Happy 42nd birthday to the man who exhales awesome without breaking a sweat, Jeffrey Jacob Abrams!!! Thank you for using your superhuman powers for GOOD.
And thank you to Gerald and Carol for being the reason you exist.
JJ pic belongs to me. No takey.
For those of you who didn’t already know, I have spent the better part of the past nine months co-writing a book about the LOST fandom with blogger extraordinaire DocArzt. The book is called “LOST Ate My Life!” and as of TODAY it is available for pre-order on Amazon!! w00t! Click on the piccie below or in the sidebar to check it out:
If you want a more detailed description of the book, you can find it HERE on our publisher’s site.
The support I have had during the writing of this book has been EPIC. Whether it was agreeing to interviews (Bryan, Gregg, William, Javi), writing the foreword (Javi), joining my fanclub (MONGERS), listening to my rants and/or holding me up as I was falling down (Bryan, Javi, Gregg, Rick, Denise and the rest of the Mongers) - I can’t imagine going through this without any of these people. I hope everyone will be pleased with the results.
The book is due to be published November 1, 2008. If you are REALLY curious as to how this whole thing came about and how I have dealt with the highs and lows - go check out my author’s blog: Fandom Life.
Just wanted to remind everyone that TODAY is the last day to bid for the LOST items in the Fans4Writers Silent Auction. The bidding ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. - so get to it!
Okay, so a crazy idea popped in my head, and the more I thought about it…the less crazy it seemed. This CLOVERFIELD movie is a big deal to Bad Robot. We all know that the critics are going to tear it up or tear it down, depending on their own agendas (yes, I’m jaded). But I know that the opinions that mean the most to the BR peeps are from THE FANS - which would be YOU and YOU and YOU and YOU, etc.
So here is my idea — first, BOOKMARK THIS ENTRY — then, after you go see the movie, COME HERE AND POST WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT “CLOVERFIELD.” Just hit the comment button, and give me all ya got. My only request is that if you have criticism, make it constructive. After a couple of weeks, I’m going to send the Bad Robot people a “Valentine’s Gift” - your posts about their movie.
****NOTE: THAT MEANS THAT THE COMMENTS TO THIS POST WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR CLOVERFIELD!!! PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!!
Now I’m all giddy 
The Fans4Writers site has finally opened up the new auction items. Along with the LOST S1 Card Set and autographs I told y’all about HERE, my good friend BOBBAAYYY has donated his Shannon Action Figure by McFarlane, still in the box, that was signed by the lovely Maggie Grace at the LOST Weekend Fan Party held last Spring.
To start bidding, go HERE.
Bid high and bid often. Bidding is live now and ends next Monday, January 21st.
I wanted to give y’all a heads’ up on an auction item that I am donating/arranging for the Fans4Writers Silent Auction. All the proceeds are now going to the Writers Guild Foundation Industry Support Fund - can’t beat that cause, so I am coughing up a piece of swag that was given to me a couple of years ago.
I am donating a COMPLETE set of LOST Season 1 Trading Cards, still in the Inkworks shrink wrap. And if that isn’t enough to make you want to bid, I contacted a few people and managed to arrange for personalized autographs for the winning bidder from JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.
Cool, huh? The next round of the auction starts Friday, January 11th and the bidding will go for 7 days.
Bid high and bid often. And don’t say I never gave you anything 
Finally finally finally, after threatening speaker within an inch of his life, the COMMENTS ARE FIXED!!! So feel free to comment away
ETA: The comments do get held for moderation, so if it doesn’t appear immediately, that’s why
Dear LOST fans,
Please join us and support all the writers of your favorite TV shows. So many of you guys have asked what you can do to help and this is it! Send PENCILS!!!
We’re gonna offer three prizes (chosen at random) — Every box you buy gives you one shot at the raffle.
GRAND PRIZE: A personal thank-you call from us (Carlton and Damon) AND Matthew Fox where we shall do our bestest to answer your questions about the show’s mysteries AND a Season 3 DVD set.
