What I can't figure out, Barry, is how come after over two years of eating berries, the big guy on Lost still weighs like 400 pounds. Tom Hanks lost about 60 pounds for his role in Cast Away. --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This post is for those warped few among you who, > like me, have been following the ABC television > series called "Lost" since the beginning. Those > who have missed it may safely hit 'Next' or 'Delete' > > at this point, secure in the knowledge that you will > > miss nothing further. > > Ok...so "Lost," Season 3 has pretty much sucked up > to now. It's been all about That Other Island, and > the soap-opera like plots involving Kate And Sawyer > And Jack And Who Gets To Sleep With Whom. And then > came episode 8, "Flashes Before Your Eyes," where > we got to see more of Des' story, and our Hope was > renewed. > > Then, toying with us, episode 9 took us back to The > Boring Island, and back to the story of Jack And His > > Self-Important Samskaras. Hope was dashed upon the > reef. > > But FINALLY, with episode 10, "Tricia Tanaka Is > Dead," > the writers involve us again with the *other* inter- > esting character on the Non-Boring Island, Hurley, > and Hope is renewed. > > That's because this episode is all *about* Hope, and > its importance in life, and in the human condition. > > Hugo (Hurley) is one of the great characters of > spirit- > ual cinema, easily 'way up there in its pantheon > alongside > Philbert in "Powwow Highway." And in this episode > Hurley > gets to go on a Castanedan "dance to death" and risk > > everything in the pursuit of Hope. > > Hope isn't about belief in what you've been told, or > > about dogma, or about what makes sense. Often it's > the > very opposite, about what makes NO sense at all. But > sometimes those dances with irrationality WORK OUT, > dude, and when they do...well, what happens is > MAGIC. > > So here's a toast to irrationality, and to > occasionally > doing stuff that makes no sense at all, and that > makes > everyone around you assume that you're crazy and > back > off from you the way they do with other crazies. And > > here's a similar toast to those times when the seem- > ingly irrational acts WORK OUT, and when it becomes > obvious even to the scoffers and back off-ers that > it > really *has* WORKED OUT, and they gather around the > person who only moments before they were scoffing at > > and backing off from and slap him on the back and > give > him high fives. > > Those are the moments in life that make it worth > living. > And those are the moments on television that make it > worth watching. They are rare in both life and on > TV, > so treasure them when you find them. > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email > design. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/hOt0.A/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news
