Friday, May 25, 2007

i'm lost

well we finally have the internet in our new house, and the dvr is up and running and is full of shows just waiting to be watched (although i've been busy trying to get the house in order that i've limited myself to only watching tv when i'm nursing aidan -- when he's asleep or happy i try to keep busy -- i'll do a post soon with some pictures of the house and the progress)
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well i watched the season finale of lost last night. it was kinda frustrating because rob hasn't watched like the last 10 episodes and was coming in and out and asking a million questions. oh well.
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if you haven't seen it yet, don't read past this point, spoiler alert!
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the episode was excellent, in the first scene when jack was leading the losties from the camp to the radio tower i couldn't help myself from thinking about moses leading the children of isreal out of egypt -- and then naomi asked him what he did when he wasn't playing moses. so apparently that was the look the creators were going for. i loved it. i'm glad jack has finally accepted his role as their leader.
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i was irritated with how the whole thing happened with charlie. i was hoping he would try to save himself, but it appeared he gave into his "fate" as desmond saw it. i know he thinks that his death somehow will insure the rescue of claire -- but i'll miss him. i'm glad he died as a hero. in the beginning of the show he was selfish and wouldn't try to help anyone but himself, now he gave his life for everyone else. what a turn around. i loved it. an interesting theory on charlie's death can be found here, she talks of the similarities to charlie's death and vaughn's "death" on alias. too bad ... from what i've read of interviews with charlie and the creators, he's DEAD. he's not coming back. he's actually looking forward to other work opportunities. maybe we'll see him in flashbacks of someone else although maybe not if they are switching the format to flashforwards, more about that later.
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it appears mikhail (patchy) is invincible. i mean how many times has this guy been killed and then showed up again. he died when locke pushed him through the pylon and then he got speared through the chest only to swim out and show charlie the grenade before he pulled the pin. my guess is we'll see him again.
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i was so sad when sawyer told hurley that he couldn't help and would just get in the way and kill them all. and i wanted to jump up and scream for joy when he drove in and saved the day (but i didn't because i was nursing aidan and he was almost asleep -- instead i just screamed silently and waved my hands in the air just like i didn't care). yeah -- go hurley!! i mean all the other losties go on these missions and hurley always gets left behind. i was happy to see him help out. and him talking on the walkie afterwards ... "others, come in others, we got you bastards" priceless!! i'm glad that he's given up his "i'm an unlucky guy" attitude and has figured out he's in charge of his life, not the "numbers".
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and a shout out to sayid who killed that guy with his feet, that was awesome.
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there has been much speculation about who was in the coffin. from the screenshot i've seen it's a man, but who we wont know at least until january. UPDATED: i think its a character we havent been introduced to. possibly someone involved with dharma. he is sooo upset when this person dies that it almost drives him to suicide, so its not just someone who isn't liked. maybe the last person who knows how to get to the island (his obi-wan, his only hope of getting back??) i dont know, just a guess.
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here is what i think the article reads, my quesses are inbetween the brackets.
"Man found d[ead in his] downtown loft. The body of J ... antham of New York ... shortly after 4 a.m. in the ... of Grand Avenue." you can also make out something about a tower and "loud noises"
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shauna had this interesting insight into the flashforward we saw regarding jack, "They've already set the precedent for alternate futures through Desmond's flashes, so I assume that what we saw in the flash-forward is only one possibility. Will the "universe corrects itself" aspect of the show's mythology prevent it from happening? Or is this just the beginning of many flash-forwards rather than flashbacks, and the rest of the show will be what happens to everyone after they get back?" flashforwards would put new life into the show, and could get interesting. i mean the episode was called "through the looking glass", after alice went through it her world was turned upside down, this show wont be the same when it returns after 8 months. this episode was pivotal.
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well that's all i got for now. i want to watch the epsiode again. holy moley, i'm completely hooked now. i watch to buy all the seasons and watch and try to catch what i might have missed the first time. excellent show.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

rover, roll over

this is what aidan did yesterday. he did it once before but from his back to his stomach -- i didn't see it, i was busy packing in the other room. but yesterday he was having some tummy time while i was relaxing from packing and this is what he showed me (about 10 times from back to front and front to back -- yup he's an ambi-turner)
i tried getting a video when he was doing it over and over, but he decided he just wanted to roll on his side then scream ... over and over. so it's not very interesting.