FIRST PRIZE: A signed finale script by writers Damon and Carlton and a surprise cast member!
SECOND PRIZE: Signed Season 3 DVD Set (standard and blu-ray!) by the entire writing staff!
The site to buy the pencils is http://www.pencils2mediamoguls.com
We love and miss you all and can’t wait to get back to work!
Best,
Damon and Carlton
****If you know me at all, you know that this is 100% legitimate. SO GO BUY THOSE DAMN PENCILS AND SUPPORT YOUR LOST WRITERS!!! Put “LOST” in the spot where you name the show you are supporting to be entered into the raffle.****
One of my favorite sites for entertainment industry information and articles is Zap2it. When I was clicking around on the site a few days ago, I discovered their television blog called From Inside the Box. They cover a bunch of shows, including LOST — so CHECK IT OUT.
They were even nice enough to include EPM on their Other TV Blogs list. They pimp me, I pimp them. See how that works?
Well, we recorded the EPM podcast for “One of Us” but there was a pretty major snafu with the recording software and we lost the bulk of the podcast 
We are HOPING to rerecord it before the next episode, but are still trying to get a fix for the problem.
So the plan right now is to rerecord if we get the fix before Wednesday’s episode. Otherwise, we will wait and record a podcast that covers both episodes. Thanks for being patient with us!
x-posted to EPM’s MySpace Blog
Thought I’d open up a MySpace for the Evil Puppet Masters, since I decided to take the pain-in-the-butt Bulletin Board down. Here is the address: www.myspace.com/evil_puppet_masters
So RUN…don’t walk…and friend us! I’ll be making some blog entries there as well 
I apologize profusely for the lack of updates. Sometimes that is just the way life rolls
I did want to let y’all know that Speaker and I DID actually record a podcast for the most recently aired episode “Left Behind.” It will be up around mid-week.
Also, I attended LOST Weekend 2007 the weekend before last, and I have many pictures and stories to tell. Keep an eye out for those to appear soon.
In the meantime, I hope you all are enjoying LOST and all other things Bad Robot. Hopefully I will be able to whittle my news alerts down to a manageable number and get y’all updated SOON!
~hijinx
…but it won’t be up until Wednesday. Speaker and I both are trying to get back into the swing of things (and clean up all the mind ’splodey). We did some talking and have decided to keep the focus of the podcasts on Lost, since we can’t seem to shut up about the show.
Like LOST? Like to meet other LOST fans? Like to bid on LOST-related swag that will benefit one of JJ’s fave charities? Like the possibility of rubbing elbows with some LOST VIPs? Well, then have I got a party for you!
LOST Weekend 2007* is this year’s LOST fan party and is open to any and all LOST fans, but reservations are on a first-come, first-serve basis - so DON’T DAWDLE!! There is a cap on the number of attendees!
The event will take place from March 30th through April 1st, 2007, at the Hollywood & Highland Renaissance Hotel (aka “The Ren”) located in L.A. LOST fans from all over the country (and a few other countries) are making the trip — YOU SHOULD, TOO! We’d love to have you there!
The main party will be held on the evening of March 31st at the Ren, which will include a silent auction on LOST swag, the proceeds of which will go to benefit the Children’s Defense Fund. Though VIP attendance is NOT guaranteed, in years past we have been honored with the presence of such notables as Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, William Mapother, Harold Perrineau, Daniel Dae Kim, Carlton Cuse and JJ Abrams, just to name a few.
So.. COME ONE, COME ALL!! Go to the official LOST Weekend 2007 website and register, as well as to get further details. In the meantime, here are some pictures to entice you, courtesy of myself and other partygoers (DO NOT STEAL!):
*This event was previously known as Destination: LA.
Who is this SPEAKER person who is posting on Hijinx’s site?
It does not matter because there is RHAPSODY!
That’s right, the great and powerful BOB has done it again and he has done it BETTER!
LOST RHAPSODY 2 is LIVE and it is a RIOT!
This is perhaps the best thing EVAR!
Why are you still reading this post!? GO WATCH THE GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Links fixed!*