LOST last night!!! What else???

Okay. There IS one other thing...

I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB! I GOT THE JOB!

I had it as of Tuesday, but it wouldn't let me post yesterday.

HappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappyHappy

Anyways...

I have a cold. You wanna know the ironic part? I'm, like, 99.9999999999% sure I caught Tim's cold. How romantic. Story of my life. I like a guy and all he'll give me is a cold. Eish.

I'm trying to figure out how to go on the net and send a ringtone to my phone--FREE, preferably, but if they're cheap (say, less than $2 apiece), that works too. Any suggestions?

Okay, LOST!--Mmm. A bit more about Sawyer. He's not entirely heartless, apparently, because he seemed genuinely sorry and disappointed in himself when he killed the wrong guy. But STILL! Gah! (Wouldn't it torture the guy more to LIVE with that letter?)

Nowhere near resolving the Jack/Kate/Sawyer love triangle, though. That's annoying, because THAT is what was played up in the trailer. Messing with our heads AGAIN...

On the cuteness/sexiness factor, though, this was a great episode. *mmm...shirtless...* And the whole boar thing was funny. (Was it just me or was the baby boar kinda cute? I wouldn't wanna pick it up, but it was cute.)

I wanna play "I Never!" ...only not with alcohol, lol. (I've played drinking games with soda before. Teehee.)

CHARLIE AND CLAIRE WERE SO CUTE TOGETHER! When they took off on their walk at the end of the ep, I was SO sure that they were gonna start holding hands...gah. WHY will they not just admit that they're in love???

THE TRAILER (and other spoilers following): Jin fell injured into the sand! Sun was crying! Something's up with that. (The flashbacks are Jin's this time, too...) Locke was creepy again, but not enough to scare me off trusting him again. Besides, as they proved THIS week, the trailer means little or nothing when trying to deduce what will actually HAPPEN in the ep, lol...

OOH! Shelly spilled me some spoilers about who's gonna DIE:
   -It WILL be a male character.
   -It WILL be a major character, not Scott or Steve or anyone like that.
   -It WILL be a well-loved character. (Well, that puts Sawyer out of the running!)
   -It WILL NOT, just like I always said, be Charlie.

So that leaves--Jack, Locke, Boone, Michael, Walt, Jin, Hurley, Sayid, and Sawyer (despite my little comment, lol.)

MY REASONING: I have a feeling that the guy who dies will be a character who has a lot of skills that are useful to the survivors. I'm ruling out Sawyer and Jin on the basis of "well-loved"--they have their fans, but they're not widely loved. Individual thoughts below...
Sawyer--Nope, I don't think it'll be him. I'm not that lucky. And they want to delay Kate and Jack as long as possible, I'm sure...
Jin--I don't think it's him, but if it is, then I hope Sun gets together with Michael. And I hope she tells everyone she can speak English, regardless!
Locke--I'm tempted to rule him out on the same basis, but I think he would be a logical one to die because of the skills thing. And he does have this thing about putting himself in danger. However, he also has a thing about coming away from danger scot-free...
Jack--Again with the skills, they NEED him, so he's MORE likely to die. I really hope he doesn't, partly for Kate's sake, but mostly because he saved Charlie and is therefore now the golden child in my eyes.
Michael--He's building a raft, and there is something that DOESN'T want them to get off the island. (Perhaps it'll be as soon as the next episode if it's him!) However, the well-loved thing makes me think it's not him. I know nobody hates him, but he doesn't have a widespread fan following that I'm aware of...
Walt--I'm almost certain it won't be Walt. The psychic thing adds too much drama to the plot.
Hurley--NO! I refuse to even entertain this possibility, he's too cool! He's my favorite character besides Charlie! Well, favorite MALE character besides Charlie, anyway. And going back to the skills thing, he really doesn't have that many crucial skills, unless you count his astonishing abilities as a shrink. The golf course, for pity's sake! No one else would have realized how much that would help everyone!
Boone--Haven't put too much thought into that, yet, I was too busy hoping it would be his sister. Hmm...that would be ironic, since he saw her die in his vision quest. Wonder how Shannon would react? It would be a big step towards her and Sayid getting together...yep. Definitely DON'T want it to be Boone, but he seems as likely as anyone else.
Sayid--Hmmm. I hope not, I fancy him just slightly, and I find his character fascinating. But why not him? Again with the skills, it would make sense for him to die. But I hope not.

