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May 24, 2010:

QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED, MYSTERIES WILL BE SOLVED

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Well, dear readers, I stuck it out to the bitter end, Lost-wise. As most of you know, I never quite made it to the last episode of Alias because that show was so annoying and such a slap in the face to viewers. All season long, viewers have been told in that deep obnoxious announcer voice, “Questions will be answered, secrets will be revealed.” Well, not quite, but that was probably ABC being stupid with the hype, as if this show needed it. And so it was with the finale, which ended in a very, well, somewhat predictable way. I think it made some of the loyal fans happy and I think it annoyed some of them. It got a little gooey for me and they simply avoided answering way too many questions, including ones raised in the finale. On various Lost boards, fans are chiming in with their interpretation – and that’s what the writers knew going into the finale – that no matter what they did, the fans would read into it what they chose and therefore it would be discussed and debated, which I believe is what they wanted. They could have ended it any number of other ways with the exact same result. As to the episode itself, I liked it okay – the cast is very good, the music is very good, and I feel the way I always feel about Jack Bender’s direction – not much. Of course, leading up to the airing I had as much drama as the show did. I turned on the TV to the two-hour Lost special. I didn’t care for the style of it so I left the room. When I returned, the picture was frozen (sound was fine). I tried other channels – same thing. Unbelieveable. I called DirecTV and they had me reset. When it stayed on step one of the reset process for twelve minutes, they had me pull the power cord and plug back in, at which point the person helping me dropped the call, probably by accident. I called back. By that point, the step one screen had been on for about twelve minutes. This person had me unplug the two cable lines and switch their inputs. I did that – nothing changed, so she made an appointment for tech people to come on Wednesday. So, I just let it sit on the step one screen, and put in a Blu and Ray, resigned that I would miss the season finale. As I was starting to watch Walkabout, I noticed that the blue light on the DVR had stopped spinning and was solid. I went back to see what was happening and it was on step two, which was the gathering of the satellite information. It did that in about two minutes, and then I had a picture again. It was herky-jerky and a little unstable, but it was there. There were times I thought that the signal would be Lost, but it held through to the end of the show. So, hopefully the tech people will figure out what’s wrong – it’s either something with the dish on the roof or the cables or the DVR, but whatever it is I want it fixed.

Prior to that, I’d had a great night’s sleep, done a little work on the computer, and then joined Mr. Barry Pearl and his ever-lovin’ Cindy to see Nightmare Alley at the Geffen Playhouse. The first thing I’ll say is that it’s always a pleasure to see our very own Miss Alet Taylor in anything. And she was, as always, excellent with absolutely nothing to do. As to the show, well, it’s no Side Show, and I thought Side Show wasn’t too hot. In fact, almost nothing about this musical works in terms of its book, music, and lyrics, which were all written by the same person. The director has no real sense of how musicals should move, and the sound was so loud it was like someone was hitting me in the head with a mallet for two hours. Enough with that kind of sound already. And then there’s the Geffen, an effete-looking theater that caters to very wealthy people and, if this audience was anything to go by, people with a median age of about eighty. There were some walkouts, and then, of course, there were a few people who couldn’t wait to give the show a standing ovation (about six people, if I counted correctly). I guess all that loudness got them on their feet. After the show, Alet joined us for some dinner at Jerry’s Deli. Seated near us was the show’s leading man, James Barbour, his wife, and little daughter. And at another table was the cast of the show in the smaller Geffen space – and that group included Carol Kane and Rita Wilson, the latter in the now-trendy and very expensive jeans that had more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese and that looked like they were about forty years old.

Before heading home, we all stopped at Stan’s Donuts and got a few goodies to take home. I personally got a chocolate donut with peanut butter filling, and an apple fritter, both of which I ate whilst watching Lost.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because unlike Lost, our questions will be answered and our mysteries will be solved.

Today, helper is arriving at ten and we’ll address all the boxes I have (about a third of what we have to do) and get postage on them. I have more boxes arriving on Tuesday, so we’ll get together on Thursday to finish, because CDs will probably be here on Friday. I’m sure we’ll grab a bite to eat at some point, and then I have some errands and whatnot to attend to and then a one or two hour work session with David Wechter via iChat. The evening, I’m happy to say, is mine all mine.

Tomorrow I have a lunch meeting and another work session with David. The rest of the week is comprised of meetings and work sessions, split between David and the long musical. So, a busy week.

Let’s all put on our pointy party hats and our colored tights and pantaloons, let’s all break out the cheese slices and the ham chunks, let’s all dance the Hora or the Electric Boogaloo because today is the birthday of our very own dear reader Jeanne. So, let’s give a big haineshisway.com birthday cheer to our very own dear reader Jeanne. On the count of three: One, two, three – A BIG HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY CHEER TO OUR VERY OWN DEAR READER JEANNE!!!

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, address packages, eat, have a work session, and watch a motion picture on Blu and Ray. Today’s topic of discussion: What is your all-time favorite final episode of a TV series? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, and remember, questions will be answered, mysteries will be solved.

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