Just another Monday

Today was a "Monday" - in every sense of the word.

And yes, I realize that me "having a Monday" on a Monday is not all that strange.

My new motto is "just keep swimming."
Just like Dory in Finding Nemo.
I am going to just keep swimming.

Today was yet another totally strange day at The Job.

I was thinking of going for some sort of record today at the office. I was going to see how long I could go without talking to anyone.

Now this 'quest for silence' wasn't because I was being rude.
Nope, it's just that people at my office seem to exist in their own little 'bubbles' and it's rare when there is more than that compulsory 'good morning' going on.

My 'day of silence' was going swimmingly until someone called me at 3 p.m. to ask me if I knew where something was located on the hard drive. (Because you know, after six weeks on the job I should know where a file I've never used/heard of would be located, right? Yeah. Right.)

I e-mailed Kevin today to "complain" about The Job and his response was "Well, you're not going to be there forever and at least now you know how the LOST people felt on the island."

That made me laugh.

But I suppose I am lost on a not-so-deserted-but-very-quiet island in the middle of nowhere, trying to find my way 'home'. Thankfully there are no rogue polar bears or cranky Smoke Monsters roaming the halls. Yet.

And I often feel like Desmond, trapped in the hatch - but instead of spending my days typing in not-so-random numbers, I am typing in not-so-meaningful words that other people are rewriting without my input. But I digress.

In my 'flash sideways' scenes I am working at job that I love and doing something that makes me happy and I am no longer dreading the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. three days a week.

I am hoping that my 'flash sideways' soon becomes the reality.

Until then...I will just keep swimming.

I have to admit ... I'm still a bit LOST

Seriously, if you haven't watched last night's series FINALE of LOST you should stop reading right now because I am going to spoil the end. Sorry, but it's my blog and I can do that. You have been warned .. so don't go reading this and then leave a comment that says "OMG you totally ruined it for me!"


Six years ago I started watching LOST.

For the first two seasons I was totally, absolutely hooked on this show.
Nothing could pull me away from the television.

Then it all started going crazy ... more and more people were added to the island, and the flashbacks got stranger and then the whole time travel thing started and well...I gave up on LOST.

This season, I decided to go back to the island and see if I could fall in love all over again.
And, I did.
Yes, the show was still crazy...but this season really seemed to focus on the 'core' group of people who pulled me in six years ago.

Once again, I cared about these people.
I wanted them to be rescued.
I wanted Jack and Kate to be together and for Sun and Jin to live happily ever after.

Little did I know that THEY WERE ALL FREAKIN' DEAD (or would at least end up DEAD by the end of the show...all of them...D.E.A.D).

OK....I admit. I kind of knew that they WERE dead. I suspected all along that they were dead and this whole 'island' thing was like a purgatory (What? you know you thought that too! That was only my THEORY - clearly it was wrong).

But I was NOT prepared for THE END last night. (Damn that dog Vincent....when he was laying next to the dying Jack that was IT for me. I was sobbing like a mad woman).

Last night's episode was brilliant and funny in places ("I believe in Duct tape") and so incredibly sad that I'm still hoping today they'll say "Wait! We have an alternate ending and they ALL LIVE!!!!"

I am a sucker for happy endings and that, my friends, was not a happy ending for me. A room full of dead people ready to 'move on' does not equal happy. That's just my take.

And today, I am still left scratching my head in total confusion ... about many, many things. (For the record, I did Tivo the finale and will be watching it again. And again. Looking for more answers.)

How about you?
Did you watch?
What is still confusing you?
Did you think this was how it would end?
Let's chat.

I'm giving you ONE. LAST. CHANCE.

LOST used to be my absolute-must-see-TV-favorite-show.

And then something happened. I stopped watching it. I didn't care if I missed an episode or two or well, an entire season. I wanted to be entertained - and quite frankly the last two seasons were not entertaining to me. I don't want to think THAT MUCH while watching television.

[Yes, all you LOST fans out there - go ahead and start commenting now. You know you want to.]

In my opinion, the first season of LOST is something that will never be duplicated on television. It was awesome. Amazing. Mind blowing.

And the last 4 seasons?
Not so much.
It was just too many plot points, diversions, and people that I didn't really care about.

But tonight, I'm giving my former favorite show one last chance at redemption.

We'll see how it goes.

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11:05 p.m. - I just spent 3 hours watching (first) the recap and (second) the season premiere. And I have this to say: I am intrigued. And am willing to add LOST to my Tivo once again. For now. Admittedly, I am totally confused, bewildered and uh, lost....but in a good way. Right now I really WANT to know what is going to happen next.