Thursday, May 20, 2010
The LOST Letters
I know. I can't believe it either.
That's a lot of wordiness, yo.
Anyway, to commemorate this very awesome and surprising accomplishment, I am pleased to announce my Super Exciting Giveaway. I've got a few pretty cool prizes lined up, donated from some of my awesome friends. We're talking handmade jewelry from Jennee and Gen, a DVD or two, a Scentsy candle warmer from Roberta, a super cute Picnic tote, and something else I haven't confirmed yet so I can't quite talk about it.
(I'm going to post a more detailed list tomorrow.)
It's gonna be F-U-N.
To enter, all you have to do is comment on this post. That's it.
But, you can get an extra entry. And it doesn't require following me (although that's always nice), and you don't have to tweet or facebook or blog about this giveaway. Nope. You don't have to do any of that. See, I'm trying to put together a list of my best posts. My Greatest Hits, if you will. And I certainly have my favorites. But I want to know which posts YOU like best. So, for an extra entry, all you have to do is tell me which of my 500 posts is YOUR favorite.
That's it. Simple. And we're going to run this giveaway through Sunday, May 30. Midnight is always a good cutoff time, I think. Pacific Time. And I'll announce the winners by Tuesday, June 1st. I'm going to try to come up with a creative way to choose the winners. Something a little more fun than random.org. We'll see how it goes.
And now, onto today's LOST post.
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Dear Desmond,I don't know what you're up to but I trust you. I think. I mean, I want to. And you've never let me down yet. So, yeah. I trust you. Probably. Just don't make me regret it.
Love,
Someone who would be your Constant ANYTIME
PS: Tell Penny I said hi!
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Dear Claire,
I know you're all crazy and everything from hanging out in the jungle with no one but a Smoke Monster for company. I can't blame you for that, even if you have always been about as much fun as a mosquito bite on my bra line. But, enclosed, please find a small gift. I saw it and immediately thought of you.
Use it well!
All the best,
A girl whose hair hasn't been much better lately.
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Dear Hurley,
Thanks for always being awesome, dude. You made me laugh and you made me cry. Sometimes you made me laugh while I was crying. Now go win Libby's heart and make her not crazy.
From,
Someone else who says "dude" way too much
PS: Remember that time when you won the lottery and stuff? Um...can I have a loan?
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Dear Jin,
So, I used to think you were kind of a jerk. And then I thought you were cool. And then you died and orphaned your daughter that you had never seen, just because you didn't want to leave Sun behind. That was kind of selfish and I think I might not like you anymore. Heartbreaking and a little bit sad, sure. But really uncool.
Sincerely,
사람은 절망적인 낭만적인 보통 미워하지만 아이들을 고통
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Dear Sawyer,
You were never my favorite. I'm not generally a violent person, but that time Sayid was torturing you because you wouldn't just come out and say that you didn't have Shannon's inhaler? Yeah, I was kind of cheering him on.
But then. THEN, you went and turned out to be a cop in the sideways world. And I love cops. At least, good ones that are sorta
Well played, James. Well played.
With
The girl in the 97 Avalon who would totally be willing to get a ticket if your sideways cop self ever needs to boost your quota.
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Dear Kate,
Pick Jack. He's cuter, nicer, and hello! He's a freakin' DOCTOR. Plus, it's totally obvious that you love him way more than Sawyer.
Living vicariously through you,
Me
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Dear Locke,
It's gonna be you. Let Jack do the surgery already, get your legs back and go save that island!
Wishing you health and prosperity,
The girl who always thought you were actually kind of attractive with your mad hunting skills and your historical knowledge and your...bald head. Whatever. Just go fulfill your destiny already.
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Benjamin Linus,
I'm really mad at you. REALLY, REALLY mad at you. Ever since you lied and said your name was Henry Gale way back when, but then insisted that you were one of the good guys, I've always believed you. Even when there was no reason to believe you and everyone said I was crazy, I stood up for you. I just KNEW you would prove me right one day. And, for awhile, it looked like you had. You were all contrite and stuff after everything that happened with Alex and Jacob and I thought, "Ha! Now people know that he really IS a good guy!"
But then you had to go and throw it all away. Wanting Charles Widmore dead, yeah. I get that. But agreeing to help kill everyone else, without even any coercing? I'm pretty mad at you, Benjamin. Like, so mad that if I knew your middle name I would totally use it right now. You betrayed me, Benjamin. And I have a very long memory.
I like you in the sideways world, which means there is some good in you. You have a very small window of opportunity to do the right thing. I suggest you take it.
Feeling NO love for you right now,
Someone who would have TOTALLY kicked you out of the book club.
