I'm watching The Wire season finale again, hoping to catch that elusive final 20 minutes (thanks for trying, Corwood, but the disc you sent me had the same problem. I've got a pretty good jinx going on so far). I just had to come in here and say how much I love that Proposition Joe had Omar's clock all fixed.

Eta: I think that's when I started watching 6FU, when Taylor showed up.

Oh, that's right. that killed me, that he really fixed it. Be prepared to weep; George killed me with that one. I still think about it. Not in quite the same way as the word "intimacy" makes me giggle and think "tickle my nuts". Yes. Still. But it's gotten me to give up most talk shows so it's all good.

Yeah, Taylor's a hoot. It could so be a "smartmouthed kid part" but somehow I think she avoids that. If Claire had been on when I was in high school, i'd be her biggest fan. I mean, I still think she's awesome, but I needed the validation more then, you know?

thanks for trying, Corwood, but the disc you sent me had the same problem.

That breaks my heart. I must have deleted the wrong one.

It all worked out, Corwood. It's probably for the best that I saw the first hour several times before seeing the last 20 minutes since those last 20 minutes are so freaking heart-rending. Gah. And now I gotta worry about whether McNulty can handle going back on top of knowing how awful everything is for the kids and Bubbles.

I am trying to think of something intelligent to say about 6FU but my head is too full of Wire. It's funny, I liked 6FU well enough to watch the whole thing, but I can mostly remember the parts that annoyed me, now.

yeah, they are not exactly two great tastes that are great together. Don't worry about it. Poor Bubbles.

I liked 6FU well enough to watch the whole thing, but I can mostly remember the parts that annoyed me, now.

-t is me. I watched a lot of 6fu, and liked it, but now I just remember the bits where they did something I really didn't like. Odd.

At least he's clean now. Bubbles. That's some pretty dire hitting of bottom right there.

I liked the return of Waylon. Made me cry.

I'm thinking about doing a High Hat article on Wild Bunch references in The Wire, but, woe is me, this might require rescreening the movie AND the series again. Actually, I tried this before, but kept forgetting about the project because the narrative is so damn engrossing.

The whole thing made me cry, and then my mother looked at me afterward like "You like this thing, right? This is the thing you called New York all the time for, and everything? I don't get it."ETA: Go ahead and write, bunk. You are the special kind of asshole the project requires. Smartmouthed Austin cocksucker.

I appreciate that, but I may be too unfocused a cocksucker to keep my interest in the article in the face of the best damn narratives ever set to film. Most of the other High Hat editors were here in Austin this weekend (inspiring hours of Guitar Hero II in my living room, and let me tell you as someone who'd never played the game before, "War Pigs" is mine!), and our conversation inevitably shifted to our favorite little moments in The Wire that no other show could possibly catch. We invented the drinking game "I am like Lester Freamon because...," which, of course, relies on your ability to impress others with quick wit and Freamon-ocity.