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television and filing
Aug. 22nd, 2007 12:26 pmI have just filed three year's worth of student exams and papers, because students seem unwilling to come and get these things after the end of the term. And by "filed" I mean, "put up on the top shelf of my bookcases, where I can't get to them without standing on a chair." Now one part of my desk has a lot less paper on it, but the other part still has a stack of papers about a foot high to be filed and/or shredded. There are other stacks as well, but those are only a few inches high and thus don't really count.
We watched the first two episodes of season 1 of The Wire last night; it was as good as I expected it to be. I'm not sure why I keep putting this show off, considering that my two contenders for "best show ever" are Deadwood and Homicide, and The Wire is basically a David Simon show made by HBO, and the first couple episodes were directed by Clark Johnson. The only thing i didn't really care for, to be honest, was the character of McNulty: right now he seems very much the maverick detective, fighting the good fight against the forces of political bureaucracy. Or what he defines as the good fight, anyway. This is a character type I find irritating; I am hoping he will grow on me, although history suggests he may not.
Anyway, I am looking forward to the rest of the season despite that, because I have faith that the ensembleness of the show will far outweigh my irritation with any single character, no matter how important he is.
We watched the first two episodes of season 1 of The Wire last night; it was as good as I expected it to be. I'm not sure why I keep putting this show off, considering that my two contenders for "best show ever" are Deadwood and Homicide, and The Wire is basically a David Simon show made by HBO, and the first couple episodes were directed by Clark Johnson. The only thing i didn't really care for, to be honest, was the character of McNulty: right now he seems very much the maverick detective, fighting the good fight against the forces of political bureaucracy. Or what he defines as the good fight, anyway. This is a character type I find irritating; I am hoping he will grow on me, although history suggests he may not.
Anyway, I am looking forward to the rest of the season despite that, because I have faith that the ensembleness of the show will far outweigh my irritation with any single character, no matter how important he is.