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Dear Man-in-Black-Who-Doesn't-Have-a-Name-but-Who-I-Like-to-Call-Esau,
Look. It sucks that your fake mom murdered your real mom and all, but that's no reason to take it out on everyone else. Just say you're sorry and go away and we can just forget about this whole crazy business. Okay?
(Yes, I know that's very Stephenie Meyer-ish of me to say, but I'm giving you a chance here, all right?)
Sincerely,
A writer who hates Stephenie Meyer's book, but loves second chances and happy endings.
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Dearest, darlingest Jack Shephard,
I've loved you almost from the moment I saw the very first extreme closeup of your eyeball when you were in the middle of that bamboo forest. You are a hero, Jack. Wounded and broken, yes, but a hero, nonetheless. You didn't always do the right thing, but you always did your best. And now you've gone and done what no one else was willing to do. What needed to be done. And I'm really worried. Because I think you're going to die. And that makes me seriously sad.
If I'm right about this, though--
(Okay, fine. If Shawna's right about this...)
--you will live on in your sideways life and continue to be an awesome dad to that child prodigy of yours. And you and Kate will still find each other and be together, because you're supposed to and cuz she's hot and you're hot and you'll go on to have beautiful babies together.
But I'm still gonna cry when you die. Like, a LOT. Because I love you, and that's just what I do.
Thanks for being
Love always (unless you let that light go out and cause the end of the world as we know it),
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Karen, congratulations on 500 wonderful posts!!! I'm so happy that I found your blog. Here's to 500 more great posts.
ReplyDeleteand yay for something other than random.org! ;-)
If Ben is not fake "helping" Esau, I will tear the screen to shreds with my teeth.
ReplyDeleteI cannot abide by all this making us like him and then having him just be another schmo. Stupid plot devices.
He'd better be conning Esau or so help me...
Kind of irrelevant to the topic at hand, but what is the difference between blogs you "follow" versus ones you "stalk?" Just curious...
ReplyDelete500? Wow! I'm impressed. =)
ReplyDeleteFantastic. Can I say that this is one of my favorite posts? Not to worry, I'll find another one. But seriously, I love this post.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I've never been a Ben Linus supporter. He's a true bad guy, and now he's really showing his true colors. I don't trust him. I also am trying to continue to trust Desmond, but I'm worried. We'll have to see how things go. And Kate should totally pick Jack.
Congrats on 500! And as to my favorite post? Well it simply HAS to be:
ReplyDeleteWednesday, November 11, 2009
Confession Wednesday: Hotel Room Confessions
I don't know if it's my favorite because it was exciting and an adventure...or simply because my son LIVED through the experience!
Happy 500th!!!
ReplyDeleteI have only been reading for a little while, but I'll pick my favorites out of those and let you know :)
Happy 500! Woo hoo!
ReplyDeleteDear Jack,
Don't pick Kate, pick me.
The girl that doesn't watch the show but find you so HOT,
Jennee
Seriously, how can I pick a favorite blog? The one about almost dying for going to see Melissa Ethridge (is that right?) stands out. It makes me laugh.
I did a little skimming through your archives, and I love your "Wild Child" post you wrote back in February.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'd have to say I loved your "Relationship Status: Happy" post or your post about that date you did NOT go on. That one was hilarious.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on 500 posts! I don't know if I can choose one favorite. Can I say it was when you chose me as Blog of the Week? I was truly very honored! Nobody had ever linked to me before that. You were my first "bloggy friend" and I'm so glad we found each other!
ReplyDeleteThere has to be more of a plan behind Ben's actions. I just don't want to believe he's a bad guy. I just can't. Like I said in my post the other day, even when all the evidence is pointing to him being a bad guy, I still make excuses. I want to believe in him so badly.
ReplyDeleteYour loyalty to Jack and Kate is amazing. I...really can't stand either one of them.
Incidentally, my favorite post of yours was the spooky story about footprints in the snow from when you were on your mission. It's always stood out to me. I love a good spooky story.
ReplyDeletethis is definitely my fav made me laugh a lot well done on the 500 hopes for many more.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Karen...ps----I'm glad you lived through the drug dealing, threatening phone calls, murder threat, too!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 500 posts! Wow!
ReplyDeletecongrats lady :)
ReplyDeleteWow, 500! Congratulations! I'll have to take some time to figure out my favorite post.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Count me in!
ReplyDeleteI am not a "lost" girl so I am clueless on the rest of the post lol
Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI love that you wrote letters to all our peeps. And it's OK that you love Jack and I love Sawyer. Now we don't have to share.
Congratulations on your 500th post! Thats a lot of posting girl! It will take me a little more time to come up with my favorite, so I'll be back! :)
ReplyDeleteDesmond is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Libby and things that are bugging me about Lost ...