Okay, I went over to lost-media.com and I'm looking at the "episode summaries" for the next two eps. (Yes, that means spoilers...)
Ep 17, "...In Translation" (Jin)
When the raft the survivors have been building mysteriously burns down, Michael is convinced that Jin is responsible for the sabotage, which only further escalates their rivalry. Meanwhile, Sun stuns her fellow survivors with a surprising revelation, and Boone gives Sayid a warning about Shannon.
I think the "..." in the ep name is supposed to imply the phrase "lost in translation." Mmm, well, forget the raft, then, I doubt Michael will try it again even if he DOES have enough material, which is also doubtful. Geez, do you think MAYBE Sun is going to announce that she speaks English??? That's a tad unexciting... Hmm. Boone's going to warn Sayid off again. What is WITH him? She already basically told him that she had no interest, he may as well let go of it all. If they WERE going to carry on a relationship, they should have done it from the beginning and not told anyone they were siblings. Morons.
Ep 18, "Numbers" (Hurley)
When Hurley becomes obsessed with the French woman and heads into the jungle to find her, Jack, Sayid and Charlie have no choice but to follow. Meanwhile, Locke asks Claire to help build a mysterious item.
Yay! Charlie! Not much to comment on there, but SOMEWHERE I read something that gave me the impression that Hurley had won the lottery or done something else and recently gotten rich quick. I wonder if Micheal gives up on HIS raft but then Locke tries to finish it...huh.
Ep 19 is more Sayid, I think, and it's called "Deus Ex Machina." Now, to apply something picked up in World Lit II: A deus ex machina refers to when a playwright would get his plot all tangled up, and the only solution was to bring in a god to settle everything. The phrase is Greek for "god out of the machine" and it comes from the elaborate setup needed to make it look like the god came down from out of the sky. (Read Moliere's "Tartuffe" for a good example, the King coming in at the end is a deus ex machina.) So that's really intriguing--MAYBE we'll FINALLY get some answers!!!

Hehehe... I'm not the only one! Though I should probably point out that it was on a Lost site run by a Charlie fan.

Okay, I've prattled long enough...I have no acting class today, though, so don't be surprised if I come back later with a quiz spam...OH! WAIT! I have a quizilla I want to make, so maybe not, lol. Whatever. I'm done now.

REALLY LONG QUIZ

I got this from Kat, but it wouldn't paste in here all nice an HTML'ld. Let's try this...

What is your name? Sarah
Are you named after anyone? Just the Bible character...
What's your screename? RenaissanceGrrl most places, though if it's taken I'll use a variant on it.
Would you name a child of yours after you? No, because my brotehr is named after my dad and it gets too confusing.
If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name be? Mom said she loved the name Micah. (Not a bad middle name for myself!)
If you could switch names with a friend who would it be? Mmm...probably Shelly.
Are there any mispronounciations/typos that ppl do w/ your name constantly? They say my last name "strah-bell" and I get the H dropped off the end of my first name a lot.
Would you drop your last name if you became famous? And just be Sarah? No thanks, it's not one of those funky names where you can get away with that. (It's not like Cher or Madonna, you know?)

