Suite Blog

Swamp People

2011-05-22T19:47:00.002-05:00

Have any of you guys seen Swamp People? I may or may not have spent my day off watching a marathon. I'm completely fascinated.

Also enjoyable- Game of Thrones, both the tv show and the book (although there are things that George Martin does that I do NOT approve of). I'm pretty excited to read the second one.

Dropbox

2011-04-15T18:31:00.003-05:00

In case you guys are interested, I mentioned this nice new program called Dropbox while we were in Chicago, here is the info: Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/gboWABK.

If we all have dropbox accounts then we can share various files like Pictures and other fun goodies. If you sign up you can link to my e-mail address butler2011@lawnet.ucla.edu. You can learn more about it by checking out the tour here.

Suite Soundtrack Addition

2011-03-18T17:31:00.005-05:00

I regret to inform you all, we have a new addition to our Suite Soundtrack. We all know "It's The Weekend," because it describes the moment and gets the party started. But let's be real, is that really specific enough? We need to start breaking it down by days. Luckily, the lovely Rebecca Black has taken the liberty of breaking it down for us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0
Enjoy ... you will soon be infected with the "Black Plague" (distant relative to "Beiber Fever").

You're welcome.

I'm alive?!? I know, I'm surprised too...

2011-02-08T21:50:00.002-06:00

So I may or may not have just read the blog for the first time in a couple of months. I should probably just cut my losses and move on, but I'm gonna backtrack a little bit to previous subjects (in no particular order).

Rant:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2114755097/
This infuriates me. We only use 20% of our brains? Bullshit. We use way more than that. I might buy it if someone said we can only exactly pinpoint the function of 20% of our brains, but really with imaging and technology these days, I wouldn't be surprised if it was more. This is my biggest pet peeve ever in the media. It's a hugely pervasive idea that is just so wrong it hurts my soul. I'm sure you guys have heard me bitch about this before, but I'm doing it again anyway. Also, Bradley Cooper- kind of annoys me these days. I don't know when that happened, but it did.

TV
Shows I hate: 30 Rock and Glee. 30 rock because I have these 2 friends who think it came from God himself and that it's just the best show ever when in fact it's a mediocre show with generally annoying characters that haven't gotten any new jokes in 4 years. However, I think I probably wouldn't hate it as much if they didn't love it so much; I kind of feel like I need to counter their undeserving love with my undeserving hate in order to bring balance back into the universe. As for Glee, it's just not my thing. I find it trite and cliche and the fact that it doesn't pull on my heartstrings makes me feel like I must be insensitive to bullying and the plight of gay teens or something. That annoys me.

Shows I love: Fringe and some BBC shows (Being Human, Sherlock Holmes, and Misfits). Fringe is awesome. There are alternate universes, doppelgangers, evil plans, humor, and something totally gross happens just about every week. How could I say no to these things? Answer: I can't. I don't know what's up with me and British television right now, but I like it. It has kind of a weird vibe so it always takes me a few episodes to get into it, but then I'm totally hooked. It's really annoying though that each season is like 7 episodes long. I'm never ready for it to be over.

Shows I love that you'll judge me for (and probably rightly so): The Vampire Diaries and Cougar Town. I'm going to refer you to this article (http://www.avclub.com/articles/ten-reasons-you-should-be-watching-the-vampire-dia,50681/) on The Vampire Diaries because it is so true. The pacing is great, the storyline is interesting, and Boone is beyond awesome. As for Cougar Town, I think it's light-hearted and fun. They've dropped the cougar premise of the show and now it's just a bunch of friends who hang out and drink wine a lot. I like it.

My Life:
Is boring. But has recently begun transitioning into boring and stressful. We're signing up for our 3rd year rotation schedule at the end of the month, and it's kind of freaking me out even though I know it shouldn't. Plus, I take boards (aka the test that will determine my future) on April 14th, and that is uncomfortably close.

Reunions:
Bum me out. I'm not going to be able to meet up with you guys because of boards, and I have a sneaking suspicion I won't be making it to Meem's wedding in June. Theoretically, I could be on an easier rotation with weekends off and fly into Naples, but I'm reluctant to arrange all my scheduling around 1 wedding. Plus, Meem says we should get there on Wednesday or Thursday and that definitely won't happen regardless of the rotation I'm in. So yeah. Bummed out.

And... that's all I got. My B for being long winded.

Beer Pong Safety Card

2011-01-21T09:32:00.000-06:00

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4361675860_49343b7c3d_o.jpg

That is all

Guess who's back

2010-11-20T16:34:00.003-06:00

Hey hey,

So I am alive, checking the blog a little less frequently than uh, I should. School is going pretty well, I've gotten through 3 months of internal medicine, 6 weeks of psychiatry, and I'm currently starting my 6 week family medicine rotation. Psychiatry was actually a blast, I was told by one of my delirious patients that I was one of the "bad boys" of the hospital. I've also been called Doogie a few times, offered to be adopted by a nice old couple, and just yesterday a patient asked if I was 18 and called me "scooter" through the interview. No one appreciates boyish good looks these days.

Speaking of that, life on the lady front is currently nonexistent. Uh, so no update there.

Not quite sure that I want to be a neurosurgeon anymore, it seems like the closer I get to being done with med school the more I want to have a real job and not 7 years more of residency. I've also been told by basically everyone that I'd make a good internal medicine doctor. We'll see though, I have my surgery rotation next and I'll give it a fair shot.

Joseph, are they doing a VATS? Seems like that might give some resolution, sucks to have to go through that though. I have a good primary spontaneous pneumothorax summary article if you want.

Our 2nd REUNION is long overdue ~ So our 3rd year rotations are all set, but 4th year we get electives and time off. Plus I have spring break March 26 to April 3 (I think) if we're planning ahead

Okay, that's all for now; it is the weekend after all, I've got to go pick up my wages

Dan

Fuckin A'

2010-11-13T20:59:00.002-06:00

Hi...remember me?

First...where's my drunk dial, Robin? Its 10 pm EST...what the fuck?

Second, my life is a crazy mess of crazy. I did a (fake) rape trial this morning for a grade...and have been blowing off the extensive (read: paper due weds.) amount of work I have to do. there is rum in my glass...Jessie is asleep on the couch behind me, and I'm doing shitless, thankless work that I don't want to be doing right now because it means that I can drink while I do it and listen to the Inception soundtrack.

(COMPLETE sidenote...in hindsight, Inception was fucking awesome. Robin, I know we saw it together. I know that you had issues with it (because you're you) but a few months out--that was a fucking awesome movie. That's the kind of movie that I could grab a SoCo black and limeade to and watch on a projector wall after playing beirut...if you know what I mean).

Anyways...I have interviews with DA offices this week, so I'll be in NYC on Sunday-Monday and Chicago on Friday-Saturday, all in the hopes of protecting your safety for lower-than-deserved pay.

Oh...and next weekend, I'm probably going to get inappropriately drunk. Or watch as my immune system implodes. Haven't decided which yet.

I love you guys.

Cee-Lo

2010-11-12T01:56:00.003-06:00

You should all find some way to listen to "The Lady Killer" by Cee-Lo Green (except Nick who I am sure already has). This album just dropped last week. It is awesome. http://www.myspace.com/ceelogreen

That is all.

Joseph is Coming to Boston This Weekend. . .

2010-11-09T22:01:00.001-06:00

The rest of you should expect to be drunk dialed gratuitously.

That is all.

I do love ranting. . .

2010-10-20T14:13:00.002-05:00

You know, in case you guys forgot.

Anyway, MIT has really been pissing me off recently, which we'll call excuse #1 why I haven't been posting on the blog. I was supposed to take the last part of my qualifying exam this semester, so I've spent most of the semester wasting time and telling myself I should start studying. They were supposed to assign me a testing committee with whom I would schedule my exam. Well it's been two months or so and I still don't have a committee, which means I still don't have an exam day. It's damn near impossible to schedule anything in December, and professors are so busy they can't be scheduled less than a month in advance, let alone three of them for the same time. All this together adds up to about half a semester wasted waiting for a committee assignment and no exam until next semester. BLAH. Also I apparently had a class I need for graduation listed as P/F instead of a grade for credit. After 6 months of hounding various administrative offices here I finally got them to switch it but god damn it was a lot of work. OK I'm done ranting for now.
The silver lining in this exam being pushed back is I have more time to do actual research, which is actually going pretty well. I'm working on a paper right now that I'm hoping to get submitted some time this year. I still have a bunch of analysis to do, but it's some cool stuff. I'll be presenting some measurements on a new material we just reported earlier this year, as well as using those measurements to shed light on an interesting material that is as of yet not well understood. I'll have more on this as it progresses.
The other thing that's been absorbing my time is that I'm TAing this semester for MIT's freshman physics class. It's a lot of work, and grading is a bitch, but overall I'm enjoying it. I get to interact with students in class because the class is taught in this quasi-lecture quasi-group activity format. It's pretty cool. Also, the guy I work for has told me he wants me to give a lecture later in the semester, which I think will be some good experience, so I'm pretty excited about that. I'm also running a seminar for a small group of freshmen, most of whom are in my physics class. Most weeks I just line up professors to talk about their research (it's all cool futuristic engineering stuff), but some weeks I get to give little talks and do fun physics/chemistry demos. For example, a few weeks ago we did Mentos+Diet Coke, and I'm also going to show them how to light up a pickle, and why toast is more likely to fall butter side down. They're mostly pretty bright kids, so they're a lot of fun to work with.