ReplyDeleteThere was a flashback that showed Libby basically giving Desmond his sailboat that landed him on the island. That was NEVER explained!!! Gah!
Anyway, I think Jack's son's mom in the flash-sideways is Juliet, mostly because they had that little almost-thing on the island and she hasn't shown up in the flash-sideways yet.
Speaking of Libby and things that are bugging me about Lost ...
ReplyDeleteThere was a flashback that showed Libby basically giving Desmond his sailboat that landed him on the island. That was NEVER explained!!! Gah!
Anyway, I think Jack's son's mom in the flash-sideways is Juliet, mostly because they had that little almost-thing on the island and she hasn't shown up in the flash-sideways yet.
Hey, Karen. Congratulations! Since I haven't known you very long, it should be fairly easy for me to choose my favorite post, huh? I'll have to go back and look at them again!! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting... the 500th post and a giveaway! And I love your ideas for doing it differently. (so here's my initial comment for entry 1)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you asked me what my favorite post is out of your 500. (Which, by the way, a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!!! to you my dear. That is a wonderful accomplishment!) I must say that I loved your rant about "The News" and being sick of the Tiger Woods b.s. I am soooo with you on that. News really isn't news anymore. It's mostly just gossip. I wish it would all be revamped, but until then I'll continue listening to "news" just for the weather reports, and pick a podcast that I subscribe to for information. (that was entry 2, I hope)
Count me in on the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteAnd while part of me wants to say that the post about your nephew being an Obama fan was my favorite since it was written with me in mind, this one right here might win out. Know why? Because it proves that I kinda do get Lost. And I have always thought that I had absolutely no clue what on earth was happening on the show. Not in the way that no one gets it, but like I was waiting for Ashton Kutcher to pop out and tell me I was getting Punk'd because this show was a big joke on me.
ReplyDelete500 - holy cow!
ReplyDeleteI liked the one about you and your friend thinking someone was going to murder you in a skanky hotel room.
That just goes to show the type of thing I enjoy reading!
Congrats on 500! impressive.
ReplyDeleteand off the top of my head, I like your post about your travels coming up this summer, the post about being the bestest auntie, and the post about The Garden (book- think that was the title).
happy friday!
What a beautiful post Karen ~ I swear, we must be some mysterious Lostie twins seperated at birth :) I couldn't have said it all better myself... (and I am digging this giveaway too!)
ReplyDeleteI would have to say that THIS is my FAVORITE post! Ya - I have only been reading you for a couple of weeks & have a lot to catch up on, but wow - you have really summed up a great ending for our beloved LOST :) (BTW - gave you a wee little mention on yesterday's blog) ~ Rene W.
ReplyDeleteOh, and PS - that hairbrush comment was HIlarious!!! Congrats on your 500 posts!
ReplyDeleteYay, 500 posts! Congrats.
ReplyDeleteOne of these days, I'll Netflix LOST and see if I can get into it. ;)
Congrats on 500 posts! That is amazing.
ReplyDeleteLove these letters. Especially since they help me remember the details of this oh-so-confusing show. I just finished watching Tuesday's episode and I must admit that I've always had a soft spot for Desmond. Him and Jack. Gotta love them.
Love your blog! 500 posts is pretty impressive! I would have to say my favorite post or at least the one freshest in my mind, is your post about your date with Bill. It was hilarious cuz I know who he is....and Chad seriously shouldn't have pushed that on you!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, congrats again!
FIVE HUNDRED! Did you say 500 Posts! That's amazing. Congratulations and high five all around!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
jj
I'm so sorry that you're going through Lost mourning!
ReplyDeleteHey, I hit my 500, too!
Congrats on your 500th!
ReplyDeleteThis was a really great post. It's always interesting to get someone else's take on these characters. I'm so bummed its over. Great idea writing letters to these characters you made laugh
I'm a little late to this post, but I still had to comment.
ReplyDeleteSawyer & Miles were my favorite Starsky & Hutch impersonators. Totally loved the whole cop storyline.
Jack & Kate? I kind of love Jack to much to have him end up with Kate. But whatever. I know how it ended, and it was nice to see Jack happy. I still hate Kate though. She almost ruined freckles for me.
Hurley. I wish I could have a big hug from Hurley. He's like a giant, hairy pillow. But in a good way.
Hi! I want to enter the give away:-)
ReplyDeleteComing up with something more creative than random.org to choose a winner? Well, I'll take a chance and enter. Congratulations on achieving 500 posts. That's quite a feat.
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Congrats on your 500th post!
ReplyDeleteI love freebies! Congrats on your 500th post! I am halfway there!
ReplyDeleteI hope I'm not too late. Congrats on 500 posts. that's amazing.
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