Blurbs for Monday

This weekend I posted Facebook updates on my nieces, an NPR story about Syria and a link to my previous blog post.

My mind wanders.

(Some people say I have a short attention span salad.)

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My friends and I played Cards Against Humanity the other night. The best card, that I can say out loud without blushing?

Tonight on Nickelodeon: Clarissa explains liking big butts and not being able to lie about it.

Giggle.

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I've had a quote stuck in my head from Lost over the past week or so.

"Shouldn't we be encouraging the ones with ambition?

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We got a couple inches of snow last night.

Penny the Pug isn't happy.

Of course, on Facebook this morning people are griping about the road conditions. Can't we afford to salt our roads? Our taxes are too damn high! This town sucks! This state sucks! We should move!

People, it's two inches of snow. Learn how to drive.

There was a car in the ditch on my way to work this morning. It sucks for that car, and in case it's somebody I know, that's a bummer, dude. I hope the car isn't damaged (it was a Ford Focus, though, so maybe it needs to be damaged).

Like I said above, it's two inches of snow, not two feet of white stuff.

Gah.

Confessions

No, this isn't church and you're not going to read my deep dark sins.

Instead, my confession is that I kind of miss watching Lost.

We started in April, according to my blog posts, and ended in August.

Both Dr. Google and Facebook know this about me, which means I often get Lost advertisements and such.

This one is actually pretty good: 33 jokes only people who watched "Lost" will find funny

Opinions and observations:

• I LOVE FARADAY. Hipster Faraday? Love it!
• I'm naming my wifi after Lost.
• Jacob's rules, so much loling there. I about died.
• You got some Arzt on you...
• It has to grow back!
• Roses are red/violets are blue/ 4 8 15 16 23 42
• "I get to live forever until I die." That one did me in. I need to have a moment to myself now to try to contain my giggles.

Mad.

I've been mad this whole weekend.

Ever since we finished watching Lost on DVD, I've been coming up with more questions that I don't have the answers to.

While driving down the road, I'll think of something I don't understand and get upset about it.

Logical, right?

Like I asked friends the other night: How did Jacob know that certain people would live through the plane crash? Did he know? Did he have all of the people's names who were on the flight written down in the cave? Or just the survivors?

- Ben said something about a spinal surgeon falling out of the sky right after he found out he needed surgery. How did Ben/Jacob know that Jack would live? Seriously, how do they know?

- Who the hell is David? (More on this later)

- How did Ben go from being an Other to killing all of the Dharma people? I don't think we were ever told why he went on a murderous rampage, and if we were, I don't remember the explanation. He just woke up one day and thought, "Gee, I guess I'll just off my former people today?"

- Of all the stuff I read about Walt being "special" I sure don't remember a single instance of him being special. Did I miss all of these clues? I just thought he was an obnoxious little kid.

- The Jack/Kate Juliette/Sawyer love circle. Seriously, who was meant to be with who? Make up your mind, writers.

- Everyone seemed to have a mate on the island except Boone (or as I call him, the hot guy). Why didn't they let him have someone? Hm? Hmm? HMMM?

- Did the bomb go off in the season 5 finale? This is the thing that makes me mad the most, BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA.

I'm so confused.

- Sun left her kid to go die with her husband? If I had to choose between those two, I'd probably choose living with my kid. But hey, what do I know about life.

I'm going to explain why I'm obsessed with all of this now.

Reddit is my favorite way to waste time. I've been reading the Lost subreddit this weekend, and it's just making me more pissed off and confused.

Because:

- Walt was apparently special and was brought back to the island to hang out with Hurley. Maybe Walt became protector of the island later on (maybe Aaron was there, too?).

- David is/was apparently Jack and Kate's son, not Jack and Juliette's. Seriously, what the hell? So Kate was pregnant when she went back to the island? Whatever, Lost, whatever.

- There was this whole ridiculous article I read that said something about Jack becoming the smoke monster at the end of the show. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS, IDIOT ARTICLE WRITER.

- I'm not confused or mad about this, but I would like to point out that Faraday, Miles and Charlotte ended up being some of my favorite characters on the show. They were all pretty awesome.

