Next Episode Poll

Here's the quick low-down on the episodes featured in the poll:

Exodus, Part 2:
The infamous "we opened the hatch!" episode, featuring the unforgettable shot of Kate, Jack and Locke peering down the cavernous entrance!

The Other 48 Days:
Sort of like a mini movie that condenses the Tailies island experience into 42 minutes of heart-pounding awesome. It's eerily quiet and has maybe the best first minute of any Lost episode.

Flashes Before Your Eyes:
AKA the "WTH?!" episode, in which Desmond, upon the implosion of the hatch, has some crazy time-traveling hallucinations back in jolly old england. This episode features the mysterious Ms. Hawking (eerie old lady who is ironically from the movie "The Others"). It also makes a lot more sense post-The Constant.

Raised By Another:
(A fave of mine) Hurley purposes to make a list of all the survivors. One of the greatest scenes ever occurs when Claire and Charlie happen upon Ethan in the jungle, just as Hurley discovers that there is one person among them who isn't on the manifest. (OMGWTHSOSCARY!!!!!) (Also packed with an informative and presently interesting Claire flashback).

Lost lunch

Starting tomorrow, 7/1/08, a few of us are going to start re-watching season 1 of Lost at noon for our lunch break. At one episode a week, that will provide a Lost fix into December. If you're interested, stop by the web office tomorrow at 12!

Update: we will start with the pilot episode tomorrow, then start voting on episodes to watch afterwards (idea credit: Jonna).

The Fugitive

A good girl, or a bad girl? Or maybe a good girl trapped inside a bad girl's life? Who knows. Kate keeps us on our toes, always wondering if she's going to take the high road, or the low road. If she went to college, I think her major could've been "Moral Dilemmas". She can't get enough of them!

She's always up for a challenge and loves to run from boars and smoke monsters and problems. She's really just one of the guys… one of the guys that the other guys like to fight over— but she's really good at breaking up those fights too. She's dependable and c'mon, you'd definitely trust her over, say, Locke… right? Not to mention, she is able to pull her hand-cuffed arms around her legs! That is an awesome skill. Don't be fooled by her extraordinary skills, Kate puts her man-jeans on one leg at a time, just like everyone else.

Get your running shoes on, I give you Katessica.
She's also a baby stealer!

You got some BeasArzt on You…

He's been with us since season 1, well, in our hearzt anyway. He was smart… maybe a little too smart. His thorough knowledge of dynamite and his explosive example (most likely) helped to save the lives of some of our most important lostaways. His skills in insect collecting also helped to rid us of some of the lamest (Nikki and Paulo). He frequently used his experience as a ninth grade science teacher to school the castaways in some of life's most important subjects. He was also a savvy internet dater. Lastly, he was also one of the few people to question the leadership skills of Dr. Jack (Brendan), which is pretty funny, considering.

Everyone run for cover, because I give you, the combustible, Dr. BeasArzt. (And please don't call him Leslie.)

Slow Day

Sorry for the slow day. We haven't forgotten the beloved Lost blog, we're just swamped at the moment. Right now Lost Boy > Lost Blog. Sorry Charlies. Tomorrow is Friday fun day though, and Friday fun day always contains posting time. (You will see Dr. BeasArtz and Katessica.)

Honorary Hurley Day

Just because we ate a lot at lunch. Eat up, in honor of our favorite tub o' ranch.

GuysWhereAreWe.com

GUYS, WHERE, ARE, WE.com, what the heck? Well let me explain. This humble LOST blog started off as just an inner department obsession, but surprisingly, it has grown to become a little LOST community within a community. It's a place where you can post a theory, make fun of your co-workers (all in good fun) and get the latest 4-1-1 on our fav show— LOST.

So why the new name? Well for starters if you don't have it in your browser cache its hard to remember how to spell 'lawstsome'. And when you're trying to spread the link to "others" its not catchy or easy to remember. Lastly, what the heck does it mean? We don't even know. (From Jonna: Oh yes we do, it was a combination of Lost + Awesome, but I understand about the spelling.)

If ya'll remember in the "Pilot, Part 1" episode Charlie says - "Guys? How does something like that happen?" and then he says in the "Pilot, Part 2" episode - "Guys? Where are we?". Well we asked ourselves the same question. Guys (the community), where are we (what the heck is going on here and why can't I stop watching this show that gives me 3 new questions for every answer, making me more confused than the week before?).

