I wonder what they are setting us up for with what the diary writer is talking about... sounds like some serious intrigue... And did they mention in the epi that the fuselage was floating away?

http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/diary16.html

WTF? That diary writer sounds like a psycho. :o

I wonder if they were a victim at some point (the week in Louisiana), the way they are reacting to Claire's abduction?

??? I'm sooooo confused!!! Who is Larry? and what the heck is in that dive bag???? one word - CRAZY

It sounds like Boone. Pushing himself, getting ready. And the dive bag...I don't know, he did mention being a lifesaver.

It sounds like Boone.* Pushing himself, getting ready.* And the dive bag...I don't know, he did mention being a lifesaver.*


So you're saying Larry keeps hitting on Boone? Possibly, but the diary writer refers to "the guy who stole the water" so methinks it's not Boone. I get the impression the diary writer is female. And before anyone says it, no it's not Shannon either.

The dive bag comment sent off a red flag. What's in the dive bag? A toy plane perhaps!?! *lol*
It seems clear that the diary writer was victimized (In Lousinana) and wants to be strong so she can defend herself now.

You know..... Boone *is* a life guard. *Plus, his heterosexuality may be in question (ie, losing the family whatever award comment, Shannon saying "is he your new boyfriend"). *Larry was the guy in the golf episode with hives or a rash. *Larry's hitting on Diarywriter made everyone assume that DW is a female. *DW (and Larry) may just be gay. * Also, Ian who plays Boone is from Louisiana *spooky woooooooooo* * And he tried to rescue the woman who drowned, who DW said they knew and switched seats with to talk to, etc.

However....if you look back in the diary, DW mentions "that guy Boone." *It was discussed when we were ruling out shannon as the writer. *Plus, Boone, to our knowledge, did not switch seats on the plane. *He was next to Shannon.

??? I'm sooooo confused!!! Who is Larry? and what the heck is in that dive bag???? one word - CRAZY


Larry could be the guy with the rash. He was the one who bet his share of the boar meat on Jack. The writer says she won the extra portion from Larry.

ok something is really wrong with the diary cause last night when i checked it was only on day ten now it shows day 22. plus if you click on the back arrows to go to previous pages you get to day 10 and then there is no forward arrows.

The diary was set back so that it matched the epi's they were showing on TV during the break...

So you're saying Larry keeps hitting on Boone? Possibly, but the diary writer refers to "the guy who stole the water" so methinks it's not Boone. I get the impression the diary writer is female.

You could very well be right. :) I actually thought at one point the diary was being written from varying points of view. The dive bag made me think of Boone and that's merely why I suggested him.

at this point, i don't think that we know who this writer is....i'm guessing its someone we don't know yet....we are only associated with 14-15 main characters.....there are 48 passengers.

I agree with bri_nic23...it's probably someone we don't know. Or it's Shannon. :lol2:

What if the DW is another personality of Kate's? I'd ruled her out before because the writer mentions Sawyer snuggled up with "that Kate girl," but when you think about it, that sounds jealous...and we never heard or saw anything to confirm that Kate and Sawyer snuggled on the beach, unless nobody but they themselves know...in which case Kate's other personality would know!

Hehehe, this is fun..... :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

8i8

I think it's someone we don't know yet but will! I bet they introduce the diary writer at some point from among the *extra* survivors.

Maybe the diary writer is a third party-somebody who we haven't heard of yet. This could serve as a way to see all the characters without the opinions of the main characters on them.

I've always thought the Diary writer was a guy.
Larry is obviously trying to befriend the writer - although the writer seems to be creeped out (Larry could just be creepy).
I think the writer was a witness\juror to a crime (this is why the writer was trying to stay alive for the week) the hospital could be a work place - something in the Dive Bag that the Writer got as a payoff for being a witness\juror in the trial (rest of my life would be perfect).

We're assuming that the writer was a victim by being physically hurt due to the mention of the Hospital and trying to survive however if he is in Hospital and only trying to survive a week til trial, it's probably not his trial.

