After LOST ended, Damon Lindelof was nowhere to be found -- except Twitter. The writer and executive producer of the six-season series embarked on a European vacation shortly after Jack closed his eye, and tweeted his way though Italy and the U.K. "Last day in Italia. Mission Accomplished. I am fat," was an example of one of his characteristic tweets. Lindelof announced his return to the states yesterday with the tweet "There's no place like home" (also the title of a LOST episode), and today he announced his return to work, beginning his first project since "The End."

"Vacation officially over. Ready to boldly go," Lindelof announced, getting his point across despite a 140 character limit: he's starting work on Star Trek 2.

Star Trek was one of last year's greatest films, and that's partially to do with the fact that it had some of the best cast and crew ever. Most of the crew was lifted directly from J.J. Abrams shows like Alias, Fringe, and LOST (including Jeff Pinkner, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Michael Giacchino). Abrams himself directed, and, along with Lindelof, served as a producer for the film, which was one of the most critically praised films of 2009, holding a 94% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Lindelof, along with Orci and Kurtzman, was reported to have begun writing the script for the sequel in March 2009, though Abrams told the BBC in March 2010 that no script exists yet. That's probably what Lindelof is setting off to do today -- to begin writing processes for the sequel. This might be the end of Lindelof's television career -- many have speculated that he'll abandon television entirely in favor of film. If that's the case, writing the second Star Trek film is a good way to jump mediums.

He better hurry, though: the release date for Star Trek 2 has been set for June 29, 2012.