dance demo:

We went to the Dance Demo in San Jose this weekend with Chris. We got there during the salsa demo, which was a lot of fun.  We were mainly there to see a couple old friends and the funk styles featured group, the DS Players.  I haven't seen them in a while.  We were all hugging and squeeing, and I completely  neglected to get photos with them. Boo. I'm posting my partial vids of the opening exhibition battle and the DS Players' performance.

The kids had fun.

Naomi and Chris.

Sal has been performing since the early 80s.  I can't use age as an excuse, then.  :)

Videos:

Locking, during the exhibition battle:


Popping and boogaloo, during battle:


Locking to Thriller:

thoughts of heaven:

I deleted this post, and I apologize if it was insensitive to anyone.

lost part 2:

There's the Dharma logo on the shark, Cynthia!  You could probably search around for a clearer screencap.

Also, from some other fans:
-The hourglass ran out at 1:08 (1 minute, 8 seconds, and the sum of the "numbers").
-Supposedly the song played when the plane lands is the same song as the one when the Oceanic 6 landed, except it's backwards.
-"LA X" was the title of the episode.  Apparently, it is an allusion to something common to comic books--an alternate world called Earth X.
-As mentioned in the video above, the finale will be May 23, probably because of the number 23.

I do have a life outside 'Lost'!  It's the only non-children's TV show I watch, so I'm invested in it.  Actually, we have so much going on right now; I just can't write about it at the moment.  'Lost' is a nice diversion.  :)

lost post:

Alright, here we go.  Spoilers!  Don't read if you haven't watched it.  Here are some of the theories sprouting up, some of which Manny and I pondered while we were watching:

-Jack's confused looks on the plane and the wound on his neck.
Theory:  The "real" timeline is trying to either catch up or destroy the alternate one.
Theory #2:  Jack is in fact the only survivor and the only one with memories of the island in the alternate timeline.

-Sayid's resurrection.  The spring didn't heal the Japanese man's cut.  Jacob sent Ilana to get Sayid and he gave the guitar case (note) to Hurley.
Theory:  The note actually said to kill him cleanly so Jacob could take over his body.  Was this reminiscent of a baptism and resurrection?  (When the producers were asked about it on a talk show, they said something is in Sayid, but it might not be Jacob.)

-The note.  Then everyone said their names.
Theory:  Looked like the list of names from the other season.  (I thought this at first, too, but Jack wasn't on that first list?).

-The smoke monster/"Esau"/Fake Locke is the good guy and simply wants to go home.
Theory:  We are led to believe that Jacob is good, wearing white, the way he speaks, but will there be a twist?  Someone said it's too late to change the game in the last season like that.  We'll see.

-Richard was in chains once.
Theory:  He came on the slave ship.

-Juliet talks about getting coffee with Sawyer.
Theory:  She's going back and forth between the alternate reality and the current one, thus saying it worked when originally not believing it did.  (And what about how Charlotte went into the past as she was dying?  Is it possible Juliet did, too?)

-Desmond on the plane and then disappearing?
Theory:  The rules of time don't apply to him and he's traveling through time.
Theory #2:  Jack's imagining him.

-Hurley's red shirt.
Theory:  A red herring.  Or, in fact, he's going to die.

Other stuff: 
I had to look up why Sun was now Ms. Paik instead of Mrs. Kwon--apparently Jin wasn't wearing a wedding band either!

The book they found in the cave is Fear and Trembling (the French version--Crainte et tremblement) by Kierkegaard.  It would have to be in French because it belonged to the guy on Rousseau's team.  Title is from Philippians 2:12 "Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling." From a forum (not certain how true):
"Søren Kierkegaard, A Danish philosopher, theologian, and psychologist. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives, focusing on the priority of concrete human reality over abstract thinking and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment. His theological work focuses on Christian ethics and the institution of the Church. His psychological works explore the emotions and feelings of individuals when faced with life choices."  Two of his popular ideas are "subjectivity",and the notion popularly referred to as "leap of faith".(it's a leap of faith Jack)

