Destiny is a Fickle…

I’m seriously having trouble wrapping my mind around this latest episode. As always, SPOILERS AND possible SPOILER THEORIES below. So don’t read on if you haven’t seen the latest episode yet!

Ben was right. Destiny is definitely a fickle bitch (hey - he said it, not me!) Everything is going your way and then BOOM! It all falls apart. Ben’s a little bitter, but who can blame him?

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Claire - What the Heck?!

Did anyone else think Claire was completely stoned? I think she is a ghost. When Sawyer rescued Claire, she was already dead. This is why she’s OK with leaving Aaron behind and why she’s acting so weird. (Note: JOpinionated first came up with this awesome theory about Claire, and I totally agree with it. J writes about Lost too. Check out the blog here for some great commentary and theories.)

However… There could be something else causing Claire’s stoned-ness (a new word!) This is how some of the Others acted too. Like Cindy, the stewardess? Does this mean the people on the “list” were really dead and that’s why Jacob wanted them?

Christian

Daddy can’t leave his kids alone, even when he’s dead!

Was Christian resurrected or are we seeing his ghost? Is the Island some “nexus” between this life and the next? Perhaps the electromagnetism caused a space/time rift that created a nexus. Hmm…

Locke

Did anyone else watch the hospital scene and think that Richard is his biological father? It would explain soooo much. Remember, Locke’s mom was dating someone “twice her age” and Locke’s grandmother acted like she recognized Richard. She also had Locke adopted. This could explain Locke’s powers.

Locke’s father - the one that we’ve seen all along - might not really be his father. Maybe he just conned Locke to get his kidney.

(Don’t even get me started on the parallels between Locke drawing Smokey as a young boy and Starbuck drawing the cloud as a young girl on Battlestar. I think both shows are about time loops.)

Richard

Ageless Richard… He works for Mittelos Bioscience, the same company that recruited Juliet. It’s a front for the Island Natives & Ben. I like to think of Mittelos as Dharma’s Nemesis (note: Mittelos is an anagram for Lost Time.)

Move the Island…

How the heck will someone do THAT?! Do you think they mean move the Island’s location or move the Island in time? This has to be why Jack, Widmore, and Ben can’t find the Island in the future - it’s not in the same place. But why does the Island want the Oceanic 6 back?

A Game of Chess…

There’s a battle for the Island and the opponents are Mittelos vs. Dharma. (Luckily this isn’t a real chess game because I lose those. Just ask all the people I’m playing on Facebook…)

Mittelos - Featuring Ben, the Others, Jacob’s List, and Richard (one of the Natives). Since the Natives predated Dharma, they are probably from the Black Rock.

Dharma - Featuring Charles Widmore, who runs Dharma now (created by Alvar Hanso), the freighter folks, Keamy, and Abaddon.  Random note: Magnus Hanso was captain of the Black Rock. His descendant, Alvar Hanso, started Dharma.

Martin Keamy

Last but not least, the most evil man on Lost, Keamy. Cold, heartless, and blood-thirsty. As my friend Kelly pointed out, his name is rather appropo. And no, if you don’t know me personally, you won’t understand, so don’t even try. Btw, can anyone tell me WHY Smokey didn’t kill Keamy?

That’s it for now. Mostly a stream-of-consciousness post about Lost. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Einstein would turn over in his grave

Quotes from the smartest man in the history of the world? Time to promote the Love Calculator! Yippee!

Thanks Google!

Lost: I See Dead People!

Another incredible episode!! As always, don’t read on if you haven’t seen the latest Lost epi. Spoilers below!

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Amazing! Just amazing! Where do I even begin?

Well, we finally know what started Jack’s downfall and his addiction to painkillers. If I saw a dead person, I’d react the same way! Creepy!

GHOSTS

Question: Are the hallucinations just that, hallucinations caused by an illness from the island? Or are the hallucinations actual visits from some entity (such as Smoky)?

Since Miles can communicate with dead people, of course he could see Shepherd with Claire. It’s a clue that they are actual entities.

Question 2: Are these “entities” different aspects of one entity (such as Smoky)? Or are they separate entities (i.e. ghosts)?