Other than that, I still find some time for mountain biking on the weekends and some ultimate frisbee here and there. Add a smattering of TV and video games and some beer and that's my life. Kinda boring I guess.

Here's my TV breakdown:
Digging:
Dexter- This season has way less of Captain Dick Solomon's ass, which I think is a good call. Also machete-beheading plus Stockholm syndrome ftw.
The Event- This show is incredibly predictable, but it's still a good time and I like the whole aliens/future humans with magic powers thing.
Hell's Kitchen- Who doesn't love Gordon Ramsay screaming at people?
Modern Family- Hilarious every week.

Mildly Entertaining:
House, Chuck- Not as good as they used to be, but I'm still watching.
Oultaw- I'm a sucker for criminal procedure dramas, and I love me some Jimmy Smits, but honestly I'm surprised it hasn't been canceled already.
HIMYM, The Office, Community, and The Big Bang Theory- I think these are all on the way out, but they're still good for a few laughs.
Glee- Really I hate the ridiculous high school drama crap, but they have some interesting covers. I especially enjoyed "Losing my Religion"

Tumbs down:
Agreed on Outsourced and 30 Rock, although I did enjoy the 30 Rock live episode.

No Californication until January? BOOOOO!
I haven't watched any of the new South Park or Futurama, but I don't have comedy central and they're kind of bastards about putting stuff on the internets so whatever.
I've heard good things about Mad Men, but I haven't watched any of it yet.
I'm also interested in Treme, since The Wire was so good. Nick and Alan have you guys still not watched it?

So that's NUT(my life)SHELL. Hope you're all doing well.

P.S. Joseph get your lazy (or more accurately: overworked) butt up to Boston.

Excuses

2010-10-12T23:00:00.002-05:00

Joe makes a good point. This blog has been quiet for far too long. I am as guilty as everyone else. It only took me ... two weeks to respond to this post! Maybe we should all take 5 minutes and share a little mini-rant about why we have been blog-less for so long. Basically what is going on in everyone's life right now?

I am finally finding time to relax, which is strangely stressful in its own way. After spending my summer in San Francisco working for an intellectual property law firm I had a few weeks of vacation and traveling before jumping back in to the glory that is law school. Somehow I decided it was a good idea to take two of my four classes in a concentrated format (which means they only meet for 7 or 8 weeks, instead of 15). As a result, I had a very busy first month of school. On top of the busy schedule I found out during that month that my previous employer was not interested in hiring me for a full time position afte school, so I had to start my job search. This job search included applying for judicial clerkships, which Nick can attest to as a huge pain in the ass waste of time. Two weeks ago I started studying for the final exams in my concentrated classes, and last week I finished. Now I have one class a day, four days a week, and a resaerch project to work on, so yay free time!

In response to Joe's TV breakdown, I am behind the curve and slowly catching up, but:

Digging:
Modern Family -- this show is just great, period.
Chuck -- I am a sucker for Yvonne Strahovski and the show is generally witty and fun
Venture Bros -- This show is random as always, but it has its charms

Mildly Entertaining:
HIMYM -- The gimmicks are old, but the cast is still great; how can you say not to Barney?
Family Guy -- The first episode this season was pretty great, even though the show in general is hit-or-miss
South Park -- I anticipate great things as always, but from what I saw of the first episode I wasn't blown away (I was really hoping for a Ground-Zero Mosque episode)
Glee -- Nicolle likes it...and so do many others I have talked to. I've only seen a few minutes of it, but it seems alright.
Entourage -- This show is on a downswing, but I still get a kick out of it.

Thumbs Down:
Gossip Girl -- Nicolle's roommate watchese this, and I don't understand. I really really don't.

Eagerly Awaiting (haven't watched yet) --
Dexter
Californication
Weeds ? -- I heard that this season is really strange, but Mary Louis Parker...so hot

Thoughts?

ECHO ... ECHo ... ECho ... Echo ... echo ...

2010-09-30T20:44:00.002-05:00

Hey, I miss you guys. The blog has been quiet for too long. I thought I’d share what shows I’m watching and liking these days because I’m curious about your list:

Digging:
Community – Last season had some good episodes so anticipation has me excited for if they can do it again this year.
Modern Family – It does have some pretty funny moment.
Pawn Stars – I’m kinda addicted to this show. It’s like antique road show but awesome.

Mildly entertaining:
Castle – This show is not that great but I miss Firefly.
The office – It’s good that this show is in its final season. Less funny moments these days.
House – The first episode was not great but they use to have good ones so I’ll watch a few more.
HIMYM – This show is on the way out for me.
Burn Notice - I have a soft spot in my heart for this show even though the plot is pretty similar one episode to the next.

On the way out:
Raising hope – This show is bad but a few rare moments have tickled me. I’m sure this will move to the bad list soon.

Thumbs down:
The Event – I watched the first episode because I saw Robin saying he was going to. It was pretty damn bad.
30 rock – I was never a big fan of this show but I am really indifferent to it now
Outsourced – The movie this is based off of a movie that was pretty good but I watched part of the first episode and it was bad
Cougar town – Yeah this show was never good
Glee – Andrea likes it.
Running wilde – I never quiet understood why people like arrested development. This show is even worst.

I imagine Dexter is good but I don’t have showtime. I am renting last season soon.

Anybody seen mad men? I heard some people at work saying they like it but the people I work with tend to watch stuff I like less.

That's a Negative, Ghostrider, the pattern is full.

2010-07-02T15:20:00.001-05:00

Yay Joe!
SO...when Marine One flies in, it always has a decoy. Today, when I was running on the Arlington Bridge, the decoy peeled off as they entered DC airspace.

It's 4th of July weekend...I think they let the guys go a little bit...because this guy BUZZED the fucking bridge. It was fucking sweet. I felt like he was going to knock me over.

I later learned there was an Admiral's daughter stuck in traffic. I hear he now, apparently, wants some butts.

Happy Holiday, ladies and gents.

'Merica...fuck yeah.

A rolling stone gathers no moss

2010-07-02T07:21:00.004-05:00

FYI I'm moving into a new apartment with Andrea (Robin it's the place where we went to the Christmas party). She got a job with a private school here as a college councilor. She is driving down right now and will be here Saturday.

I said goodbye to my brother yesterday. He is leaving mid-July for American Samoa where he is going to live for a year and teach math.

Work, school and everything else is about the same. Hope everyone is enjoying there summer.

Gangstagrass

2010-06-30T06:04:00.001-05:00

For those of you who thought rap and bluegrass couldn't go together, check these guys out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy09F1cUIrA

also, watch Justified.

Stuff

2010-06-01T17:02:00.002-05:00

Hey,

This is Lost related and is funny if you haven't seen it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di3w1yV4Ehg

This is a good cover that grows on you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0z1Mo7O6dE

And this was kind of a bad-ass Mythbusters I saw last week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAKS3VkPfD4

Enjoy

SPOILER ALERT -- LOST: An Epilogue

2010-05-26T14:11:00.000-05:00

Rather than reject the current Lost ending outright I will attempt to write my own 'Epilogue' describing events that happen after plane leaves the island but before the "eternal journey" begins.

To briefly recap: Ben, Hurley, Jack, Desmond, Rose, Bernard and Vincent are still on the island; Kate, Claire, Sawyer, Miles, Lapidus, and Richard Alpert are on Ajeira flying to somewhere. Boone, Shannon, Libby, Charlie, Sayid, Sun and Jin are dead on the island (along with some others, but we don't care so much about them). We also have some Lost diaspora unaccounted for: Walt is somewhere around Manhattan, Aaron is either in Los Angeles or Australia with his grandmother, Ji Yeon is in Seol Korea with her grandmother, Clementine (Sawyer’s daughter) is somewhere, and Penny and Charlie Hume are somewhere. There are some major questions that have been left unanswered at this point (some of which are likely unanswerable): (1) what is the island? (2) What happened when Juliette activated the nuclear bomb at the end of season 5 in 1977? (3) Does the island require some sort of balance between benevolent and malevolent forces in order to exist? (4) What ever happened to the Dharma Initiative? (5) Who were the others and where did they come from? (6) Why are the numbers significant?

Hurley has now taken Jack's place as protector of the island with Ben as his "number 2." However, it is unclear what Hurley’s role should be and the ending is ambiguous as to when Jack dies. Let’s say the island heals jack’s knife wound and he wakes up in the bamboo field, now what? I say Hurley’s first move is to get Desmond off of the island so that he can return to his wife and child. Desmond gets on his old boat and Hurley sends him on his way (discovering his new-found Jacob powers in the process). After parting ways with Desmond, Hurley has to do something to pass the time on the island, so he begins to investigate the numbers again. He talks to dead people some more (except Jacob, who is gone for good) and he sets up shop with Ben in the old Dharma town. One day Jack wanders into town and finds Ben and Hugo; they exchange excited hugs but there is an unmistakable tension between them. Hurley realizes that he has the power to send Jack back to the real world where he can be happy and live a complete life; he tells Jack about this idea, but Jack has made his choice and insists on staying on the island. Jack walks away and Hurley calls after him “you have to go back!” What ensues is a constant game of cat-and-mouse between Hurley and Jack on the island, with Hurley trying to get him to leave and Jack stubbornly insisting that he stays (inverting the Jacob—Esau tension).