If he was a victim of a kidnapping or beating himself trial wouldn't be a week after recovery. There could be a connection between the death of Kate's loved one and her trial, or Hospital that Jack work at.

Those are my thoughts of the Diary Writer!

I think the diary writer is not one person, but different people, writing in different journals. It almost seems to me like at different points the handwriting is different.

Likely I'm totally in the wrong, though! :lol2:

I think the diary writer is not one person, but different people, writing in different journals. It almost seems to me like at different points the handwriting is different.

Likely I'm totally in the wrong, though! :lol2:


:angel:I totally agree with you one that! ::)

Multiple authors...definitely a possibility! It seems like there was a point when suddenly the handwriting changed, and prior to that it had gotten almost illegible...we all sorta just figured (in another thread) that the cursive computer font used to "write" the entries was getting too many complaints because it was really hard to follow.

Lots of good stuff to think on....I'm still sure we would have forgotten all about poor Joanna if not for the DW!

:o

8i8

I'm surprised Sawyer hasn't tried to steal the dive bag yet. ;)

I had posted my interpretation of what the diary writer meant here:
http://www.thefuselage.com/threaded/index.php?topic=2066.0
(don't wanna repost in too many spots and irritate anyone ;)

As someone who lives in Louisiana, I have an idea what she is referring to in regard to "the trial" etc.

Okay, I have read all the replies and I did something. I read the whole Diary and I wrote down all of the main characters, crossing out the ones that were mentioned. The only person not mentioned was Shannon and I sincerely think that it was her, just by the language and the thought process. Don't you just love the process of elimination?

The theory that it is a third-party character occurred to me, too, but I possibly ruled that one out becuase if it were a third-party character it would not have dropped hints about Louisiana and the dive-bag. It would have just observed the characters. And like I said, there has been absolutely NO mention of Shannon but there has of every other person that is a main character. Yes, Larry is a main character to a degree. Don't believe me of Shannon being the only one not mentioned? Make a list and read yourself.

Okay, I have read all the replies and I did something. I read the whole Diary and I wrote down all of the main characters, crossing out the ones that were mentioned. The only person not mentioned was Shannon and I sincerely think that it was her, just by the language and the thought process. Don't you just love the process of elimination?

Ok. Number One. I think you ought to be promoted directly to Baggage for your evident devotion to the show. Few people would have taken the time to read the diary in it's entirety and make a list. :-*



The theory that it is a third-party character occurred to me, too, but I possibly ruled that one out becuase if it were a third-party character it would not have dropped hints about Louisiana and the dive-bag. It would have just observed the characters.


On the otherhand, I don't get your reasoning about the Lousiana and dive bag things making it impossible for it to be a third character.

Okay, I have read all the replies and I did something. I read the whole Diary and I wrote down all of the main characters, crossing out the ones that were mentioned. The only person not mentioned was Shannon and I sincerely think that it was her, just by the language and the thought process. Don't you just love the process of elimination?

The theory that it is a third-party character occurred to me, too, but I possibly ruled that one out becuase if it were a third-party character it would not have dropped hints about Louisiana and the dive-bag. It would have just observed the characters. And like I said, there has been absolutely NO mention of Shannon but there has of every other person that is a main character. Yes, Larry is a main character to a degree. Don't believe me of Shannon being the only one not mentioned? Make a list and read yourself.



Wow, nice work :)

True, Shannon isn't mentioned - but at one point, when they are talking about who stole the water, the Diary Writer says "That Guy Boone". This doesn't really sound like something Shannon, Boone's sister, would say. She also talks about events from a different point of view than Shannon - that is, I believe at one point she mentions hearing a gun go off in the forest? Shannon was around when that happened. This is really off the top of my head, though.

Because of this I think it's a young female like Shannon, just not Sticks herself. Just some random girl. Still, you could be correct. Good reasoning :)

Um...does Baggage mean the crazy house? It seems bad to me!!! I AM NOT CRAZY...just a lil obsessed. Not really, tho. I read faster than most people you will ever meet, so I was done with the diary in fifteen minutes. However, to that other person that answered, when does the person say, "That Guy Boone"?

