - - - CM #3 - - - - -

How did Desmond know about the light?

MILES!!! Richard!! Yay!

Ah, we're finally at the concert!

JULIET!!!!!!!!! I missed you, Juliet! You are awesome!

Ah, OMG! Totally sad Jin/Sun flashback scene! They even remember dying - so does that mean... hey, THEY SPEAK ENGLISH!!

Does this mean Sun and Jin are not really dead? And Charlie and Sayid, etc.? Is everybody just going to be not dead?

- - - - - CM #4 - - - - -

Sawyer is running.

"Then it ends."

Richard has a gray hair!!! He wants to live!

Ah! Super gross dead guy in the water!

LAPIDUS!!! Does this mean Sayid isn't dead-dead? Wait, are Miles and Ricahrd and Lapidus just going to leave every... ah, showdown! Kate is totally shooting people!

"So it's you... I expected to be a little more surprised."

I planned to only write during the commercial breaks, but as you can tell, I can't help but share a few exclamation points during the show. I'm putting my during-the-show comments in italics, just so you know.

- - - - - CM #5 - - - - -

I knew it! Juliet is Jack's son's mom.

Sawyer and Juliet in an elevator.

Desmond is a weapon, huh.

What? Just the three of them? Why? What are Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley (and Ben) going to do? Just stand there?

"This doesn't matter, you know."

"There are no do-overs... all of this matters."

OK. Desmond sounds crazy and Jack sounds rational, but I'm kind of believing Desmond.

Ha! did you see that Target commercial for a smoke detector! :) And there's another one - for a computer keyboard. Go Target! It makes this really feel like a big television event, like the superbowl.

- - - - - CM #6 - - - - -

"There are rules, dude."

SHANNON! Shannon and Sayid!!!!!!! Ah!! I'm tearing up! So, Boone (that's Shannon's brother's name, right?) remembers and is in on it with Hurley and Desmond.

OMG! Who is Claire shooting?? Don't shoot Richard, Claire! Claire - where are you going? I bet she's going to pop out of the jungle at the last minute to save everyone by sacrificing herself or something.

Why doesn't Flocke just push Jack into the cave? Is Smokey trying to answer the question about why Desmond had to push the button? No, I guess not.

Hey, remember when they showed the island underwater at, like, the end of season five? What was up with that?

So, are Sayid and Shannon soul mates and not Sayid and Nadia? I'm glad to see some of the women of Lost coming back and not being so all dead and everything. Still, bringing people back from the dead is cool, but it's not really answering any questions, is it?

- - - - - CM #7 - - - - -

What's with the black and white striped square-dance dress some lady is wearing?

Hey - it's... what's her name, the red-head. Ah, she just met Faraday (I mean, Whidmore)! Charlotte, that's it.

Claire and Kate know eachother from the stolen cab.

Dr. Chang.

Here's hoping Driveshaft doesn't play their one song that they have. Ah, Charlie sees Claire! Here comes Aaron!!!

Wet Desmond.

Skeleton(s).

Is Desmond going to become the new smoke monster? He picked the really big stone carrot. Oh, the light is out. That's not good. Ooo... bad special effects.

Desmond's "No!" was scary.

Go Jack!

Ouch! Not the face!!

So, I don't... Ooo... the voiceover for the Mercedes commerical is Jon Hamm. Mad Men will be my new favorite show now that LOST is almost over. Wait... is LOST my favorite show?

I never realized how much this show is about romance and couples getting together at long last, etc.

- - - - - CM #8 - - - - -

This concert looks lame.

"Then, we're leaving."

Why isn't Desmond going to take Daniel with him?

Was it Kate and Charlie who helped deliver Aaron on the island, too? How does Kate know when it's time to push?

Kate remembers now. Her moment was delivering Aaron, not meeting Jack or Sawyer. She's not supposed to end up with either of them.

The peanut butter!

Do they need Aaron to go back or something?

WHAT? What did Kate say after Desmond asked her, "Do you understand?"??

Wet Jack.

"Locke has a boat."

Cool music and Jack totally confronts Flocke all 300-style!!!! In the rain and in slow-mo and everything.

Wow. That really was cool. And we're already more than half-way through. I think. This is over at 11:00, right? Oh, nevermind.

- - - - - CM #9 - - - - -

Is that the, like, magic knife or whatever? The one that Ben used to kill... OMG! Flocke just stabbed Jack!

Oh, it's Kate. Not time for Claire yet, I guess. Why did she say "I saved you a bullet?" So, what, is Smokey dead?

Oh! That's why Jack's neck was bleeding!

OMG! IS HE SMOKEY? (Did dying on the island make Smokey cross over to the sideways world? Did John Locke die in surgery?) Is that why he said "it worked?"? No, he's John.

What, so the thing Jack remembers is what?

"You don't have a son, Jack... I hope somebody does for you what you just did for me."

What is it that makes people in the sideways world remember the island?

We're into the last hour now!

- - - - - CM #10 - - - - -

"It sure don't feel like it's over."

The look on Jin and Sun's faces when they "meet" detective Ford!! "We'll see you there." I love them!

