the fire and the fury

oh, my heart is so heavy (and my longtime companion is so relieved) because my three month long digestion of all 60 hours of 'the wire' has finally come to a close. there are tons of articles i considered linking to because the commentary on the show is so varied and so compelling (usually), but there are far too many spoilers sprinkled in for me to risk tainting the experience for any of you loyal readers who haven't seen it. erik lundegaard over at huffington post said it best, i think:

"I'm beginning to wonder if the five seasons of The Wire aren't the most relevant thing going in any media -- TV, news, books, movies, documentaries -- because it explains our world and it explains why our world is effed up."

i actually do think it's the best thing that ever hit tv (yes, even better than 'the sopranos' and 'buffy'), and to think that i almost bailed out after watching the first few episodes of season 1! if you haven't watched it and are inclined, make sure you stick with it past those first few episodes (which in hindsight brilliantly lay out not only characters and plotlines, but also thematic concerns that resonate all the way up to the final episode). again, thanks to all those who kept telling me to watch it. strangely enough, it's one of the few pieces of 'art' i've been exposed to that actually changed my thinking about the world. and with that, the blather ends.

now, for a list of goings-on and musings:

* someone is working a buzzsaw nearby and it is working my last nerve

* we are moving officially next week into our new project, er, house. it is a diamond in the rough (emphasis on rough), so we are hopefully going to have a little get together before the deconstruction begins so that others can experience the supreme vulgarity of it all before it's stripped down to its former self. i may even throw up a pic or two on this here blog.

* new music i'm liking: the kills and she and him (though this one is not as good as i'd hoped). i'm a mite disappointed in the newish magnetic fields.

* when they tell you to make sure you transition your dogs over to a new food gradually, they mean what they say. i'm living on the planet klingon, and i don't mean star trek, if you get my drift.

* tropical vacation only a few weeks away and it cannot come soon enough

* sat a table over from scott wolf of 'party of five' fame last weekend and he is quite small and quite youthful-looking. it's always fun to see folks from 'party of five,' '90210,' 'melrose place,' et al -- makes me feel young again!

adios, muchachos!