I liked Kate playing hardball (telling Sawyer she *would* get the spot on the raft). I didn't like her being woobified. Though I can definitely see her feeling like she had killed Tom. Put me in the camp of Make Kate A Real Criminal, Please.

• Loved* the look on Sayid's face as Locke and Jack squared off over the hatch. Then him charging in with the clue-by-four of "yo! no handle means Do Not Open!" was just icing.

Someone ask Walt what the Ultimate Question is...that kid is smart and creepy.

"Losties"? thank you for insulting my intelligence. Please insinuate also that I don't know what a philospher's stone is.

One year at PBP, the Make-A-Wish lady thanked "Buffy and all her superfriends."

The fans were the superfriends.

SOme fans call themselves Losties. Some people at the Fuselage callthemselves Lostketeers.

Me, I am a Buffista, and old school Bronzer, and that's that.

The more I think about this, the more likely I am to cry like an asshole.

I'm just so angry, and sad, and other things that make no sense.

I am, however, quitting the fanparty business.

Allyson, I'm feeling like I want to cry with you. That fucking SUCKS.

Anyone calling me a "Lostketeer" better have some krav maga close at hand.

Or Keri Russell (Felicity).

t crosses fingers hoping someone will get the reference

And now I'm in a kerfuffle at the Fuselage.

I'm quitting fandom.

a kerfuffle at the Fuselage

Gawd help me, that was English to me.

I'm quitting fandom.

Maybe it would be a good night to do some serious drinking away from the lands of fandom.

I'm just so angry, and sad, and other things that make no sense.

I am, however, quitting the fanparty business.

I'm hoping that's a knee jerk reaction although I would totally understand if that's what you did.

After thinking about it I see only two options should you decide to go foward:

1) Invent a better mousetrap. Try to compete with the Creation Ent. of the world. I don't know if that means losing the charity aspect of not. or 2) Contracts. Exclusivity. I don't know- is there a lawyer in the house?

Allyson-- Lost fandom is HUGE--millions. I think there are plenty of those who want a real party where one is treated like a person and not a "club member" and where the money goes to a good cause and the corporate events won't appeal to them at all. There will be some who ONLY want a corporate event. And some who can't get enough and who want both. The whole "Losties" aspect kinda skeeves me, but passionate fans in those five other cities who might get their only chance to see actors and creators of a show they love in the flesh will be well served by this. My niece, for example, LOVES "American Idol" with a huge passion. She is 13, her mom works full time, they don't have a lot of $$, and she lives in suburban Virginia. If "Idol" staged a cheesy fanfest in the DC convention center, with keychains and whatnot, she would die from joy. It's as close as she will ever get. I would rather have my eyes gouged out than go to something like that,even if "Idol" was my favorite show, but for her it would The Best Thing Ever. I am sure those kind of fans will benefit from this "Losties" thing--but they aren't the only peeps in fandom.

This is in ADDITION to what you do, not instead of it.