OK, anyone who knows much knows how much I loved the TV show LOST. Countless hours watching and then discussing with my co-conspirator Nutbar and of course on the ABC chat boards discussing the latest theories.And then there were the bloggers: my favorites were Andy Page's phenomenal DarkUfo site, Vozzek69's weekly post-episode blog, and Erika Olson's LongLiveLocke blog.
And I'll admit it: I was a little obsessed with LOST. I even snuck out of work early when Season 3 came out on DVD so I could be one of the first to get it (plus, someone had tried to mug me a few days before and my twisted ankle was killing me). Never mind that I had already seen every episode, but now I could watch them again, and again, and again. Plus-there were special features!
But I think that you'll agree that there's a line that runs from the obsessive fan to living in Crazytown. Exhibit A--one of the people who was an active contributor to the ABC lost boards, who went under the moniker of "LostMommyofFour". When ABC/Disney Studios auctioned off many of the iconic props used in the show, LMOF was front and center, participating in the costume contest. Not surprisingly, she dressed up at "Mother", a character in the show.
The point where it takes a bizarre turn is when LMOF casually mentions in the New York Time's article about the auction that all four of her children had names associated with the TV show: one "accidentally", the rest "on purpose." Isn't that...special?
Another person that has apparently bought a ticket on the LOST baby-naming crazy train is none other than Olson, or "e" to her buds. She recently revealed in her blog that she and her husband were expecting her first baby in January, joking that they were calling it Baba Ghanoush from some random Wedding Crashers reference. Because naming the baby that would be really WEIRD, right? Right?
That, boys and girls, should have been a red flag there that they would be giving the baby some kind of crazy baby name in real life. Because she and husband didn't disappoint! Exhibit B: they named the baby Desmond Fox. Yes, Desmond, as in the character of Desmond in LOST. Yes, Fox, as in Matthew Fox (or "Foxy" to his friends, but I digress), who played Jack Shepherd, who "e" not-so-secretly confessed was the character she most identified with.
Um, LOST? IT WAS A TELEVISION SHOW. This was not what we call "real life" or "reality", it's make believe brought to you each week by ABC. OK, I'm done, you can go back to your regularly-scheduled show....
talk about passionate people! they just are so ridiculous, as if they have sacrificed a bit of their own individuality with their unending worship of their demagogues...oh, wait, excuse me, i have feed my two goldfish, james and dean.
ReplyDeleteseriously, i know a couple that named their firstborn after the Duran Duran hit, "Rio". yep, named after a song.
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G - I hear you and I feel your pain brother. Speaking of rock bands (or pseudo rock bands) I know someone who named his daughter some weird name, because his favorite singer named *his* daughter the same weird name. Stupidity perpetuated is all I can say!
ReplyDeletePeople have been naming their children after fictional characters, and people they admire for a very long time. It could be worse, they could have named a kid moon unit.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about that, Pumpkin. But I'd bet if you and the Mrs. have kids, you won't be naming them Bilbo or Galadriel? ;)
DeleteDon't be so sure.
ReplyDeleteOh, my bad, my bad, boys and girls. Erika Olson recently posted on FB that the "Fox" is not after Matthew Fox, but Fox Mulder of the X-Files. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit...
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