Basics
Your gender: female
Straight/Gay/Bi: Straight as an arrow. (Ha! Made Shelly think of Legolas!)
Single? And looking!!!
If not, do you want to be? NO!
Birthdate: 3/14/86
Your age: 19 next month!!
Age you act: 22-25 most of the time. (People never believe me when I tell them how young I am.) Sometimes, in fangirl mode, I act more like...six, lol...
Age you wish you were: 25
Your height: 5'9'' as of the last time I actually checked...I think I'm taller now...
Eye color: Aquamarine, like my birthstone
Happy with it? Meh...it's okay. I WOULD wear colored contacts if I could afford them, but I don't HATE my eye color.
Hair color: Reddish, some would say strawberry blond, but it's darker than that.
Happy with it? HECK no, I wish it was really dark red like my sister, Alicia's. And I would like to put purple streaks in it once just to see how it'd look...
Lefty/righty/ambidextrous: Righty, but I DRIVE left-handed so my right hand is free to hold my CD player/cellphone/drink/food/whatever
Your living arrangement: At home, with parents. Somebody shoot me now...
Your family: My parents, four older siblings, a sister-in-law, four nieces, twin nephews, four grandparents, too many aunts/uncles/cousins to list...
Have any pets? Not currently...we're getting FISHIES! FISHY FISHY FISHY FISHY FISHY!
Whats your job? Taco Bell...I start Monday...
Piercings? One in each ear, probably to be two in each ear in the not-too-distant future. If I had known how CHEAP it was I probably already would've done it!
Tattoos? Won't ever have a permanent one. I like temporaries/hennas, though.
Obsessions? LOTR! LOST! THE GUYS ON BOTH!
Addictions? See above! And TIMMY'S!
Do you speak another language? None fluently.
Have a favorite quote? When a voice inside you says, "You are not a painter," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. --Vincent Van Gogh
Do you have a webpage? http://p219.ezboard.com/bdmewsabb

Deep Thoughts About Life and You in it
Do you live in the moment? I try
Do you consider yourself tolerant of others? More or less, so long as they're not picking on me I don't care
Do you have any secrets? A few.
Do you hate yourself? Not most days. Once in a while I have a bad fit.
Do you like your handwriting? Yeah, I do. Though I wish I could make capital A's the way Alicia does. (I can actually make &'s, though!)
Do you have any bad habits? I bite my nails.
What is the compliment you get from most people? That I have great taste in earrings. That and that I have pretty hair.
If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called? Hehe, this is what I wanna title my autobiography if I ever write it--"I Am Not Buckwheat." Don't ask.
What's your biggest fear? Catching my hair on fire.
Can you sing? Somewhat. Depends mostly on the song and whether I've recently had anything to drink.
Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool? No, that's for losers.
Are you a loner? Somewhat...getting over that, though, kind of...I have some school friends.
What are your #1 priorities in life? Surviving. Hehe. I want to be married to someone who's hopelessly in love with me and vice versa. I want to have a decent career (ie, be more affluent than I was growing up).
If you were another person, would you be friends with you? Um...clearly I like who I am, so I would like me if I could see me from outside...so, yes.
Are you a daredevil? Not really, at least not in the sense that I jump off cliffs.
Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself? Some days I'm not too thrilled with the way I look, but I try not to think about it too much, when I do it makes me feel petty.
Are you passive or agressive? Passive, unless you attack those I hold dear.
Do you have a journal? If you're seeing this survey you know the answer to that, moron...
What is your greatest strength and weakness? Strength: Written communication skills. Weakness: Procrastination.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Gah...much as I hate to own up to this, my weight.
Do you think you are emotionally strong? Yeah.
Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life? I regret telling Kyle that I liked him, but I'm past that now. Not doing? Not really...
Do you think life has been good so far? Meh. 14 sucked. Other than that, it's been okay. Good? Not quite. But okay.
What is the most important lesson you've learned from life? Hmm...Go with your gut when it comes to people, it's usually right.
What do you like the most about your body? I have nice lips. Unfortunately nobody's wanted to put them to good use.
And least? ...weight... *grumbles about having to admit to this*
Do you think you are good looking? Not at all, though I do what I can to at least NOT be all-out ugly, lol...
Are you confident? In most things.
What is the fictional character you are most like? Samantha Madison from Meg Cabot's "All-American Girl," I think. Secondly, Éowyn from LotR.
Are you perceived wrongly? "I don't want to be perceived the way I am, I just want to be perceived the way I am." --Relient K Yes, but sometimes that can be a good thing.

