Bump and grind

[ebonlock]

So it's Christmas in April as my friend J- sent me this year's gifts just a little late :) I now have a copy of the LOTR Trivial Pursuit game which I had to take out of the box and look at last night. You get little figures to play with as well as the usual accessories and two dvd's! Very cool, I can't wait to play it. Though I suspect Aelf will kick my ass.

I also now own an Ionic air purifier. As I told J- last night it seems to make a very soft hum sometimes and has a pretty purple light indicator, but I'm not entirely sure what it's doing besides that. We shall see I suppose.

I was again ridiculously productive at work, then went home and did all my chores and cleaning before sacking out on the couch to watch The Daily Show and work on my pearl bra. I should have the prototype ready for viewing on Saturday, which is my goal, so the troupe can decide if it's the kind of thing they want to do with the next costume. If not, well I'll just make myself a matching belt and voila, new costume.



Alas, poor Boone, I knew him well, Horatio. He was a boy of barely cocker spaniel-like intellect and rather limited jest. In fact, I'm not entirely sure he had the higher brain functions necessary to have a sense of humor. Still I felt bad that Locke picked such an unfortunate time to have a crisis of faith in the island gods. For me, it was crystal clear, they required a blood sacrifice in return for all the bounty they have bestowed upon the survivors. All hail the mighty island gods!

I did whimper a bit for Boone's predicament when his lung collapsed. Why? 'Cause I knew what was coming next, that's why. Sometimes being a medical show junkie can give you a little too much information. Though why, after ramming a piece of metal through the guy's chest, Jack would later be surprised to see Boone coughing up blood was a bit of a mystery to me.

And after the whole revelation about Dr. Hero Jack's little blonde wife (and the whole "He fixed me" speech at the rehearsal dinner was just creepy, I mean deeply creepy), did anyone else wonder if he'd feel obligated to then marry Boone if he survived? Well at least it would've freed Kate up to just go and have wild monkey sex with Sawyer at long fucking last.

I would also like to say that Sayid can take me on a tropical island date any time. Though I loved Shannon's beautiful skirting of the truth when she told him about her and her brother. Oh yeah, Boone's the screwed up one. Sayid's reaction of totally understated but very visible, "That is so not right" was a joy to watch. I also loved her "can we take this slow?" speech because my brain was filling in Sayid's thoughts, "Honey, where I come from you'd already be considered the town slut." Slow? Oh, right, Shannon probably couldn't locate Iraq on a map if her life depended on it.

Was anybody else screaming at the t.v. when Jack turned to Drunk Dad for advice on the eve of his wedding? Jesus god, if we've had one thing proven to us time and time again it's that you never go to Drunk Dad for advice. Ever.

The less said about the Claire birth scene the better, it was mostly goofy and inaccurate, and again medical shows have given me far too much information. Though I did like Charlie and Jin bonding in the "waiting room".

Lessee, Jack nearly bleeding himself dry to save Boone was perfect. Of course Boone spilled just enough of the beans to give Jack all kinds of crazy ideas about what's been going on out in the jungles with Locke. Oooh, and I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on what Boone was trying to tell Shannon at the end. My own theories:

1) "Tell Shannon...it was the best 10 minutes of my life."
2) "Tell Shannon...Dr. Phil says the incest thing doesn't necessarily mean we're freaks."
3) "Tell Shannon...when mom called her a 'filthy skank ho' she didn't really mean it, and neither did I. Much."

Also it bugged me profoundly that only 5 people on the entire island know their blood type so I'd like to take an informal poll. Do you know what your blood type is?

And we hates the people putting the teasers together, we hates them so much!

I'm going to class tonight, woo! And I posted my first ficlet to the lupin_snape community and it was very well received. Many thanks again to ravenmb for inspiring it in the first place and then asking me to share it!

Comments

[moonlightnrain.livejournal.com]

Yeah, um, *cough* I always have to call my mom to have her remind me what blood type I am. It's just one of those things where I hear a boodtype and think "that's my bloodtype" and then I hear another and say "wait, maybe that's my bloodtype...".

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Yeah, um, *cough* I always have to call my mom to have her remind me what blood type I am. It's just one of those things where I hear a boodtype and think "that's my bloodtype" and then I hear another and say "wait, maybe that's my bloodtype...".

Seriously? Dude you are going to be no help when we need to do an emergency transfusion while plane wrecked on a semi-deserted island...

[moonlightnrain.livejournal.com]

Seriously? Dude you are going to be no help when we need to do an emergency transfusion while plane wrecked on a semi-deserted island...

In that case, I'll get right on it.

[ophidiae.livejournal.com]

Also it bugged me profoundly that only 5 people on the entire island know their blood type so I'd like to take an informal poll. Do you know what your blood type is?

Yes. O positive. I learned it almost fifteen years ago when I was having some routine labs done by simply asking the nurse who was drawing my blood to have me typed. I was curious, and thought it would be useful information to have in the event of an emergency.