Also, I said I POSSIBLY ruled out a third-party character. What I meant by that, which I forgot to put *sweatdrop*, was that I was not too sure. Maybe, they're going to introduce a new character, otherwise if it is not Shannon, then there woud be no point in mentioning a dive bag OR something strange and obviously traumatizing about Louisiana. I LOVE theorizing!!

Um...does Baggage mean the crazy house? It seems bad to me!!! I AM NOT CRAZY...just a lil obsessed.


NO SILLY!!* Baggage is the next level you go to once you have 30 posts under your belt!* * *:lol2: :laugh: :lol2: :laugh: :lol2: :laugh:

Reasons why I don't think it's Shannon:

Diary Writer (DW) complained about being sunburned.
Shannon has been laying out working on her tan.

DW is an avid surfer who has spent much time in the water.
Shannon doesn't seem like she would put out that much effort on a sport *:D

DW was too tired to get up and see what the commotion was by the fuselage.
Shannon was there with the rest, wondering what the noise was.

DW wondered if hoarding her peanut packages was selfish.
Somehow I don't think Shannon would care if it was selfish or not *;)

DW referred to Charlie on day 6 as Hurley's "friend" while they were fishing (as if she didn't know him)
Shannon had already met Charlie and asked him to find fish for her.

DW said Joanna was sitting next to her on plane - also that one of the dead was sitting next to her. *So I suppose DW was in the middle seat with J on one side and unidentified passenger on the other.
Shannon had Boone next to her.

DW said "they found the guy that stole the water"
I would think Shannon would say Boone stole the water.

Night 7: DW finally meets Charlie
Shannon had already met him the day before.

DW was helping Kate move rocks after the cave-in trapped Jack and Charlie
Shannon was on the beach at that time lighting the signal flare for Sayid.

DW says of Boone "he seems a little soft to me" after stating she thought he'd been in the sun too long (and was a little nuts!)
Shannon would know Boone better than to guess that he "seems" a little soft....

DW spent most of the day with Michael searching for Charlie and Claire
I dont remember Shannon hoofing it around the island searching for them.

DW surfs, swims and scuba dives...
Haven't seen Shannon in the water at all

DW is exercising a LOT - swimming and running
Shannon has been wearing those gold strappy sandals the whole time - not good running shoes ;)


Now I suppose there may be many scenes we DON'T see with Shannon running, swimming, being an all around tough chick - but I just can't see her doing that....

;D

POINT TAKEN!!! So, now I seriously doubt that it really is Shannon, so just ignore my ramblings you unfortunate people who have gotten a glimpse into the inner recesses of my twisted mind. My mind...is an enigma! MWUAHAHA!!! I am very hyper on debating. I love to do it and it is so fun!!

No problem! I love to hear the ramblings!

However I think I just exposed myself as an even more obsessed fan than thee :lol2: I practically know the diary by heart!!!
:o

hey lost, obsessed is when you have that darn diary on a excel spreadsheet and a page for every character, one for quotes, one for items of interest, one for theories...my husband thinks i've have truley "lost" my marbles. Anyone seen em?




IS IT WEDNESDAY YET???

hey lost, obsessed is when you have that darn diary on a excel spreadsheet and a page for every character, one for quotes, one for items of interest, one for theories...my husband thinks i've have truley "lost" my marbles. Anyone seen em?



Ok, car88win wins!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

I'm right there with last four of you. Well, I don't have a speadsheet - yet. But I do have an extensive list of all the secrets, symbols, themes, literary and tv references, meanings of names, nicknames and philosohpical ties that I've been able to gather.

Maybe our marbles will cross paths while rolling down the lost hill!

Oh, and I'd already ruled out Shannon for all the afore mentioned reasons. The writer must be someone we hane't met yet. I believe it is one person, and it is female.

I'd just like to thank all you people who do the work for people like me. While I am extremely interested in the show I am super lazy!


Thanks a bunch!

