"When I chirp shawty chirp back/... What you know about that"

An itsy bitsy brush with fame. Well fame in my book anyway:

Even though LOST is almost over this is one of my favorite blogs to read for answers. e knows her stuff and it explains it so well. I stumbled across it towards the middle of season five and have eagerly awaited her recaps after every episode ever since. You should also read her story about meeting Terry O'Quinn. Lucky! So e is awesome because she has met the cast, has a huge following on her blog (and other websites she contributes to) and she is writing a book that is going to be published later this year. An all around winner in my book.

Anyway, one question that e has always fixated on is who is was shooting at Sawyer, Juliet & Co when they were in the outrigger in season 5 and traveling through time. I found an interview after the episode "Across the Sea" where Darlton address this very question. I sent the interview along to e in the event that she is the type to read podcasts, interviews, and whatnot. I didn't expect a reply because like I said, her deadline is looming and she is focused on other things that spelling out everything for us fellow obsessed Losties.

Well she wrote back! She thanked me but said she does avoid that kind of stuff because of possible spoilers but she'll read it after the finale (even though she will know the answer by then). I know she's only a celebrity in my world but hey, I'll take what I can get!

Oh and right as I finished this post the "Life and Death" song came on my iTunes which is set on shuffle. Exciting! Michael Giacchino is a genius!

"She's so lucky/ She's a star"

I was editing the other day at Starbucks (I know. I finally found the strength to read through it again. And holy crap, there are SO many mistakes I missed. This is why you don't try to condense editing into two days people!) and a lady bug landed right on top of the pile of papers I was marking to within an inch of its life with a yellow highlighter. I think this is going to mean good things: 1) Ladybugs are lucky. 2) They are red and black. The setting is UGA!!! 3) The ladybug really refused to leave the pages as I tried to brush it away after my initial fascination. Maybe this means I will be scrappy when trying to get this thing published. Let's hope so!

"I want to thank you/ Thank you for being a friend"

I had a conversation earlier today with my friend TW. He works for a marketing company in Atlanta. We were talking about LOST and then he asked about the book (he is actually the 2nd or 3rd person I told about it in a moment of weakness when he berated me as to what I had planned for my life). Here is a snippet from the tail end of the conversation:

Me: So what's gonna be the cool new thing everyone has to have since you're ahead of the curve?

TW: Annie's book. Or so the data says...

Me: hahahaha. You just earned a million cool points for saying that. And that's why you got a big story line in the book. :)

See people? Big things can happen when you show some support. Well granted he had already shown support and got a big story line and now he is just adding to his awesomeness. Yay for TW!

"And it's taken me this long/ But baby I've figured you out"

We are hurdling towards the SERIES finale of LOST. Ahhhh... what will I do with myself when it ends? How will I waste hours sifting through message boards and comments for one theory that has a glimmer of being right (only to be dashed an episode or two later)? What will I talk about with my friends for hours on end? I don't even want to think about it.

But what I am thinking about is how is it going to end. Just so in the event that my far fetched guess is right, I am writing it here so I can accept all the glory. This is my non-definite ending theory. (Meaning if it isn't going to end with one side ultimately winning-- if good doesn't prevail):

Let's recall the conversation between Jacob and the MIB (are we ever going to learn his name!?!) during season 5 where Jacob says "It only ends once, everything else is just progress". I think that Jack is going to become the new Jacob and it is going to end after X number of years with Jack bringing a new batch of people to the island... perhaps by plane crash or a wayward boat, whatever. But maybe it will end with a new person opening their eye a la Jack in the pilot and it's going to start all over. And everything that we have seen, these past six seasons, has been progress. I'm not saying I like my theory, I just had the inspiration after last week's episode.

So that will mean Jack is the new Jacob and FLocke will remain as the MIB. I threw out this theory to my fellow LOST-obsessed friend TW and he said he thought maybe Sawyer would be the new MIB. I think this can also be a solid theory because Sawyer has always been the one so desperate to get home and he and Jack have always been against each other. Admit it, it makes a little bit of sense.

So that's what I think. Anyone else care to share their theories? Only 3.5 hours left. All I know is I'm not emotionally prepared for this.

"The dog days are done/ Can't you hear the horses/ Cause here they come"

How about a Square One update (or rather a short one since there isn't a whole lot to talk about)? Sister AE finished it! I think she actually finished the same day I complained on here about her taking a long time. And the verdict is, well read the following conversation:

AE: I really liked it.

Me: Yay! * tiny pause * But LA said she loved it.

AE: Same thing.

Me: Oh so when you talk to our nieces you tell them you "really like" them?

AE: Annie....

Me: Okay, okay.

So yay! The toughest sister down. AE reads A LOT. So I knew she'd been the hardest/most critical in terms of knowing what was going to happen since I dropped hints along the way towards the big reveal(s). Some of them she picked up on but I chalk that up to her reading a lot and knowing me pretty well. But luckily the biggest end-surprise she totally didn't see coming!!!! VICTORY!

But that might be short-lived because now it's been handed off to my mom. Every time I think the anxiety can't get any worse, it does. But after my mom reads it, I think that will be the end of my worries. Well until the first friend (TBD) reads it, then my worries will be over.

I have been taking a little break from SO. One friend is very encouraging and always asks for updates. When he asked the other day, I realized Crap, I haven't done anything in a good while since I've been waiting on LA and then AE to read it. So I opened it up to do a little editing and read three sentences and had to stop. I'm still rather sick of myself. But I think I am going to try to do each chapter backwards to catch the grammatical errors so that I am actually reading it instead of anticipating what is coming next.

Next step after editing it will be writing a query in hopes of getting an agent to pimp out my book to editors. I'm pretty nervous about writing the query. It's the blurb, the summary, the elevator pitch that explains your novel and you as an author. Yeah, no pressure. And we all know how much I hate giving away key plot points so this is going to be a toughy. Maybe I'll make sure do a solid round of editing first. And carefully read every single word. Twice, maybe even three times.