In the meantime, the plane passengers manage to find their way back to civilization without making a huge scene, and Kate is forced to take on a central leadership role as Claire’s life-counselor and Sawyer’s therapist. She reunites Sawyer with his long-lost daughter and brings Aaron and Claire back together. At some point she manages to resolve most of what was unsettled, and she finds herself longing to find Jack. She turns to Richard, who has sought out either a life of seclusion or a fast-paced city life to complete his temporal journey, in hopes that he can guide her back to the island. But Richard has severed ties and is just living out the end of his life, so she eventually finds Desmond who has inherited Widmore’s fortune and connections to the island and the Dharma initiative. Clearly there is a lot of time and drama here, but the real question is do Kate and Jack ever find each other? My answer  not until they meet in “purgatory” aka sideways timeline.

Answers to other questions … The Island is exactly what Jacob said…the cork in a bottle full of good and evil. Juliette never activated the nuclear bomb in 1977, instead the island “flashed” them back to the present right when she tried to trigger it. The island always has good and evil aspects represented, so there will always be tension and a struggle for balance. The Dharma Initiative faded years ago, but what remains of it is probably owned by Charles Widmore or Ben’s contacts in the real world. The others were another group of stranded travelers that Jacob brought or allowed to come to the island in search of a replacement, he allowed them to live on the island and communicated with them through Richard, and eventually they were well established as a Jacob-worshipping cult on the island. The numbers are a representation of the essence of the island and thus have strange powers and effects just like the mystical electro-magnetic properties; Hurley’s unfortunate fate is that his life will be guided by the numbers until the day he dies. But before Hurley can die, he must find a replacement! My nomination  Walt! Hurley needs someone to keep him company on the island (and play white-and-black metaphorical board games with him), so why not bring back his long time mind companion Walt (he probably hates it in NYC anyway).

Also I would like to note that Ben is the only one of the “main” characters (not including children) who is not present in the church at the end of Lost  Thus he is going to hell (and he knows it!).

That is all…

Dan this is a LOST plot spoiler

2010-05-24T17:19:00.000-05:00

Before I start, I have a way of sounding like I hate everything because I analyze things very critically so let me state that I enjoyed the finale of Lost and it was a lot of fun having everyone (except Dan) together for it. Having said that:

So after I went to bed last night I was considering that last episode and I came to a conclusion I'd like your opinion on. It seems to me that that last episode indicates that the writers hadn't planned from the start how they would end the show. My reason for thinking this is that in the season 2-3 time frame lots of viewers started supporting the "current reality is purgatory" theory. In the final episode they turn the flash sideways world into limbo. The flash sideways reality didn't exist back when the purgatory theory started and there was no indication that the show would have to end with limbo being a theme. So it seems to me that the writers changed course at the end and came up with an ending that didn't really call on the story line from the rest of the show in terms of the fundamental plot (the plot associated with the island history not the character personalities). I don't read the Lost websites out there so maybe this is already common knowledge. What do you think?

The ending was kind of weird considering the kind of show it was in the past. The final season built up this island mythology storyline that really seemed to be going somewhere and then turned out to be completely irrelevant like it was a storytelling inconvenience to be ignored as gracefully as possible. If there was any warning signs of this coming it was that for the last few seasons the show had been getting less deep in terms of having less layers. Gone were the subtle Easter eggs like seeing the numbers, the dharma marked shark, the oceanic symbol etc. I just really feel like that element was really toned down at the end. I also feel like plot developments were really shoved in your face like "do you get it? Bla and bla was the one who did it!” All of this leads me to believe the show was dumbed down for a larger audience. The fairytale ending that was entirely character driven was just the continuation of the giving-the-average-Joe-what-he-wants as opposed to exercising anybody’s brains.

I was thinking about how I would have ended it and my first ideas were:

Jack = Jacob, Ben = Smokey (If you wanted smokey to be bad) This time have it be that for some reason for the safety of the island they need to keep Ben off the island instead of keeping him on.

Jack = Jacob, Desmond = Smokey: If smokey doesn't need to be bad.

But I have to admit we would have seen those coming so to be true to the original spirit of the show where we were really surprised by plot twists I tried to come up with something really out there:

It turns out Widmore has brought along Aaron and Sun’s baby as leverage on Jack, Kate, Sun, Jin and anybody else with a soul (we'd have to rewrite a couple episodes). Widmore gets wacked by Smokey, Claire finds a way to steal the kids after Smokey does his thing meanwhile the rest of the Lostees finds Widmore and the rest of his posse and think the kids are dead. Most people leave the Island, maybe the plane goes down as its leaving, Claire takes out some people (at the very least kills Kate) ... Anyway, it ends with Claire and the two babies being the only two on the island (Rose and Bernard can stay). Flash forwards: The kids are 11-12 and Aaron is staring out to sea (maybe Aaron starts having visions of Kate who tells him there is a world outside the island, that she raised Aaron and that Claire killed her. This makes Aaron the new Esau and give credence/explanation to the fortune teller’s insistence that Claire raise the baby) and Sun’s girl is helping "mom" like a momma’s girl. Aaron, Claire’s favorite of the two ends up being the bad one and Sun’s girl is the future Jacob. That ending has the advantage of being a snake eating its tail ending but I feel like someone could come up with something better that uses ever more of the island mythology (black vs white, Egypt, super electromagnets etc) to really tie up a nice satisfying interconnected type of ending.

So my challenge to you guys is to come up with your own ending that would have been better than the real one but it has to be a nobody-would-have-seen-it-coming ending. And then share please.

Alan the eye closing call was badass.

MIA

2010-05-24T12:42:00.002-05:00

Hey kids,

Once again, my bad for not picking up the phone/watching Lost with you guys. My only excuse is I'm studying basically 6 to 8 everyday (that's 14, not 2 hours) and then go to bed... I catch my TV in study breaks and meals, so I'll be caught up hopefully soon. I miss you guys/having a life; maybe we can all swing a winter break get-together? I'm gone all summer studying/in Japan, but we need another reunion!

I'm not so good with picking up the phone, so start posting on the blog with what the heck is going on in your lives! Alan/Nick, you guys figured out what kind of law you're going into? Rissa, what're you doing with your last summer off ever? Robin, how was Europe? Joseph, do you have free time yet or are you still wall to wall work/school?

Okay, still feel guilty about ditching you guys, but i think that's all this Catholic influence at Loyola.

Cheers,
Dan

tear

2010-05-06T19:50:00.002-05:00

For all the fabricated, cookie cutter moments that Lost has generated over 6 seasons, they still have the ability to generate truly awe inspiring moments. This episode contained at least one such moment (Sun and Jin going down with the ship Titanic style). There are moments when I am staring at the screen and wondering why the hell Claire here and who even cares? My current theory is that they signed Emilie de Ravin to some long-term multi-year contract a few seasons ago and they've been kicking themselves ever since because they have NOTHING for her character to do, so they gave her a bad hairdo and made her play with a fake doll-baby in hopes that she would quit.

Thoughts?

ZOMG

2010-05-05T17:04:00.002-05:00

Oh. No. They. Didn't.

Also...I'm going to see Iron Man next week hung-over as soon as I get done with finals. Remember when we all saw the first one together? And Joseph liked it enough to not complain about the science?

Good times.

Resurrecting the blog!

2010-04-25T12:29:00.002-05:00

Sorry about my Lost absences; my only excuse is that I hate you guys. But really, I have no clue how this will all pan out, but it seems like the show is leaning towards Jack becoming the next Jacob. I imagine he'll have to end up staying so that everyone else can get off the island, like when he cut Ben so Sawyer and Kate could escape. Still don't know how they're going to merge the two timelines... another nuke would seem a little anti-climactic.

Also, when you all have 5 minutes to spare:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I&feature=player_embedded

Awesome.

LOST

2010-03-24T10:19:00.002-05:00

ZOMG! just watched it! I'm gonna say generally awesome, but I am getting tired of Lost being like "THEY'RE ALL DEAD THE ISLAND IS PURGATORY/HELL! . . . . wait, no they're not/it's not."

It's been too long since we had a flashback episode and I enjoyed that. Also I think they delved a little more deeply into the mythology, which to be honest is what I care most about at this point. I liked the end scene and I hope not-locke tries a new way off the island akin to smashing the bottle rather than going after the cork.

Also it took me waay too long to figure out who Hurley was talking to, but even so I got it before the reveal.

Med People: Read

2010-03-23T16:35:00.000-05:00

Dear Future Doctor Friends,

What stethoscope do you and all your future doctor friends use? The internet tells me that the Littman Cardio III is good. But also the II SE. Thoughts? Opinions? Westlaw v. Lexis-based biases?

That is all.

Worst Decision Ever

2010-03-18T23:15:00.002-05:00

So I don't know who decided my exam week should be the week of March Madness, but I do not appreciate it. We were giving presentations (on our unknown hormone projects) in class today and half the class had out their laptops streaming games off of espn.com. My side of the class was watching the Murray State-Vandy game, and there was an audible gasp from us when Murray State literally won at the last second. Also, Tennessee about gave me a heart attack tonight when they almost losing to San Diego State. I just can't handle that extra stress right now. Although honestly, Tennessee will probably make it to the 3rd round tops, and then I won't have to worry anymore...

Part-A

2010-03-14T14:25:00.001-05:00

Hey, I'm throwing a party in April for some friends who are moving and I wanted to see if anybody has a suggestion for mixed drinks?

AHHHH!!! EXCITED!!!!

2010-03-14T01:16:00.001-06:00

So...Jessie and I saw Alice in Wonderland in 3D tonight b/c I had an AMC gift card and she didn't want to see Green Zone. As a movie, I give it a big, giant....meh.

