But, boy howdy were they awesome. I'm no mathematician, but I reckon my goal is over two full days away and that's only if I don't sleep or take breaks, but it'll all be worth it just as soon as I can get back to making references during my everyday conversations about the Dharma initiative and smoke monsters. Instead of saying "I'm watching LOST," I prefer to say that "I'm getting LOST." With mysterious time-distortions and polar bears on the island, sometimes I can really get lost while watching LOST, but it normally starts to make sense sooner or later. That's why I want to watch them all again, so I'm fresh and ready for the new season. I'm especially looking forward to the "epic conclusion" that I've been promised by the real life Jack Shephard.ABC's website is a fine piece of machinery. A guy could really get LOST on there, if you know what I'm saying. The best feature of ABC's website is their episode viewer. The second best feature is pictured below: The Sawyer Nickname Generator. I feel all right with my nickname: Colonel Kurtz is Marlon Brando's character from Apocalypse Now, one of my favorite movies.
Full episodes of LOST (or those crap other shows) are available to watch whenever you want. Personally, I've rigged up a system where LOST plays on my television (through the computer) and the sound comes through my stereo, but I'm serious about LOST so I feel obligated to go the extra mile. The best part about the episodes on their website is that they are "Presented with limited commercials." Normally whenever you hear this it's a huge lie, but every episode of LOST that I've watched has had less than two total minutes of ads. It's a wonderful business model because it feels like just the right amount of ad-time during each episode. I normally never feel like I'm watching too many commercials, except for one time earlier today.
Episode 8 of Season 1 was presented to me with limited commercials by Applebee's. Firstly, I'd like to say that I don't hate Applebee's, I think it's a nice enough place. I do hate hearing about "America's #1 Sirloin" or "America's Best-Selling Steak" though. I don't care who you are or where you're from, a $9.99 steak being billed as anywhere near #1 anything is just ludicrous. I remember an incident last year when my family and I were dining at the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar and my dad ordered a steak. Looking up from my menu, I shot him a look that said "You serious, Clark?" but he didn't catch it. As the waitress was finishing taking orders, I gave her mine and my grandfather was next. He says "You know what? I'll have a steak too." I looked across the table and saw that at least my mother and I were on the same page as she was giving her husband and father her own version of the "You serious, Clark?" Keep in mind that this was last year, well before the special for cheap steak, so these two ordered Applebee's steak for the sake of ordering Applebee's steak. I had to ask: "What would possess you to order steak, here, at Crapplebee's?" Both gentleman responded that I didn't know what I was talking about and the steaks that they ordered were going to be just fine. I shrugged and let it go, but when those steaks were finally served up and dad and granddad were both complaining about how it wasn't what they expected, I was obligated to give a little "I told you so" speech, even though I waited until after they'd ordered to "tell them so."
Things may have changed, but I sincerely doubt that there will ever come a day I order steak from Applebee's.
In my opinion, that's just one step above ordering steak in a hospital cafeteria: technically it's a steak, but why even bother? Of course, I could have no idea what I'm talking about anymore because I don't even eat red meat. I will, on occasion, eat cow though. Allow me to explain: I won't eat beef that's been raised on a corn-fed diet because cows weren't meant to eat that much corn. All kinds of hormones and antibiotics are used in conjunction with the high corn diet because the bodies of the cows try and fight being fattened from 80 to 1200 pounds in little over a year. Interestingly enough, I have no problem eating veal. I'll eat veal because the babies are never fed anything but grass, as it's only gradually over time that the animals can be put onto the corn-diet. I realize that "I only eat the babies" makes me sound aggressively harsh, but I'm over it.This corn diet problem that I have with the beef industry is just a spill-over from the issues I have with the corn industry, but I'll save that for another day. Until then, I hope everyone keeps warm this weekend. Burn down a corn silo to help you stay warm, I heard those things are crazy flammable, but be careful.
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