Locke has always believed he was meant to be on the island, and has repeatedly sabotaged his chances to escape. It is pretty hard to blame the guy considering that, pre-crash, he was paralyzed and had mostly horrible life experiences. But, in this illuminating episode, we learn that Locke was chosen to be on the island and that many attempts were made to get him there. We still have to wait to find out why, but first let’s start with a little background.
I don’t particularly love Katherine Heigl (she never seems to totally disappear into a role) and I pretty much can’t stand James Marsden (something about him being so good all the time), but I love weddings, and I loved 27 Dresses. Heigl was actually believable as Jane, a wedding-obsessed perennial bridesmaid pining for her boss (Edward Burns). Marsden was a bit of a cad for once, cynical in his role as Kevin, the seemingly anti-romance wedding columnist. In stepping a few inches outside of their comfort zones, the duo brought a surprising freshness to rather stereotypical characters.
As much as I love the wireless controllers that come with the next-gen consoles (Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3), there are some inherent drawbacks. It seems that, whenever I’m at a critical point in a game, my controller will invariably stop working. It will either lose connectivity with the console, the batteries will run out, or the boss I’m trying to beat will cast a voodoo spell to save his own skin—and I have to resist the urge have a Wii-mote accident. Well, problems like these might be a thing of the past. The ZCam, a new 3D camera, translates body movements into commands, effectively turning you into a living control pad.
It turns out that all the gossip about Mariah Carey getting married was true! The singer, who is thirty-eight, married twenty-seven-year-old actor Nick Cannon (Drumline) in the Bahamas. Their engagement lasted five days and came about after six weeks of dating. Their April 30 nuptials featured both of them in brilliant white, and, in addition to rings, each has gotten a tattoo to represent their devotion. Mariah’s reads “Mrs. Cannon” while Mr. Cannon has “Mariah” across his back. Let’s hope their relationship doesn’t go the same way Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder’s did. Depp changed his “Winona Forever” tattoo into “Wino Forever.”
If you’re looking for a good book to read while sprawled out on the grass this summer, perhaps a book with a bit more gravitas than the usual summer fare, pick up The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig. The almost haunting cover image of a one-room schoolhouse is what drew me to it, and while the saying goes “You can’t judge a book by its cover,” it turns out that this story is centered around that schoolhouse, and the people whose lives revolve around it.
The basic plot involves the Milliron boys: Paul, the wise beyond his years narrator; Damon, the rebellious middle child; and Toby, the young boy who wants to explore everything around him. They have recently suffered a terrible loss in the death of their mother, and still suffer daily as they eat what their struggling-yet-determined father calls “cooking.”
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