Ok, I really really really should go to bed right now. I got minimal sleep last night and am exhausted now, even after a couple cans of mountain dew! But no, I must recap this weekend while it’s fresh and unspoiled by a hard week’s work. So before my eyes start shutting of their own accord and my head slams down into the keyboard, here goes!

Friday was a sweet time at the Jacob’s house for care group!! As always, good times studying(we’re now in Revelation 13) and such lovely times fellowshipping. And a little round-the-world ping-pong for good measure. Y’know. Saturday started out lovely with me catching up on sleep and then having some bacon and coffee, relaxing in the goodness of the LORD! Later that afternoon, got some errands done and then me and Alex went on a baseball adventure to Minute Maid Park! And why did we want to see the Astros play? Well, really the Astros don’t excite me that much, but the Rays were in town!! So me and Alex went downtown to the field, got some sweet tickets(first level, behind homeplate!) and enjoyed watching the Rays dominate it up! They actually weren’t that dominant, but we did win! 4-2. I do so love going to baseball games…watching baseball on TV isn’t half as fun as going to the game and hanging out with your friends. And seriously, that was the best part – chilling with Alex and having good discussions!!

Sunday was(as always!) awesome. Following church, relaxed at my place a little bit before heading to the Denney’s place for the SERIES FINALE of LOST! Whoa. I remember my first ever episode I saw, over at Andrew Stanfill’s place, season 2 finale. I had no idea who anyone was or why this underground bunker-thing was about to explode. But I was intrigued. I didn’t really start watching until the second half of season 3(Chris, thanks for lending me seasons 1 and 2, dude. All because of you.) and from then on, I watched it fairly consistently. And now, it’s over. And it was awesome getting to see it on the Denney’s sweet widescreen HDTV with surround sound. Now that’s how you watch a series finale! We snacked on good food and madly theorized on every conceivable LOST point while they played the two hour “catch-up” show. Eventually, Alex showed up, just in time to start the fun! I’m not going to summarize the finale(if you’re a fan, you’ve already seen it, if not, you’ll just be…no, I am NOT going to make the obvious pun! *runs away with hand over mouth*)

ANYWAYS. Just a brief note on the way it all ended though…as I was watching the final five minutes, I was initially a little disappointed, seeing the competing religious symbolism and all the nods to basically every faith in existence. False gods and idols do not please me. At all. And the explanation of all the characters ending up in a church, letting go of their holds on the material world to enter some pantheistic universalistic heaven…well, that annoyed me too. So sadly, I was a bit depressed watching the final scenes. But seeing Jack Shepard stumble through the bamboo forest to finally lie down and die, looking up at the sky as the series closed as his eye closed for the final time…well, that was pretty epic. I must admit, the music that played during that bit has been stuck in my head this whole past day! And now that I’m able to look back at the finale, I appreciate it. This show truly is an adventure of mystery and science and technology and mysticism, yes…but in the end, it’s all about the characters(Desmond, Penny, Sawyer, Juliet, Hurley…Locke, Ben, Jack…I could go on and on!) and their love and tears and living and dying and laughter and pain and trials and tribulations and yearning for something just that tiny bit out of reach…and that’s why LOST was so special. And this finale focused on the characters we loved so much instead of trying to answer every random mystery in some forced fashion. And once I realized the fact that this show was NOT going to accurately proclaim the truth of the gospel and of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(really, why would I expect that??), I accepted the ending as epic. Truly. Once again, I see beauty in the picture of mankind striving ever higher, ever closer to the image of the One in whom we were created. I see beauty in the story of people longing for that something more. And I weep over people worshiping at the altar of the Unknown God. Oh I weep. Oh, but for the beauty of the Truth, that which truly satisfies us, the Word. God. The Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth!!!

And so LOST gets so close. And yet so far. Still, the glory of the Lord shines through the cracks of the facade we put up to hide ourselves from the true Light!! Just a TV show? Yes. A heretical TV show? Yes. Epic entertainment? Yes. A reminder of the need for our Saviour? A thousand times, nay a million times, YES. It’s been a good run, LOST. *tips hat*

And that is far more than I meant to write!! I almost descended into another topic entirely. But I couldn’t resist. I hope some of that made sense(as always, a cookie to the one who read all of my musing!)

And as for tonight(oh yes, I’m not done yet!), I had a lovely time at Alex’s place(wow, I’ve been seeing him a lot lately. Sweet) watching the series finale of 24. I have a confession to make. I’d never seen a single episode before this one. So I was a bit confused. But all I have to take away from it is that Jack Bauer is a beast. The end.

And now, shower and then bed calls my name! To all, a good night!!