Tuesday, May 15, 2007

goodbye gilmore girls UPDATED ... and again

well it's an end to an era. my most favorite show had it's finale tonight. i got hooked on the show during it's second season my second year in college. we didn't have tv -- no i take that back, we a tv it just wasn't hooked to anything besides the electrical outlet. my roommate was a fan and since we had no way to watch her aunt would tape them and after she got 4 on a tape she would mail it off to idaho. the day it would arrive in the mail we would all get together and close the blinds, pop up some corn and watch all four episodes straight. and we'd watch those tapes over and over again. it was heaven. the writing is fabulous. the acting is amazing. oh the banter between lorelai and luke. their chemistry is excellent (well no wonder -- they're dating in real life as well).
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after i graduated and came back to cali i would tape them and watch them over and over again. i would not answer the phone on tuesday nights. my boyfriend knew this and would call after the show was over. then i got dvr -- what pause and rewind and save and play over and over and over and over -- i keep the episodes after i watch everything else gets erased. (i generally have 4-6 episodes saved for viewing pleasure). then they came out on dvd -- i have all 6 seasons and watch them pretty constantly. when each season would come out i would watch every episode straight through and nothing else.
but now, it's over. the series finale was tonight. after i got home from church i sat down snuggled aidan against me to eat and watched the last episode EVER. blah, it was boring. i didn't feel any closure to anything. ugh! whatever. i'm soooo dissapointed. they left everything up in the air, i felt it ended with a dot dot dot and not a period or even and exclamation point. after what i've read even the cast wasn't happy with how they ended things. kelly bishop (emily gilmore) described the finale as "disrespectful to fans". edward herrmann (richard gilmore) says, "we’ll never know, because we didn’t know it was going to be over. you don’t have the emotionally satisfying moments. after seven years, each of those storylines needs its own episode, almost." i guess they were too caught up in negotiations of whether or not they were doing next season that they forgot to write a good ending to this one. arg, it just makes me crazy.
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the only thing that i did like was the final scene featured luke, lorelai and rory at luke's diner. it was rory’s last meal at the diner - a scene which mirrors the finale of season 1, and i felt that it brought the show full circle.
season 1 ending

series ending

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any fans out there care to comment, or offer condolences?
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updated again: i'm not saying there should have been a wedding -- maybe no matter what they did would have made me happy, i'm not ready for it to be over yet. but i was really dissapointed with how they ended things with rory and logan. it was just out of character. the episode before logan and rory talked about factoring each other in. then he came with an ultimatum with her life all planned out for her, where to live where to work. it was just out of left field. and rory's a fighter, she wouldn't have settled him telling her it was all or nothing ... i was just dissapointed. i'm glad you liked it. i knew they would end it that way with both the girls single (how the show started). maybe i'm reading WAY too much into it. i mean it's just a show.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

mom, this one's for you!

mom, i love you.
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you're gorgeous on the inside and on the out!! thank goodness for your genes.
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i never realized what it *really* means to be a mom until this year.
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you're the best in the entire world!!! if i can grow up to be half the woman you are ... well i can only dream.
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thank you for being a work-at-home-mom so that you were home when we needed you.
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thank you for being an excellent example of what i should strive to be as a mother. your example in every area of your life has always shown me how to be.
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you've taught me so much, from the little things (i.e. wear a skirt to a church function when you're in a leadership position) to the bigger things (i.e. family comes first)
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i know you have a strong testimony in the church because i see how you live your life. i know you read the scriptures because i've seen you read them everyday. i know you pray everyday because i've seen you. i know you love dad because i've seen how you treat him. i know you love me because of how you treat me.
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everything that i am is because of you, and everything that i am not is because of me.
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thank you for your example on what a mom should be.
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happy mother's day!! mom, you're the best i could ever dream of.
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I LOVE YOU MOM!!!

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

packing, pictures and blessings

yesterday (may 7th) robby's mom came over and played with aidan while i was busy packing up our apartment. things are starting to look good. i packed 20 boxes in the time she was over (about 3 hours) plus 6 big black trashbags of maternity clothes (2) purses (3) and pillows (1). yup i have enough purses to fill three 30 gallon trashbags.


all of my boxes lined up in my dining room.
my office packed up and ready to go (except robby's desk)

my high quality packing material (big black trashbags)
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on Sunday May 6th my hubby blessed Aidan Connor in our church (actually there were two babies blessed, and both of them were named "Aidan" how crazy is that?) family and friends all celebrated this event with us. Aidan looked so cute in the outfit that i made for him - tie and all. as soon as i get the pictures that my photorapher (aka my sister nicole) took, i'll post them. she is excellent and i love that she takes sooo many pictures -- it lets me not stress too bad at events like this. the only pictures i took was after the party was dying down, robby was taking care of aidan while i was chit-chatting away in the kitchen. i went to check on them and this is what i found. i had to go get my camera, because it's just priceless. i guess we wore both of them out.
and now for more pictures. i know you guys only read my blog to see the most beautiful baby in the world. (i should also add that the shirt Aidan is wearing is the same one as pictured here: http://jodijean.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-pictures-of-aidan-connor.html yeah, he's grown soooo much!)
Aidan thinks he's a big boy -- trying to hold his own bottle
(right after the picture was taken he got all excited
and pushed it out of his mouth)
Aidan and daddy cuddling.

look at that double chin. he's getting chunky!

and lastly -- an excellent picture of his blue eyes!!