Episode 610: The Package

I went to go check the cast list when I had a free minute today and I discovered that it will not posted before Friday. AHHHH this is killing me. Like, literally.

Okay, on to the Lost blog:

SPOILER ALERT http://abc.go.com/watch/lost/93372 SPOLIER ALERT

I decided to analyze this episode by characters because a lot happened character wise and plot wise, so it's good to take a look at both at once.

Sun and Jin (flash-sideways): They're not married! Oh no! They are, however, really cute lovers who have been discovered by Mr. Paik, Sun's father. Jin was bringing the payment to Keamy to kill him! Wow, that' pretty heavy. Anyway, it just shows that Jin and Sun have still always meant to be together, even if Jacob had never touched them. The bad news is, Sun has been shot during Jin's tangle with Mikhail (he got shot in the eye!) and she was pregnant! Ji-Yeon! No! I'm guessing there's another Jack flash-sideways coming at us soon, and maybe someone named Sun is his patient?

Sun and Jin (on island): They are married! And still looking for each other. It has officially been roughly two seasons (if you combine the end of season 4 with this season and all of season 5) and three years (their time) that Sun and Jin have been apart. I will not stand for it any longer. They must be back together! And now it seems like it's never going to happen because Jin is now on Hydra Island with Widmore, Zoe (who looks a lot like Sarah Palin), Desmond (he's back!), and Co. They're looking for Jin's help with a map he signed off on (when he lived with the DHARMA INITIATIVE in the 70s) of electromagnetic energy. I think that is why Desmond is here. But why are they studying this? Could it have to do with vanquishing a certain smoke monster? I think one of the best moments of this episode was when Jin saw the pictures of his daughter for the first time. That was an absolutely beautiful moment for Jin, one I don't think we have necessarily seen before.

Meanwhile, Sun is confronted by Not-Locke who says that he has Jin (little does he know Jin was taken by Widmore's people while Locke was out on his little hike) and he will reunite them. Sun, who doesn't care about the candidates or destiny but still does not trust Not-Locke (yay!) runs away, hitting her head on a low hanging branch. She goes unconscious and wakes up not knowing how to speak english! I think this is a fantastic foil to the first-third seasons where only Sun could speak english, but now Jin can too. Wicked cute.

Jack: Jack has become the new Locke basically and has accepted the terms of destiny. He is now the leader of the "good camp" I think is fair to say and I like to see it. Also, that scene with he and Sun was adorable. Plus, we got to see Jack in doctor mode again.

Not-Locke/Widmore: It's war. But I don't think this war in good vs. evil. It's something different. I still can't believe Widmore is on Jacob's side. He's trying to exploit the island and yet he wants to keep Not-Locke (Smokey, Man In Black, whatever) on the island. Hmmm...

Kate: Apparently indespensible for the time being according to Not-Locke as he tells Claire. He only needs her to get Sun, Jack, and Hurley (the remaining candidates) to their camp and then after that "whatever happens, happens". Wow, Not-Locke. Really?

Sayid: Still INFECTED. Only now we have heard what the symptoms are. He can't feel anything. It seems as though Sayid is only a shell of what he once was. I don't like it. Especially now that he's Not-Locke's little spy bitch.

Richard: I like this new redeemed Richard. Thank you Hurley. Richard is large and in charge now and is completely gung-ho for keeping Not-Locke on the island. I absolutely loved Sun's blow up at him though. That is going down in Lost history.

Desmond: He's back! But where's Penny? Where's Charlie? What is his purpose? What is your plan Widmore!?

We'll find out next week!

Namaste!

Waterbottle

Yesterday I lost my waterbottle. I'm very sad about it. I loved that waterbottle and I don't know where I misplaced it. If I knew that, then it wouldn't really be missing, would it? I know that it is somewhere on campus. Somewhere... Oh well, I guess I have to use the UVM waterbottle I got at orientation. Crap. This waterbottle was cool and silver and stuff! All I have left to remember my waterbottle by is the caribeener clip that came with it. It's on my keychain now.

