On Writing: Originality

For the record, I have only seen one episode of Lost.  Didn't care for it.  Shows like this just aren't my bag.  Maybe I just get bored too easily.   Maybe it's not very good.  Or, most probably, shows like Lost thrive upon becoming a cultural phenomenon and I've never been very good at being swept away in cultural phenomena.  I'm a loner, a rebel.  I walk the mean streets alone, with only my righteous fists and keen wits to see me through the dark.

I have nothing against cultural phenomena.  ...