Logorama

Check out this inventive Animated Short––nominated for an Oscar. I love it's combination of foul language and corporate logos...

http://kottke.org/10/02/logorama

LOST Candidate & Ex-Candidate List of Names & Numbers

Viable Candidates are bold; Linus & Rousseau among everyone else are scratched out...

14…Pryes

15…Ford

16…Jarrah

17…Barnes

18…Kueffner

19…Nguyen

20…Rousseau!!

21…Metteney

22…Moorhead

23…Shepherd

30…Wade

31…Toms

32…Rutherford

33…Novak

34…Grimaldi

39…Morton

40…Dowsett

42…Kwon

43…Barnes

51…Austen

98…Horton

112--Horton

113--Worden

114…Amada

117…Linus!!

118…Chavez

119…Almeida

120…Rodrigues

121…Nielson

122…Freed

124…Dawson

125…Owens

126…Renti

127…Mora

Mini-Miracle...

How about that game last night, eh? Apparently the boys watched this clip prior to hitting the ice...

"A Thing for Numbers"

On a quick break from writing my dissertation––by which I mean watching women's curling––I just wanted throw out some LOST thoughts and see what sticks to the wall...

What we discovered last night:

1. Jacob brought his version of the Oceanic Six to the Island by touching them; curiously, only Jack, Hurley, Sayid and Sun are in both groups (Kate and Aaron replace Sawyer and Locke––not sure if there's a significance there).
2. Jacob's Six are deemed "Candidates" and are assigned numbers: Locke/4; Reyes/8; Ford/15; Jarrah/16; Shephard/23; Kwon/42
3. Ilana collected Jacob's ash from the fireplace
4. Esau is now ensconced in the body of Locke––and he can't switch again; although it seems like he can morph into Smokey at will
5. Creepy little blond boy tells Esau, "You know the rules. You can't kill him."
6. Two stones––one black and one white––were kept in balance in Jacob's cave, recalling the black and white stones of Adam & Eve from Season 1

Total guesses on my part:

1. What exactly is the relationship between Jacob, Esau (i.e., Man in Black) and the Island? I wonder if the little creepy blond boy is actually the Island itself, and Jacob and Esau are overseers––a partisan Democrat and Republic body charged w/protecting the Island
2. Jacob brought his peeps to the Island, but why can't Esau recruit off-Island? Perhaps, Jacob is Esau's jailer?
3. Check out Wikipedia's article on Jacob's Ladder--interesting stuff.
4. Does Esau get to pick his candidates? Or, are Jacob's Six candidates for either position? Wouldn't it be just perfect if Locke and Shephard ended up as the new Jacob and Esau?

Retro LOST Credits...

Emergency Brake Video

As someone who used to (thank god it's past tense now) ride the train to work everyday, I've stared at that Emergency Brake a number of times. Here's an interesting dissemination of everything you've ever wanted to know about it!

emergency brake from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.

...the Shadow of the Statue?

***If for some reason, like you've been living in a cave or something, you've not seen the most recent season of LOST, for God's sake, don't frickin read the following post***

Oomph...just too many LOST tidbits percolating in my brain/tummy. First of all, why is the premiere––and this season, I presume––on Tuesday nights? Hasn't it mostly been on Weds & Thurs?

Is it a coincidence that tonight's premiere coincides* with Groundhog Day? By the way, Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter...anyway, are the LOST writers giving a hint by aligning their show w/a Janus-faced rodent who's mostly concerned with (what lies in) his shadow??

Onto the predictions:

(1) Juliet's bomb-busting abilities fail to do anything other than create a massive white fade-out, resulting in all-out war between Ilana's group and a yet-to-be-determined group loyal to Esau, aka Man-in-Black, aka Flocke (Fake Locke)

(2) I'm predicting a full-on Anakin Skywalker for Ben: his murder of Jacob, masterminded by The Emperor, I mean Flocke, I mean Esau (isn't this fun?), will drive Ben into a Darth Vader-esque rage, threatening to kill all of Ilana's peeps, or he'll be so disgusted at his being used, that he will turn on Flocke/Esau.

(3) I predicted way back in the spring that it would be totally rad –– rad, I tell you –– if the premiere opened either back in Australia w/everybody getting on the plane again or actually on the plane itself. In addition, they all crash again but get a chance to right their wrongs, ala those Choose Your Own Adventure Books (I loved those things).

Allright, see you on the other side...

*see what I did there?