Can they really fix the plane just because Lapidus is a pilot? And because Miles worked at an apartment building?

Um... wet Hurley.

Kate and Jack. Is that supposed to be closure? Is Kate supposed to end up with Jack? And Sawyer can be with Jack's ex-wife Juliet?

- - - - - CM #11 - - - - -

Ugh, a duct tape joke. Really?

I thought Sawyer and Kate were going to jump together all holding hands or something, but Kate went on her own. Is that a sign?

Apollo bar. Is that something?

JULIET!!!

Does that unplugging the candy machine thing really work?

WE CAN GO DUTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm crying, but I feel tricked. Did they have to kill Juliet just to give us this (awesome) moment? Well, and so she could star on V.

So it IS Jack and Kate and then Sawyer and Juliet. Um, to quote Flocke, "I expected to be a little more surprised"?

Ooo... a commercial for True Blood. When is season 2 going to be out on Netflix?

- - - - - CM #11 - - - - -

Ah! The cute look Jack gave when Kate said, "You lookin' for someone?"

Dang! Those are high heels.

Why is Jack not as quick to believe as everyone else?

"I'm already dead."

The look on Ben's face when Jack says, "It's supposed to be you, Hugo." Ha! "Do you have anything to drink?" But it's just water. If this really does work and Hurley IS really the chosen one, all the Jack-haters of the world will be happy, I guess.

(Where DID Flocke get that boat anyway?)

So, is Jack going to die? To, like, save the island?

I thought he was going to say, "I don't have a son."

So, are the "six" Lapidus, Richard, Miles, Sawyer, Kate, and Claire?

Jack put the carrot back... and it didn't work?

Numbers on the plane's dash.

Happy music as the plane takes off... What the heck?

Oh, wait, Jack did it. And... they're pulling Desmond back up.

Is JACK going to be the new smoke monster?

What? A commerical for SPF 100 sunblock?? Wow. That is overkill.

22 minutes left!

Wait, on Jimmy Kimmel they are going to show THREE ALTERNATE ENDINGS? What's up with that? Are they endings they shot to throw people off? I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see.

- - - - - CM #12 - - - - -

Wait, so are they all going to meet at the church where Jack's dad's body is?

What did Ben do to John? Oh yeah, he killed him. I forgot.

Yeah, Ben needs to stay because he's got a thing going on with the Frenchwoman.

"Goodbye Ben." Is that really goodbye to Ben??? Oh, wait, no. There he is again.

So Ben and Hurley stay and run the island? "You WERE real good number two." So, it's already over or whatever?

Why does Jack still not remember? Why is his father's funeral so important? How does Kate know everything about how going to the funeral means you can leave and everything?

Jack isn't dead. Is ANYBODY dead?

Why a church? Are we supposed to read some kind a religious significance into all of this?

So... is it Jack's father that makes him remember? Are they all at the funeral to get JACK to remember?

Ah! don't open the... oh, there's nothing in it.

So... Christian Shepherd? We're all dead?? Or... just Jack is dead.

So, when you die is it all just a big mindf where everyone makes you go to concerts and churches and crap? But everything is "real"? Wait, what? Are they all dead? Um, oh, there "is no now." OK. Yeah. This all totally makes sense. We're in a place that we made so we could find each other. So... being on the island was real.

"Moving on."

Libby.

Sad Jack walking through the jungle.

Penny.

Sad Jack in the bamboo with a shoe.

Shannon gives Sayid an "I want a baby, too" look.

Kate changed into a tank top.

Sad Jack on the ground. Bleeding.

They all sit down in the pews. Rose and Bernard.

Vincent lies down! SAD!!!

TACKY VIRGIN STATUES!

Light.

plane.

Jack's eye closes.

- - - - - After The End - - - - -

So... nobody gets the diamonds?

Snopes.com

Have you ever heard that if you eat Pop Rocks and drink soda you will die? Well, it's not true.

No, I know, you know a guy whose cousin's college roommate's little brother did it and his stomach exploded. But no, that never happened. How do I know? I read about it on snopes.com.

Snopes is a website that deals with Urban Legends. Just about anything you've ever heard is on there. The website kind of freaks me out, though, mostly because I now know way too much about how many people have ever died at Disneyland and how (surprise: It's usually on Grad Night).

Anyway, here are five legends that surprised me. Are they true or false? You'll have to read them to find out... if you dare!

1. Music: The Beatles recorded an unreleased song called "Pink Litmus Paper Shirt"
2. Movies: One of the munchkins died on the set of The Wizard of Oz.
3. Old Wive's Tales: Chewing gum takes seven years to digest.
4. Horror: A fake mummy in a Haunted Fun House turns out to be real!
5. And from the Lost Legends section: Mr. Ed was a zebra!

SNL: Great Day

The season finale of SNL was last night. Alec Baldwin hosted for the 15th time, tying with Steve Martin. Tom Petty was the musical guest (awesome). Here's the Digital Short (I loved it) which features both of them!

SNL: Betty White

Sorry this is late...

Betty White finally hosted SNL, and it was a great episode. It's been a week and I can't actually remember what I thought was the funniest sketch of the night, so here's this one, which was pretty typical.