The Day Television Changed

Happy birthday, Lost! September 22, 2004 was the day the show premiered. It was a day a plane crashed onto a magical healing island as it was split apart by a magnetic anomaly. Thus began the greatest show to ever grace the history of television. Fast forward five years later and all of us fans are eagerly awaiting the beginning of the end, and the questions that have plagued us for the past five seasons. The mystery of Adam and Eve will be revealed, and the islanders’ destinies will be found.

My mission has not gained as much momentum as it had a few weeks ago, but I have the letters to Michael Emerson and Sam Anderson in the works as I write this blog. I plan to send the two letters out by the end of this week. As far as the poster is concerned, I think I should have it out by the end of the month… hopefully. Definitely before my birthday on the eighteenth.

I suppose lady luck was smiling on the mission as I now have a chance to congratulate the talented Michael Emerson on his Emmy win. I’m sure I won’t be the first fan to do so, but he deserves all the accolades coming his way. And of course, there’s Sam Anderson who was the closest I have ever come to a cast member. I grew up watching him in reruns of WKRP, Perfect Strangers, X-Files, and even Forrest Gump. Not to mention that outside of Cindy Chandler, Zack and Emma, Bernard was the only tail-survivor to make it to the last season.

Well, that’s my update for now. Hopefully, something more eventful happens by my next post. Since I haven’t been posting stories on here recently, I may just post the fan fiction I did during the first long hiatus between seasons 3 and 4.

Going All In

I think it’s safe to say that Jorge Garcia won’t be reading this blog again anytime soon. And, let me be the first to say, that I wouldn’t blame him. I screwed up the first time around and it bummed me out to the point that I considered scrapping the entire mission altogether. But, I assure you, that is not the case. I set out to do something that I thought was an impossible task to accomplish, and I intend to see it through.

Things are in the air right now as far getting anyone to sign the poster after that little snafu that I caused a while back. Essentially, I’m back to square one. I’m familiar with square one. If, by some off chance, Jorge does read this, I hope he knows that I wasn’t trying to put anyone in hot water. I misread his note and took it a step too far. I still think he’s the nicest guy to answer back, but I wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t respond back to my apology.

With the encouragement of family, friends, and a bunch of fellow Lost bloggers, I’ve decided to push forward and send out the poster to Hawaii anyway. My sister asked me what were to happen if I didn’t get any signatures on the poster. And that’s when I realized that I would probably just let it collect dust in my closet. I wouldn’t hang it up on the wall unless it’s got at least one cast member on it.

So what’s the worst that could happen? I may never see the poster again. But since I’m in a situation where I have no idea whether or not I will get anybody to sign, I’ve really got nothing left to lose. And I’ve got to confess that I’m a sucker for the good side of people. I still have some faith that someone out there will help me out with this mission. Maybe it’ll be Jorge (that’s a BIG ‘maybe’), maybe it’ll be an intern who needed something to do, but I will get someone to sign that poster.

Once I figure out the postage, I’ll send the poster over to Grass Skirt Productions and play the waiting game. I’ll post up more stories on here so this blog doesn’t collect too much dust. My next update for the Lost Mission will be on September 22, 2009. And any Lost fan can tell you why I chose that date.