But onto some good and exciting news! On Monday I auditioned for UVM's first play for next semester: Cloud 9. It is an incredibly abstract yet hilarious play that plays with sexuality and cross dressing. I want in. Anyway, I got a callback for last night which meant unfortunetely I could not go to Music Makers but I think it went very well. I only read for one character and I read twice. I don't know if that is a good thing or not, but we will have to see...

Okay, back to the grind. I'll post the Lost blog later today and hopefully the results of callbacks!

Peace out!

State Theater Festival

Welcome to my first ever video blog entry! After our awesome night at 308 watching The Orphanage with Megan, Velvet, and Ashley and screaming my head off (it was very fun, you can't go wrong with horror movies) and giving Jake a tour of 308, Jake and I returned to Jeanne Mance with the conviction that we were going to film our journeys to Randolph (to the State Theater Festival to support LI theater and so I could earn some money teaching a workshop again) and our "epic road trip" that encompassed the whole day. This is what happened:

My workshop was a pretty good success. I was able to teach coreography to "Don't Stop Believing" on the spot because I didn't really have time to prepare. Ashley, Heather, and Jill all won individual acting awards and all the directors were honored by a girl from Randolph sang "For Good" from Wicked. We all made our hands into hearts and held them up for Erin. She cried. Unfortunetely, LI did not make it on to the New England level, but that's okay. They were amazing with tons of outstanding performances and they still have yet to perform at QNEK, the theater I am partaking with this summer. I'm so proud of them. It was a great day.

Peace out!

Heading Out

Good morning everyone! I thought I'd just do a quick post before peacing out here for an amazing weekend. Jake came over last night and after a costume fitting and rehearsal for the play (which is going very well. So excited!) we went over to 308 so Jake could meet everyone. He and Megan already know each other but he got to meet Velvet and Ashley. This of course was all under a cloud because we went out Thursday night to Rasputin's so....

Basically the general consensus is that this semester needs to be over. We're exhausted and I feel so bad for Megan. Can anything possibly go right? She's had a rough semester but I just wanted to let her know that we're herefor her. Also for Velvet who has had a rough semester. This post is dedicated to the semester getting better and ending.

But as for this weekend. Jake and I are heading out to go eat at Al's French Fries and then go to the State Drama Festival to root LI on! I'm also teaching a workship again like I did for the regional festival. Should be fun! I'll let you know all about it!

Peace out!

Episode 609: Ab Aeterno

This is it! This is the Richard centric episode we have been waiting for!

SPOILER ALERT! http://abc.go.com/watch/lost/93372 SPOILER ALERT!

There were not many questions answered this episode about the Man in Black or Jacob, but we did recieve a lot of answers. I'm just going to go through the episode piece by piece. I do want to comment right off on Nestor's Carbonell's acting performance in this episode. He was amazing and the way he played the period scenes were fantastic. I even loved him during the present scenes, especially when he did his giddy (though it wasn't giddy) little laugh right at the beginning of the episode. This was an amazing episode, and I just had to watch it again today in order to completely understand everything that happened.

Okay, let's get started. Right at the beginning of the episode we get to see the entire scene of Ilana at the Russian hospital. Why she's there? We don't know. What happened to her? We don't know. How she knows Jacob? We don't know. But we do know what Ilana's mission is: to protect the candidates. Awesome! OK, Ilana team go!

Next: THE ISLAND IS NOT HELL. We were told about four years ago during season 2 by Damon and Carlton that the island is not hell, it's not purgatory. Richard only says this because yes he believes it because he's hurting and this is what the Man in Black told him in order to manipulate him into killing Jacob. The island is a cork apparently that is containing evil. This evil I think is this physical electromagnetic force that brews under the island that causes the time travel, sets off the Swan station, and causes women to not be able to become pregnant. This evil is manifested in the smoke monster and as told through the metaphor at the end with the smashed wine bottle, smokey wants to escape to spread his evil through the world. Jacob is trying to contain him and prove him wrong by giving people a chance to redeem themselves on the island. What a beautiful story. Gotta love Lost.