Do You...
Smoke? NO! That's icky.
Do drugs? No.
Read the newspaper? I skim it, read the headlines that catch my eye. Mostly I read the entertainment section, lol.
Pray? Yes.
Go to church? Yes, but only on Sunday morning.
Talk to strangers who IM you? I would if I had IM.
Sleep with stuffed animals? There are stuffed animals that "live" on my bed, but do I have to have them in my arms to sleep? No.
Take walks in the rain? I did until I straightened my hair, lol, it gets curly when wet. But if I'm going to wash it anyway, I might. I would if I was in the right company, too.
Talk to people even though you hate them? I have to.
Drive? Yes.
Like to drive fast? I've gottan a speeding ticket...

Would or Have You Ever?
Liked your voice? Yeah, I like the way it sounds in my head. I heard my recorded voice the other day (I was setting up my voicemail) and I thought I sounded mechanical, though...
Hurt yourself? Not intentionally. But yes, it's happened many times, lol. I'm a klutz.
Been out of the country? Niagara Falls when I was too little to remember, Mexico, on a missions trip when I was seven, and Canada last summer--best two weeks of my life.
Eaten something that made other people sick? Things that other people don't like? Yes. Made them sick? No.
Been in love? Unrequited love, yes.
Done drugs? Didn't we already ask this? No.
Gone skinny dipping? Only in my bathtub.
Had a medical emergency? Not in my memory, though I did need stitches once when I was WAY little. Have the scar and no memory of getting it, lol.
Had surgery? Nope.
Ran away from home? Came close three times. Never carried through with it.
Played strip poker? No.
Gotten beaten up? No.
Beaten someone up? No.
Been picked on? As in teased? Yes.
Been on stage? A few times, actually. Nothing big.
Slept outdoors? Once or twice. Once I stayed awake literally all night, outside. Watched the sunrise, went inside, slept two hours, and then was awake all the next day.
Thought about suicide? In the sense of killing myself, no. In the sense of how it's a problem in our nation, how some of my friends have grappled with it, that kind of thing, yes.
Pulled an all nighter? Skip up two. And there have been a few others.
If yes, what is your record? I can go 24 hours without sleep.
Gone one day without food? No, but I can go several hours.
Talked on the phone all night? No. I would, though, with certain people.
Slept together with the opposite sex w/o actually having sex? No, but I would with my special someone, if I had one. (Would NOT ever have sex without being married, though!)
Slept all day? No, but one time I did sleep until, like, 4 pm. I think I was sick, though...
Killed someone? Nope.
Made out with a stranger? Made out with ANYONE? Nope. Wouldn't do it with a stranger, only with that special someone...
Had sex with a stranger? NO!
Thought you're going crazy? Yes, but then I reasoned to myself: If I am sane enough to QUESTION my sanity, then I must be sane.
Kissed the same sex? On the cheek, yes, like THAT, no.
Done anything sexual with the same sex? Nope, nor the opposite sex.
Been betrayed? Yes.
Had a dream that came true? More than I'd care to think about--nothing serious, though.
Broken the law? Speeding ticket...
Met a famous person? Steve Green and Lauren Talley.
Have you ever killed an animal by accident? I've run over a squirrel and a turtle. And I think I left soap in a fishtank once and killed three fish.
On purpose? NO!
Told a secret you swore you wouldn't tell? No.
Stolen anything? No.
Been on radio/tv? Yes! The Lions Club Radio auction was on TV this year, and you could see the operators (aka ME) in the background. ^_^
Been in a mosh-pit? No, but I would if I went to a concert that had one.
Had a nervous breakdown? No.
Bungee jumped? No, but I would.
Had a dream that kept coming back? No. I wish that one Elijah Wood dream would come back so I could FINISH it!