BUT WAIT...it had 3d trailers, one of which was

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFHMf_nswMM

TRON 2

IN 3D

EPIC WIN

Something Ridiculous

2010-03-08T17:39:00.001-06:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE792g55GUw

Lost

2010-02-22T21:09:00.003-06:00

Hey kids,

Thought I'd pop in, I haven't been reading the ol' blog because I haven't even started this season of Lost (been pretty busy around here), but we've got spring break coming up so I promise to catch up! Just thought I'd poke my head in though and let y'all know I'm still alive.

Dan

PS Rissa, thanks for being my awkward buddy, you're a lifesaver

Struggle, mysteries, and power

2010-02-20T20:19:00.002-06:00

I think one of the underlying themes of lost involves the cycle between various struggles with mystery and power. When the plane first crashes on the island the castaways are confrunted with numerous mysteries: noises in the jungle, dissapearing passangers, and the strange nature of their surroundings. During the second season they struggle with the mysterious hatch and the responsibility of the numbers and their power manifested in the hatch computer. During the third season the mysterious "others" begin to be revealed, and the power struggle begins between the crash survivors and their native enemies. During season four we learn that the mysterious others are in fact quite normal, except for their even more mysterious leader Benjamin who seems to hold a special power and connection to the island that no one quite understands. In season five Ben's facade begins to melt away and we learn that he is in fact part of a larger struggle between the island, Charles Widmore, and the mysterious power of Jacob. Finally in this last season we begin to see that Ben and Charles are mere pawns in a larger power struggle between Jacob and Esau, who seem to be manifestations of good and evil.

I would venture to guess that by the end of the series we will leave with a sense that even Jacob and Esau are merely playing their part in the larger struggle of existence. Clearly they are both subject to rules (not crossing the dust, not being immortal) that they cannot control. In the latest episode we see the way Esau struggles with his confinement on the island, and we begin to question Jacob's omnipotence (if he knows all then why did he have to cross out so many names to find the "right" ones?). I feel like some of the final revalations of Lost will involve a release from the ideal notion of absolute control and power. Instead we will be left with a concept of concentric circles of power or control that stretch into eternity, never reaching the pneultimate level. This would make for a very different universal concept than some sort of clean 'purgatory' resolution that would be uncharacteristically definite in a narrative of uncertainty.

The darkness

2010-02-18T20:07:00.002-06:00

So after the last two episodes of Lost I have been trying to reconcile things we are seeing now with things we have seen in the past. One matter of confusion for me is the matter of Locke meeting "Jacob" when Ben took him to the shack in the jungle. That 'sitting in the dark' kind of scary figure just doesn't jibe with the Jacob we know now. On top of that "Jacob" says something to Locke when he's shaking the shack up (like "Help me"?). Was it actually Esau? It doesn't seem likely it was Jacob. On top of that the shack was protected by the ash from the smoke monster. Jacob doesn't need protection from the smoke monster and it couldn't be Esau because of the ash (unless the ash only stops Esau when he's in smoke monster form).

I think that there is a third force at play we haven't been explicitly introduced to ... the darkness. The darkness that got Rousseau's team, the darkness that has Sayeed, the darkness that has Claire and daddy Shepard(?). I think this is really what Jacob brought the new people to protect the island from. If so I think the height of the last season conflict will be the fight against the darkness.

We still don't know why Richard was in chains, why Esau is stuck on the island, who the new people from the plane are who seem to know certain things about the island.

CD Recs

2010-02-11T10:10:00.000-06:00

Passion Pit- Manners. Download. Drink. Smile.

LOST

2010-02-04T01:00:00.003-06:00

So I thought that was a great episode- apart from Juliet dying. I just can't get behind that; probably because I hate Kate, but whatevs.

Joe mentioned the parallel realities intersecting in his earlier post, and I thought I'd share a thought one of my friends from school had. He thinks that the flash-sideways is actually a flashback to the past that ultimately didn't change anything. While there have been differences in the sideways timeline, they generally tend to be small (Jack being the nervous flier-not Rose, getting one bottle of vodka- not 2, etc.), and there seems to be a lot of course correcting going on. The details may be different, but many of the overarching plot points are the same. Charlie almost dies and Jack saves him. Boone tells Locke that he would follow him anywhere. The Marshal is injured (he'll probably die later), and Kate escapes. I would be willing to bet that Locke will walk again at some point (thought with Jack's help as opposed to the island's), Kate and Sawyer will have sex, and Kate will end up with Aaron. Anyway, he thinks that many (if not basically all) of the major events from the past five seasons will still happen; it will just be off the island. At some point, the convergence of the timelines will come when they eventually end up back at the island. After all, the Lost mythology generally states that you can't avoid fate. Charlie tried, with Desmond's help, and failed, and Desmond himself got a similar lesson from Eloise Hawking in an earlier season.

Having said all that, one of the major flaws in this theory is that we saw the island underwater at the beginning of the episode. So I don't know. On the other hand, that could have only been a part of the island, or only one of the islands, and really, I wouldn't put it past them to somehow "resurrect" the island. Most things aren't too far outside of the realm of possibility in Lost anyway.

Lost is back!

2010-02-03T17:50:00.001-06:00

I wrote this at work so some of it repeats what others have pointed out already:

So one of the interesting things that came up in that last episode is Esau's desire to go home (I believe we saw that in the past also although I'm not sure). One question has to be where is home? I am guessing Egypt or close by. The Island is covered with Egyptian Hieroglyphs and recall that Jacob was making an Egyptian tapestry in the statue foot. This is also consistent with the Biblical reference as Jacob moved his family to Egypt after a famine in Canaan and the descendants of Esau end up in Egypt. If I recall correctly the tunnel that Ben takes off of the Island brings him to a desert in Tunisia (not Egypt but the correct part of the world at least).

The Esau's line to Richard “It’s good to see you out of those chains” was very interesting. I guess Esau chained up Richard because Jacob seems OK with him. Richard doesn't exactly seem like the kind of person you need to chain up for being evil.

The whole parallel realities begs the question of where we are going with all of this. In the past, multiple realities always intersect at some point. Are these two realities going to intersect or what does the new reality add to the storyline? Could it be as simple as demonstrating that the plane not crashing doesn't work out for anyone? Or does it maybe allow the writers to kill off lots of characters without pissing off the audience because they are still alive in the good reality? I think because its Lost we have to get something big plotwise from this reality so those examples are probably not enough.

How did Juliet know that the bomb worked? Right at her dying moment? Seems to support the purgatory theory a little.

God I'm bad at being productive.

2010-02-03T10:20:00.002-06:00

So I just wrote my little "Team Juliet" post...but I feel I must qualify.

While Juliet was much better for Sawyer than Little Ms. Underworld-Rise-of-the-Lycans, she only remaining thing that she could do for the plot of the show is to provide Sawyer with motivation. The best way to do that? Dying. But what the hell do I know...I thought it was Claire under all that.

In other news:

-Resurrected Sayid=Resurrected Jacob?
-While I think you could do a lot with not resolving the two timelines...I think its clear that they're going to have to merge at some point. I just hope it doesn't involve ANOTHER plane crash. Get creative, everyone. We can do this.
-I kinda want Ben to Stay evil.
-I think the show has forgotten about Charles Widmore.

-Andddd....reading.

First Impressions

2010-02-03T01:00:00.002-06:00

Since the time difference prevents me from joining the live Lost dork fest with the rest of you...I figured I would post my initial reaction to this final season intro extravaganza. As always with the beginning of a season we get more questions than answers, but there is certainly one question looming in my head. How are they going to finish this final season and NOT convince me that the island=purgatory? I get the feeling that someone called them out during season 2 and they immediately backpedaled -- "Haha of course the island isn't purgatory...that would be super lame *gulp*"

Seriously though...we are getting some sort of flash-sideways? Are there two simultaneous realities? How is this not purgatory?

Also, I like the fact that there are two 'new' things happening on the plane: the presence of Desmond (could have any number of interesting explainations) and the non-presence of Shannon (only explained by the fact that she was "too busy" to film this season).

I wish I had Lost in HD because it is so much less entertaining in SD grainy glory.

I think John Locke transformation over the series arch will be one of Lost's greatest accomplishments (along with finally killing Juliet off). Seriously who could go from mystery man to outsider to leader to pariah to supervillan but John Locke?

Anyways those are my initial thoughts...

Press in dire situations

2010-02-01T21:31:00.001-06:00

Ok, so my roommate introduced me to this and I thought you all might enjoy:
http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

Also totally psyched for lost tomorrow.

I'm not gonna lie...

2010-01-31T22:17:00.003-06:00

I totally watched those first 4 minutes. Are any of you really surprised? I'm guessing the answer is no. I have stayed away from any spoilers online though, so I think I should get a congrats for that. Also, the first 4 minutes is really more like the first minute and a half. Most of it is just a repeat of the last bit of last season's finale. Anyway, I totally don't have time to watch it these next few weeks, but I'm so gonna do it anyway. And I told some of my friends that I would watch it with them, but only if I could bring my laptop to the party. Does this make me a loser? I don't think so. I think it means I have my priorities straight (cough, DAN, cough).

Also, this: Today, while at a party, Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" started playing. For being the only one who didn't know the lyrics, I had beer thrown on me, my shirt stolen, and I was locked outside for half an hour. It's below freezing. FML. That dude totally deserved it.

I only got 4 Minutes...

2010-01-29T19:45:00.003-06:00

SO...

Apparently the first 4 minutes of the Lost premiere are online. I will not be watching it (And I'm the guy who couldn't wait until the Book of Eli came out so I could look online to what the inevitable (and...actually satisfying) twist at the end was) and I should hope that you all don't either so that we can have are awesome time together in this space quite soon.

