Congrats to the September Contest Winners... See, the Numbers AREN'T Always Bad!

A few weeks ago I posted a contest based purely on luck. Those whose comments landed in positions 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 would win a set of Dharma Beer koozies -- all they had to do was list their favorite Lost character.

Here are the lucky winners:

4. Dolce, who is a fan of Jack

8. judgem0811, who's on Team Locke

15. Jason, who's hoping for the return of Mr. Eko

16. Billie, who wants to Get Lost with Sawyer

23. Eric Belair, who wants to stay on Jacob's good side

and

42. Miss Lynn, who had a bit of her favorite character's (that would be Hurley) luck with her for this contest


I loved reading everyone's faves -- and found it fascinating that each of the six winners above listed a different character. I do realize how hard it was for everyone who played to pick just one character from a show that is wonderful precisely because its entire cast rocks the house. So thanks to all of you for sharing your thoughts with me... stay tuned for the October contest, which will be posted within the next 2.5 weeks.

And congrats again to the winners! Some of you are connected to me already via Facebook or Twitter and therefore I've already gotten in touch with you, but everyone else who won needs to send me a message through this site with either your email address or your mailing address -- I will not publish it.

Until next time,
- e

P.S. Some of you have asked me where I bought the Dharma Beer koozies. I actually didn't buy them anywhere... my husband designed them for the Zap2Locke Con event (which I will write about and post pictures from one day!) and we had them custom-printed, so the kind I am giving away are not available for purchase anywhere.

August's Caption Contest Winner, The September Contest, and Other Stuff

It's all about the "just-in-time" posts over the past few months here on Long Live Locke. It's the last day of September, so that means I can still technically run a "September contest" and keep to my promise of one contest a month until May 2010.

But first, I need to let you know who won the August contest!

This was the image from "The Constant," and below is the panel of judges' favorite entry. Since I took so long to announce the winner, I'm going to give Dharma Beer can koozies to the two runners-up as well.



WINNER

DWTENENT with:

Desmond: "Be my motha lover... brotha."
Justin Timberlake: "It would be an honor to be your new stepfather!"

(If you don't know what the above is in reference to, you really need to watch this Emmy-nominated skit -- if you're not easily offended, that is...)

Yay for DWTENET! He/She gets to pick between a Kate and Shannon action figure... and I will throw in a few koozies as well. Just email me through the site or leave a comment with your email address (I will not publish it) and we can go from there.)

RUNNERS-UP

JEREMY with:

"After only talking a mere thirty seconds with his lover who he had not seen in three years, Desmond was immediately reminded why he left in the first place."

and

DHAMURRAY with:

"Desmond was overjoyed to hear that the last four seasons of The X-Files were saved on Penelope's Tivo."


Thanks to everyone who participated! I really had a great time reading through everyone's responses (you can see them all here) and so I'll most likely run another contest like this one again in the future.

But for today and the September Contest, I'm keeping it simple:

Tell me who your favorite Lost character is in the comments section linked directly below this post, and those who are in positions 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 will win a set of the Dharma Beer can koozies. I'm going to post responses in batches, so there will be no way for anyone to know what position they might be in before submitting their entry.

(Speaking of, I do intend to write up the event and post some pictures from it, but that will have to wait. In the meantime, check out what Ryan from Zap2it's Guide to Lost said about the night here and here!)

OK, now for the contest rules:

- If you don't want Dharma Beer can koozies, please don't enter. There will be no other prizes offered for this contest.

- This contest is open to anyone in any country.

- Only one submission per person.

- Only entries on this blog via the comments section below this post will be considered -- Tweets or Facebook comments will not. There will be Facebook and Twitter-based contests in the future.


Good luck!


Finally, and this has absolutely nothing to do with Lost... but most of you know that my writing gig for DVD rental company redbox came about because of this blog. So I thought I'd mention that this Friday, shortly after 9 AM EST, I will be doing a live radio spot for redbox on KPAM in Portland. Anyone can tune in to it via the "Listen Live" link on the upper-right of KPAM's site. I'll be talking about new theatrical releases Zombieland and Whip It, as well as titles that are now out on DVD, including Monsters vs. Aliens, The Brothers Bloom and Management.

I'll be back at some point in October with The Numbers contest winners and yet another chance to take home some Lost-related goodies...

- e

The Big Day is Here: Zap2Locke Con Begins at 7 PM!

Just a quick reminder that if you're a Lost fan in the Chicago area, I hope to see you tonight at Zap2Locke Con at The Dark Horse in Wrigleyville. All of the details you'll need are in the post below!

As for August's Caption Contest winner, I'll be announcing that after I get through tonight... there's been a lot of fun preparation for the event so I haven't had much extra time to confer with my esteemed panel of judges. But hopefully I'll post the winner over the weekend.

Stay tuned...
- e