So welcome to the new blog! There will be a few changes rolling out here in the next few weeks so stay tuned! And there will be plenty of polls and new theories since many of us are re-watching LOST until it starts back up again. Oh and thanks for contributing to the blog making it a fun place to share ideas, and just plain laugh at each other.

new name, same awesome blog: www.guyswherearewe.com

Trusty Sidekick

Ok, so, some of you might have noticed that Trever's poll featured only one option. Not much of a choice, but be honest, would you have picked anyone else? No. You wouldn't have. Think about it, he's a pretty nice guy, tries his darndest to be helpful in all situations. Looks up to Locke (Mark) as a mentor. We thought it best that we not waste your time with decisions, when the decision was already made. I would also like to say that this poll comes with a bonus character. Are you pumped yet? You should be. This could be my crowning achievement in the realm of frivolous photoshopping. (I'm also really stoked to finish up the polls and start doing some ridiuclous multiple character photoshop retardedness.) Without further adieu, Boonver and his mentor, Larcke.

Don't call him Leslie

So I made my weekly pilgrimage to Lostpedia to figure out who all the people in the current polls are and found this... behold the Dr. Arzt action figure! But first a short recap on this amazing character (from lostpedia.com)

Jack and a group of Losties set out on a mission to the Black Rock to retrieve dynamite to blow open the Hatch door. Arzt volunteered to go along with them, saying he knew "how to handle volatile dynamite better than anyone else." Danielle Rousseau led the group into the woods and abandoned them once they had reached the old slave ship. Jack, Kate and Locke found a crate of old and very unstable dynamite inside the vessel and brought it to Arzt, who, ironically, triggered one of the sticks and blew himself up while lecturing the others on how to handle it.

Enjoy exercising your right to vote!

The Man Behind the Music

Ok, so we sort of made this character up. Theoretically he exists. It was sort of a funny joke on the poll, but as always, the numbers don't lie (and I don't mean 4 8 15 16 23 42).

I mean, what would "You All Everybody" be without an awesome dude controlling the sound board? It would be pure crap. However, the sound guy, who, for the sake of names we'll call "Paul" makes it a totally slammin' jam that propels the late Charlie Pace into the bittersweet arms of success, and, if you want to get technical, propels him to a little island in the middle of the pacific. Sound guy "Paul" probably also mixed the tracks on the Greatest Hits released after the crash. He's really very important. For all we know, he could be a member of the Dharma Initiative, carefully steering Charlie's fate via his stellar sound skills. It could happen.

Esteemed colleagues, please give an audible round of applause for "Paul" the Drive Shaft Sound Guy!!!!













PS I realize that is not where a sound guy would sit and that's not the sound board that he would use. C'mon! Cut me some slack. I have to work with what I've got. Also, how else could I clearly show Paul with Drive Shaft!?

Orientation

Well my little dharmites, in the latest poll you elected a man of great mystery. We know little about him, not even his real name (as he has used 3 different aliases so far). He comes in at the most interesting times and makes us fervently scratch our heads. Our typical response to his appearances is "What the heck is going on here?". So far, it appears all the directions he's given us have been placebos. Diversions for people trapped in an experiment. In his younger days, I'm almost certain he could have been found collecting sauce packets and hiding in drawers, just for the sake of making people question reality.

This all makes perfect sense Dr. Marvin Candle/Edgar Halliwax/Mark Wickmund is none other than the future Kenton. Behold, Dr. Kenton Candlewaxwicksen (starring Harrold the hedgehog as Rabbit #15). (PS sorry, this face placement is pretty disturbing, i just didn't have the full 3/4 angle of Kenton's face.)

The Other Other Woman

We don't know much about her, but we know she's smart (Yale-educated) and tough and could probably even take down Juliet (who, herself is something of a ninja). Surely, she could easily break someone's nose– if they deserved it. Well, I think we can all agree Jenny is like a sweeter, non-bitter version of Harper. I wonder if Jenny (Harper) would give us supposed orders from Paul (Ben) even if Paul was being held hostage by Mark (Locke). Hmmm… this is getting complicated. Please give a warm lawstsome welcome to Jennarper:

Smell Better… Maybe.

This is pretty much amazing… (It's youtube, so if you're trying to access inside of Harvest… remember to check it out at home.)

BIG NEWS!

Ok, since I'm the only one who doesn't know how to create a really cool picture around here, one of you will have to create one for me if you so desire. Here is the big news. WALT'S GRANDMA IS GOING TO HAVE A BABY!