Who has two thumbs and is excited? This guy.

BTW...Alan, you might want to alert the people at Blogger...methinks our activity is going to spike a bit.

Epic...

2010-01-22T23:24:00.001-06:00

Joe

1. Points just for including "Another Night". I havn't heard that song in 3 years, and I forgot how fucking awesome it is.

2. Do you have a particular track listing, or should I just turn on shuffle and surprise myself?

Tomorrow night is law school prom (Barrister's Ball) I'll be getting far too drunk in the chase and possibly making bad decisions. Don't be surprised if your phones ring.

FISTPUMP!

You've got mail

2010-01-22T21:22:00.001-06:00

You should get an email from transferbigfiles.com
The folder is ~316mb
It is double zipped. The first zip is password protected. The password is "offthehook".

Hope you guys enjoy

DC

2010-01-22T06:12:00.000-06:00

Nick, do you have general dates of when you would like to have a place in DC?

Sweet Music

2010-01-19T18:10:00.002-06:00

My new years resolution was to start posting to the blog again.

Nick congrats on the job. I am asking about apartments for you so I hope you were serious.

I made a '85-'95 mix for a party last year. I sent an email to you guys asking for songs. Well I was thinking I'd send the songs I collected out to anyone who wanted them. I will upload them to a site where you can download them from. Anyone who wants them let me know and give me the email address you'd like the link sent to. There is some pretty quality stuff in there which I think Robin can attest to.

Happy Days are Here Again

2010-01-18T00:39:00.002-06:00

Hello All...

First, I want everyone to know that the other night, before the federal government decided to give me all my money for the next 6 months, I was a little low in the cash department and still wanted beer...so what did I get? Thats right--Keystone tall boys at Schnucks for 3.98 a six pack. Life was good.

Second, I got a job! Yay! I'll be in DC all summer putting sex offenders in jail for the Department of Justice. If anyone knows anyone that I might be able to stay with, I'd be much obliged.

Third, my new thing is roasting large pieces of poultry. I made a turkey over break and I just bought a whole chicken I'm going to stuff w/ shit and make all tastily.

Hoorah for holiday weekend drinking!!!

So True. . .

2010-01-11T10:04:00.002-06:00

So I saw this on texts from last night and I thought you all would enjoy:

(203):

it will be a sad day when drinking racks of keystone isnt socially acceptable anymore

So true. Good thing we haven't reached that day yet.

A picture is worth 1000 words...

2009-12-28T23:44:00.001-06:00

What he said

2009-12-26T00:48:00.001-06:00

Go see Avatar (I saw it in 3D...sweet).

Dances with smirfs...

Go See Avatar...

2009-12-25T23:54:00.001-06:00

Wait...

Wait...

Go see Avatar.

My Winter Break List

2009-12-19T01:17:00.002-06:00

Hello All:

Remember that emo post of mine below...yes, that was fun.

Anyways, I'm done now for three weeks, and I'd like to share with you all some of the things I was hoping to accomplish in until the middle of January when my grades come back and I fall into a puddle of "blargh".

1. Going to see Avatar/Up In the Air/Nine

2. Renting Inglourious Basterds/District 9/The Hurt Locker

3. Exercise? Maybe?

4. Alcohol

5. Dollhouse Season 2

6. BSG season 4

7. Californication seasons 2 AND 3 (Yes...my love for DD died with my loss of Showtime)

8. A Law Journal Note on Procedural Due Process and its relationship to burgeoning issues of asset forfeiture (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz)

9. The 11 pound Turkey that I bought on sale at thanksgiving (it was 39 cents a pound!) and have saved until that point to make at some point over break. Have I done this before? No. Is it likely to fail? Yes.

Do I wish more than anything that you all were around to share it with me?

Yes.

Happy Christmas.

Let's be friends.

2009-11-24T11:04:00.001-06:00

We should all get together again. That was fun.

I don't like Law School in November.

Blagh.

Flash mob dance at Wash U

2009-11-22T14:09:00.001-06:00

I don't know if people have seen this. It's mildly interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmvW0SUBgFY

Thanks for the songs for the mix btw.

Cans

2009-11-08T19:35:00.002-06:00

Hey, does anyone have a keystone can handy that they could give me the height of? I'm setting up a 'ruit table and I wanted to figure out how high we had ours. I have pictures of cans next to the table so I figure I can get a good guess if I can get the height of a single can.

Texts From Last Night

2009-11-03T22:53:00.003-06:00

First off, Nick- I totally completed your assignment for the weekend. There were no embarrassing stories, but I had a great time, though not as great as when I was a slutty waitress- to date, my only slutty costume. Shame on me for making a bet concerning beer pong; I really should have known better. In the interest of full disclosure though, I had just finished my week of exams, so I didn't really need your efforts to push me towards a weekend of drinking. I was already on my way there. I know you're proud.

But on to important matters, do any of you read texts from last night? Cause I think it's hilarious and totally superior to fml. Some of those stories are actually kind of sad. These stories are all awesome. The following exchange is my current favorite.

(718): what happened last night?
(917): u kept telling him to fuck u optimus prime style
(718): that explains why his roommate kept saying autobots roll out this morning as i left

That roommate is my hero. I also enjoyed this one:

(267): After you pregamed and were plastered you saw the cop was parked illegally so you gave him a citizens arrest.

Anyway, I just thought I'd share. Also, I enjoyed V tonight, but I think I was pretty biased to begin with. Elizabeth Mitchell and Alan Tudyk are my favs and how can I say no to a show about an alien invasion. Plus, it has Bailey (once again a tool- no surprise there) and that guy from the 4400. I really enjoy it when actors who do geeky shows band together and do more geeky shows. It only makes me love the more.

Halloween Costumes?

2009-10-30T22:01:00.002-05:00

So I know nothing can top slutty waitress, grumble bear, jolly green giant, stripper lumberjack, fairy princess, and maverick, but I was wondering what all of your costumes will be this year. And don't tell me you don't have a costume. That's just ridiculous. Just to start you guys off: this year I will be dressing up as Professor Chaos. That's right: I'm going to flood the world using my outdoor spigot and destroy the ozone layer by spraying aerosol cans. It's going to be legen (and I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the next half of that word is) dairy. Also my roommate Brent is dressing up as Sham-Wow guy. Word. Pictures will follow for sure.

An Assignment

2009-10-28T11:23:00.002-05:00

Ok...I have an assignment for all of you. And for myself.

I'm aware that this year, rather than last, we're all a little busier. Especially Rissa...who decided to once again become a member of society. So, since we are coming up on a holiday weekend that happens to fall in what is, for me, the one brief respite I have between my giantly-stressful brief being due and the point at which I will have to start studying for exams, I think the opportunity needs to be seized, like a day in a Robin Williams movie.

So...at some point during Halloween weekend...you need to get drunk. Yes, you. Even you, Joe. You need to get drunk and have a good time and write about it here. Or drunkenly call me. That is it.

I, for one, will be drinking on Thursday AND Saturday (Friday I'll be working...sadface) so I hope to do my best to carry the mantle.

Hooray for taking a break from all, most, some, or part of our worries.

Vacuum Packed Reminiscence

2009-10-11T20:32:00.002-05:00

1. My brother got married yesterday. It was a wonderful time. I'm sure pictures will present themselves in due time.

2. Robin, I'm a maybe for FF party-time. We'll have to play it by ear.

3. Everyone: Today Jessie and I went to Trader Joe's, and I wanted to buy something for lunch, so I got a couple of Pad Thai boxes. I had one of them this afternoon, and I was instantly hit with a memory of those Tiger Tiger Pad Thais that they used to have at Bear Mart that sold out every time they stocked them and were a major contributor to the Nick-Loyal-Gains-Twenty-Pounds Autumn of 2005 (along with, you know, cheese fries and 4 nights a week of drinking).

So anyways, I looked for them, andddddd: booyah.

Unfortunately, they are on backorder. But I really want some now, and I hope you all do too.

That is all.

Flash Forward Party?

2009-10-08T19:21:00.002-05:00

So I watched the first two episodes and I'm going to have to echo Nicholas's tentative excitement. So whatcha think? Nick? Rissa? You other lame-o's who aren't going to join us anyway? Next Thursday. Let's do it.

THIIIIISSSSSSS MUCH!

2009-10-03T20:41:00.002-05:00

*Holds arms apart to demonstrate a large quantity*

It's ok Nicholas, we still love you. Agreed on "No Surprises." Best part of the episode. You forgot 1)Dexter: Ok. There's potential here. I'm optimistic. And 2)Californication: Continues to be awesome.

I'm finally getting started on BSG season 1, so I don't know if we'll be able to do book club. Sad face.

How much of a dork am I that I kinda want to get a What the Frak T-Shirt?

2009-09-28T19:00:00.003-05:00

First, I heard "All that she wants" on ye olde iPod today (so named because the right channel only works after 3 years of tree-abuse If I push the headphones in just...that...much, which gets annoying if I'm running) and I smiled and thought of Rissa yelling "Baby Time Won! BABY TIME WON!", which pretty much could brighten up anyone's day.

Also, Robin and Rissa, I just finished Season 3 of BSG yesterday and...damn. Awesome. Frakking awesome. Also, I've been using frak in regular conversation a little more than I'm proud of. Anyways, the local blockbuster doesn't have season 4 (and I have a shitton of work to do) so Robin, if you want to catch up, I'm all about having bookclub for season 4 if you want to do it.

