Shorly after Isaac was born, this site went dead. For many days, I kept meaning to write and post stuff, but I moved my laptop to the dining room for doing work at home. In doing so, if I’m not doing work, I’m not really sitting in front of any computer. Usually I get all the items I want to write about, make an outline (unless it’s a rant, obviously), upload photos and save it for a work break. That hasn’t been happening lately.
I do have some r/c stuff I want to post, as well as some game reviews – all in due time.
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So, the first season of the Wire had me hooked on hype alone. The second season has me hooked, but it’s much harder to watch.
The first season set up the characters and the dealings. The first season was factual; there was a bit of plodding to explain the mechanics of the drug trade and the details of police bureaucracy. The second season does away with all that – season number two is plot and character driven. I can’t say that in the first season I had any major interest in any specific character other than Omar; in the second season, it’s hard to watch these characters’ downfalls. I couldn’t help but feel bad for even the most unlikeable of characters.
Therein lies the brilliance of The Wire: no character is straight evil or straight good. Everyone is a person with idiosyncrasies and ironies. I’m not talking about a Brutus-esque ‘tragic hero’; you can commiserate with these characters.
Except Stringer. He’s a mystery this season, and I’m hyped to see how he plays out next season.
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It’s hard to discuss this show knowing most of you reading haven’t watch the show yet. I highly recommend it.
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As you can tell, Lisa and I have been taking great pains to make time to watch this show. Lisa keeps telling me it’s the ‘Fourth Trimester’, and I should set my expectations low. My take is that if I can get what I can get done in the 4thT, the rest will be easy.
It’s just getting through this 4thT, though. Outside of this show, it’s hard to determine what I’m doing every night other than chores after Nora goes to bed. And before Nora goes to bed, it feels like I barely see her.
There’s a lot to work on, I guess.
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