Lost thoughts:

A lot of people were disappointed by Boone's death, and I am absolutely no exception. Someone else mentioned this earlier but there's something fascinating about watching one character become so devoted to another. And that was exactly what was happening with Locke, who is, by the way, my favorite character from episode 1 on. I know a lot of people are a) pissed at Locke or b) think he's dead creepy but I guess I don't understand why people think that. Sure, he has a somewhat mysterious background, but Kate and Sawyer are both (supposedly) criminals, how is Locke's mysterious background more devious? Anyway, I never found him creepy so much as intense and hopeful. He is a man who believes in miracles, that can make him dangerous, but it also makes his story really fucking awesome. And Boone's growing devotion to him, and his status as the only person Locke would talk about his past with, as well as Boone's desire to learn from Locke really made me like him.

A lot of times when tv shows kill people off it hurts, but I'm okay with it because there was a reason, or because their death served some sort of greater story purpose. But the way Boone's death was written? Was awful. They turned his death into a trite example that life goes on (Claire's baby) and that people need to be able to realize their failings (or whatever the fuck that bullshit with Jack's marriage was supposed to be about). We never got a single flashback from the guy who was dying this episode, and they didn't use his death to serve a greater storyline (as far as I can see). I guess I just feel like his story wasn't finished, and yes I understand that death is very much that way, but in a fictional universe? They could have shown that a whole lot more effectively by killing off someone like Michael (who has a kid), or Jin before he ever had a chance to reconcile with Sun. In summation: lame, Lost writers, very lame.

and West Wing:

I think this season sucked. I watched it, but man, the pacing was off, the loss of Sorkin palpable and the fucking plotline where they solved the middle east crisis in two single episodes just killed me. Unrealism, thy name is the west wing, now more than ever. That said, whoever thought to make Leo be the VP? I fucking love you. That was awesome and I love John Spencer's face when he realized what Josh is talking about. Leo is a good man, and he's had his share of bad times and he's pulled through and god I love him and his kick-ass-running-for-vice-president-self. Very cool. Also? I do not want either CJ or Toby to go down for this space station thing. That would be bad. I can't beleive we'll have to wait nearly 5 months before knowing what's going to happen. They'd better make Jimmy Smits the president, it's the only way I'd continue to watch.

In non-tv related news: I have a friend who has been studying in South America since last August, she's been in Ecuador but school just finished so she recently began traveling. This is an email she sent me a few days ago from Chile.

I thought you all would appreciate this....so I went to lunch today and the restaurant had menus in spanish with english translations underneath. one of the items was papas fritas, or french fries. But in spanish, there are two meanings for the word papa--la papa means potato, and el papa means the pope (you may already know this). Anyway, underneath papas fritas it was written, fried popes, one dollar. There were also steamed popes and mashed popes, should you prefer those. I myself am vegetarian, and so passed on the popes, cooked any sort of way :)

Hee!