I'd like to accept this award on behalf of those like me " that have 1) lost their marbles mind you there are a lot of them, if you see them please move out of the way for your own safety! 2) on behalf of those that are lazy we aim to please the little man who can't get his marbles in a bag to even send rolling down that lost hill. and lastly but not leastly (is that a word?) 3) because it does drive my husband crazy and that alone makes me happy! ;D ;D ;D

I'd share if I knew how to...maybe if one of you know how I could do that I'd be glad to share.

did anyone notice on what was i think the beginning of the last episode ( but i could be mistaken about the episode, NOT the info here) a woman writing in a diary? she had her back to us and was seen for just a moment?

did anyone notice on what was i think the beginning of the last episode ( but i could be mistaken about the episode, NOT the info here) a woman writing in a diary? she had her back to us and was seen for just a moment?

Well, it's not WTCMB since that starts with Kate in the tree. Any other ideas? It would be cool to catch who it is.

Personally, I think the writer is female. And not anyone we've met before. But I hope we do get to meet her sometime. I love the diary!

Way ealier in the thread a couple of people thought that the guy with the rash was Larry. But the guy with the rash is Sullivan (not sure if that's his first name or last name, though). But Sullivan won the bet because Jack made the shot. The DW didn't get the boar from Sullivan. The guy with red hair and glasses is named Lance, at least, according to Hurley.

I had not heard of the Diary Writer until I saw this thread so I mosied on over to ABCs site and read the entire diary.

I too think it's a female based only on a jut feeling from the way the diary is written and facts in her life that she eludes to.
I don't think we have been introduced to her yet but she could be one of the women that we see in the background a lot.
I focused on her comments about being at the Island Open so I loaded up the episode "Solitary" and watched and rewatched
all of the scenes that had the 'background' women in it and took some screenshots which I posted to http://lost.joefinley.org

After extensive review I came up with only 4 unknown females at the Island Open and I called them Girl 1-4 in the pics.
I'm leaning toward Girl 1 as the Diary Writer for no real solid reason other than she has the look of an athlete to me since
the DW is talking about swimming, diving, running, surfing .. etc.

I ruled out Girl 4 since she doens't look too sunburned and she has the skin that burns very easy ... I know .. it hurts.
I ruled out Girl 2 since she has the look of an Executive more to me than a surfer chick.
I'm still up in the air over Girl 3 .. she could or could not be the DW .. but I get stronger vibes from Girl 1.

Anyone else catch anything that I may have overlooked or have a favorite girl for the Diary Writer from those 4 in the screenshots?

did anyone notice on what was i think the beginning of the last episode ( but i could be mistaken about the episode, NOT the info here) a woman writing in a diary? she had her back to us and was seen for just a moment?


We've seen Claire writing in a diary several times. In RBA Charlie even teased her about it.

That said, we know the writer of the ABC diary is not Claire.

Nice pics Jorok! I lean towards chick #1 as well, a bit tan and a bit more athletic looking than the other girls but she better eat a lot more protein if she want to be ready....

thx Jorek

I think it'd be fun (well, maybe not *fun*) if the diary writer turned out to be Johanna (was that her name?)--the woman (scuba diver) Jack failed to rescue from drowning.* She was pretty ambiguous, and along with the pilot and the marshall, is one of the few who we have thus far witnessed die (although we never actually saw her).* The idea of a *dead* character writing a current diary would be cool.

Also, I agree with everyone who said the diary was written by a woman.* Also, I believe Shannon was mentioned somehow in one of them (I'm too lazy to look it up), so I don't think it's her.

I took some screenshots which I posted to http://lost.joefinley.org

After extensive review I came up with only 4 unknown females and I called them Girl 1-4 in the pics.

I couldn't get your webpage to display correctly - are your pics still posted?
If Girl 1 is the one I am thinking of, I agree wtih you about her. She seems the most athletic and "surfer-girl" body type. At first I thought she was too dark to have gotten badly sunburned on Day 2 (like she wrote in the Diary) but then I saw a better pic of her, zoomed in and saw that her shoulders had new skin coming in - as if she had been burned and peeled.

There is one other conflicting activity she writes about that makes me unsure it is her though.... ???

