5 new vintage island wallpapers

Because the Island really is the most important character on the show. Click on the pic below to see them all.

Fate

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This is the first time I've actually wished we had more time between episodes. Because as much as I would like to see how this story ends, I'm not itching for this experience to be over. But of course, with our integrity intact, we LOSTies must march boldly forward to the future; to a life without LOST...right? Right?!? *cries forever*

When you stand, you stand up for the both of us.

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Alas, my fellow Skaters, I've always loved you, but unless I get more promo pics featuring these two, this will probably be my last SKate Twitter background. I know there are a lot of you out there, no matter how much Kate-hate there is and Suliet-ers abound (both of which I never understood). Who knows if these two will actually end up together (and don't you go commenting spoilers if you know!), but logic dictates that in terms of the "triangle", all roads should lead here. Now normally this is where I'd go on and on justifying these two, but I've honestly never felt the need to defend Sawyer and Kate. It's the "ship" that never needed reassurance, never needed the question, "Do you have my back?" or "Are you with me?", because really, the answer is always yes. And if you have to ask...well, someone's insecure.

On a lighter note, how adorable was this moment? I also like how in this scene, they were playing music from Season 1. Nice touch, LOST.

I'm gonna be away from the computer for most of the day, so there will be very little Tweeting coming from me. I'm taking my two dogs to the beach. And to add even more poetic symmetry, one of them is light, and one is dark. Namaste.

Heir to the Throne

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Yesterday marked the last episode before Sunday's series finale. You guys ready? Yeah, me neither. Have a good one.

Resolution

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Happy LOST Tuesday! It dawned on me that this is the first of the last six backgrounds on LOST SideSteps *yikes*. I was thinking earlier about how when I started this blog, I really had no clue what it was going to be about. Hell I don't even know how I came up with the name "LOST SideSteps". Then one day in February, when I realized that I was spending most of my online time on Twitter, I decided that the default backgrounds I had to stare at everyday weren't personal enough. Twitter needed a little more LOST in its life. I figured that since I was making backgrounds for myself anyway, I might as well share them. And that's how this place came to be. Since then, I've made 130 Twitter backgrounds (some with coordinating desktop backgrounds) and 37 iPhone wallpapers (some are on my Tumblr, Flash Sideways). Including today, I only have six days left of this "job." Enjoying every last moment of it. Namaste.

Incapable of lying

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Happy day before LOST day! I saw that "This is the End" promo twice last night and it really drove the point home that there are now only six days before LOST is gone for good. These past weeks I've been reading a lot criticism about this final season; most in response to the contentious "Across the Sea". Some I agree with, some not. Folks have been complaining about the rising "cheese" factor, or how unwise it is to be dilly-dallying this late in the game.

Now it's time for my own criticism. Not about the story, but the nature of the series itself. Here's the thing. I am sure we won't get all the answers. Some very major ones will probably be left out. But what I am also sure of, is that for many of us, it won't really matter. Think about why you watch LOST. Now think about why you still watch LOST. Watching this show is like being in a codependent relationship. You started the journey and you stuck with it because you thoroughly enjoyed where it took you. You were in it for all the right reasons. When things got weird, you saw it through because you were already involved. And now that you're nearing the end, you're so damn committed, so obsessed, so taken by the promise of answers that you will hold on whether or not you still believe in it. You gladly turn a blind eye to the continuity errors and the loose ends, the plot points that seem to come out of nowhere, because you know, or at the very least believe, that the bones of this story will remain intact at the conclusion, bringing us full circle in the final moments. Here's hoping, right? No matter how you feel about the end, you'll always think so fondly of the beginning, and that first impression, that thrill, is what you'll remember when you think of LOST. "Across the Sea" won't matter. "Stranger in a Strange Land" won't matter. "Expose" won't matter.

This is what LOST does to us. We allow it get away with so much because we love this show. I love this show. I wouldn't do this if I didn't. I wouldn't even bother to comment. I'm not a writer, and I don't make any money from any of my online ventures related to this series. All I am is a fan. And right now all I can do is watch, and wait, and believe. Namaste.

The warmest, brightest light you've ever seen or felt

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No comment. I just can't wait till the next episode. That is all. Namaste.

A few plain rules suffice us

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I'm really wringing the hell out of this two players, two sides thing. But seeing as LOST has always been about dueling forces (Jacob and MIB, Jack and Locke, etc.), what could be more appropriate, right? Sometimes a duel can be as simple and innocent as a children's game.

The glow that illuminates. The glare that obscures.

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Tuesday's episode was what many called "polarizing". While I agree that it was a tad (okay a lot) fantastical, I understand that we needed this. Two reasons: One, this episode benched all the cast regulars to make way for the mythology 'meat' of the season. Two, maybe we all needed less emotion after last week's bloodbath. Let's face it, some of you are still a little dehydrated.

So what did we learn? 1.) Jacob is a mama's boy, and the Man in Black is justifiably pissed off. 2.) The Island has been beckoning people towards itself for a long time. 3.) At the Island's core, there is a light, and it is beautiful. Apparently it's not just electromagnetism, it's a life force. It is this source that is now at the literal and figurative center of our story. It is a way off the Island, a means to an end. And it's physical representation, the smoke monster, is this close to meeting that end. All while following his fallen brother's rules.

(Skipped a day yesterday because I was too tired too function properly. You know that feeling when you're so sleepy that you've lost your fine motor movements? Like you're too tired to operate a mouse? Anyway I've inundated you all with a bunch of backgrounds for two days straight that one day won't kill. It's more a personal goal than anything else. Namaste.)

Dead LOSTies -- 6 new iPhone wallpapers

Click on the icon below to see them. I made six. Naomi, Arzt, and Ethan aren't in there. If you want them, though, just request it in the comments.

Dead Losties iPhone wallpapers