Question 3: In my last Lost post, we talked about the possibility that Smoky is made of nanites. If that’s the case, could the “ghosts” be made of nanites also? I’m leaning against this one, since Losties see them in the real world too. How would the nanites get there?

Which brings me to a big question:

Could any of our Losties actually be one of the entities and not a real person? I bet so! But who?

Jack and Kate

So, they do end up together! I can’t say that I’m too surprised. Their relationship does teach us one important lesson: never ever lie. The moment you start hiding something is the moment the relationship is over! And being as Jack is a doctor, the relationship was bound to end in a huge fireball of emotional debris anyway.

Both are equally to blame for the demise. Jack is to blame for hiding his hallucinations and turning to alcohol and narcotics rather than Kate. (Typical doctor, self-prescribing and thinking he knows best!) Kate, however, shares equal blame. She should not be hiding anything from Jack. She should have been honest with him from the beginning and Jack would not have gotten so upset. By hiding it, she was throwing red flags everywhere.

Have you ever gotten the “just trust me” speech from a loved one? It reeks. And it’s a total cop-out from the person saying it. Just be honest!

By the way, Girl from the Ghetto’s blog has INCREDIBLE information about what Kate was doing for Sawyer and why. I totally missed it! Check out what she wrote here.

Claire

 

Wow!!! Now we know why Claire didn’t get off the island. But what exactly happened with her and the Shepherd ghost? Does this mean Jacob views Claire as one of the “good” people and took her? But if that’s the case, why not take Aaron too?

I love how Sawyer is so protective of Claire. It’s sweet and it’s far more “noble” than what he had with Kate. Now we know why Sawyer didn’t leave the island. He couldn’t abandon Claire, knowing she was somewhere on the island. What a guy!

So… What do you think happened to Claire? 

I See Dead People!

Who was that guy in the preview? I think he’s Radzinski, the guy that Desmond’s hatch partner, Kelvin, killed. He’s wearing the same jumpsuit that Desmond wore and he’s been dead for 12 years, which fits the timeline.

He’s been dead! How wild is that? I hope this means we’ll see Danielle again (but not Nikki or Paulo *shudder*). This probably means that Richard Alpert, the guy who never ages, is also dead. In fact, all the “natives” that the Dharma people defended themselves against (when Ben was a boy) are probably also dead.

It’s so fascinating. I can’t wait until next week! If you have ideas on any of this, please let me know!

Our Liberal Media at Work?

 

 

I’ve gotten into countless arguments with other conservatives over whether the media is liberal. One young boy once declared to me, “If you think the media is not liberal, you must be more liberal than the media!”

That’s one of those moments when I want to beat my head against a wall. It would be far more productive.

Anyone who knows me, knows I am conservative. But anyone who knows me also knows I look at all sides of the story and I don’t jump on bandwagons. (Maybe that’s because I was once part of the media…) I’m not going to deny there are many, many instances when the media does report on the news in a very liberal manner. Just take the coverage of the Iraq war as a perfect example. And I would never ever claim the media was conservative.

But is the media truly liberal at all times? Is it more than just an individual reporter’s leaning? Is the media out to destroy every last conservative? To quote LOLcat: O Noes!!!

Some conservative pundits will whine about how “terribly unfair” the media is. They’ll show signs of the media’s extreme liberalism with examples like, “Remember the march for life in Washington? A lot of people attended and the media didn’t cover it. The media is liberal!!”

I’m very pro-life. But as a former journalist, I also know why an annual gathering may not get covered. What else was going on at the time? Were other events more newsworthy? Sorry to disappoint you, but an annual event, even if many people attend, is not automatically news. If something bigger is happening, it’s out.

OK, let’s take a more recent example. How about the Wright controversy? Rev. Wright is all over the news, absolutely everywhere. First, the media slammed Obama for not denouncing Wright. And now, if you can believe it, some members of the media are slamming Obama for going ahead and denouncing Wright.  (Here’s just one example.)

Meanwhile, McCain has been left virtually untouched over the last few weeks. 

