6 overtimes

My apologies for my long absence, I was struggling with how exactly to respond to Zach's post about people not taking us progressives seriously, then my tickets to the Big East tournament were the next day and I had no time to blog whilst watching 15 games of basketball in 5 days. And yes, I was there for the six overtime game, it was the greatest single sporting event that I will ever witness in my entire time on this earth. Nothing will ever top it. That is kind of depressing and kind of fucking awesome. And now I am about to find out the field of 64, er, cough, 65.

Lost. I watch Lost, and I really enjoy it, but only because I have consciously given in to it. There was a brief period of time when I decided to stop watching Lost. I realized that it is a show essentially built upon nothing. I read novels for the story and the character and (hopefully) the metaphorical meaning that I can elicit from the text. I watch comedic television shows because they are funny. I watch dramatic shows and movies for the same reasons I read novels. However, I watch lost in the same way I would watch a freak show at a carnival. I honestly don't give a fuck about the characters, not a single one. If the show ends with the world ending, or beginning, or maybe it is all in a dream or a snow globe, I really don't care. I am going to watch, and relish in the nonsense of the show, but it is worth nothing. (Keep in mind that I have seen every episode and I also do a season recap before new seasons begin)

Shows (novels, movies, etc) that use wild interconnection to fuel their plots are fun, but if the interconnection is not intentionally planned out by the writers before the show begins then I feel as if the interconnection loses a lot of value. The writers and producers of Lost are essentially just making shit up ad hoc to keep this franchise going, again, that makes me just not give a shit. (I am also not saying that they needed to plan every single detail, but I don't think they had anything planned beyond the first 2 seasons when the show started, and now look where the fuck we are)

I am back. Who's turn is it?

Zach, if you like that Hero show you will like Lost.