http://tommyhajj.comQuick Blogcasthttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/03/09/lost-season-6-episode-7-dr-linus.aspx?ref=rssI like this episode a lot. In fact, as I'm typing this sentence, I haven't even decided where I'm putting it when I re-rank the episodes below. It could be anywhere in the top 4, because I think 4 of the 7 episodes to this point have been great (LA X, The Substitute, Sundown, and now, Dr. Linus). It wasn't the high octane ride that "Sundown" was. It had a season one feel to it. It was very character focused. I like that. It's true ...TH2010-03-10T02:37:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/03/07/oscars-live-blog.aspx?ref=rss4:48 PM: I think I did this last year (is it bad that I'm too lazy to fact check my own blog?) so why not do it again? Come back later and check in whenever you want. Live updates as the show goes on, because it'll just be me and my laptop anyway.7:45 PM: Ryan Seacrest just did his damnedest to spoil the opening of the show for everyone. Good work, Ryan. 7:46 PM: FYI: Oscar beverage of the night - E&J VSOP brandy. Oscar snack of the night - none. 7:53 PM: ...TH2010-03-07T23:59:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/03/06/2009-academy-awards-predictions.aspx?ref=rssYou can look at the pre-Academy Awards awards season as an equation that adds up to a final answer. In many categories we probably already know what the answer is (see Christoph Waltz and Mo'Nique). In others we've only narrowed it down, and the slew of awards that are presented during the Academy Awards will be added to our equation when trying to figure out who will take home the big prize at the end. What makes a good predictions ballot? Mostly luck. You see, ...TH2010-03-06T19:47:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/03/05/march-5th-2010-mailbag.aspx?ref=rssThe first Survivor Pool power rankings won't come out until next week, but I want to talk a little about it now. Specifically the villains. I understand the group strategy to just leave the idol out of play. It makes sense from a cohesiveness aspect, and right now that's what is giving the villains this early lead (9 tribe members remaining to the 7 of the heroes). So it makes sense to agree that no one will find out and just focus on continuing to wreck the heroes in challenges. ...TH2010-03-05T20:35:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/03/04/the-time-i-thought-i-was-dead.aspx?ref=rssThis morning there was a solid five-second period in which I was certain I was either dead or somewhere I've never been before. It's all this fucking street lamp's fault: You see, the town of Bristol, Rhode Island decided to replace the bulb inside this lamp which resides immediately outside my bedroom window approximately fifteen to twenty feet from the dead opossum (which is still there but in a different position. Something got to it). By replacing the bulb the town has increased the lamp's power, making it ...TH2010-03-05T01:34:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/03/02/lost-season-6-episode-6-sundown.aspx?ref=rssWhoa. There have been a lot of Lost episodes. They all have endings. For the most part, they are either happy endings (many times in the context of stand alone episodes), bittersweet endings (many times in the context of a major death), or cliffhanger endings (many times in the context of a big revelation at the very end). This was the first ending that elicited an "oh, balls" response from me. It was an Empire Strikes Back type ending. Did the good guys lose? Kind of, yeah. ...TH2010-03-03T02:50:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/03/02/ok-go-makes-fun-music-videos.aspx?ref=rss...TH2010-03-02T14:52:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/03/01/the-vancouver-games-in-review.aspx?ref=rssFirst off, your American medal winners:AthletemedalSportEventMILLER BodeBronzeAlpine SkiingMen's DownhillWEIBRECHT AndrewBronzeAlpine SkiingMen's Super-GMILLER BodeSilverAlpine SkiingMen's Super-GMILLER BodeGoldAlpine SkiingMen's Super-CombinedMANCUSO JuliaSilverAlpine SkiingWomen's DownhillVONN LindseyGoldAlpine SkiingWomen's DownhillVONN LindseyBronzeAlpine SkiingWomen's Super-GMANCUSO JuliaSilverAlpine SkiingWomen's