Getting in Late

So I am starting my own LOST blog.  This is going to be a place for my own thoughts about the popular sci-fi drama from ABC.  I welcome comments and discussion.  I have been a fan of the show since midway through season 2.  I had always been intrigued by LOST before that, but my schedule didn't allow me to watch the show when it aired.  Thank goodness for the advent of TV shows being released on DVD!  I want to give a shout out to my friend Ben and then-co-worker Lonnie for letting me borrow their bootleg copies of LOST seasons 1 & 2.  (Not that they even know that I've started this blog!)  Since then I have made legitimate purchases of those first two seasons on DVD, and the third, most of the fourth, and the beginning of the current fifth seasons on iTunes.

It has only been recently that I have joined the fan community of LOST.  I generally have a hard time with fan communities; while there is this great group support element to fan communities, there is also this exclusionary element to them as well.  If you haven't been a part of the group for some time then you are seen as a newb (or n00b) and are not worth being taken seriously by the group at large.  And just like getting into any group, you have to show a great enough devotion to the cause before the newb label is dropped.  I don't particularly care to go to great lengths to be accepted by any group, since I have many interests and no one thing is so important to devote my entire life to it.  (And that is usually what it takes to be a card carrying member of a fan community.)

But this new season of LOST has got me fairly enthralled, so I broke down and joined the forums at LOSTpedia.  I had been a longtime peruser of the site, and wanted to throw my two cents into the ring.  But I don't have the time to read through an entire thread of fan speculations, arguments, and ill-conceived theories, etc.  One thread went on for more than 70 pages.  And a good portion of that was spent on points that had already been brought up in the thread, and then responses telling people to read the thread before posting so they didn't waste people's time.  (Which itself wastes people's time!)  So I'll be an sometimes poster there, but a frequent poster here.  This way I can get my two cents out into cyberspace, without having to slog through everyone else's first.  This may mean that my posts may look similar to other speculation you have found elsewhere.  If I do take my thoughts from elsewhere on the web, I'll be doing my best to give a link to my inspiration.  Otherwise it is purely coincidental that my thoughts mirror someone else's on the interweb.

My blog takes it's name from my LOSTpedia handle, which I hope makes sense to LOST fans. If any real Kenny Rogers fans stumble upon this bog, they should check out the season 4 finale of LOST to get the reference.  Let the speculation begin!