I was really amused by all the "everyone will be talking about tonight's episode of LOST" ads. I guess we were supposed to be shocked that someone who suffered massive chest trauma on an uninhabited island in the middle of nowhere died because of lack of proper medical treatment. Or, hey, maybe they meant we were supposed to be surprised that Claire went into labor at the same time the only doctor on the island was busy trying to save Boone's life! Or that Shanon would be conveniently away having a romantic rendezvous with Sayid and miss being there for her brother as he took his last breath, thus creating all kinds of future guilt for her!

Because, you know, that kind of thing never, ever happens during end-of-season sweeps.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I was really amused by all the "everyone will be talking about tonight's episode of LOST" ads. I guess we were supposed to be shocked that someone who suffered massive chest trauma on an uninhabited island in the middle of nowhere died because of lack of proper medical treatment. Or, hey, maybe they meant we were supposed to be surprised that Claire went into labor at the same time the only doctor on the island was busy trying to save Boone's life! Or that Shanon would be conveniently away having a romantic rendezvous with Sayid and miss being there for her brother as he took his last breath, thus creating all kinds of future guilt for her!

Because, you know, that kind of thing never, ever happens during end-of-season sweeps.

You know the show doesn't usually fall into such obvious and boneheaded cliches, so I kept expecting them to swerve us all somehow. Boone lives and Sayid steps on a poison octopus or something. Now that would've been fun, but no, they did precisely what we all expected them to do.

In their defense Boone was the obvious choice, the boy's been dead weight from the start. Pretty dead weight, to be sure, but he was utterly useless. If the island gods required a sacrifice he was the obvious one to go. Of course, on this island, he could also turn up again. Just so long as he doesn't come back as a boar...

[ophidiae.livejournal.com]

You know the show doesn't usually fall into such obvious and boneheaded cliches, so I kept expecting them to swerve us all somehow. Boone lives and Sayid steps on a poison octopus or something. Now that would've been fun, but no, they did precisely what we all expected them to do.

::nodding:: You know, I was half hoping that Locke would offer up his life to the Island Gods in exchange for Boone's out of guilt or something. But no. We got Plot Contrivance Playhouse Presents. ::rolls eyes::

When I told danielmedic about the transfusion via sea urchin spine and a coil of engine tubing, I swear, I could hear his "Gaaaaah!!!!" all the way here in Florida. Lucky I didn't mention the Rube Goldberg amputation contraption, it might have sent him into apoplexy. *g*

[aelfsciene.livejournal.com]

I'd kinda been expecting Locke to do something wacky, yeah, and somehow save Boone. Would have pissed me off a lot, though, whereas I can't really care much about Mr Thug Life. Weird to have a show built on twists and swerves to just go with the straightforward, definitely.

And I think it was oxygen-mask tubing--still not something I'd want blood flowing to me through, but better than from the engine. ^_^

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Thanks for cutting the "Lost" stuff since I haven't seen it yet (wistful sigh).

Is this a different LotR TP game than the one I think Mark got you for Xmas 2003?

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Is this a different LotR TP game than the one I think Mark got you for Xmas 2003?

Yup, or at least the packaging is entirely different :) I don't think the other one had the DVDs either as I recall.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I learned what my blood type was, in high school biology class. But I have no idea now what it is. It might be on a red cross card somewhere.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I learned what my blood type was, in high school biology class. But I have no idea now what it is. It might be on a red cross card somewhere.

That's where I learned mine too, and was fascinated to note that I shared my type with most Native Americans (A+).

[aelfsciene.livejournal.com]

B-. Which I learned when I started donating blood regularly. Well, platelets, since they don't usually need my type, but hey.

Was it wrong of me to think Bashir and say, "Now this is real frontier medicine" when Jack was poking Boone with knitting needles and sea urchin spines? ^_~

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Was it wrong of me to think Bashir and say, "Now this is real frontier medicine" when Jack was poking Boone with knitting needles and sea urchin spines? ^_~

No, that was in fact, very very right. What was wrong was me thinking Sayid should say, "Hey, this is great we don't have to worry about your bro-...honey?" on the beach.

[silkblade.livejournal.com]

I know mine!

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I know mine!

Well that's a relief, though, again, I'm stunned how many don't know. That's just..wow.

[shadowchaser44.livejournal.com]

I now know mine since I donated blood for the first time ever. Considering the needle phobia I have, I think I did quite well. They couldn't find a vein on the left arm and finally found a workable one on the other, though I was told it took about twice as long to drain as it should have. Anyway, B+ here. Hm, I wonder if my fraternal twin has the same type? I should ask him.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I now know mine since I donated blood for the first time ever. Considering the needle phobia I have, I think I did quite well. They couldn't find a vein on the left arm and finally found a workable one on the other, though I was told it took about twice as long to drain as it should have. Anyway, B+ here. Hm, I wonder if my fraternal twin has the same type? I should ask him.

Yay, another person who knows their bloodtype! And I know what you mean about veins, I have to use my right arm too, the veins in my left are crap. Although the guy who was handling my donation this last time commented that even my biggest arm veins were only slightly larger than the needle :)

[shadowchaser44.livejournal.com]

Whenever I need an IV or a blood test they have to use the back of the hand, but for this donation for some reason they were only allowed to use the inner elbow, or nothing at all. My veins also roll, which means the duck and dodge at the mere sight of a needle. Not fun for the person trying to get to my vein, or for me.