...yes, you read right, I'm going to be a mom! I thought this was a very fitting way to let my fellow LOSTies know.

YES, I'm excited and NO, it hasn't sunk in yet....

Mr. Friendly

He's a villain for sure, but we all still kind of liked him. C'mon, we all hoped he'd pull through as a good guy. Remember when he was playing football with Jack in New Otherton? They didn't call him "Mr. Friendly" for no reason.

Then he threatened to kill Sayid, Jin and Bernard, and we can't have that. So Hurley (or Dirley) took care of business with his old Dharma-fied VW bus and mowed him down.

Tom was a man full of secrets, we thought he had a beard, but he didn't! We thought he liked ladies, but he didn't! In all fairness, I will say, what little I do know of Tim, his similarities with Tom are mostly found in the first and last letters of their first names. (I think it's highly possible that Dirley high-jacked every free computer on campus to make this vote happen.) I won't argue though, this was a pretty hilarious photoshop job, so, party people in da house, please welcome to lawstsome, Tim Tom

Psych!

Was she messing with our minds the whole time? Libby is still a huge mystery in Lostdom. Surely we haven't seen the last of the island's short-term shrink. We were most familiar with sweet, helpful, concerned, intelligent blonde Libby. However, we can't forget generous, unusually kind red-haired "Elizabeth" who gave her last husband's boat to Desmond. Of course the biggest baffling comes from crazy pants, institutionalized, Hurley-obsessed brunette Libby.

The majority of us agree that our favorite web-mistress, Christie is Libby (certainly the sweet, helpful, concerned, intelligent version… or was it?!). Lostaways, please meet, Listie, chattin' it up on the beaches of Nowhere with Eko.

Charlotte - could she be the key?

Okay - She is the big mystery to me now because she is my alter-ego. I wanted one of those cool Lost avatars but there wasn't one for Charlotte so I tweaked Claire (who I also like and really secretly wanted to be) and here is the result.

BTW - I think she will turn out to be just as tough as Kate but waaaay nicer. She is going to be the key to not only understanding Mr Linus but also the key to the ultimate survival for all those left on the island. (I'm thinking big for my character.)

When you think about it she is brilliantly sharp, beautiful and adventerous! What is there not to love?

Thank you to all who voted. I really didn't want to be an old lady ;)

Oceanic Six Degrees of Separation

Quiz for Monday: how are these people connected to the Oceanic 6? First one to explain the links gets a free ice cream from Cafe320 (which may or may not ever be available this summer).

(Hint: IMDB is your friend)

Handy for In-Season Viewing

Do you have difficulty keeping track of simple things? If so, this site is for you!

IsLostARepeat.com

It just lets you know… yes or no.

LOST Character and Personality Quizzes

So this is my first post at the request of the hubby. Here are a few links I found to LOST personality quizzes. You can check to see how accurate we lawstsome followers are at choosing your character. Post your results in the comments. :)

This one may look cheesy but in my opinion the questions seem to be pretty reasonable.

This one is short and sweet, not as accurate in my opinion.

This last one seems to be most believable because it gives you your percentages, however I am Eko according to this quiz which is quite interesting...not so sure about the accuracy :)

Don't forget to post your results in the comments.

Dharma Ranch Strikes Again!

Where Crissy is REALLY Going…

Back the island of her birthplace. Yeah, we're onto you, you've been searching for the island since you were young, and now you found it and that's why you're leaving Harvest! Just make sure you stay on the bearing 325… we don't want you to have to contact your constant!

I hope you find the polar bear remains you've been searching for.

Other Disappearing Islands in History

Has anyone else ever thought that the island is Atlantis or Atlantis-like? I've been thinking about this for a while, and here's why:

1. The four-toed statue has that vibe, with the sandal and all

2. It's an island that's not easily found

3. The technology (if you want to call it that) is ahead of its time (teleporting, etc.)

4. It disappeared, like Atlantis

5. It can be moved, so it doesn't need to actually be in the Atlantic

6. Some say there is a connection between Atlantis and the north pole (the polar bears)

7. The frozen donkey wheel just seemed Atlantean

I figured I could not be the only one thinking this, so I googled it, and Lostpedia has and interesting article on the Atlantis theory AND this other mythical island I had never heard of, called Lemuria.  The most interesting part was that when you use the system font on a PC and type alt and 4 8 15 16 23 42 you get the symbol for Mu, which Lemuria is sometimes called (I tried it in parallels, it's true).  And we know from a previous post right here on lawstsome that the Others are PC users. Lemuria was also called Oz, and of course there are Oz references in Lost as well. I am starting to wonder if there is only one answer to what the island is, or if they are setting it up to kind of be the source of a variety of different myths.

http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Lemuria

Charlotte/Annie Revisited

To those of you who felt it necessary to get my "Charlotte is Annie" theory removed from lostpedia.com, who's laughing now? My theory is back and I felt the need to make a new post, referencing my original post from way back in February.

