Hi, everyone!

Hope you’ve made the transition over here ok. There may have been a couple of posts and comments lost in the shuffle–sorry!

What do you think about the new Advertiser site? Don’t forget to visit the new myAdvertiser under the ‘Neighborhoods’ link–it’s what I do when I’m NOT trying to figure out who’s in that coffin…

I realize that there isn’t much to talk about now that Lost is on hiatus for the next month, but I’m always looking for filming tips/actor sightings/photos that you would like to share. A couple of not-so-important tidbits:

Final votes are in: Desmond cleaned house with 62.4% of the championship vote to clinch the title ‘Best Lost Character Ever’ in the Washington Post’s ‘Lost Madness‘ bracket competition.

And if you’re a fanatical Lostie, DocArzt’s blog offers some distractions this month with his Hiatus Survival Kit. The entry reasons with us to “think of this as a relationship break. Imagine Lost said to you “We need to take a break and see other people,” and we, the fine folks of DocArzt.com, have put together a list of prospective dates that share the same qualities that drew you into Lost’s seductive charm in the first place. They will be thrown into categories, then reviewed, and if that wasn’t cruel enough, we will proceed to rate them on a scale of 1 to 6 Dharma Bunnies.”

Happy withdrawals!

Don’t read on if you haven’t yet watched last night’s episode. There. You’ve been warned!!

It was another night of fabulousness during this week’s episode. I thought it very interesting that the entire episode took place on the island–there were flashbacks, but they all took place within the past 3 years. Does this mean that the island vs. rest of the world time discrepancy is shrinking? There were a few moments of ridiculousness, such as when a downpour (and nightfall) conveniently converged as soon as the search party set out, or when Kate recovered completely from being knocked out with a possible concussion in about 30 seconds (the island’s healing properties at work again?).

Did anyone else notice that Juliet started straightening her hair once Goodwin was sent away? I think that we really see a more vulnerable side to Juliet this week, and it explains a lot of her hard-to-trust behavior. What I don’t understand is why she feels the need to harbor so many secrets. It seems a little excessive, even when her motive to do so is to protect Jack. All in all, I have to say that she’s growing on me, and I may yet end up liking her by the time the series is over…haha.

‘Whoa’ moments:

-Ben lied to Juliet about how long she’d be on the island from the get-go

-THE VOICES ARE BACK! It would seem that Harper is the latest manifestation of the smoke monster…but Jack saw her, too!
-Harper was married to Goodwin!
-Of all people, Kate finds the runaways
-Goodwin stops by to see Juliet, but Ben is there: AWKWARD!
-Locke just loves chopping bloody meat
-Juliet left Jack and Kate in the jungle…THIS is why I can’t trust her
-Penny’s father is Ben’s nemesis–and the owner of the boat
-Ben and Juliet have a two person party: seeing Ben excited and
-Ben sent Goodwin to be killed out of jealousy: “YOU’RE MINE, Juliet!”

-JACK KISSES JULIET! Awwww

Quotables:

Juliet: “It’s very stressful being an Other, Jack.”
Ben to Locke, re: RED SOX video: “I taped over the game.”

Lost in Hawaii locations:

-Locke’s camp: YMCA Camp Erdman, Mokule’ia

-Beach Camp: Papa’iloa Beach, North Shore
-Juliet and Goodwin have a secret picnic: Kawela Bay, North Shore
-The Tempest Station: the old army bunker at Kualoa Ranch
-Goodwin’s final resting place: Kualoa

Also, EW’s Doc Jensen talks about the loves of Juliet.

Any Lost star sightings recently? Keep your eyes peeled–production starts up again Monday, so most of them should be arriving this week. We’ve seen Henry Ian Cusick already, and apparently Yunjin Kim (Sun) appeared for an impromptu photo shoot on a random boat this weekend in Hawai’i Kai.

The front section prop of the plane is back in He’eia Kea. It was missing during the filming for first half of this season, so I’m thinking we’re going to get yet another version of the initial crash to introduce a new character (think Nikki and Paolo from last season).

And speaking of the plane, I came across this game someone invented–the object is to keep the Oceanic Flight 815 plane from crashing. I admit, I’m pretty horrible at it, but it was strangely addicting…

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Also, as chawan_cut reminds us, don’t forget to check out the new Lost video game (for PS3, XBox 360, and PC)!