More interesting reads:

108 Answers to LOST's Supposedly Unanswered Questions

Lost!

We finished watching Lost last night.

I could say more about the ending, and how many things I didn't see coming, but I won't.

Here are some more quotes:

"What makes you think letting go is so easy?"
"It's not. I don't even know how to do it myself."

"I can help you. I wished you believed me."

"I love you in different ways."

"It was always supposed to be you. I see that now."

"Maybe this is happening for a reason. Maybe you're supposed to fix me."

"We're all flawed."

"I want you to have the one thing I was never given - a choice."

"Aren't you afraid?"
"What's the point of being afraid?"

"We're the ones who can't move on."

"I'm supposed to trust you."
"It's a good idea you do, because I have no idea where we're going."

"Maybe that's the point. Maybe I'm supposed to let go."

"There's a difference between doing nothing and waiting."

"I don't know what I felt."
"Yes you do. You felt love."

"Whatever you think you're looking for you need to stop looking for it."

"It doesn't seem like a choice."

"There's always a choice."

"You're not the only one who's lost someone."

A few more quotes.

We're on Season 6 of Lost. I'm going to be sad when this is over.

Here are some more Lost quotes for you.

"I hope you find what you're looking for."

"I came back here because I was broken. I was stupid enough to think this place could fix me."

"I didn't tell you I was coming here because I didn't want you to see me fail."

"In my eyes you can never fail."

"I'm not the one that needs to be rescued."

"Shouldn't we be encouraging the ones with ambition?"

"I know you've given up but I refuse to."

"Nothing's irreversible."

"I got past the denial and went back to living the life I used to."

"What I am is lost."

"I don't want to spend my life waiting for a miracle to happen."

"Miracles do happen."

What if you were blessed?

Season 5 of Lost was my favorite season so far. We'll see what the next and last season holds.

Until then, here are some more quotes.

There's something different about you."
"I have a purpose now."

"I'm not afraid of anything you can do."

"This is our destiny."

"Everyone answers to someone."

"What's done is done."

"I know you don't believe in me but I need them to."

"Are you sure I'm the one who doesn't believe in you?"

"Never in my life have I felt so right."

"What if you weren't cursed? What if you were blessed?"

"I'm tired of waiting."

Destiny beans.

Here are some more quotes from Lost.

A funny note about the name of this blog: On my phone I meant to type "destiny means." Instead, I typed "destiny beans."

Well, hey, one little letter can totally change the meaning of something.

Ha, ha. Okay, maybe you had to be there.

Anyway, here are some quotes:

"It's one thing to believe it. It's another thing to see it."

"I've found that sometimes friends are more dangerous than enemies."

"As long as the dead guy says everything's going to be okay, I guess everything's just peachy."

"I cannot fight the inevitable."

"It's not a train. It doesn't run on a schedule."

"How is it that you know where you're going?"
"I just know."

"You don't like this do you? Asking questions and blindly following people."

"I appreciate you showing me the way but I think I can take it from here."

"It is pain and you have to let it out."

"Your gift is your mind."

"Destiny means you have a gift that must be nurtured."

"More importantly, it will heal you, your mind and your memory."

"Will it make you proud of me?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll do it."

"What does luck have anything to do with it?"

"We have to stop being so naive."

"We think, we reason, we have free will. We can change our destiny."

"For the first time in a long time, I don't know what's going to happen."

"I promised you I'd never leave you."

Quotable

The stupid thing about watching season 5 of Lost? I realized last night that everything that happens happens because it's supposed to.

I would explain that to you fully, but I'm not sure I understand everything I watched last night.

LOST! You're messing with me.

Some more quotes:

"I guess it didn't work out that way."

"I don't like the new you, you just sit around and wait for things to happen."

"That's not how it works. I can't change it."

"How did you find me?"

"I looked."

Someone dies...even if they don't.

Season 5 of Lost is kind of amazing.

I posted the graphic below a while back. I never really understood the line, "Someone dies...even if they don't" until now.

Oh, Lost. You're messing with my mind!

