Monday, October 5, 2009

Hotels: There's Always Something

Whenever I stay in a hotel there is always something odd that attracts my attention.

At first you might think it's the red Snow White and the Seven Dwarves' mirror mirror on the... pole? (Which by the way also doubles as a television screen on the back side.)

But no. What drew me was the random black hand in the middle of the coffee table.
What's that for? Is it just decoration or should I have him hold something for me? If he was near an outlet I'd charge my phone on him but he is not.

Then again perhaps they just put the hand there for our amusement.
To pose with for pictures.
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87 comments:

  1. AntonioOctober 5, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    What a weird stuff...

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  2. CorvusOctober 5, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    Weird... and, y'know, kind of creepy.

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  3. Rachael=]October 5, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    Haha, that is weird.

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  4. Alisha Rene'October 5, 2009 at 12:11 PM

    LMFAO!!!!!!!! NICELY done, exactly what I would have done.

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  5. 1001 PetalsOctober 5, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    That's just bad design.

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  6. SonjaOctober 5, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    were do you stay at so many different hotels where there is always something weird? I have never had anything like that where ever I have stayed!

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  7. CapmasterOctober 5, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    You should poke it out of your fly, then sit at the bar and see if anyone notices :D

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  8. CassandraOctober 5, 2009 at 1:03 PM

    Jorge, I think it's for jewelry. Like, you can put your rings on its fingers, your necklace in the palm.

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  9. CaseyOctober 5, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    It is a weird suggestion, but did you try writing with it?

    I only say that because I have seen these sculptures shaped like hands or feathers, that you could actually write with like a pencil. But they don't get black marks all over your hands. Maybe you should try scribbling with it.

    I really like your tiny mutant hand pic.

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  10. Michael77October 5, 2009 at 1:50 PM

    Hey Jorge,

    I like the way you were dressed. Where you expecting the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.

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  11. James HernandezOctober 5, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Jorge,

    I think it might be a back scratcher - then again the hand is cupped which makes me think it might be for an entirely different purpose!

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  12. martukisOctober 5, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    black and white!! ;)

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  13. AlYaGotADoOctober 5, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    ROFLMAO!!! Where the heck are you dude? Arn't you in Hawaii filming LOST?

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  14. Sue WacvetOctober 5, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    How the heck to you find these hotels?!!

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  15. LeahOctober 5, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    What kind of a hotel is this?

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  16. Lynn FaruqueOctober 5, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    You always find the most interesting hotels!!

    I am jealous.

    Besos!!

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  17. yellowdoggrannyOctober 5, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    maybe it's for scatching your privates and dont want to get your hand all stinky..

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  18. Tomás MoroOctober 5, 2009 at 3:46 PM

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  19. EzequielOctober 5, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    If you were an argentinian, would know that anything that is in a hotel, and is not stuck to it as you should consider as a gift!:D

    I hope you brought that "strange hand" with you hahahah :)

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  20. twirlerOctober 5, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    Jorge,
    The hand is a remote control holder!

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  21. ShannonOctober 5, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    Maybe it's for tips! How greedy.

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  22. TopangaOctober 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    They NEVER have random black hands at the Hampton Inn. Is this what 5 Stars will get you??

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  23. TopangaOctober 5, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    It reminds me of "The Monkey's Paw".
    What did you wish for?

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  24. CheckieOctober 5, 2009 at 5:16 PM

    Congrats, Jorge. You found Dr. Marvin Candle's missing hand.

    With any luck, maybe you'll find Brennan's keys and Mikhail's eyeball at your next hotel.

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  25. Megan ReillyOctober 5, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    Really, the only response to that hand is, "Thank you, Thing."

    :)

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  27. Robot_LoveOctober 5, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    GANGRENE!!!

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  28. JonnyOctober 5, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    What hotel is this???? Please enlighten us!

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  29. lisaghOctober 5, 2009 at 8:32 PM

    Any body part just sitting around in a hotel room is creepy. Funny. But creepy.

