Away We Go

Yesterday at work some of us watched live streaming video of the newest moon mission flight from NASA. I have to admin, it was pretty damn cool. My co-worker sent out the link so we could watch Spaceflight Now's site and at first I thought "neat" but didn't think I'd be sitting there switching between my work project and the live video feed, fully engrossed, for half the afternoon! It reminded me of being a kid being so excited to watch space shuttle missions on the one grainy TV that we had in our classroom.

So I did know about the newest mission, but honestly I don't think I paid enough attention to it before yesterday. I *do* remember Colbert's campaign to have Node 3 named in his honor (see my archived post). But really, it was the most entertaining thing I've watched on my computer (or TV) in a long, long time! Bookmark the Spaceflight Now site and take a peek next time - great fun!

Lost Thoughts from "Follow the Leader"

As posted on the Transmission by me...

# LostNTonic Says:
May 6th, 2009 at 7:04 pm

Tonight’s episode was fan-tastic!!!

Quick thoughts…

Locke killing Jacob — I think Locke’s future self came back and told him what to do. Maybe when he was away while Ben and Smokie had their meeting as stated above. I think this is how Locke has gained his whole new realm of confidence and understanding. He tells himself - this is what needs to happen and this is how you will do it, this is where you need to be when, etc…

Jacob saying “Help Me” to Locke — I have a funny feeling that we only think Jacob said this to Locke, but we’ll find out that it’s all what you think you saw or heard, not what really happened. We get that a lot in Lost afterall. I think perhaps the Island (or a future time traveling Locke) needs help and says that. I believe there is no Jacob, and whatever is in the cabin is time traveling versions of people who tell our people what to do so they move forward with a plan. But the way Locke will “kill” Jacob, is to expose that he does not really exist. Did that make sense?


Eloise — I cannot figure out why she wants to go to the bomb. I noticed that Charles was commenting on her “condition” before they left camp (she’s obviously already pregnant in ‘77). One of the camp guys said their love is “complicated”. Maybe she’s not happy about being pregnant = could further explain the distance she always feels toward Daniel.

Kate/Sawyer/Juliet/Jack = totally messed up! But what relationships aren’t in some way??? How would you feel if a guy you loved (even if it was deep deep down and a long while ago) said - Hey, if I can erase all of “us” - our memories, our ties, our good times and bad, I’ll not only do but I’ll do it gladly without consulting you. I’d run back to Sawyer and the sub as well! Poor Juliet. It was the sweetest moment in the sub, then Kate comes in and bam. Ouch. Juliet knows things won’t end well, because she’s heard this story before. I whole heartedly feel like she knows how it ends and she’s just waiting for the other shoe to fall. It’ll happen right before next weeks season finale thud!

@Welshie - Heck yeah!!! Season 6 finale party! Let’s do it!!!

And the “What did you see?” clips …. I get the feeling they are related to our show? Anyone know anything about them?

(photo in this post is not mine, it's compliments of:
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/12/lost-abc.html )

WOW!!! I had no idea they made the Discworld series by Pratchett into a mini series!!!!!

I actually started reading this series last week and am completely in love with it (one book down, only 30 odd more to go...)

Check it out:

The Colour of Magic Pt 1 -

Pie is the theme for Friday

I seem to have dedicated my day to pie today. It's Carnival Day at my tots school and I volunteered like a good mom to provide baked goods for the cake walk game AND I volunteered to work a shift at the strong man booth (as a ticket taker of course, not a strong man).

I decided to make my super easy chocolate pie recipe for the baked goods (seriously - takes five minutes to whip up if you have all the ingredients).

1 oreo pie crust (ready made)
1 tub of chocolate pudding (ready made or you can make your own)
1 large tub of whipped cream

*Add a small layer of the chocolate pudding to the bottom of the pie crust

*For the second layer mix together about a cup of the pudding and a cup of the whipped cream. Add it to the pie as you second layer.

*Top it off with a layer of plain whipped cream and chill until set for about an hour.

Viola, pie in minutes.


Anyway, the carnival was loud and fun and by the end of it my daughter was covered in pie herself. No, she didn't have a mishap with my pies. They had a pie in the face contest, and she thought it would be a blast to get a pie hurled at her by her friend Mariah. Mariah as really good aim and she was covered in goop for the rest of the evening. Which she loved of course.

Ah, the difference between being a kid and an adult - the joy of having deserted dairy products all over you in public is no longer a joy once you pass the age of 26!

Movies I can't wait to see....

The Limits of Control - Jim Jarmusch



Public Enemies - Johnny Depp and Christian Bale (Michael Mann directs)

Cheddar Jalapeno Pretzels from (off shoot) Starbucks...

... Just say no. Bad decision to choose that as my lunch for today. Sounded like a winning deal. I like pretzels. I LOVE spicy peppers and cheese. Unfortunately, I don't think the substance inside these pretzels constitutes as a cheese. It's more akin to that cheese-wiz substance you squirt from a can. Caulk like consistency and tastes like feet.

*sigh*

Ponder this...

Why do you always run into the person you least want to see at a moment when (self esteem wise) you are doing the most ass-clown of things?

Really.