So you all (or you nil) know where I was right? Oahu, right! And you all know what popular TV show known for raising questions and then never giving answers was filmed there? LOST that right! So of course I had to go find the beach on which it was filmed and get some of the sand for my friend Alex, who is like a preacher of the Lost Gospel at school (really he’s converted quite a number og us). I looked up the locale on teh internets and found out that it was filmed on Mokule’ia Beach in northern Oahu. I should have looked at Lostpedia though because that tells you exactly where. So my family and I headed out in search of the Losties’ beach. Well we got to Mokule’ia Beach Park and to my dismay it didn’t really look right. So we tried further down. Nope still not right. So we went into a town nearby to ask for directions. We found a woman who told us that in fact we were in the right area and that the Nigeria scenes were actually filmed in the town (likely in the nearby, empty, field). So, I decided that even if I couldn’t find the exact stretch of sand, some was better than none. We went back out and found a nice bit and I got myself a nice quart-sized ziploc bag of sand. I wasn’t sure it would make it through security even though it was in my checked baggage, but I hoped. It made it; even though it was in a bag that also contained a rifle shell that my dad found, and a swiss army rip-off. I decided that as opposed to giving the entire bag to Alex, I’d hand it out to all of my friends who are into Lost. The one thing left to do was to get something to put the sand in. Yesterday after work I went over to Palace Arts to see if they had any vials…they didn’t. As my dad was driving down Pacific Avenue, I was trying to think of where I could get some vials. The only place I could think of was Bead It. What the hell, right? So I go in and go over to where they have bags and boxes. Lo and behold! I found the perfect vials! So I bought 8 for $1.74 and emerged victorious. I printed up some labels and now they’re good to go. Here they are:
Of course, I still have at least 3/4 of a quart of sand left. Maybe I can sell it on Ebay. Also, the other night I looked on Lostpedia to see exactly where Lost was shot and I was pretty damn close, in fact I don’t doubt that I walked on sand that Jack and Locke set foot on as well. Some of the pictures in the virtual tour look rather familiar. however, I think I got even closer the first time we went to Hawaii. One day we went out all the way to that point. So, probably passed right by where it was filmed. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures because it didn’t look right, oh well. If you go through the virtual tour on Lostpedia’s Mokule’ia page, you might see a no trespassing sign, I’m pretty sure I saw those signs. Tomorrow’s the first day of my Junior year; I’m gonna wear my Indie hat and hand out my sand.