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  30. Jenny Holiday & AaronOctober 5, 2009 at 9:41 PM

    We are thinking it is for the TIP! ;)

    Happy Fall!!!
    xoxo Jenny & Aaron
    Jersey Shore USA

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  31. JenniferOctober 5, 2009 at 9:54 PM

    Jorge, I just found your blog. My husband and I just started watching Lost and your character is hilarious. I saw on here that we were excited about having 1000 followers, but when I put you in my google reader it showed that 6,201 people that had subscribed to your blog. Just thought you should know, lots more than 1000. I haven't read the whole thing, so you may know, but fyi. We have season 5 of Lost to watch, then I'm looking forward to the new season in January. Looking forward to following your adventures on here.

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  32. PinkPug,INK.October 5, 2009 at 10:06 PM

    It's to hold the remote! My mom had two "hands" that were always on the coffee table holding the remotes. :)

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  33. Paul SpoonerOctober 5, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    Did you 'cup' yourself with it? (I'm only asking what everybody else is thinking...)

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  34. AnonymousOctober 5, 2009 at 11:57 PM

    No, no.

    You take a photo of the hand and then you go home and put it in your hand picture frame and freak people out with the Escherness of it all.

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  35. nollyposhOctober 6, 2009 at 4:23 AM

    So THAT's what happened to "Thing" (from The Addams family) but he's not looking too well :-/

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  36. Dr MumOctober 6, 2009 at 4:25 AM

    There's a bit of a Cocteau Beauty and the Beast thing going on in that funky hotel

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  37. MiztificationOctober 6, 2009 at 4:26 AM

    That is so wild. :)

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  38. ReNaTo UêGaOctober 6, 2009 at 5:50 AM

    Weird thing! Nice picture... you with the black hand! LOL

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  39. Ms. JonesOctober 6, 2009 at 5:56 AM

    My brother in laws hotel in Vienna had the same hand, but it held fresh fruit. The staff changed out the fruit every day (or put a new one in if you ate it).

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  40. UnknownOctober 6, 2009 at 6:33 AM

    Try making wishes with it like a monkey paw.

    Oh wait. Maybe don't try that.

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  41. Mister J.October 6, 2009 at 7:00 AM

    Perhaps you forgot to uncheck "Fetish" from your hotel preferences search?

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  42. RebeccaOctober 6, 2009 at 7:08 AM

    maybe to hold the remote for the tv/mirror?

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  43. Eugen CaitazOctober 6, 2009 at 7:27 AM

    Man, this lost-black hand, is All that remained by the Seven Dwarves after Snow White is woke up!! :):):)
    This hand is suitable for you!!!

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  44. MeribethOctober 6, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    that hand is so.incredibly.bizarre.

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  45. Dana ZeeOctober 6, 2009 at 10:09 AM

    Not to change the subject, but I found the perfect Halloween costumes for you and Beth!
    http://blog.games.com/2009/10/05/halloween-costume-idea-zombies-from-plants-vs-zombie/

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  46. Judy in IndianaOctober 6, 2009 at 11:09 AM

    This is a weird looking hotel, care to tell us whose it is? After you have left, of course. I like weird. Weird is good.

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  47. lost-815October 6, 2009 at 11:44 AM

    but you put it on your hand?
    you frightening me!
    Put it on during Lost shot, so if the "other" attacks you, you can frighten him, or it, or whatever is that damned black smoke monster.
    Hi think you are the best between the male characters.
    Tell me one thing: is it possible that Christian that appear in the episode 5 of season 5 is "the other", the antagonist of Jacob that takes Locke's appearance?
    I've seen that he had a different kind of shoes instead of a white gym shoes; and then when John explained what Richard said to him to take back who left the island (Jack, Sayid, Hurley, Kate and Sun), that is to day, he respond that is called "sacrifice".
    What do you think? Thanks.
    p.s. i think that the explosion of the bomb caused the reset, that we'll go to see in the season premiere ;-)
    by and live long and prosper \V/

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  48. Jessie RayotOctober 6, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    Eeewww.

    but still funny.

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  49. ShianaOctober 6, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    Maybe it's for tips...

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  50. jennYOctober 6, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    oh my gosh i LUV IT!

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  51. mabochdaOctober 6, 2009 at 6:14 PM

    wouldn't someone steal it?

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  52. Miss ScarlettOctober 6, 2009 at 6:29 PM

    What kind of hotels do you stay in??

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  53. AlYaGotADoOctober 6, 2009 at 6:33 PM

    Jorge,

    Going to see Michael Emerson do a reading in NYC in Dec. Heard you were at the Babar reading with the Honolulu Symphony. Any chance you might talk about that on here. I would have given anything to have been there!!

