Despite living in the future, relative to our friends and family in the United States, we must enjoy all television a day after Americans thanks to all the lovely folks who post videos online. I admit that I am a t.v. junkie, which makes living overseas without a television just a little bit more of an adventure. Among my favorite series is Lost. I was late to the Lost fad as I was for the sensational Harry Potter era. In the case of JK Rowling's books, I only began reading them after the first 6 books had been written and released. Those several months living in anticipation for the 7th book were very difficult; I can't fathom how the faithful friends who were hooked from book one persevered all those years.
In contrast, I had watched a couple of episodes of Lost my last year of college with my next door neighbor Taylor. By that point we were already half-way through season 3, and nothing made sense (but I remember liking Mr. Eko). Perhaps this is akin to seeing a Harry Potter movie before picking up a book... Anywho, last March I watched the pilot episode with my family on dvd. I was instantly hooked. From that point on, Miss Foo and I made it our life's ambition to complete watching seasons 1-4 on dvd as well as catch up on season 5 via the internet before season 5's finale in May. Every free moment was devoted to it; despite working 3 jobs, planning a wedding, and at some point in there training for a half-marathon, Miss Foo and I succeeded. We lost countless hours of sleep just to see what happened next. Poor Kyle was a bit bewildered with my new obsession. However, it wasn't long before I persuaded him to jump on board with Lost (and also Harry Potter). Today I feel the satisfaction I felt the day that The Deathly Hallows was released (although no costumes for the Lost premier)...
Miss Foo and I are dressed as which two Harry Potter characters? Can you tell?
To kick the season off, Kyle and I invited our friend Peter over for brunch and Lost. Kyle prepared bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits for round 1 with cinnamon rolls and coffee for dessert. He's good, isn't he? Well, because we depend on the internet we returned to our best resources for television. Unfortunately we got confused about the Ben Linus narrated recap of all Lost events as the first episode. This led to a very confusing viewing of part II of the premier episode. We questioned, "How did Hurley know Jacob was dead?" and "Where did they get Juliet's body" or "Who are those dead people in the foot that fake John is pulling around?". It also led to a very un-climactic revelation that fake Locke is indeed the smoke monster as Ben revealed when he called him (obviously) a "monster".
After brunch was over and we were left scratching our heads, I turned to the blogosphere to see if I could gain a little understanding of what we had just seen. Suddenly, I come across character's names like Boone, Desmond, and Charlie, thinking, I didn't see any of those people in the episode I watched.... what gives? Well, it took going to the source, ABC.com, to learn that there were in fact 3 episodes that I believe aired last night in the U.S. I also discovered a new blessing; perhaps it's our Georgia Tech server, but we're able to watch video on ABC's website (unlike Fox & NBC). This is happy news because we'll be able to watch the whole new season in high definition with the occasional commercial. All in all, I thought the premier was very good and I'm happy with the direction they took. Thank goodness Sayid is not dead, but I figured I'd wear my super french black t-shirt and jeans today to mourn Juliet and Jacob. One complaint~couldn't we exchange Arzt with Shannon, please?
In light of the new season, I thought I'd share the LOST dance commercial. It's so good. Also, because I'm just an internet video junkie now, I thought I'd share some other happy dance videos I've enjoyed watching....
Creepy dance....
No good segue... Rush breaking it down to Poker Face
My favorite routine from last season of So You Think You Can Dance~thanks Nappytabs!
Miss Foo told me about this one the other day. I wish I could tap...
Any good dance video suggestions? I felt an urge to include a Fred Astaire clip too, but I decided against it for the sake of not making this post too long. If you like tap too, google Fred Astaire videos for a delightful sight.
In other news, life is fairly normal here. I can't believe it feels normal. Kyle and I hit Ikea yesterday to have an afternoon date. He bought me a coke and 2 hotdogs as well as some really excellent things to organize my work life better. Kyle didn't fail to pick out a few things for the kitchen; if he keeps making sushi and cinnamon rolls, how can I refuse to give him any tool he asks for?
Roll out, KHam!
A perfect spicy salmon maki!
The weather in Metz has been disgusting. Each week it snows for a couple of days, melts entirely, rains, get clear skies for about 30 minutes only to revert back to freezing temperatures and more snow. On the bright side, my students love it, and it's a treat to watch them go wild at recess. Also, I wearing out all the clothes I brought with me because I wear multiple shirts each day to keep warm. It means I can throw out my sad wardrobe sans guilt before attempting to pack my bags sometime later this year. I can pack the really good stuff (like Christmas market mugs and my students' artwork). On the horizon, I have a winter holiday in a little over a week. Kyle and I may try to visit Germany again (seriously, we can't get enough) and Luxembourg. I'll keep you posted... Later!
