http://wiw.org/~jess Scintillating adventures in pop culture Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:52:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Welcome to Lost-vivor -- all the mystery and adventure of Lost with an added dash of Survivor-style competition! Please note that the section ahead contains spoilers for this week's episode of Lost. Proceed at your own risk. Why He's This Week's Winner: In a "shocking" development many viewers expected all along, Jin ... http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2009/02/06/lost-vivor-the-little-prince/   Welcome to Lost-vivor -- all the mystery and adventure of Lost with an added dash of Survivor-style competition! Please note that the section ahead contains spoilers for this week's episode of Lost. Proceed at your own risk. Why He's This Week's Winner: Hey, it took seriously cojones for Desmond to waltz right ... http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2009/02/02/lost-vivor-jughead/   Welcome to Lost-vivor -- all the mystery and adventure of LOST with an added dash of Survivor-style competition! Please note that the section ahead contains spoilers for this week's episode of LOST. Proceed at your own risk. Why She's This Week's Winner: Process of elimination, basically. Sayid was unconscious the entire episode, ... http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2009/02/01/lost-vivor-the-lie/ Welcome to Lost-vivor -- all the mystery and adventure of LOST with an added dash of Survivor-style competition! Please note that the section ahead contains spoilers for this week's episode of LOST. Proceed at your own risk. I'll get the easy part of the story out of the way first. Due ... http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2009/01/31/lost-vivor-because-you-left/ Due to the always-untimely intervention of real life, Lost-vivor will be delayed for a couple of days. In the meantime, feel free to discuss the Season 5 premiere below. http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2009/01/22/lostvivor3-1/ So, I was sitting in my office yesterday, submitting my final grades for the semester, when noxious fumes began to emit from the ceiling vent above my desk. Thirty seconds later, I was feeling dizzy and spilled out into the hallway for some fresh air. To my surprise, I bumped into ... http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/12/19/cya/ http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/12/15/update/   More at Timothy Lim's deviantART page. http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/11/08/sci-fi-noir/ Election prediction: Obama wins with 311 electoral votes. Who am I voting for? This guy:   That being said, while I support Candidate Skywalker's energy policy of ending our country's crippling dependence on foreign power converters from Tosche Station, his association with known smugglers like Han Solo raises significant questions about his character. http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/11/04/a-new-hope/ Six new photos from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot revealed, including shots of the entire crew, their retro-spiffy uniforms, the Enterprise's bridge, and Eric Bana's Romulan baddie. http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/10/16/trek-photos/ I've been fighting off the flu for almost a week now, and I find that I'm spending most of my free time in a NyQuil and Benadryl-induced stupor as a result. As I've mentioned before, NyQuil does strange things to me. Specifically, the stuff gives me bizarre, disturbingly realistic dreams. ... http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/10/14/flu/ I was having lunch yesterday afternoon with my evangelical step-grandmother-in-law (you know, my wife's grandfather's second wife) when the discussion turned to politics. Her: So, Jess...you study politics for a living. What do you think of our current candidates?   Me: Well, I'm a pretty liberal guy, so I'm inclined to vote for ... http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/09/29/antichrist-superstar/   For more geek-friendly custom ponies (including Batman, Catwoman, Cthulhu, and others), check out Mari Kasurinen's deviantART gallery. via Topless Robot http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/09/27/pony-wars/ Survivor host Jeff Probst is blogging the new Gabon season, offering a behind-the-scenes peek at each week's episode. Cool! http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/09/26/probst-blogs/   In all fairness to Mr. Jay, he did say "almost." http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/09/25/model-quote-4/ The Ten Least Terrifying Justice League Villains. Hey, some of these characters are almost lame enough to appear in the new season of Heroes! http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/09/24/justice-league-villains/   Seriously, how cracktastic is Top Model this season? http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/09/18/model-quote/ Remember when Cyclops died in X-Men 3 and nobody cared (or even seemed to notice)? io9.com counts down the 12 Weakest Deaths in Science Fiction History. http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/09/17/sci-fi-deaths/ SNL Digital Short: Andy Samberg welcomes you to the Space Olympics. Drug tests are mandatory. http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/09/15/space-olympics/ THE SCENE: A Borders bookstore at the local mall. JESS, a 31-year-old college professor and self-professed pop culture geek, stands in line to purchase a recently-released book on global warming. When he reaches the front of the line, he encounters CHECKOUT GIRL, a twentysomething woman running the register. CHECKOUT GIRL: Are ... http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2008/09/15/revenge-of-the-screenname/