Here are some quotes:

"I needed that pain to get to where I am."

"It's what I've been searching for my whole life."

"Stop asking yourself if it's ridiculous. Start asking yourself if it's going to work. That's why it's called a leap of faith."

"We're all convinced sooner or later."

"This is even crazier than you are."

"It beats what you're doing, waiting for something to happen."

"It's called sacrifice."

"What makes you think I'm so special?"
"Because you are."

"He'll protect you from whomever intends to do you harm."

"It's a good thing they're just dreams."

"I help people get to where they need to get to."

"It was all because you never loved anybody."

"You say that as if it's inevitable."

"Is it inevitable, or is it a choice?"

"It's not fate, it's probability."

"We left and we were never important."

"You have no idea how important you are. You have to help me."

"You can't die. You've got too much work to do."

More quotes

More Lost quotes:

"You can't change anything you can't change."

"Whatever happened happened. You can't change the past."

"I don't understand you, but I believe you."

Lost Quotes

Good morning!

I'm still watching Lost with friends. We're on the fourth season, and everything that I thought I knew is/was suddenly wrong.

I was way off base last night guessing what would happen. I wasn't even remotely correct. Sigh, I thought I was getting good at this.

I also realized last night that I managed to miss a major part of the plot. I'm not sure how, because everyone else in the room knew. Oh well, I guess I can't be perfect all of the time (ha, ha).

Here are some more quotes:

"Once you let your grief become anger it will never go away."

"Don't tell me this is not my war."

"Destiny is a fickle bitch."

"Those things had to happen to me. It was destiny."

Still more Lost quotes

Greetings!

Here are a few more Lost quotes. We're on season four now, and it's getting weirder by the moment.

Quotes:

"Perhaps you underestimate the power of faith."

"You've spent too much time running away from whatever you're supposed to be running toward."

"What do I do now?"
"Whatever comes next."

"You're more lost than you ever were."

Quotable

Here are some more quotes from Lost, plus a fun graphic from Pinterest.

Happy Saturday!

Quotes:

"Having hope is never stupid."

"We make our own luck."

"There is hope and there is guilt. Believe me, I know the difference."

"There is new life, too, and there is hope."

Quick notes tonight.

Good evening!

I have a few quick notes tonight.

First off, my Pug went to battle with that Pug in the mirror again the other night. This time, Penny pawed at the mirror, and the mirror fell on her. It's not heavy and she wasn't hurt.

That stupid Pug in the mirror won the fight. It was pretty funny.

Good times.

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I'm happy to report that this blog is now award winning! I joined the Kansas Professional Communicators group last year, but am just now becoming involved in it.

I won several other awards too, but this is the one that I'm most excited about.

Winning stuff, yeah!

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I have some more Lost quotes for you. If you need a friendly reminder, some friends and I are watching Lost on DVD. We're on the third season, and it's starting to get weirder by the minute.

Anyway, quotes:

"Don't be so hard on yourself. It doesn't happen overnight."

"If you want to change, then change."

"I was raised to never question my blessings."

"People are saved in different ways."

"Why would fate do that?"

"There are many distractions along the way."

"It doesn't matter who we were, it only matters who we are now."

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Possibly my favorite time of the year is when my Mom's lilac bushes bloom.

I didn't get to experience this last year because of the weather. But this year? This year I'm soaking up that wonderful scent.

I'm pretty sure that's what Heaven will smell like.

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Speaking of nature waking up, in two bouts of sneezing today I managed to sneeze 21 times.

Hi, spring. Nice to see you.

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I haven't been to the Cosmosphere in Hutch in years. I had fun there the other day.

Also, I managed to amaze myself. Even though I had multiple navigation tools at my fingertips, I still managed to get lost.

Hutch and I don't get along. It's the one city that I can't navigate, for some weird reason.

More Lost quotes.

I'm tired and this week hasn't been the greatest week ever. This will be a short post.

Here are some more quotes from Lost:

"I will always love you, but I will never help you."

"Are you going to beat me with the Jesus stick?"

"Who are we to tell someone what they can or can't do?"

"Trust is a hard thing to win back."