Speaking of TV...I've watched the following Premieres:

House- Good, dragged a little, points for "No Surprises" in the intro.
HIMYM- Good, always starts a little slow...but during the part where Ted is trying to spell Professor I cough-laughed so hard I almost choked to death.
Big Bang- None of you watch this show. You should. It's hilarious. Nothing has changed. It's still hilarious.
Community- Potential.
The Office- Sucks.
Dollhouse- Meh. It's dropped on my queue.
FlashForward- I'll let you know next week. I need to see more, but I'm cautiously excited. It's not replacement Lost yet, but it's kind of like Aaron Rodgers. It might work out if everything else falls into place.

Anyways, I have to write a brief for moot court. It's due tomorrow. I can't stop putting it off.

Oh...and Rissa? Zombie Starbuck? WTFBBQ.

Yay!

2009-09-21T19:09:00.002-05:00

So last week was my first block of exams, and I'm so excited because a) they're over and b) I passed. High standards, I know. I spent my past week/week and a half studying for tests at least 12 hours a day (though I did have exactly 4 two hour "breaks" during which I could take my exams- lucky me). I now know an inordinate amount about the back, shoulder, upper limb, and lower limb; all of which I will probably forget within the next few days. It was so miserable. But now I get to be all touchy-feely for a week and pretend like I sympathize with patients, so life is looking up for the time being.

Also, Dan, I hate to tell you this, but there are two way cute little asian men in our MBOD department, so you have some competition. Maybe you could make a list about why you're awesome, I'll review it, and we can discuss your place on my cute asian men list. Don't worry though, you're definitely higher than Hiro (from Heroes- I hate him), so at least you don't have to feel bad about being last.

For those who didn't see it

2009-09-16T22:44:00.002-05:00

This is why other people hate America...and why I hate certain parts of it:

http://pubrecord.org/multimedia/5191/revealed-party-march-really-about/

Don't forget: Fascism and Socialism and Communism are all interchangeable if you don't know what they mean.

Smart and Lucky (but not really)

2009-09-10T23:47:00.002-05:00

So I have this MBOD (Molecular Basis of Disease aka Biochemistry) teacher that I think is hilarious. Today, in class, we were going over recombination and new gene assortments and this was his example:

Dad contributes the Lucky allele: cause he's lucky to have found Mom
Mom contributes the Smart allele: cause Mom's are awesome like that

So in recombination, their kids can turn out one of four ways:

Lucky and Stupid- becomes a professional athlete
Smart and Unlucky- goes into business
Lucky and Smart- goes to medical school
Unlucky and Stupid- goes to law school

Obviously, we all cracked up. Cause who doesn't want to hate on lawyers a little bit (no offense Nick and Alan)? Also, it's clearly untrue because if medical school has taught me anything, it's that I'm an idiot and there are 50 million trillion things in life I don't know. FYI- a majority of these are related to anatomy, specifically origins and insertions.

Also, the other day he had a nice cartoon to go with his lecture on the ancestral symbiosis between eukaryotes and mitohondria. The eukaryote was like- hey, wanna see my actin and microtubules? And the mitochondria was like- wanna get in my genes?

Anyway, he's this way cute little asian man, and I heart him for bringing a little light into my life. Also, I have friends.

Nick's Interview Day

2009-09-08T16:16:00.002-05:00

I had 3 job interviews today. Allow me to describe them.

1- Fine. First one they interviewed. Kept them talking long enough that I went over time. There was laughter and I managed to present myself as a responsible human being.

3-Great. Last one they interviewed. Kept them talking long enough that I went over time. Presented myself well and made good mention of my accomplishments. Was called a "strong candidate" Made union jokes. All was well.

2- COLLOSSAL AMOUNTS OF SUCK. THEY HATED ME. You know when you give an answer that's partially BS with the expectation that the other guy will pick it up and run with it as an opportunity to talk about himself? Yeah...I just got angry glares. WTF.

I have another one tomorrow and two on Thursday, along with a callback (whatwhat) next week.

Hopefully that'll make up for the giant folder of rejection letters in my filing cabinet. Thanks fellas...I'm also sure I'll have no trouble finding an exciting summer opportunity. (sarcastic face)

Stargate

2009-09-04T02:53:00.002-05:00

So I realize that I have some serious TV to catch up on. But in the realm of movies, I must ask this question. How did I get this far in my life without seeing the movie Stargate? I saw a few minutes of it on TV this afternoon and decided to give it a whirl (found it later on iTunes). I must say that generally...awesome. I have no idea why we didn't watch this at some point during our hundreds of hours of movie watching in college.

If you have yet to see Stargate...I suggest you go out and rent/download/stream/netflix/whatever so that you can immerse yourselves in extreme violations of the prime directive (maybe?). Also Kurt Russel...

That is all

Stuff (creative title- I know)

2009-08-24T22:20:00.002-05:00

Nick- no fantasy football invite for me? What- I don't count? I'll have you know that I'm already on a fantasy football team, and I named it Harry and the Potters. So there. But seriously, I'll only do it if it's an automatic draft; I don't want to put any real effort or time into fantasy football.

Also, Michelle Forbes. Awesome actress. Super bitch on BSG. St. Louis doesn't know what it's missing, and you sir are awesome.

And finally, this: http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/08/24/super-mario-makes-for-super-popular-pop-fodder/#more-25413. I only watched the first one, but I thought it was kind of hilarious.

Play Fantasy Football...and other thoughts.

2009-08-24T16:57:00.002-05:00

So...I tried to send you all fantasy football invites. I assume that they got there, but if they didn't I can send them again.

You should play.

It will be fun.

The draft is next Sunday...so I'm just telling people to register, because otherwise I have to invent personalities to fill up the 12 slots, and nobody wants that--you all are more fun.

That is all. I miss everyone too. Due to my overachieverness I'm pretty much working 12 hour days 6 days a week from now until November. And I've been doing that since May. My summer, I kid you not, consisted of the 4 days I was in Boston and the weekend between me ending work and starting to mentor the nuggets.

Although I think the total beer count within that 6 day period is probably up around the century mark.

Also, Rissa, through the wonder that is Blockbuster 1.99 DVD rentals and nobody in St. Louis liking Sci-fi, I've been roaring through BSG. I just watched Bitchy McBitcherson of the Pegasus get hers...and I'm seriously dorking out. It's awesome.

So that wasn't all...but this is.

Word

2009-08-21T18:23:00.002-05:00

Yah, welcome to med school life. Hopefully you find a group that you click with, Rissa, but just know that you're not allowed any real friends outside of us. I mean, seriously, who else is going to strip down to their boxers and repeatedly tell you you're not allowed to hook up with us? That's what true friends do.

2009-08-19T23:18:00.000-05:00

Also, I go to bed at midnight. That just makes me sad.

Let me tell you a story called...

2009-08-19T23:13:00.002-05:00

... things medical school has taught me (and yes, there will be an actual story/rant following the conclusion of this sentence, though by "things," I really just mean "thing").

I hate making new friends. I don't suppose I would have ever called myself an unfriendly person, but this past week and the orientation before it has made it glaringly obvious that I don't really like being forced to meet new people. I like the friends I have; I'm comfortable with them, and I don't care to go through the process of making all new ones every time I go to another freakin' school. During orientation, I went to bars on Tuesday night, Wednesday night, Friday night, and Saturday night. The highlight of these outings was leaving. I don't particularly care for bars in the first place (though they are way better than clubs); I don't like beer, and I don't like continually making the same small talk with people I don't know. I understand these things are necessary, which is why I forced myself to do them, but it does not mean that I have to like them. I realized I was pathetic when I found myself looking forward to class a little bit just so I could quit going out on weekdays.

The worse part of all of this is that I only marginally like a few of the people I am hanging out with now, so I'm going to have to get in with someone else if I want to get out of my current group (total hassle). I really like my roommate so far, which is nice since I obviously spend the most time with her, and I like the people in my lab group, etc. The real is problem is these two guys that are always around, one of which I don't really care for, and the other of which I actively, seriously dislike, maybe enough to stop hanging out with all of them just so I don't have to stand in his presence a moment longer. The first guy- whatever- he's just kind of obnoxious, and he takes his cues from guy number two. But guy number two, Charlie, has got to be the biggest douchebag I have ever met. He always says people's names in a loud, high pitched voice when he sees them across the room, he throws food at squirrels while we're eating lunch (what are we- five?), he's always wasted, he thinks he's just about the best thing to ever walk this earth, and he's obnoxiously ingratiating. I can't even describe how much it hurts my soul to be near him. I kind of imagine it's like hanging out with Barney (from HIMYM) except he's not legendary/awesome, and I hate him.

Anyway, sorry about that. I had to tell someone, and I don't know my roommate well enough to be like- I hate this guy. I can't really tell what she thinks about him. Other than that, things are going pretty good. It's only the first week of classes so things haven't gotten too bad yet, though I can tell that'll be coming soon enough. Anatomy's fun: who doesn't like to dissect dead bodies? Answer: this girl in my lab room who threw up twice the first day in.

So to recap: the moral of this story is that I too miss you guys, and not just because you are made of win, but also because I am lazy and made of a little something called no fun.

District 9

2009-08-17T21:29:00.003-05:00

It's awesome. Probably the best movie I've seen this year. Go see it so we can talk about it.

On an unrelated note, and to echo Joseph a bit: I miss you guys already. It was great having you all up here, even though it was only a few days. You all are always welcome in my place. I don't say it enough but I love you guys. You are my best friends and life without you guys is way less fun than life with you guys. I hope we can all get together again soon.