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  54. KoRoBaRoOctober 6, 2009 at 10:38 PM

    Know what's really scary?

    Thinking about what all the previous room occupants did with that hand before you stuck it down your pants...you stuck it down your pants, right?


    ...you stuck it down your pants....

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  57. Sara LuqueOctober 7, 2009 at 4:19 AM

    jajaja. Veo que cada vez te lo pasas mejor en los hoteles! pero la mano da miedo, mucho miedo... por cierto Jorge ¡qué pelos llevas! jeje. Te lo digo con cariño ;)
    Un beso desde España que te queremos un montón.

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  58. Jakob SOctober 7, 2009 at 4:53 AM

    It's so weird. Today I saw your mysterious twin or doppelganger at the university were I study. It's so creepy- he looks almost exactly like you. Next time I see him I'm gonna ask for a photo so you may see it for yourself. You don't have any relatives in the north of Sweden I guess ;)? Take care.

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  59. UnknownOctober 7, 2009 at 8:17 AM

    Jorge, I'm assuming you gave the ok to have your likeness drawn into Angel: After the fall issue #26. here are the two pages you appear in.
    http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=3536&pg=4
    http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=3536&pg=5

    can you tell all your fans how this came about and if you didn't know I look forward hearing your reaction.

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  60. GoofOctober 7, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    :O OMG they encased THING from the Adams family in that carbon stuff from Star WARS!!!!!! He must have given Darth Vader "the birdie".

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  61. MaleaOctober 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    OHHH, so THOSE are the upgrades that I'm missing out on!....meh.

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  62. B.ROctober 7, 2009 at 3:47 PM

    Whoa! Let go of the hand, man! The Terminator is searching for it!
    You do wanna live, right?
    Then come with me...

    P.S: The hand doesn't look like a fruit holder AT ALL. It looks like something you'd see in a porno film...to, y'know...

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  63. B.ROctober 7, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    Give it the old yonk? No?
    No?

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  64. Sleazy PancakeOctober 7, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    I think you're supposed to put a pebble in the middle of the hand, then try to snatch it. I bet that each room has a different body part, too.

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  65. Christina BauerOctober 7, 2009 at 11:18 PM

    Hahaha! I love your pose with the hand! Where do you stay that there's always something weird?

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  66. JenOctober 7, 2009 at 11:39 PM

    ha...that last picture made me laugh so hard, I cried. Love your sense of humor!

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  67. EzequielOctober 8, 2009 at 12:18 AM

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  68. EzequielOctober 8, 2009 at 12:22 AM

    What is Google Wave?

    http://quieroloquenoexiste.blogspot.com

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  69. leelaOctober 8, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    ha ha

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  70. cjcatOctober 8, 2009 at 8:59 PM

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  71. cjcatOctober 8, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    The mirror/tv thing is weird too. It looks like something out of the new video game I'm playing, the Sims 3. Wait, Jorge, that's the answer, isn't it? Lost is a video game! Or is it reality itself that's the video game?

    You and your hand have really weirded me out, dude. Shades of the Matrix.

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  72. AliasOctober 9, 2009 at 6:14 AM

    You stay in some weird hotels, man

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  73. ellen_miraiOctober 9, 2009 at 7:22 AM

    it looks like you have acquired Dr. Doom's hand...

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  74. moonOctober 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    Did you tell them you needed a hand? What an accomodating hotel!

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  75. DerioOctober 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    nice hand, well I a Lost fan (whatever) , your character hurley is relly funny, I think (like many others) Lost is the most great tv show for each one character but hurley is the representation of real friendship.

    well is nice can send this mesaje,I be waiting for final season.

    well my englich is so poor yet I hope you can undertand .

    see ya

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  76. Jemmah.October 10, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    Best picture of the year!

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  77. cjcatOctober 10, 2009 at 2:22 PM

    I ran across this today and since I've decided you're a gamer friend, (hey, I like Lost but I love the virtual world,) you've got to check this out.

    Alice and Kev, a Sims story.

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  80. PikkoOctober 15, 2009 at 9:00 AM

    Wait so, what was the creepy mirror for??

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  81. Paul BlomdahlOctober 19, 2009 at 8:21 PM

    The mirror is also a TV. It's the Mondrian hotel in LA. Nice hotel!

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