Life and Television

[sheryden]

It's official. Jin and Sun are my favorite characters on Lost. But more on that later. I haven't posted a regular update for a while, so here's what I did today:

First of all, I was a judge at the National History Day regionals. This is the second year I've done it, and it was a lot of fun. It meant that I had to be out of bed way too early for a Saturday off, though.

After that, I headed to Borders and bought Walk the Line. Squee!! I want to watch that tonight. While I was a Borders, I saw the cutest couple--two 30ish guys wearing matching leather jackets. They were shopping for videos together. So cute. I love it when slash happens in real life. I have to go back Tuesday for BBM. I talked to the guy there, and he said they only ordered 30 copies. That doesn't sound like very many, considering I live in Milwaukee.

I basically vegged out for the rest of the day. I had a couple of episodes of Lost saved on the DVR, so I finally got to watch those.



Like I said, Jin and Sun are now my favorite characters. Their relationship is just so fascinating, and I love to learn more about their backstory. I really felt for Jin during the last scene at the garden. He was so desperate to keep his connection with Sun, partially because he felt so isolated from the rest of the castaways, because of his language barrier. When he choked out, "I love you," in English, I was all gushy inside. *loves*

I was also happy to see Bernard and Rose. I just love them. I had expected to see Bernard find something for Rose's birthday, though.

So that's one episode. The other one I watched was "Lockdown." I have to say that I didn't find it as interesting. I did enjoy getting some of Locke's history, but it was painful to watch the way people conned and abandoned him. It explains so much about his attitude, but it still hurt me. For me, the best part of the episode was when Sayid, Ana Lucia, and Charlie came in looking all hot and angry.

I'm in love with Sayid again. ;) Is it wrong that I think Sayid and Ana Lucia would be a hot couple??



Also, I need to catch up on Thursday's shows:



Okay, I've broken my post-Jonathan Smallville boycott. How can I stay away from the wholesomeness? This was a great episode for three reasons:

1) We got to see Tom Welling without his shirt.
2) Chloe had to use kryptonite on Clark, and that was oddly a turn-on for me. *shrug*
3) Clark broke up with Lana. Mwahahaha!!! Yayers!





Okay, this was a decent episode, but not fabulous. It had a lighter feel than most of the episodes, which is fine, but what threw me off was the presence of the wacky "ghost hunters." Please. The characterizations were so flat and so predictable. I can't even remember their names. This is not a show that needs zany comic relief. In fact, it ruins the feel of the series. I hope they don't show up as recurring rivals for Sam and Dean.





I just loved this episode. First of all, Hannah was creepy, but in a good way. She was cold, methodical, and she got one over on Sara. Coolness!! I loved that Nick and Ecklie were right, and Sara was wrong. Don't misunderstand me. I love Sara. But she is so used to being right all the time, that I kind of dig it when she's proven wrong.

Also, I loved that Nick stuck by his evidence and turned out to be right after all. Even though they didn't get the conviction, Nick stood by his own work, and that shows a confidence in his skills that he never used to possess. He's come a long way since season one. Also, I think this whole episode highlights the fact that Nick is a solid investigator who relies on evidence, but also recognizes that human nature should be counted as evidence in and of itself. I don't think Sara gets that.

I'm probably one of the few people who actually digs Ecklie, but I like him. He was great in this episode.

Oh, and Nick looked friggin' hot hot HOT HOT!!

And I didn't miss Grissom.