Beliefs
Belive in life on other planets? It's a distinct POSSIBILITY, but we haven't discovered any. (The Mars rock and all that.) Roswell I'm still debating on. Al Gore was born 9 months after that incident, BTW...
Miracles? Yes.
Astrology? I believe that there's something to it, but I don't think there's enough to live my life by it.
Magic? Yes, but probably not in the way you think.
God? Of course.
Satan? Ditto.
Santa? No, but I don't discourage little kids from it just because I was never allowed it.
Ghosts? Yes.
Luck? Yes.
Love at first sight? Mmm...in very rare cases.
Yin and yang (that good cant exist w/o bad)? Yeah.
Witches? I know one or two.
Easter bunny? No, that's silly.
Believe its possible to remain faithful forever? Yes.
Believe theres a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow? Not literally.
Do you wish on stars? Yes.

Deep Theological Questions
Do you believe in the traditional view of Heaven and Hell? Yes, as far as who goes where and how it's described in the Bible. I'd like to think there's more to Heaven that couldn't be described, and it's like "What Dreams May Come."
Do you think God has a gender? Male.
Do you believe in organized religion? Not really, I think it causes more problems than it solves.
Where do you think we go when we die? Depends on how you've behaved.

Friends
Do you have any gay/lesbian friends? Not that I know of, unless you count a friend of a friend that I talked to once or twice.
Who is your best friend? Kat.
Who's the one person that knows most about you? Kat.
What's the best advice that anyone has ever given to you? Make life as easy on yourself as possible. (It was implied that "obviously no one else will!")
Your favourite inside joke? REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS!
Thing you're picked on most about? Being OCD, lol.
Who's your longest known friend? Kat.
Newest? Mmm...Kia.
Shyest? Gah...ME! All my friends are loudmouths. J/K. But none of them are SHY.
Funniest? Mmm...Paul. Or Cameron. They kind of go together, I don't see them alone that much.
Sweetest? Ahhh...Kat, I think.
Closest? Kat.
Weirdest? All of them, pretty much. I don't like un-weird people very much.
Smartest? Uh...me again? Other than me...probably Kat.
Ditziest? DANI. That was easy.
Friends you miss being close to the most? Kade. But we're better than we were a few weeks ago, we're talking on the phone again.
Last person you talked to online? Ahhh...I don't IM, but my last email from a real person was from Shelly. I was commenting in journals earlier, though, so maybe that counts.
Who do you talk to most online? Shelly, what with the story and all.
Who are you on the phone with most? Shelly.
Who do you trust most? Kat.
Who listens to your problems? Everyone.
Who do you fight most with? Mmm...I don't really remember ever fighting with a true friend. Not a real fight, anyway.
Who's the nicest? Uh...I plead the fifth!
Who's the most outgoing? Mmm...Kat or Dani, not sure.
Who's the best singer? Kat.
Who's on your shit-list? I don't keep one, lol...I think if I did Kira'd be on it, though.
Have you ever thought of having sex with a friend? Yes. MALE. Not in the sense of seriously condering it, though, just wondering what it'd be like.
Who's your second family? Kat, Kade, and Shelly.
Do you always feel understood? Not by a long shot.
Who's the loudest friend? KIMMY!
Do you trust others easily? Probably a bit too easily. But I've only been wrong once or twice.
Who's house were you last at? Shelly's dorm.
Name one person who's arms you feel safe in: Just one? Kat
Do your friends know you? Most of them know me. Shelly's starting to really know me.
Friend that lives farthest away: Lani down in NZ! But she's online-only. IRL...Kat. (Unless you count Meri, who live in the UK--she's sent me mail but we've never talked on the phone.)