The book Desmond was reading on the plane is Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie.
It includes the following:
- an ancient city so old that people forgot it existed
- a war between the rulers of that ancient city
- a main character who is represented by two sides of himself: an "anthropomorphic shadow" and a "diminished man"
 
Many differences from the original flight; can't get into all of them.  Significant was Rose calming Jack down and vice versa, losing John's knives and the coffin, and Desmond's appearance.  the producers said it's also significant that Shannon wasn't on the plane.  On the AR plane, we saw Boone, Arzt, Frogurt, Claire, and Charlie again, but not Walt, Michael, Shannon (they addressed that), or Vincent. And supposedly it was the same pilots voice that we heard.

The part where Fake Locke talks about how Locke was the only one that realized how miserable his life was or would be off the island was important--so now another question: Where is his "home" that he wants to return to?

Poor (real) Locke!  Juliet died again (well, she didn't die in the finale but it felt like it).  Not the best underwater CGI but, whoa, the island's down there!  We revisit Cindy and the kids.  Everyone seeing the flare means that everyone from Flight 316 is now in 2007 (or should be?).

Ok, out of time. 

photo time:

January photos (captions are back)

sunny weekend:

The rain let up this weekend.  Sunshine always comes, right?  :)  We had a nice time out at the Farmer's Market and Target on Saturday.  Manny then took Naomi out Sunday afternoon and surprised me with a new printer/scanner (maybe a birthday present?).  He also went to look at rings for our 10th anniversary, which is on February 19.  My birthday, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, our anniversary, and Presidents' Day are all within 10 days of each other this year. 

We had our friends B & O over Sunday evening for pizza (and then they took our family out for ice cream!).  It's been a while since we were all able to get together.  Actually we had cancelled on them due to the lack of sleep for all of us, but then we cancelled our cancellation just because we enjoy our fellowship so much.

My mother-in-law's birthday was Sunday as well.  I forgot to take a photo of the card, but Naomi wrote "Thank You, Love, Naomi" and drew a picture of Grandma, me, and her enjoying a lunch together inside a bubble with three thought bubbles next to it.  She said her was a dream of a girls' lunch.  We included it with the photo calendar I make for her each year (but I forgot to send the photos from Christmas, sorry!). 

At the Farmer's Market.

Lucas climbing into the driver's seat while we unload the car.

Lucas looooved Uncle Bryan and Auntie O.  He kept hugging O and eskimo-kissed B.  Wait...I spy a Manny photobomb.  lol

That's a better family photo than some of ours.  :)

cool (mean?) trick:

Yesterday I sang, "I just can't stop loving you" (a line from the MJ song) and Manny lip-sync'd it to Lucas. We did this several times. Lucas, not seeing me, was fascinated by it. He got really close to Manny's face to examine how he was able to sound like me. He smiled, laughed, wanted to hear it again. Then he saw me. I guess he figured it out, because he was not amused. He made this terrible frown and lowered his head. He didn't fall for it today at all. I felt kind of bad. Naomi was upset with us for tricking him, too.

a walk in the park:

When Naomi's in her gymnastics class, Lucas and I go to the park outside if weather permits.  He doesn't like to play on the swing, slide, rocking animals, or the sand, but he'll walk almost the entire hour, stopping to stare at cars or dogs.  This means I also walk around for that entire time, which is good exercise.  Just like with Naomi at 18 months, this marks the time when I run around so much that I'm back to my high-school weight.  After two kids, though, the skin around the waist is a little stretched out, so it's not exactly the same size.  :) 

Here's Lucas walking.  It's not that interesting, but just a day in the life.  I got him to stop for a second by saying "cheese," and then he went on his merry way.  I don't know how to move the video to the left.

bye bye goldie:

Naomi's goldfish died.  We gave it/her a funeral of sorts, and Naomi flushed her down.  Naomi blinked a lot and said she was sad, but she often fights back her tears.  In a month or two, I'll be getting one of those butterfly gardens for her.  That might be easier because she can release them when they're ready, hopefully on the day of her birthday party.

one more week:

lost.