Super-CombinedHOLCOMB SteveGoldBobsledFour-ManMESLER SteveGoldBobsledFour-ManTOMASEVICZ CurtGoldBobsledFour-ManOLSEN JustinGoldBobsledFour-ManMEYERS ElanaBronzeBobsledWomen'sPAC ErinBronzeBobsledWomen'sWILSON BryonBronzeFreestyle SkiingMen's MogulsPETERSON JeretSilverFreestyle SkiingMen's AerialsBAHRKE ShannonBronzeFreestyle SkiingWomen's MogulsKEARNEY HannahGoldFreestyle SkiingWomen's MogulsLYSACEK EvanGoldFigure SkatingMen'sWHITE CharlieSilverFigure SkatingIce DancingDAVIS MerylSilverFigure SkatingIce DancingWHITNEY RyanSilverHockeyMenBACKES DavidSilverHockeyMenPARISE ZachSilverHockeyMenPAVELSKI JoeSilverHockeyMenQUICK JonathanSilverHockeyMenDRURY ChrisSilverHockeyMenJOHNSON ErikSilverHockeyMenLANGENBRUNNER JamieSilverHockeyMenMILLER RyanSilverHockeyMenBROWN DustinSilverHockeyMenCALLAHAN RyanSilverHockeyMenGLEASON TimSilverHockeyMenJOHNSON JackSilverHockeyMenKANE PatrickSilverHockeyMenKESLER RyanSilverHockeyMenKESSEL PhilSilverHockeyMenMALONE RyanSilverHockeyMenORPIK BrooksSilverHockeyMenRAFALSKI BrianSilverHockeyMenRYAN BobbySilverHockeyMenSTASTNY PaulSilverHockeyMenSUTER RyanSilverHockeyMenTHOMAS TimSilverHockeyMenZAUGG-SIERGIEJ JinelleSilverHockeyWomenLAMOUREUX MoniqueSilverHockeyWomenLAMOUREUX JocelyneSilverHockeyWomenMCLAUGHLIN BrianneSilverHockeyWomenBELLAMY KaceySilverHockeyWomenPOTTER JennySilverHockeyWomenSTACK KelliSilverHockeyWomenSCHAUS MollySilverHockeyWomenCHESSON LisaSilverHockeyWomenTHATCHER KarenSilverHockeyWomenDUGGAN MeghanSilverHockeyWomenVETTER JessieSilverHockeyWomenDARWITZ NatalieSilverHockeyWomenWEILAND KerrySilverHockeyWomenCHU JulieSilverHockeyWomenMARVIN GigiSilverHockeyWomenLAWLER ErikaSilverHockeyWomenENGSTROM MollySilverHockeyWomenCAHOW CaitlinSilverHockeyWomenRUGGIERO AngelaSilverHockeyWomenKNIGHT HilarySilverHockeyWomenSPILLANE ...TH2010-03-02T01:16:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/27/the-best-bad-movie.aspx?ref=rssEveryone loves bad movies that are so bad they become entertaining. Tonight, I watched the king of them all. "The Room" is a movie that Netflix had recommended to me for a long time. A "cult, indie comedy" is what Netflix referred to it as. Sounded great to me, since the indie-comedy is probably my absolute favorite genre. Thirty minutes in I hadn't laughed once. In fact, I'd say twenty of the first thirty minutes was dedicated to several seemingly never-ending sex scenes. ...TH2010-02-27T15:36:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/26/february-26th-2010-mailbag.aspx?ref=rssSee right next to that tree? That's the dead opossum that's in my yard. There are pros and cons to a situation like this, the major con being that I have to see a dead opossum every time I look outside. Not pleasant. The pros range from the fact that a friendly motorist prevented this opossum from reaching my dwelling (who knows what sort of intentions this opossum had? It could have been an informant for the birds (the birds are against me)), and that it is useful as a ...TH2010-02-26T21:11:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/23/lost-season-6-episode-5-lighthouse.aspx?ref=rssNormal 0 unctuationKerning/> false false false oNotPromoteQF/> EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ontGrowAutofit/> ontVertAlignCellWithSp/> ontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> ontVertAlignInTxbx/> ...TH2010-02-24T03:13:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/21/olympic-hockey.aspx?ref=rssRemember two posts ago when I said it was awesome? ...TH2010-02-22T01:54:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/19/february-19th-2010-mailbag.aspx?ref=rssThis morning the USA women's curling team defeated Russia, bringing USA curling as a whole to a wonderful 1-7 record. It's been painful to watch, but hopefully this is the beginning of a turnaround that will continue this evening with the USA men taking on France. Plus, you always want to beat France. Survivor last night (no spoilers): Boston Rob is the fucking man. Can we agree on that? He was already the person I most wanted to see win before the season started, and he's only ...TH2010-02-19T21:26:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/17/my-favorite-olympics.aspx?ref=rssI'm a huge Olympics fan. For the past two years, my