Sarah bought me season four of my favorite show, 'The Wire', on DVD for my birthday. It didn't arrive in time, so she drew this (only slightly spoiler-ish) picture and wrapped it in an Amazon box.
I've been geeking out on 'The Wire' lately, rewatching all the seasons with Young in preparation for the fifth and final season. I love that the show is almost impossibly dense. I've heard it referred to as "Dickensian" and I like things that are Dickensian even if I don't like Dickens so much (re: 'Hard Times' (or rather, I never did re: 'Hard Time'). It wasn't a conscious thing, but looking back, these blogs of mine take on a similar structure to seasons of the Wire with their ever-changing focus (and all this time I thought I was ripping off 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer').
The show is angry and sad, but it's also incredibly funny, and I don't hear people talk about that as much. I saw an interview with one of the show's creators, David Simon, where he said, "People are surprised that the writing I'm most proud of are the small throw away gags."
I guess I like my comedy with a little despair mixed in. And the other way too.
As a joke, Sarah also got me 'Harold and Maude' on DVD. And another cake.
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The first episode of season five aired on my birthday. Young, Sarah and I had already seen it, though, because they air nearly a week early on OnDemand.
Young: A woman at work in the cubicle next to mine was angry that I'd already seen the first episode.
Me: She watches the Wire?
Young: Yeah. And she was mad that she couldn't watch it early.
Me: She couldn't watch it on OnDemand?
Young: She doesn't have OnDemand.
Me: Oh. So she has DirectTV or something.
Young: Yeah.
Me: She should have said, "I still have a dish." You know, like your commercial.
Young: No.
Cute gift. So, what did you get Sarah for her birthday?
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