Super Girl Quote About Pirates

On Saturday, Super Girl asked one of her excellent questions.

 

"Why did God make pirates?  They kidnap people."

 

Yaarrr!  What was the answer?  I tried to go into a three year old explanation of free will and how some people choose to be pirates.  I'm not sure she "got" it- I'm not sure that I "get" it.  It seemed to make some difference to her that the actually WAS an explanation. 

 

She is on a field trip to the grocery store this morning, for the second Monday in a row.  Today their task is to pick out and buy vegetables for the rest of the daycare.  Her favorite part is the ride on the city bus.  She can name which of the busses (by number) on which they traveled.

 

B.

 

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Lost: "Greatest Hits" May 16-07

Over three seasons, I've found it difficult to decide how I feel about Charlie's character. In the first season, there was a sense that he was the hapless junkie, whose job description included (with Hurley) the show's only levity. The way his character developed over the second and first half of the third season his dark turn has lead to me to see him as a real and true villain. The staged attack on Sun and his use of the Locke-Echo conflict for his own purpose have made him truly unlikable. Even his sudden execution of Ethan had a "staged for show" quality to it. Its true that the second half of this season has seen a kinder, warmer Charlie and he and Claire had been growing closer, but he still remained far from my favorite.

Last week he earned my respect and became a moral giant- accepting his fate and his responsibility for those he cares about , "knowing that it most likely meant his death. You could argue - its easy to accept when you know the outcome. Instead, I'd argue the opposite. True courage sometimes knows what it faces.

Anyway, Rose and Bernard are back! Yippee. And, Bernard is a pretty decent shot. Lets see- a relatively minor recurring character is back and has a key role in the combat plan for this week. There may be scheduling difficulties with the actor who plays Bernard and Rose's character could conceivably go on with out him, grieving. I wonder where they're going with Bernard? Is he wearing a red shirt? Bye, Bernard...

Tonight's finale should be top-notch. The show has a lot riding on it. Even though they've been renewed for TWO more (16 episode instead of 22) seasons, the first half of this season was a low point. We're probably safe to expect a really tight, well-written episode.

I can't wait!

B.

Lost: :Man Behind the Curtian - Part II- May 9, 2007

I actually don't know what tonight's episode is called but wanted to send out a message to finish my thoughts on how scared I was by the whole Jacob thing last week.  When I wrote last week about Jacob I hadn't actually re-watched the episode.  On Friday night with G & M's help we re-watched the episode and saw the brief view of Jacob that is shown in a flash in the cabin.  I'm attaching a screen capture.  (It may be a few hours before I can upload it to my blog.)

 

Its been suggested on the Internet that he kind of looks like an older Locke with hair.  There was also a flash of his eye.

 

Creepy!  Can't wait for tonight's episode.

 

 

B.

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Lost: "The Man Behind the Curtain" May 9-07

What the....?   What the heck was that?  My head is spinning....  My brain is confused.

 

Part "Deliverance" part "Poltergeist"...  I really couldn't see this one coming.  No one did.  I enjoyed the Ben back story.  I guess that a combination of forgotten birthdays and blaming your only child for killing his mother can actually lead to "parenticide."

 

Is Ben deranged?  Yes.  How deranged is Ben?  I have no idea.  I guess he was the Benedict Arnold of the Dharma-Others War of 1982?  (Does that time frame work?)  Did the other's cooperate backing in the "real" world take over Dharma Inc. as well?  How do you explain the way that Dharma still makes supplies for the island and can still air drop them to the Island.  Also, they have the resources to have a Dharma-branded line that ranges from Oatmeal to whiskey.

 

Almost every major mystery that's revealed in Lost leads to two things.  1)  Some viewers are happy with the explanation and others are very unhappy.  2)  It ALWAYS leads to further questions.

 

Is Jacob a spirit?  Is "he" a scam?  For anyone who watched Season One of HBO's "Carnivale" the parallels between "management" on Carnivale and Jacob on Lost are strong.  In Carnivale, we're given reason to think that management doesn't exist and is a figment of Sampson's imagination, used to keep the carnival folk (I'm trying hard not to write "carnies") in line.  In the end he does exist and then dies.  Does that sound familiar?

 

More to follow...

 

B.

 

 

 

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Lost: "The Brig" May 2, 2007

Okay...  So I've been trying to figure out WHY it is that it bothered me so much that Sawyer killed Locke's father/Cooper/the "real" Sawyer last week.  I liked the episode but really wished he hadn't killed him.  It will be one of the defining moments of the whole show and is one of the few times (this season?) that we've seen any season one mysteries solved. 

 

Not to get all "social-worky" here but its a "fact" that Sawyer's redemption and growth had been the most dramatic or at least he had come from the lowest point. 

 

Incidentally, the title of Jay and Jacks's Monday podcast this week is "Don't Rip Sawyer's Letter."  Sage advice for all of us...

 

Questions I'd like to see answered about Lost before the end of the season:

 

1)  What is this ancient place where the others are moving?  I want details!

 

2)  Again, who is Jacob??

 

3)  Is medical experimentation (with the Island's properties) the main reason for the others?  Or are they there to guard the Island?

 

4)  Will Mike H. learn the difference between "Reply to Sender" and "Reply All?"  (An in-joke for C&FS folks).

 

5)  Will Lost's ratings increase?

 

6)  Is the submarine just a sham or is it really how people get to the Island?

 

Sorry this is so short- more after tomorrow's episode.

 

B.

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Bikin' and Trikin' Away April 2007

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Originally uploaded by Binky

Action Girl is actually wearing a polyester jacket that I had when I was her age. Its going to be a wonderful summer.

B.