The Others Strike Back

It was a Star Wars moment last night during the finale of Lost, when Kate(Leia) and Jack(Han) exchange looks just before black hoods are lowered over their gagged faces.

I immediately saw a nod to the classic Star Wars cliffhanger at the end of Empire when Lando sells his soul to Vader and hands his friends into to certain death. Michael obviously fills Lando's role as the turncoat who takes his friends to the Others' trap, then regains his son and races toward freedom.

Meanwhile, the Other that was captured in the hatch has turned out to be a leader. Almost like Emporer Palpatine. He even says, "We're the good guys.", playing up his double agent role.

Sawyer(Luke) looks at Kate and Jack with disdain and uncertainty because he sees their loving looks and has his own feelings toward Kate. Hurley(Chewbacca) is set free to warn the survivors not to retaliate.

The hatch(Death Star) was "destroyed" as Desmond(Obi-Wan) turned the key and a brilliant light overcame the island with a deafening sound. Desmond was the hermit living in the hatch. Locke has seen plans and /or a schematic for other hatches just like the Death Star plans in Episode II.

I think when the new season begins, we'll see Michael return to save Doc, Kate, and Sawyer to redeem himself in a true Lando gets choked by Chewie(Hurley) moment.

Although, I don't think all of the main characters have an alter ego in the Star Wars universe, I do believe the writers are fans and have made their best effort to give props to one of the most influential movies of our time. What do you think?

King's Island

I was asked to chaperone a middle school choir competition and trip to King's Island this past Saturday for my niece. The competition was boring and long, but our choir did pretty good. I also saw people from my old church that I haven't talked to in a long time.

We arrived at King's Island around 2:00PM. I had to buy my ticket and noticed a sign with prices. At first my eyes almost jumped out of my head. The ticket price was $50.00. Yep, you read that right. I asked the cashier if I could have a discount and she said, "I'll give you a discount." I, stupidly asked her what the discount was for and she said it was spring season, so the prices were cut in half. My ticket was $25.00. Much better than anticipated. We entered and ate lunch because we were starving. What a rip off!!!! $8 bucks for chicken tenders and fries and $3.50 for a water. Needless to say we ate only once.

I haven't been to an amusement park in about four years, so this was pretty fun. We went to Flight of Fear and had a blast. That was an unexpected thrill as the whole coaster is inside. I was upset though because my other niece was asked to step off the ride. She is over weight and they didn't even give her another chance to get back on by herself. She was very hurt, but handled it very well.

We then moved on to Vortex which is one of my all time favorites. This coaster only took 20 minutes to wait and was a fast ride. The girls rode it twice.

Then the girls wanted to get wet, so we went to White Water Canyon. My brother and I walked up to a lookout to watch everyone get soaked. Pretty funny, but too cold this day to have jeans stick to my legs. Yuck!

We moved on to the newer rides like Delirium and Drop Zone. I chickened out. I don't like the fact that only electro-magnets keep you from plumetting to your death. Delirium was just super insano and I totally wimped out. I played the watching game and laughed as my family screamed their heads off. We went to the Top Gun coaster because the girls wanted to ride Drop Zone again. We got inside the ride and found nobody there waiting to ride. We sat in the front seat and it was a fun, fast, and smooth ride. I loved it!! I guess I'm a coaster geek. The new thrill rides just aren't my bag. We asked to ride twice and they told us as long as no one was waiting for our seat. We had to move back one car, but immediately went again on the same coaster. The park closed and we left to eat some cheaper food around 8:00PM.

I must say, I love Cedar Point much better than King's Island. Largely due to the fact that they have more, better coasters. We still had a lot of fun. The rides are pretty good, but they had a lot of technical problems and Son of Beast was down.

And Cedar Point is closer to Michigan......

Please Pray for Me

I have been feeling angry and hurt today and I need prayer.

Spiritually, I have been second guessing and I'm not sure if I am really experiencing God or if I am just moving in the flesh. I need reassurance!

I know I have been taking new ground and now is when I will be come against. Self-doubt and fear of not hearing God's voice weighs heavily on me.

Please pray!