--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Yup. The "inexplainable season opener flashforward" > > is now a well-known device on BB. The teddy bear in > > the pool, which made no sense at all until the last > > episode of the season, etc. I suspect we won't know > > fersure why Walt is investing in such heavy iron > > until the last of these 16 episodes. And that it'll > > be a real trip getting there. > > Word. > > I'm down for any direction the writers wanna take it, > but my intuition tells me that we are going to find out > why the Cartel gave young Gustavo a pass when they killed > and bled out his chemist partner in the swimming pool. > It just feels like we are going to learn who it is in Chile > that Juan Bolsa with the Juarez did not wish to offend.
I suspect you're right. I hadn't thought about the "progression" thing from small crook (small fish) to big crook (big fish), with Walt becoming more and more of a predator as he breaks badder, but it really works as a theme. So he's bound to meet and have to deal with even bigger fish than Gus. > Or not. > > I at least have faith that Vince Gilligan and his posse > aren't planning on having Walt and Jesse picked up by a > UFO or fade to black Soprano's style. Not a chance. I'm envisioning more the last scene from De Palma's version of "Scarface," with Walt either going out in a blaze of glory wielding his M60 or being the last one standing, saying "I won." :-) > > > New Mexico is a beautiful land and truly Enchanted. I love it > > > deeply. It exists in my very spirit and I return there > > > regularly for refreshment. > > > > Gotta agree. I loved New Mexico, too. Albuquerque itself, > > not so much, but the land...magnificent. > > Church. Exactly. > I generally avoid ABQ completely. It always struck me as another > big uninteresting city with brown air. Might have to take a couple > days and explore the neighborhoods a bit to give it more of a > chance. September has been a good month in the past for me to begin > a NM trek. I usually find myself so Enchanted that I get lost in > the moment for a couple of months. Ideally, the weather is willing > and I head over to the North Rim of the Grandest Canyon before the > concessions close North Rim is the best. > then head north into the canyon lands of southern Utah <or Utawer > if yas wanna blend in> and channel my inner Edward Abbey. It is > amazing how friendly those Mormon girls can be. "Are ya happy to > see me or is that a monkey wrench in your pocket?" I'm thinkin' > its an evolutionary thang where the impulse to bring new genes > into the pool overrides local mores. I have had similar experiences. Nothin' like a little religious repression to unlock the libido. > Lucky me, but Samuel Langhorne Clemens would disagree, having once > observed: > > "Our stay in Salt Lake City amounted to only two days....... > <snip> I had the will to do it. With the gushing self-sufficiency > of youth I was feverish to plunge in headlong and achieve a great > reform here until I saw the Mormon women. Then I was touched. My > heart was wiser than my head. It warmed toward these poor, > ungainly and pathetically homely creatures, and as I turned to > hide the generous moisture in my eyes, I said, No, the man that > marries one of them has done an act of Christian charity which > entitles him to the kindly applause of mankind, > not their harsh censure and the man that marries sixty of them has > done a deed of open-handed generosity so sublime that the nations > should stand uncovered in his presence and worship in > silence." > > Go figure. > > But I digress. ;-) Great digression. I love Sam. Thinking about New Mexico got me thinkin' about some of my fave places there for a friend who is about to visit, so I came up with the following short list of Places Of Power I used to enjoy there. I share it with you, since you're in the general neighborhood, and might be inter- ested: New Mexico The Santa Fe labyrinth -- a full-sized copy of the labyrinth at Chartres, outside at the Folk Art Museum, so you can walk it by moonlight. Fun. http://www.internationalfolkart.org/visitors/labyrinth.html Bandelier -- nice Anasazi site. http://www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/bandelier/national_monument.html Chaco -- the mother of all Anasazi sites, with buildings larger than the Colusseum in Rome. http://www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/chaco_culture/national_historical_park.html Tsankawi -- a small site that many don't know about, part of the Bandelier Natl Park complex. It used to be my closest Power Place to duck away to from Santa Fe for a rejuvenating walk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsankawi The haunted bar at La Posada, Santa Fe -- where I used to hang out. Good drink, good people, and its own ghost. http://news.rockresorts.com/images/9002/media_gallery/La%20Posada%20de%20Santa%20Fe%20Resort%20&%20Spa,%20A%20RockResort,%20Santa%20Fe,%20New%20Mexico%20-%20Staab%20House%20Living%20Room,%20web.jpg Carlsbad Caverns -- haven't been there in years, but I remember how impressed I was when I last visited. HUGE caverns, breathtaking. http://www.nps.gov/cave/index.htm The Mine Shaft Tavern, Madrid -- best and most fun biker bar in the world, on the Turquoise Trail between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. http://www.themineshafttavern.com/ Canyon de Chelly -- I don't think this is technically in NM, but it's a neat place. Read Roger Zelazny's "Eye Of Cat" before going there. http://www.nps.gov/cach/index.htm
