I found Walt.

October 8, 2006 – 4:02 pm |

We’re a season behind in Lost. During the first season, the show was on at 7:00 pm here. We watched the first episode. My five year old was barely three then. In a - for lack of a phrase that probably does it justice - completely horseshit parenting move, we let him watch it with us. He hasn’t stopped asking about plane crashes since, and we learned a good lesson about his then-newly-developed ability to understand, but not completely process, serious adult concepts.

We did not repeat the mistake. Instead we waited for Season 1 to come out on video, avoided the better-slotted Season 2 because we hadn’t finished the first, and now we are power-watching Season 2. So, at the moment, we’re obsessed with the Losties and their island. And, the other night, after a few episodes, my husband asks me…

“Which character on Lost would you…”
Ooh, fun, I love this game, I think.
“Definitely Sawyer” I quickly interject.
He stares at me blankly.
“That’s not what I was going to ask.”
Oops.

“Really. Sawyer, huh?” he continues. “I thought it would be Jack.”
Then, we have a brief discussion about my bad boy phase… (the thing about my bad boy phase being that I never actually had such a phase).
“While we’re on that subject,” I say “Who would you?”
“Umm. They’re all pretty hot.”
Typical man.
Then I remember ..
“Oh – what were you actually going to ask?” I say.
“Who would you be the most like if you were stuck on the island?”

I found that to be a much more difficult question. Then I stumbled on this internet test. I love internet tests, but I was a little creeped out by the results of this one. For those of you who think I need to reveal a little more personal information, I have copied the results here for your edification:

“You scored 79% kindness, 36% courage, 31% seedy past, and 41% secretiveness!
You are Walt. You’re a kind person who is eager to talk to everyone and absorb all the crazy things that are going on around you. Since you are still so young, you’re not very brave, but your father will be able to show you how to be courageous. Your mysterious psychic powers are kind of creepy, but everyone needs a hobby, right?Your polar opposite is: Sawyer. You are similar to: Claire and Sun.”

Walt? I’m Walt? At least a half dozen beautiful women on that island, and I’m Walt.