Here's some new evidence for my theory:


1. Sweet vindication. In There's No Place Like Home, part 3, Charlotte tells Faraday she's staying behind because the island is her birthplace. (Annie would have been born there.)

2. In the May 14 installment of The Official Lost Podcast, Rebecca Mader (actress who portrays Charlotte) spoke of her auditioning experience and the fact that Charlotte was originally an American (like Annie)! The Lost crew enjoyed her lovely accent so much so, that they deemed it alright to make Charlotte british.

3. Why doesn't Charlotte remember her life as Annie? Remember when Claire's memory was wiped after Ethan kidnapped her? She didn't remember anyone from 815. Charlie, who was initially taken along with Claire by Ethan (and hung) couldn't remember the events of the kidnapping. So whoever is in control of the Dharma Stations and equipment might have memory erasing capabilities. Therefore it's reasonable that Annie's parents might have wiped her memories of the island (or at least some facets of the Dharma initiative) to protect her and the island.

SMOKE JOnStER part deux!

She is back and photoworkshopped better than ever! So feast your eyes on a true monster. After many complaints on a previous ameature photoworkshop job. I give you the vague beast-freak of nature.

Side Note on Lapidigan

If you listen to the Lost podcasts, then you know that Eddie Kitsis, a writer for Lost, had been wanting to use the name "Lapidus" for a long time. You might think, why, who cares? That name isn't that great. Well, here was an interesting nugget of information from lostpedia.com, regarding the origins and possible inspiration for the name "Lapidus":

Laputa is a fictional flying island from the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, that can be maneuvered by its inhabitants in any direction using magnetic levitation.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Too perfect!

Fly the Chopper Frank!

Dirk sums their likenesses up in one word: hairy. I don't know what that's about. I suppose we should ask him to wear shirts with a higher neckline, that's a mighty tuft. It was quite a close race, but Lapidus won in the end.

Everyday is casual friday with Frank. He might be a little scatterbrained, but he gets the chopper where it's supposed to go… most of the time, occasionally someone has to jump out into the ocean, but it's all part of living the life of Frank Lapidus.

So, people, citizen's of mystery island, I present to you, Lapidigan!

LOST Characters… Who You Is?

If you have been one of the lucky ones to get a LOST poll recently then I encourage you to go to this website, find your character, download it, hang out and get to know it, and then make it your iChat or AIM icon. If you haven't gotten a LOST poll yet then you need to: a. tell us you visit LAWSTSOME, b. comment, c. request to make a post or d. make us CC cookies. And unfortunately not all the characters from LOST are on this site. Thanks to Jonna for sending me this link like 10 months ago.

http://monbeaumirroir.canalblog.com/albums/lost__/index.html

Original James Photo

For those of you who didn't believe that was James, here is the original.

I See Dead People… and Lots of Copy

Perhaps it's a the occasional smart-mouthed comment, the way that Locke is oft found feeding him grenades for breakfast, or the deep connection with the dead. In any case, you've voted Miles the medium as James counterpart. I think it's safe to say that Miles busts ghosts just like James busts mis-spelled words. Also, I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but I did see James offering Paul 3.2 million dollars for something, and I'm pretty sure it was a code of some sort that had to do with killing off the design department. I'm just sayin'. I give you Jiles… PS watch out for whoever gets voted as Kate!

The Mac Doctor

Anytime we have a problem, we call him and he's there in a jiff. Can't connect to the network? Photoshop acting up? Hurt your leg while crawling around an old plane? Can't retrieve your email? Going into labor in the middle of the jungle? Laptop freaking out? Tumor growing on your spine despite being on an island of healing? Fonts won't load? Bullet in the shoulder while trying to prevent a kidnapping on a raft in the middle of nowhere? Black screen of death? Black smoke of death?

It's hard to tell where Brendan ends and Jack begins. Our very own Mr. fix it. Jack fights the others and Brendan fights the PC supporters. Really, the list goes on. So I found this rockin' image from "White Rabbit" where Jack and Locke are climbing something and fall down and well, I give you Brenjack.