I think it'd be fun (well, maybe not *fun*) if the diary writer turned out to be Johanna (was that her name?)--the woman (scuba diver) Jack failed to rescue from drowning.* She was pretty ambiguous, and along with the pilot and the marshall, is one of the few who we have thus far witnessed die (although we never actually saw her).* The idea of a *dead* character writing a current diary would be cool.


Yeah, that would be cool, but the DW already wrote about Joanna drowning and about how they met on a scuba trip and about how DW ran into her again on the plane and switched seats so they could talk on the flight. So it's not Joanna.

Dangit! I loved the idea of a dead person writing the diary.

Dangit!* I loved the idea of a dead person writing the diary.


aaah, a little to desperate housewives for me. (a dead person does the narration/storytelling)

I thought it might be Shannon too, but when I went back and reread the first page, a bit of a red flag went up for me when the diary writer wrote about her (yes, I think it's a she) parents probably being worried sick.* And I believe we just found out last night that Shannon's father is dead, and we don't know where her mother is, only her stepmom (Boone's mom).* So it seems to me, Shannon probably wouldn't even think about any parents worrying about her.

...and, in Day Two, (cont.) the diary writer mentions "Transceiver found, but not working. Some hiking to higher ground - I hate hiking."

So it cannot possibly be Shannon, because Shannon was among t he hiking group.

Ref the pics that Jorok put up of the other girls the diary writer could be (great work by the way), having looked through them, and gone back over the episode that Jack got stuck in the cave, the diary writer cannot be girl number 1 as she states that she was there helping Kate to dig for Jack.* Girl number 1 was sitting on the beach talking to Shannon when she remembers that she has to set the rocket off.

Edited to say..for what it's worth, girl number 3 is the only one carrying a bag in the pics, and the diary writer does seem awfully paranoid about her bag.

"Uk girl" - that was exactly the conflict I was talking about! :D

Girl 1 was on the beach with Shannon but DW was helping Kate move rocks to free Jack - and I think those events were happening simultaneously.

I was hoping that was some mixup because I reeeeally think she looks the most like DW. But, I guess we'll see.....

i rewatched the first 11 and made myself only watch the background people and not main characters, except for the cave scene that girl in the brown shirt and white pants with dark brown hair and skin was there. it was creepy exactly how many times you saw her in a scene that was mentioned in the diary. she even had a small book that could have been a diary like claires. and the biggie: after Joanna drowns they come back from commercial jack asks kate "so what did they say", "who was she"....and just before he asked that she was talking to that same girl! she's the one that told her that she was a surfer and she got bumped off her flight etc...interesting eh?

wow! sounds like you found her, sherlock!

I agree with car88win. There was only one girl in the background when Sayid returned and it was the girl in the brown shirt. I forgot that actresses name but she goes on the abc board alittle bit. I think that she is going to eventually become a series regualar, but only if we keep up 'her hype' she said. So yeah, I have been saying its her for awhile.

So wait-- would this be girl #1 from Jorok's pictures? Or somebody else?

Also... is it just me, or did she also mention something about the voices Sayid heard in the last entry of hers?

Yes, she mentioned waking up at nightfall after running up the hill and she heard whispering all around her. She got very freaked out and hot-tailed it back to the beach. ;)

Agreed that she is getting more and more paranoid.....this could get interesting!!!

I'd like to know what's in her "dive bag" that makes her feel so secure. It's not like snorkles will provide much protection against "monsters".

What would cause the burning in the legs?

What would cause the burning in the legs?


Running up the hill.

exercise ;)

Wow... I don't check the post for a couple weeks and it's up to four pages... *and you guys have done an awesome job with your research... *VERY GOOD JOB Jorek and car88win... you two seriously rock.

Specifically, exercise without enough protein/carbs/calories to feed your muscles.* Runners usually "carb-up" before heavy exercise to avoid that burning feeling.* DW doesn't have much choice in the matter though.* :-\

Thank you!!* Just finally glad in my mind to put this writer to rest!* After I'd say about the 4th coicidence, I was like* oh yea* that's her. The info just kept piling up on her. And her reaction when Charlie came back to the beach and was yelling Jack was in trouble, she had a OMG face and she was the only one around when he was telling this. I'm betting my hand on her. I'll have to go back to Jorok's pics and let you know.