priorities in life probably looked something like this:1. Family/Friends2. Law School3. My TV Schedule You have to put the people who are most important to you at the top, and if there weer some emergency and I was needed I would abandon the thing it is that I am doing with my life at the moment: law school. Since the Olympics started, and until they end next weekend, my priorities are as follows:1A. Family/Friends1B. Olympics2. Law School3. My TV Schedule ...TH2010-02-17T22:04:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/16/lost-season-6-episode-4-the-substitute.aspx?ref=rssI spent most of the episode thinking about how I was going to start this blog post talking about purgatory. About how it was one of the major theories early on in Lost's run, how it was quickly debunked by the writer's themselves, how there had been nothing for five seasons that would lead you to believe that it was purgatory, and how all of a sudden that's what it looked like. That is until that last scene with Fake Locke and Sawyer. Then we were right back to just saying "all ...TH2010-02-17T02:38:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/12/february-12th-2010-mailbag.aspx?ref=rssDid you guys see Boston Rob start that fire last night? The dude is good. By the way, the premiere should always be 2 hours long, especially in seasons where we don't know any of the players. I thought it was great to spend a lot of extra time watching the two tribes get acclimated at their camps, and even to see them goof around a bit. I'm back in Methuen for the weekend, so the Mailbag is getting a bit of a late start for me. Hopefully it still ...TH2010-02-12T20:10:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/10/survivor-heroes-vs-villains-preview.aspx?ref=rssEvery contestant on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains has played the game before. Nine of them have played the game twice before and are now competing for the third time. This creates the unique situation of actually being able to talk about who could be in a good situation before the game even starts. So, let's take advantage of that opportunity.The ContendersA. Past WinnersSandra (Villain)- Sandra was the victor in the Pearl Islands season, but the Pearl Islands season is remembered not for Sandra at all, but for two other contestants that every Survivor fan remembers: Rupert and ...TH2010-02-10T18:30:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/10/rip-arrested-development.aspx?ref=rssFour years ago on February 10th FOX burned off the final four episodes of Arrested Development on a Friday night opposite the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games on NBC. It was a very unceremonious farewell given by FOX. We also discovered what the show's hardcore fan base was: barely over 3 million people tuned into the final episodes. Sitting there in JQA with Craig as the final episodes aired was amongst the saddest moments of my life, and every February 10th has been a sad ...TH2010-02-10T14:38:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/09/lost-season-6-episode-3-what-kate-does.aspx?ref=rssFirst things first. The episode title was obviously a reference of some kind to the Season 2 episode "What Kate Did." Not every episode has a title yet, but this season we will also get "The Substitute" next week (I assume as opposed to "The Constant" or "The Variable" - math terms), and "Everybody Loves Hugo," obviously a change from "Everybody Hates Hugo." Just saying. To be honest, I'm not sure there is a lot to talk about in this episode. It was pretty mediocre, and I think ...TH2010-02-10T02:38:00Zhttp://tommyhajj.com/2010/02/06/selection-saturday.aspx?ref=rssA few things before we get to the results of the drawing:1) Yes, it's Selection Saturday instead of Selection Thursday because I ended up spending all Thursday morning/afternoon on work. Then, I had class from 3:30 - 7:45. There was just no way the drawing was going to happen during Thursday night TV. This is why we get everyone in a week before the season starts.2) I'm currently sick for the first time since August 2008 when I came down with a cold just before we went to Disney/right around when the Olympics were starting. The ...TH2010-02-06T18:56:00Z