Kangs

2009-08-09T11:47:00.002-05:00

I just finished Kings. It was very good but damn is that one cold, manipulative, back stabbing, self serving, aliegence switching family. I am not surprised it was canceled though. It has two problems: one is that it is intelligent (there are less smart people in the world and fewer of them watch TV) and two is that after awhile its hard to like anyone in the family and although you can like David he is hopelessly and innocently dedicated to them and doing right which makes it harder to want to see him win for such crappy people. Also it was poorly marketed. I saw an advertisement for it and thought it looked stupid. They didn't sell it correctly. I thought they were going for some comic book like nonsense with kingdoms in the modern age etc.

BTW have you guys been seeing an advertisement on hulu with the numbers 230 8-11 (or maybe 2311 811) with the 0 being an electrical socket? What is that about. There is a website 2311.org but all it has is the web-address written. I guess 8-11 could be a date (aug 11) for it going active. Can't find anything about anybody else trying to figure out what the deal is though.

I miss you guys. You guys are my best friends, through thick and thin... I love you guys

p.s. I had another hole in lung incident. small again. yay!

The Sound of Music

2009-08-04T14:00:00.002-05:00

Jessie and I watched the first half of The Sound of Music (yeah...It's really f-ing long) last night, and Captain Von Trapp Definitely starts a number of comments with "Ho Ho Ho".

My immediate thought: Hmm...how did Dr. Ivens get back to pre-war Austria? And where is his combination brandy snifter/pipe?

Had a great time. Will be in detox mode for a while, though.

Dice Game

2009-08-02T18:30:00.001-05:00

From Wikipedia about the history of Yatzee:

"The overall concept of Yahtzee traces its roots to a number of traditional dice games. Among these are the Puerto Rican game Generala, and the English games of Poker Dice and Cheerio."

Generala was the game I had been talking about.

Dice

2009-07-28T19:26:00.000-05:00

Can anyone bring 5 dice or do I need to buy some or does no one care?

Oh yeah. . .

2009-07-28T10:03:00.001-05:00

My lab is like a big concrete box, so my cell phone may not work. If it doesn't you can try my office phone: 617-452-3135

Also...

2009-07-27T22:30:00.001-05:00

Rissa and Dan, are we still going to Rendezvous in the Airport? I, again, am getting in at 10:40. Dan, I know you said you were getting there earlier. Rissa, you said something too, but I forgot it. Can we find a Cinnabon or something and meet?

For those of you coming to Boston via airplane

2009-07-27T15:33:00.002-05:00

(aka not Joseph). You're going to want to take the T from the airport. There should be a vending machine for tickets near the baggage claim. It's big and green and has pictures of cartoon people looking really excited to be taking public transportation on it. I think it's $2 per ride. Get your ticket and find the stop for the silver line bus. It's a big silver bus with a blue stripe down the side, you can't miss it. Take the silver line to South Station. From South Station get on the Red Line going towards Alewife. For you guys coming on Thursday get off at Kendall/MIT and I'll come meet you from work. Alan, when you get it take the train one more stop to Central Square. Central is slightly closer to my apartment, but Kendall is much closer to my office. I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys! Safe travels.

In defense of my previous idea

2009-07-25T15:05:00.001-05:00

Ok...ComicCon is dorky...but the following things have been released thus far at this years:

1. Dexter Season 4 Promo: http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/07/dexter-season-four-trailer-video-.html

2. TRON Legacy Trailer: http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx

3. Charlie on Lost: http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/07/lost-comiccon-panel.html

4. Epitaph One (half of which can be seen here: http://www.megavideo.com/?v=B7QEXUJ0) the Dollhouse episode that Fox didn't air and will only be on the DVDs (and which features the girl from Dr. Horrible)

Wait...wait...awesome.

Also, I feel like BSG book club might have to wait. I think the MIT undergrads realized that I don't go there.

Playin' with the Boys, and Rissa

2009-07-23T17:21:00.002-05:00

Ok. So I was supposed to have training next week which was going to prevent me from taking Friday off but then the training was canceled so I am again planning to take Friday off. It's probably going to take me at least 2:30 hrs to get to Boston with traffic and at best it will take me an hour to leave from the time I get off work so I am thinking I will be there Thursday night 7:30pm at the earliest. BTW Robin where am I driving to?

This is good that we are meeting up cause I am missing the AJB pump fake, the Modaff incredible-bad puns, the Robin being loud because he's drunk, happy or mad, the P Loyal "Oh you" and the Rissa "Might Could".

Oh and I learned a fairly complex and strategic Argentine dice game that I thought you guys might like. We just need someone to bring 5 dies.

P.S. Rissa to answer your question about Maverick you need only to pay attention to the lyrics of the song:

I don't wanna be the moth around your fire
I don't wanna be obsessed by my desire
I'm ready, I'm leavin'
I've seen enough
You play too rough

and

After chasin' sunsets
One of life's simple joys
Is playin' with the boys

He doesn't want to come on too strong to this new chick because he'll get hurt if he lets that be the sole focus of his life so he goes out with the boys, enjoys "one of life's simple joys" and gets some perspective before he goes over to her place. And then he sleeps with the girl which is basically having his cake and eating it too.

The whole movie is basically about power plays: Maverick and the girl, Maverick and Ice man, Americans and Commies. See Maverick approaches her in the bar, sings this song in front of everyone embarrassing her and demonstrating unwavering self confidence and asserting himself as the dominant male (point 1 maverick). She rejects him for the old guy (point one Charlie). She turns out to be his instructor putting her in a position of power over him (point two Charlie). He corrects her information on an enemy fighter capability and refuses to give her the specifics of his engagement (point 2 Maverick). She then asks him out putting the ball in her court (point 3 Charlie). He makes her wait for him (point 3 Maverick). In class she teaches his maneuver "as an example for what not to do" (point 4 Charlie). She sleeps with Maverick (13 points for Maverick, game over, checkmate, gin and Yahtzee).

These are some important lessons here you can't learn from reading Harry Potter Rissa.

Just thought I would share:

2009-07-22T21:34:00.003-05:00

So my mom had lunch with William Danforth II today. She was super excited. He was apparently in Raleigh giving some talk. Small world, huh?

Top Gun

2009-07-22T20:04:00.003-05:00

So I was flipping through channels trying to waste some time and I stumbled upon Top Gun right as the beach volleyball scene was coming on- it was like magic. I mean, who doesn't want to watch 5 minutes of three shirtless guys play volleyball in jeans (plus Goose, but he's wearing normal eighties beach attire so he doesn't really count)? But as a side note, what is wrong with Maverick? Who would actually go to a date sandy, sweaty, and dirty? It obviously worked out for him, but still, poor move Tom Cruise, poor move.

For your Losting out pleasure:

2009-07-21T00:46:00.001-05:00

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20209564_20209584_20291928,00.html

Summer 2010 Suite Reunion

2009-07-18T11:11:00.001-05:00

I know we're two weeks from the current summer reunion trip...but I have an Idea for next year already:

Jul 22-25, 2010

San Diego, CA

ComicCon 2010

Reason #247 Why I Love Saturday: NBC plays something that's not Heroes

2009-07-15T21:02:00.003-05:00

So is anyone besides Nicholas and me watching Kings? Cuz you should be. 2 words: Legen Dairy. Especially last week's episode. Oh Em Gee. Nick knows what I'm talking about. Anyway, moral of the story: watch Kings so we can discuss it.

That is all.

Bored?

2009-07-14T12:56:00.002-05:00

BTW...if you have 7 hours to kill: tvtropes.com. It's like wikipedia...but more snarky, and solely focused on TV awesomeness.

And yes. I totally ripped it off xkcd today. Sue me.

Also, let's all harass Robin until he builds a new beirut table for us to play on. Because despite what he said on the phone last week...I have a sneaking suspicion that there hasn't been a lot of progress in that department.

Beuller?

2009-07-14T12:02:00.003-05:00

I turned the blog back to public b/c I was afraid it was killing my blog-iGoogle feed. I hadn't seen any new posts in a while, so I thought maybe my feed was broken and that I was missing out on some juicy gossip...but alas.

Let the re-viving of the Suite Blogging begin!

Topic 1: Back to school, back to school, to prove to dad that I'm not a fool...

Biggest news day ever?

2009-06-25T18:56:00.002-05:00

Wow...today was a little busy.

I'd like to point out that today was the reason that news orgs have canned obituaries ready to go. CNN had 1000 words up on MJ in like 30 minutes, it was nuts.

Also, I think facebook might have exploded.

Today: and the things that made me happy

2009-06-17T22:07:00.002-05:00

1) http://scifiwire.com/2009/06/the-best-trailer-for-a-gr.php#more
Because I would totally watch this movie with Nathan Fillion in it. And I clearly recognize scenes from the new Star Trek movie, Firefly, and the Matrix (Revolutions) in this fan-made trailer.

2) http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/
The post about the furry Wild Things book totally reminds me of the monster book in Harry Potter. And kind of makes me want to buy it.

3) http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/17/test-pilot-flash-forward/
A.K.A. Lost 2.0. So despite the lukewarm review, I'm still way excited for it.

4) http://scifiwire.com/2009/06/9-reasons-star-trek-is-no.php
Self-explanatory.

5) http://scifiwire.com/2009/06/wolverines-new-cast-membe.php
Yes, the first movie borders on horrible (though in a good way). But no question, I'll still be lining up to see the Wolverines rock it out in round 2.