With that, we come to Richard's backstory in the Canary Islands in 1867. Isabella and Richard are wicked adorable together. I felt so bad for Richard and I will continue to feel bad for Richard for the rest of the series. His backstory was awfully sad, possibly even more sad than Locke, only not really. The doctor and the priest have to be the worst doctor and priest have ever seen in my life. They were horrible! I'm glad Richard killed the stupid doctor. Next, we learned the origins of the Black Rock and I totally knew Richard came in on it! I had a feeling especially with everything that had happened recently with Richard looking at the chains last week and Not-Locke saying "Glad to see you out of those chains!" Totally knew it.

Now I want to talk about that last Ghost Whisperer-esque scene at the end where Hurley really has taken control of his gift. It was adorable and seeing Richard's development and coming to terms with the perspective. Also, Hurley's very creepy warning at the end was scary, and I think Hurley was scared too. Yikes!

And even though we learned that Richard recieved his "gift", (he asked for it) we don't know what this power is that Jacob has. Is Jacob God? Who is the Man in Black? Is he the devil? He said he had a mother but I'm still unsure about who these characters actually are. I guess we shall know soon!

Namaste!

Last Weekend

Good evening blogosphere. Tonight I am to recount the tales of my weekend. If you want the account from my dear Megan's perspective, please go to http://308maple2.blogspot.com/.

This weekend was lovely. Megan and I decided to take the trek to Lyndonville for the weekend, and it was a good thing we did. This was the last weekend I had before a torrent of business hit me. You see, there is a lot coming up for me in the next month ahead, as I am sure there is for every college student. My brain is becoming overloaded. But I'm handling it well. This weekend provided a very good break for rest before having to plow my way through the end of the school year.

We did a lot this weekend including get served by a crappy waitress at Friendly's, using Megan's shower at home (I LOVE her shower), watching Alice In Wonderland (amazing movie!), playing on the East Burke playground like we're nine years old with a frisbee, go on a ten minute hike, watch LI perform Eleemosynary again for their community performance (it was Megan's first time watching it), renting movies and cooking an epic dinner, watched Precious and Couples Retreat (I cried my eyes out and then peed my pants laughing and Precious goes into my top ten movies list), and then stayed up talking until 4 in the morning about life. An amazing weekend with one of the most amazing people in my life. Sounds like an awesome last weekend to me.

And now it's time to bear down for the last part of the semester. Almost over while my parents are partying it up in Florida with my grandparents.

Oh and BEN & JERRY'S FREE CONE DAY IS TOMORROW!!!!

Peace out!

Vermont Spring

Today again continues the string of beautiful spring Vermont days we've had the past couple of weeks. Because it was so beautiful outside (and as Megan prescribed) I spent my afternoon outside once I got out of class. Actually I'm writing this while chilling outside on the University Green, so...Anyway, it's gorgeous out here. I'm just hanging out listening to Avenue Q and talking to Megan on facebook. It's a great time. I'm also people watching which is also fun.

I decided to make the Billings Center Tower my own personal candy bar.

Spring in Vermont is hilarious because as we start to thaw out from the winter deep freeze, 64 degrees starts to sound like a heat wave. So, we strip. Megan and I decided to wear short today, but I saw several shirtless people today on my walk to class. You can always tell the Vermonters from out of staters during this time. The Vermonters aren't wearing hardly anything while the out of staters (while we still love them), who still haven't figured out this whole cold thing are still wearing their winter jackets and chattering their teeth. Yep, it's a good time.

What was also a very good time was last night when Bess O'Brien picked me up from history class and brought me to a showing of Shout It Out at the S. Burlington high school. The group there was so excited to have us there, and I was happy to be there to answer and have a good time. It was also really awesome to see Bess and Annalise again. Also, and this is the big one folks, Bess asked if I would come with her and Annalise to New Orleans this summer to accept the Civil Rights Award that was awarded to the film from the National Education Association! I almost jumped out of my pants I was so excited. Now, I know what you're thinking and I was thinking this too: wow Ryan, you're already pretty packed this summer what with work and the QNEK play you have committed to. I think this is early enough in advance so I can let everyone involved know and it should be fine. I'M GOING TO NEW ORLEANS!

Now get outside and have fun in the sun!

Peace out!