This can mean only one thing…

  The liberal media has converted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, well, no. That’s not it at all. The media is once again, as it always does, reporting on controversy.

And that’s an area where you could claim media bias. Reporters are drawn to the bad and the ugly, whichever side it falls on. The good and the neat are rarely reported. It would be nice to see that change sometime. I’d love to read stories about the good that has happened in Iraq and the positive changes that occurred. I’d love to hear more stories about positive candidates who stand by their morals.

Maybe one day it will happen. I can dream, can’t I?

I’m hooked

How can I NOT like LOLcat when it features pictures like this?

 
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Umm… Wow. Just wow.

That’s really all I can say about tonight’s Lost! (Don’t read on if you don’t want spoilers).

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This episode was exactly why I love Lost. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. So many things solved, but really only one I want to talk about…

SMOKY!

Smoky is AWESOME! We now know good ol’ Smoky definitely *is* a security system, though I’d dare say he is a system that’s gotten a bit out of control. At least now one big mystery is solved: which people are in Ben’s favorite five.

(Terrible graphic courtesy of: MSPaint. If you’d like to see better graphics, please donate to the Dube’s World Photoshop fund, now accepting PayPal…)

I have lots of questions about this episode and so much left to process. But I just have one question for my visitors:

* What do you think Smoky is made of? How do you think Smoky works?

I’m still leaning towards nanites. How about you? 

LOLCat Now Hiring! I Can Haz Job Please?

Yes friends, it’s true. Just look here for details. I Can Has Cheezburger is now accepting job applications!

They’ve already received 250 apps for one position. But the job could still be yours! Or maybe even mine. Actually, I can’t apply. My mom already told me that she wants the job!

This is one job that doesn’t require spelling… So, if you were going to apply, how would you start your cover letter?

I’ve Been Spammed!

Just a note to my fellow WordPress bloggers… Right now, every comment I make on WP blogs is automatically identified as spam. This is because, once upon a time, I made the unfortunate decision of deleting one of my *own* comments on my blog. Apparently this triggered some spam meltdown on my name and website.

Just to say… Keep a lookout in your spam folder for comments from me.

And any comments about Dube’s World being rightly spammed will be immediately deleted.

I Can Haz Cult?

I received a lot of hate mail after my recent blog post, “Top Ten Websites That Should be Destroyed.” Interestingly, most of the hate was pointed at one topic: my dislike for LOLcats.

“You cretin! Get off the sidelines of life and start living!”

“You hate cute cats? What is wrong with you?”

And so on and so on… It seems that ICanHasCheezburger is becoming a cult of sorts. Some of the telltale signs of cults are: 1.) Extreme dislike of different opinions; 2.) Mind-altering practices or chants (LOLspeak?); 3.) Polarized us-versus-them mentality; 4.) Preoccupation with getting new members (hmmm); 5.) Strange taste in old-fashioned clothes; and 6.) Identical glazed-over “Stepford wife”-like expressions.

Well, 5 out of 6 isn’t so shabby. But whether or not the website is a cult, my mother is now a huge fan. Yep, you read correctly. When Mom read my blog, she immediately clicked on “ICanHasCheezburger.” Now it lives on her favorites list.

I’ve also been told to apologize for insulting such an adorable website.

So, whether or not the site is a cult, my mother is now a huge fan. With my own family turning against my blog post, I decided to give ICanHasCheezburger another try. Or is it ICanHazCheeseburger? IKanHazCheezeburger? EyeKanHazCheesieboorger? How does anyone keep up? Well, whichever it is, I tried it again.

And I came across this… 

 

Dang it! That one is just way too cute for words. And now I feel like some evil ogre who betrayed a tiny kitten’s trust with my blog post… *grumble*

Fine, you win LOLCats! Tiny kittens with sad eyes are serious WMDs. I can’t stand under that barrage.

I…must admit…that…

Yes, I now like LOLcats. They’re too darn cute to ignore. You win.

Lingering Lost Questions

A great post on the JOpinionated blog about all the questions we’d still like answered on Lost. With Lost returning from hiatus soon, this is a great brush-up. Check out the questions here!