Remember Ethan?

Ohmigosh. That guy was the scariest bro-dude in the jungle. I think I have to refrain from even putting him on one of the polls because if someone was voted as him, I would be slightly terrified of them for the rest of my life.

I was just watching a couple of old season one Lost episodes and I forgot how scary he was. The writers brilliantly placed Hurley, discovering that he wasn't on the manifest, with him happening upon Claire and Charlie (who think he's just another 815 survivor, when really he's about to kidnap her and erase her memory) in the middle of Nowheresville at the very same time. Then in the next ep. he steps on Jack's chest and tells him that if he doesn't stop following him he'll kill one of them. Chills. I miss his scariness. He's seriously more scary than Jacob's cabin. In fact, I hope he shows up in there sometime soon.

Adam Savage's Thoughts about the Lost Finale

Adam Savage from Discovery Channel's Mythbusters shares his expert opinion about the bogus ship explosion, Jeremy Bentham, island movements, and more.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4266333.html?series=6

It's Jules…Foolz

The people voted and it’s with great pleasure I bring you, Julicia (aka Jules). While most people use to hate her, some now are starting to like her, even though Trever and I liked Juliet from the start. So when Julicia is not performing surgery, or making crazy Siamese cat stares you can find her trying to help and befriend the skeptical survivors of flight 815. While this might be an impossible task, it seems like she is making some progress in winning them over and showing that her true allegiance is not to “the Others”. Sorry Ben, but I think it’s pretty clear that she does NOT like you. So I invite you all to sit back, take in the sunset (minus the bottle of rum), as we have to wait 7 months to see what comes of that last shot of her on the beach with our beloved witty and jocular, Sawyer.

Oh and let her remove your appendix, shes good at it.

Do-Over

It was brought to our attention that all of James' options met a violent death. This was unintentional. So we've re-worked it a bit… Please vote again if you already did.

The Man with the Answers (We hope)

Yes! If you voted for something other than Christian Shepard, then I would find you to be unperceptive. Think about it please. The way they move and and talk. Same person much? Yeah, Ron is totally Christian Shepard. Let's not forget that they both LOVE Jack! Way to vote guys, way to vote. Don't get too many chills after you see this image and pass Ron "Dadalopes" Case in the halls.

Hugo Sighting!

My brother and his friends just saw Jorge Garcia at Disney's California Adventure! He had a Disney employee escort with him and a girl (girlfriend, I presume.) That is all.

First post

One of the great things about these polls is following their logical implications from the Lost island to Lawstsome reality.

Ponder if you will Danielle/Alena surviving in a harsh jungle with a big rifle... Penny/Holly on a computer in her stylish mansion video chatting with her sweetie... A-dre Lucia shooting down floosies like Shannon and questioning Sawyer's hetero-ality... Sun-nica becoming a financial powerhouse and still a sweet mother... Locke/Mark leading the way with elite survival skills and a large knife... Grandma Bundy kicking bootie and taking names as she protects her little crusaders from harm... Faraday/Keelin figuring out how to bend time and space to his will... Pastor Paul traveling around the globe to eliminate opposition to his master's plan... Dirley hanging out with Cheech Marin and driving his car through fruit stands. All these scenarios could happen!

So now, with the naming of Loren/Charlie and Jonna/Claire, we have our first interpersonal implications of the romantic kind, ripe for mockery and ridicule. Of course, we know where Jonna's heart truly lies (her Oceanic flight would have originated in Wellington), and that Loren came one vote from having to name his true love (his turquoise Fender) "Tom." But I propose that Meriadoc the Hobbit at least be required to take Jonna to the beach for a bonfire and some Dharma brand s'mores.

This is something to consider to when casting your votes for Jin, Jack/Kate/Sawyer, Sayid/Shannon/Boone, Nikki/Paulo, and Rose/Bernard in the future!

PS
I am completely ignoring the Danielle/Ben implications at the behest of HR, even if Ben actually stole Alex (that's what they said).

Who All Everybody?

Close call. I know Dirk is disappointed, he was hoping that Loren would be keeping Tom company, but one vote ruined it all. The people have spoken and Loren is all everybody… everybody's favorite dead, musically-inclined, castaway: Charlie! (Even though Tom's boyfriend was narrowly avoided, there is still plenty of humiliation to go around… Remember that episode where Drive Shaft needed cash and decided to be the spokesmodels for "Butties" brand diapers? Yeah, check it!)