It's something I said or someone I know

[cyrano]

Watched the first episode of 30 Days (30 Days in a Muslim household) and was really quite impressed. It's by the same guy who did Supersize Me and so I wasn't sure how sensational it was going to be, but it was really really good. It felt like it was an honest attempt to bring two parts of the population closer together and understand each other better. And I kept being pleasantly surprised by and *proud of* the white christian all american. He went out of his way to independantly study and research, and he was up front and honest. And although I didn't care much for him personally, I liked the screen time they gave the pushy Imam.

And I'm finally caught up on the first series of Lost. I have one thing to say here--Abrams promised us some answers by the end of the first series, and I didn't see much in the way of answers. I told Sioux that I was going to have to bite him.

I started reading Sarah Vowell's Take the Cannoli and my crush on her is just getting bigger and bigger. I'm going to have to ask her to lunch.

And it occurred to me in the bathroom that much of my sense of humor involves taking normal everyday things and couching them in unexpected or inappropriate context. It's sort of the intellectual equivalent of dressing a dog up in a frilly collar and a clown hat.

Considering other mixes--a companion disc for Veronica Mars which would include the Dandy Warhols, 'Watching the Detectives' and (if I have a copy) 'One Way or Another', and Do You Speak It? as a collection of songs in non-english language with a threatening picture of Samuel L. Jackson on the liner notes.

As regarding birthday plans, it looks pleasantly low key so far. Sunday dinner with elo_sf, Monday holiday BBQ with Carla and Turk (Super Chocolate Bear).

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Re: Lost

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

1. Mysterious window.... ?
2. Well yes, it was nice to finally have that confirmed.
3. I have no idea what the big monster is all about at this point. It seems to be invisible and huge and knocks over trees and at the same time has invisible tendrils that run down into an underground lair and it makes wheezy steam engine sounds. I'm pretty much back where I was when the pilot was killed by the mechasaur, except for the underground lair.
4. Okay, we've had a little bit explained on Rousseau, but the Others I feel are also pretty much right back where they were when Ethan hung Charlie from a tree. There's at least one other person on the island, who may or may not have kidnapped Rousseau's son and killed her scientific investigation. They do not appear to be 'coming to get us' and they didn't appear to have made the Black Smoke. They may or may not be responsible for the whispering in the jungle.

I may have missed lots of contextual clues by waiting two months in between episodes, of course. And I'm not saying I'm not enjoying it or planning to watch Series 2. I'm just saying I feel cheated.