Saturday, January 30, 2010

Lost and Found Department

I didn't stroll down to the beach tonight to take in the festivities of the season premier of Lost with all of the show's stars making a live appearance to kick off the final season of the tv series. Some aficionados of Lost flew in to Hawaii just for the occasion. On the other hand, I live only a few blocks away from the extravaganza. Oh, well. That's an "oh, well," as in, I don't watch network tv so what's all's the excitement surrounding the Lost phenomena? In that sense, why take up a seat in an already packed house. And deprive a true fan of Lost from their big moment. People starting arriving hours earlier in the morning to stake out a spot on the sand in front of the silver screen set up on the beach. Am I missing something? Not meaning, material to blog about. But rather the true meaning of life : )



The other day I was riding at the far end of the Ala Wai Blvd. and traffic was being diverted onto a single lane because they were paving the adjacent lanes. It's about a hundred-yard long section that represents the finish line of the repaving work they've been doing on the one-way Ala Wai Blvd. This marks the culmination of the second phase. The first phase in 2007 seemed like it took forever and a day. Musta been only 2-hours later that I passed the same spot and traffic was already allowed on top of the fresh asphalt. I'm not sure if the asphalt had sufficient time to set up. The other alternative would be to let the asphalt set up overnight, but as I was saying, it's only a hundred-yard section as far as inconvenience for drivers. It would seem that heavy weight trucks would imprint their tracks into the freshly minted pavement. And it's not like they repave the Ala Wai Blvd. on a yearly basis. This latest resurfacing or repavement, whichever, will have to last us years before Ala Wai Blvd. works its way back to the top of the schedule.

4 comments:

Ann da sista said...

That is a waste of an apartment you've got there, Ron. Holy crap. Me, Nate, and Chad would have been there in a HEARTBEAT. We should have done a houseswap. You could have come to Connecticut and fed our turkeys and watched obscure television while we were on Waikiki Beach saying, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN LOST!!!" OH RON!

RONW said...

Ann, listen, it's only a tv series. It's fictional. Plus I don't even watch the freakin series. Much less, know who is who in the cast and crew. Yeah, yeah, I live on Planet Earth and all that, but the historical significance of the event simply went under my radar, contrary to the 12,000 pilgrims who went. It's nuts. Bugs attracted to a light bulb, hehe.

http://www.kitv.com/video/22392421/index.html (slow load)

Ann da sista said...

It's the greatest teevee show ever! Last night's episode was fabulous. Best thing about the show? They're ending it. There's no way the show could be this brilliant if it wasn't ending. Love love love it!! (Nate, on the other hand, says PBS's Curious George is where it's at!!!)

RONW said...

you guys are nuts....