Love and All That
Do you consider love a mistake? No.
What do you find romantic? Hmm... anything creative. I was ranting the other day about how sending flowers isn't romantic because EVERYBODY does it, lol.
Turn-on? Hmm...off the top of my head, pretty eyes, not TOO muscular...good fashion sense, actually...
Turn-off? Weird piercings.
First kiss? Never had one.
If someone u had no interest in had interest in dating u how would u feel? I'd try to let them down gently, the way I'd want to be. If I didn't totally hate them I might go out on one or two dates with them just to see if I'd change my mind.
Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them or going: Yeah, but I'd go on a blind date, too. You never know.
Have u ever wished it was more socially acceptable 4 a girl 2 ask a guy out: YES!
Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractiv: Mmm...I thought they were attractive but other people disagreed with me.
Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking? No, or I'd have better luck. (I just typo'd that as LICK. GAH!)
What is best about the opposite sex? What the heck kind of question is that?
What is the worst thing about the opposite sex? THEY'RE SO CLUELESS!
What's the last present someone gave you? Dad got me a REAL cell phone as my Valentine's Day gift. Since I have no REAL Valentine...
Are you in love? I have a serious crush on someone.
Do you consider your significant other hot? I wish I had one...the guy I have a crush on is.

Who Was the Last Person...
That haunted you? Never had anybody close to me die.
You wanted to kill? My father. He's pretty much one out of maybe five...
That you laughed at? Uhh...Shelly. On the phone last night.
That laughed at you? See above.
That turned you on? Gah. Meri had some nice pics on her journal, but the real answer is probably Tim...
You went shopping with? Mom. *sigh*
That broke your heart? Kyle.
To disappoint you? Dad, always.
To ask you out? Never been asked out, not officially.
To make you cry? Mmm...Elijah Wood, lol. RotK ending gets me every time...
To brighten up your day? Hobbity! She made me a Valentine!
That you thought about? Wouldn't the logical answer to this question be whatever was in the box above?
You saw a movie with? In a theater? Kat. Wherever? My parents.
You talked to on the phone? Shelly.
You talked to through IM/ICQ? Don't have it, I used Shelly's to talk to Kim the FIRST time I visited Shelly at college. That was October.
You saw? Paul and Cameron were walking about in the library a few minutes ago.
You lost? Charlie. Lol, j/k...I don't think I've ever really lost anyone.

Right This Moment...
Are you going out? No.
Will it be with your significant other? I don't have one.
Or some random person? ...?
What are you wearing right now? Black t-shirt that says "America: One Nation Under God," khaki-colored jeans, white socks with gold/red vines on them, tan shoes, and my tan suede jacket
Body part you're touching right now: None. WTF?
What are you worried about right now? My algebra test tonight.
What book are you reading? Several, most notably "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway" by Robert Cormier
What's on your mousepad? The logo of where my uncle works. (Local phone company.)
Use 5 words to describe how you're feeling: Curious about this long quiz.
Are you bored? No, I have a quiz! ^_^
Are you tired? A little. I'm sick, and therefore drugged, lol...
Are you talking to anyone online? Nope.
Are you talking to anyone on the phone? Nope.
Are you lonely or content? A bit lonely after all those love questions.
Are you listening to music? Yes! 13 Going on 30 soundtrack! "Love Is a Battlefield" by Pat Benetar at the moment!

I don't even wanna think about the score...

Wow. I SO bombed my algebra test. Seriously.

I am SO going to go get tutoring when I get my grades back. (I might have, by some miracle, guessed some of the right answers.)

There was one question where I graphed it and could get a decent answer, and then do the math and it had a completely DIFFERENT answer. NOOO. You know what? I SHOULD have put my graph answers, not my math answers. The graph answers were better. Gah.

At least I know I did BRILLIANTLY on the last page, the page on functions. I KNOW functions. I so rock at doing functions.

Now if only I could complete the square. Gah. Gag me with a spork.