6) http://www.amazon.com/Magicians-Novel-Lev-Grossman/dp/0670020559/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245295058&sr=8-1
Because I wish Hogwarts was real.

Two Things

2009-06-16T12:33:00.003-05:00

1. Ok, I understand that we're dealing with a major threat, and that since I set my computer to automatically log in, its not that big of a deal...but come on people.

2. I need a new TV show...and a virus-free place on the internet to watch it. I don't want to have to start reading books here, people. Eyes on the prize.

Insensitive?

2009-06-12T21:44:00.002-05:00

So I've recently started watching Rescue Me and a) it's hilarious and inappropriate (which I love) and b)one of the firefighter guys looks exactly like Dan Cohen. Seriously, you'll have to get on facebook for the full effect but check out Dan's profile vs. http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00nN2yW9z62QU/340x.jpg. It's like Dan has an older, more attractive brother that we never knew about. Anyway, to my question: I wanted to share this on my other blog with Katie, Meem, Becca, etc., but is it okay to post this where Margaret can see? Is that just bad form on my part since they had kind of a bad break up? Or is it cool since let's face it- it's been over a year since it happened. Thoughts? Feelings? Opinions?

Also, no judgemental head shakes from you Nick Loyal. I'm totally coming for the Boston weekend. And when I heard that "My dick..." song the other night I freaked out I was so excited. But then I quickly realized I only really knew 3 words in the song: My dick... your dick... My excitement somewhat abated after that. The rest of my night, however, was pretty frickin' awesome.

Bean Town

2009-06-11T17:50:00.003-05:00

I just booked my flight on JetBlue and I will be arriving in Boston on July 31st at 5:52 PM. I'll be there for the weekend (plus a few days), and I look forward to the three Bs (bros, beers, and beirut).

Direct Flights are more fun than sitting my ass in O'Hare. I'm sorry.

2009-06-07T16:32:00.002-05:00

Dan, as the title of my post states, I was able to find a direct flight for 30 bucks more than it would have cost me to fly through O'Hare. While I'm cheap...I'm not that cheap, and thus I will be flying American Airlines Flight 1574 From STL to Logan. I leave at 6:50 and am supposed to arrive at 10:40. We'll see.

On the way back, It's AA 1809 leaving at 6:20 PM. I figure (and Robin tells me) that I can just take the T from the airport into the city. So I'll probably do that. but if you want to try and get there around the same time, I can always grab a GQ and a cup of coffee and wait for an hour so we can head in together.

Let me know.

Baaaston

2009-06-06T18:16:00.003-05:00

Nick, what time is your flight/what airline are you taking? I'm also thinkin' Thurs-Sun, so maybe we can be flight buddies! Though it would keep up my streak of never sitting next to an attractive girl on a flight... at the very least though, it'd probably be easier for Robin to make only one trip to the airport.

Travel and Fun

2009-06-03T21:50:00.002-05:00

As I told Robin (and am now telling you) I'll be in Boston from July 30-August 2. Alan, you should come down earlier and be stupid with me. Joseph and Dan...you too.

And Rissa...

(shakes head in judgment)

Anyways, you know what's fun? Playing With WolframAlpha. I particularly enjoy these as well.

Apparently British people know exactly "what she wants"

2009-05-30T20:28:00.001-05:00

Ok, so I've discovered this British medical drama/comedy called Green Wing. It's very strange but also hilarious and I am thoroughly enjoying it. The reason I bring it up is this: In the third episode, one of the characters finds out that his ex-girlfriend is getting married and having a baby. His friend then proceeds to follow him around singing "All that she wants." So that's at least one more vote for Baby Time.

Okay!

2009-05-30T16:08:00.002-05:00

Ahh, just finished the Lost finale, and I have to say that you all are a lot more insightful than I am... I especially like Joseph's noting of the Jacob/Esau thing, I'd never have thought about that. I too have jumped on the Dorm Life bandwagon, it's excellent.

Dorm Life

2009-05-27T09:34:00.002-05:00

I too have jumped on the Dorm Life bandwagon. Part of the awesomeness is the nostalgia, but it is also really well done. The thing that freaks me out about it is...the show is primarily made by current UCLA undergrads. I was looking on facebook last night and 'Brit' is currently a Senior here. And now that I think about it I have this weird feeling that I saw her at the gym a few weeks ago...how strange. Great show though!

Chaalay

2009-05-26T19:51:00.002-05:00

I thought this was kind of hilarious:
http://springfieldpunx.blogspot.com/

Group Shot

2009-05-21T01:52:00.001-05:00

That episode of Dorm Life= Freshman year.

Awesomeness

2009-05-16T19:21:00.001-05:00

Ok Rissa you are obviously very clever. Having said that I’m glad I wasn’t with you because I quite enjoyed my ignorant bliss. I have so many things to say I’m going to go point by point instead of trying to make this flow smoothly.
1) Black / White: Robin and Rissa nice catch on the white shirt black shirt thing. This is obviously a recurring theme. Remember the Desmond dream where Locke had one black eye and one White, the black and white marbles in the Adam and Eve cave (still wonder who they are) and several other things I can’t remember now. In a kind of yin and yang way these two fore fathers together make up some aspect of the island. They can not destroy each other because they are tied together as mutual but opposite beings. Those who know their bible stories will remember that Esau and Jacob were twin sons of Isaac. During Rebecca’s pregnancy she would have pains because Jacob would try to get out of the womb when she passed a Holy Jewish site and Esau would try to get out when she passed a place of idolatry.
2) I find it interesting that Jacob doesn’t try to say anything to save himself. I also wonder if he is not dead. Isn’t the bandaged women he visits the one carrying the box around? If so then she must have been burned on the Island and got off so his going to see her would indicate he lives. Or was it someone else in the hospital? Also I find it interesting that when Jacob visits the people in the past there is a theme of them making promises they will not keep (Sawyer finishes the letter, Kate keeps stealing, etc).
3) I wonder who the “they” are when Jacob says they are coming. Could it be the people outside with the box? Esau seems scared of them.
4) I think its cool they brought the foot statue back. I really was curious about it at the time. I hope they explain more next season.
5) There seems to be an Egyptian theme in the show. The temple had Egyptian hieroglyphs, the dharma counter in the hatch had hieroglyphs, Jacob was making an Egyptian style tapestry. Do you think there is a reason for this or are they just using Egyptian because it seems mysterious and old? Jacob in the bible moved his family to Egypt. Are we to believe this Jacob is somehow linked to the biblical one? Doesn’t sound like LOST.
6) People seem to be operating under the assumption that the smoke monster was taking Ben’s daughters form. Couldn’t it also be that Esau took her form after the smoke monster retreated? If that were the case it would help keep the smoke monster more neutral in the whole arbiter theory.
7) Nick the white out doesn’t have to indicate the nuke going off. Remember there was a white out and a sound associated with the third and final ‘incident’. That could have just been the discharge of the energy. That could be one way to write the nuke not going off.
8) I love how they brought Rose and Bernard in as if just to answer everyone’s question. And the fact that they were hiding is very funny. The LOST writers seem to frequently give a character the voice of the audience (usually Hurley but in this episode they had Miles ask the whole “how do you know the nuke isn’t the incident” question).
9) Awesome. I was so excited through that whole episode. I was like Wwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeefffffffuuuuuuuucccccccckkkkkkk!!!!!!!! for 2 hours. I am so excited for next season. I think they have set themselves up for some very interesting episodes with a new general plot that ties back into everything we have seen in the past when we were focusing on “Who are the dharma people, who are the others, how are they going to get off the island, how are they going to get back to island, etc”

Suite Blog

Swamp People

Dropbox

Suite Soundtrack Addition

I'm alive?!? I know, I'm surprised too...

Beer Pong Safety Card

Guess who's back

Fuckin A'

Cee-Lo

Joseph is Coming to Boston This Weekend. . .

I do love ranting. . .

Excuses

ECHO ... ECHo ... ECho ... Echo ... echo ...

That's a Negative, Ghostrider, the pattern is full.

A rolling stone gathers no moss

Gangstagrass

Stuff

**SPOILER ALERT** -- LOST: An Epilogue

Dan this is a LOST plot spoiler

MIA

*tear*

ZOMG

Resurrecting the blog!

LOST

Med People: Read

Worst Decision Ever

Part-A

AHHHH!!! EXCITED!!!!

Something Ridiculous

Lost

Struggle, mysteries, and power

The darkness

CD Recs

LOST

Lost is back!

God I'm bad at being productive.

First Impressions

Press in dire situations

I'm not gonna lie...

I only got 4 Minutes...

Epic...

You've got mail

DC

Sweet Music

Happy Days are Here Again

So True. . .

(203):

A picture is worth 1000 words...

What he said

Go See Avatar...

My Winter Break List

Let's be friends.

Flash mob dance at Wash U

Cans

Texts From Last Night

Halloween Costumes?

An Assignment

Vacuum Packed Reminiscence

Flash Forward Party?

THIIIIISSSSSSS MUCH!

How much of a dork am I that I kinda want to get a What the Frak T-Shirt?

Yay!

For those who didn't see it

Smart and Lucky (but not really)

Nick's Interview Day

Stargate

Stuff (creative title- I know)

Play Fantasy Football...and other thoughts.

Word

Let me tell you a story called...

District 9

Kangs

The Sound of Music

Dice Game

Dice

Oh yeah. . .

Also...

For those of you coming to Boston via airplane

In defense of my previous idea

Playin' with the Boys, and Rissa

SPOILER ALERT -- LOST: An Epilogue

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