Entertainment:
It's June!! And that means that the main television season is now officially over. We are all now free to go find something else to do on week nights. But before that happens, I have to shed my feelings on the spectacular Lost season finale.
First of all, the new format that was in place this season and will be in place for the last 2 seasons works very well. 16 episodes per season (well, the infamous Strike shortened this season to 14), starting in February, ending in May. No breaks (minus Strikes) during the run of the episodes, and then one huuuge 8-month break, during which some may jump off a bridge (kidding...I hope!). Seasons 2 and 3 had too many "filler" episodes, but this past season proved that a shorter season given to us all at once provides much better entertainment; this season was the best since the first, hands-down.
So, with the finale behind us, lots of surprises for me. Penny and Desmond were reunited...totally wasn't expecting that to happen so soon, but what a great reunion!! That can only mean that something bad is coming for them later on (as in Ben following through with his threat to kill Penny..nooo...bad Ben, baaad!).
Walt discovered puberty while away from the Island, and I think the writers handled this by having the future/present Oceanic 6 be 2-3 years in the future from the Island scenes, which are still occurring in 2004. It's hard sometimes to keep up with the timeline. I have to keep telling my parents that only 4-5 months have passed on the Island, so it's still 2004! But the future timeline we've seen is anywhere between 2004 and 2008. Anyone else need an Advil?
Walt's daddio, Michael, saved the day for some of the people on the freighter (and the soon-to-be Oceanic 6), but he went the way of a suicide bomber's Hello Kitty backpack. Poor guy...he never got to say goodbye to his little, tall boy. :-(
Jin and Sun were ripped apart...very excruciating to watch Sun scream for her hubbie, though I think the baby inside her was screaming for her to shut the hell up. I don't think Jin is dead...no way. Jin and Sun will be reunited in the end..mark my words. They are the Island love story, not Jack and Kate or Kate and Sawyer.
And the Island pulled an Osama bin Laden...*poof*, thanks to Ben...and the mysterious Jacob. Where are all the Islanders now? What "very bad things" will happen to them between the time the Oceanic 6 were rescued and the time John Locke aka Jeremy P-something supposedly died??
And most importantly, what happened to Vincent the dog? I guess we'll have to wait until February 2009 to find out.
Sports:
In Sports, the Pistons pist-off their fans, once again. Now we have the Lakers vs. the Celtics in the Finals. *YAWN* I would like to see Kobe Bryant lose, though. Detroit does have hope in the Red Wings, though. They are 1 game from taking the Stanley Cup!!
I'm also delighted that my man, Roger Federer, is still going strong in the French Open, heading into the 4th round!! Unfortunately, Nadal is still in the race too. Here's hoping he pulls a muscle while flexing for the crowd. Yeah, I'm mean.
Politics:
Hillary is like the Energizer Bunny, much to some Democrats' dismay. I myself am a Hillary supporter, and if she thinks she can win somehow, I am all for it. Even with today's big win in Puerto Rico, she still is behind, and Obama is almost at the "magic number". It's been an interesting spectacle the last few weeks, which is thrilling the media to no end. For the first time since "chad" became a household name, many Americans are tuning in to what's going on in politics; this year has really highlighted what a convoluted process we have in electing presidential nominees. That makes the Primary Election this year's most exciting reality show. What will happen next? Will Obama and Hillary soon start sneaking up on each other with cream pies in hand? Wait and see...
End of post. Go find some Visine...
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