Yep, that's her #1....there's no reason not to think that she didn't take off after the rest of them to try and help out and we just didn't see her, maybe Raggs (real diary writer!) thought they would put her in that scene, and when they didn't he forgot to fix the diary to reflect that. Cause every instance other than that she's in your face you can't miss her.

You guys are incredible!* *Okay, so now I have some reading to do with this diary...who do I have to thank for this new addiction?* *:laugh:* * * All I can say is....you guys are goooooood.

karenmichelle

We aim to please!!!! Glad we peaked your interest! Let us know what you think, after you read it.

Specifically, exercise without enough protein/carbs/calories to feed your muscles.* Runners usually "carb-up" before heavy exercise to avoid that burning feeling.* DW doesn't have much choice in the matter though.* :-\


I was thinking that with all the swimming she would handle it better. thx for the info

If these workouts are intense as she makes them seem, I'd love to know how she can go from swimming to running and vice versa. As a competitive swimmer, I know what a 'workout' feels like. And let me tell you, if I were training at high intensity after having taken a break for a while... there's no way in hell I'd want to walk right after a workout, let alone run.

And to me it's just plain strange that she would be pushing herself so much in a cardio workout when it "seems" that she would need to gain strength, rather than endurance, if she needed to be prepared for an attack or something. So, what is she preparing for? A really long run???

Plus the fact that there is just plain not enough food for her to be burning calories like that. Her body would definitely be rebelling if she was working out that hard on an all fruit diet. And since muscles burn more calories than flab does, she is burning off every tiny bit she takes in and is really doing her body a disservice by starving her muscles. She would be feeling very weak.

I like the idea that she could have a mental illness because her writings seem so different, it's almost like she has multiple personalities. And she is DEFINITELY very paranoid. If the assistants play this diary right, there could be a really interesting minor character emerging into a major character later.... 8)

Agree, the set up for a new character, the background is semi started with the hospital thing (could be a link to Jack or Christian, Michael or Locke) , this could be fun.

Agree, the set up for a new character, the background is semi started with the hospital thing (could be a link to Jack or Christian, Michael or Locke) , this could be fun.


And the Louisiana reference could connect to Sawyer.... 8)

And the Louisiana reference could connect to Sawyer.... 8)


Is Sawyer from Louisiana?

Not sure if he's "from Lousiana" but he was there when he was scamming Jesse's husband. remember she told him "baby oh baby don't you have a meeting at 3:30 and it was 3:28 he had to be in Baton Rouge so he must not have been too far from there.

ah yes

I'd just like to point out that the DW doesn't get the facts correct when she describes Jack and Charlie coming out after the cave in. She said that they came out just when "we" were about to give up. I don't think that's right. I don't remember anyone but the main characters being there when they came out, and I don't think they were about to give up. Maybe the timeline below can explain this inconsistency.

DW is on the beach when Charlie tells everyone about the cave-in.
DW heads over to the caves after Scott has gone and come back to the beach (he tells her about the tunnel Michael dug)
DW arrives after the second cave-in when everyone is milling around
Kate shows up and gets everyone motivated to keep digging
DW takes a shift at removing rocks then quits figuring those guys are never getting out. Heads back to the beach.
While DW is at the beach, Jack and Charlie come out.
Jack and Charlie head to the beach
DW sees them coming and feels relieved
Scott or whoever tells her the story of what happend
DW fills in the blanks for her diary

so in reality it could be the dark haired, dark skinned, bown shirt, white pant girl need to abbreviate so still #1 girl in pics i'm stickin with her, guess we'll find out eventually.
repeat again this week kinda stinks

claire is the one writing the stuff....she is the only one with a diary and everything relates to her charrie!

ok, so when diary writer says "i borrowed a pen from the pregant girl" she took it from herself??