LOST+recap

L O S T -- Despite its many flaws, it brought me several years of awesome memories. In (mostly) chronological order, they are...

1. Trying to keep my ears shut @ the WCS Faculty Table in 2005-06, seeing as I was already addicted to "24" and didn't want more than 1 show addiction at a time. (I successfully held out through 2 years.)

2. Watching my first L O S T episode @ Sam/Julie Ruiz's apt in Houston (it was a Mr. Echo epiosde)

2. Getting hooked to the show in Costa Rica while roommates Miguel and Jeremias watched it 2 nights in a row while I was eating dinner. I was upset/excited about catching up to them and their DVDs in the middle of season 1.

3. The weekly L O S T viewing parties in CR and ROK (Republic of Korea) @ Dave/Robin's crib and @ my apt. Of special significance were the theme parties at Dave/Robin's (dessert y mas!) and dinners @ Il Sapore in Korea.

4. CR/NOLA couple Jay and Jodi. Jay looked (amazingly) like Locke but played the Jack role in real life with his skepticism of the show's plotlines. Jodi's optimism was the perfect balance as she loved everything about the show & always found the positive in it. I kept thinking throughout the finale that I wish Jay/Jodi were here watching it with me.

5. The CR L O S T crew quoting Jack saying "we gotta go back" before we all left the Rica.

6. Jess B's amazing L O S T knowledge. She's the Charlie Babbit of L O S T.

7. Eating at the "Honest Kitchen" restaurant in Korea before the 6th season premiere and finale. The anticipation for both were fantastic and good peeps were there.

8. Hurley & Sawyer's one-liners, the hatch, Benjamin Linus, the end of season 3 (one of my favorite all time TV moments), the Oceanic Six, Pierre Chang, Miles (later on, not early on), learning the identity of Jeremy Bentham, the Constant episode, Locke's character, Jin and Sun's storyline, season 5 (my favorite...barely ahead of season 1), and of course, Bernard and Rose.