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Once upon a time

For 4 years I didn’t have a TV. These were great years, albeit debaucherous ones. I have crazy memories with friends, scars both literal and figurative, and photos to prove it all. But now I’m older. I have a TV for the sake of an Xbox, shortly followed by the suggestion of the roommates that we simply plug it in to the cable box, seeing as how the cost of a gazillion channels was already rolled into the rent. It won’t hurt anyone. So ok. Here I am. I now have a TV and cable. And it’s true, I probably don’t go out as much as I used to. Then again, I’m older and no longer on drugs.

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Williamsburg loses in the Real World, but gains Top Chefs

Damn. Thats actually kind of rad.

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Gothamist: The Real World to Ruin Brooklyn this Summer

Oh god no.

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rickyv: Ricky’s Quickies: TV ReviewSix Feet Under I’ve been watching the series on DVD and just finished up the series finale this morning. Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever cried as much in a five minute period as I did during that closing montage. I highly recommend the show. It’s the first thing I’ve ever seen confront death so head-on and thoroughly. I believe Alan Ball, the creator, said the show was about living life while constantly in the face of death, which the characters eventually did. Nick Denton once told me he thinks that when future cultural historians look back at our time, they won’t look at the art, music, or film being created, they’ll look at our television (in particular, HBO). I tend to agree with him, especially after digesting this series. Six Feet Under was the first and only TV show to ever make me weep like a little baby. I couldn’t keep my shit together in that last episode. When Nate essentially dies while cheating on Brenda with that fucking Quaker skank… Sure Brenda had her “horrible human being” moments, but I honestly feel like she was a good person above it all and no one should have to go out like that. I was so disappointed in Nate. And watching them all age in the closing montage just about killed me. Especially Claire. Oh sigh.

rickyv:

Ricky’s Quickies: TV Review
Six Feet Under

I’ve been watching the series on DVD and just finished up the series finale this morning. Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever cried as much in a five minute period as I did during that closing montage.

I highly recommend the show. It’s the first thing I’ve ever seen confront death so head-on and thoroughly. I believe Alan Ball, the creator, said the show was about living life while constantly in the face of death, which the characters eventually did.

Nick Denton once told me he thinks that when future cultural historians look back at our time, they won’t look at the art, music, or film being created, they’ll look at our television (in particular, HBO). I tend to agree with him, especially after digesting this series.

Six Feet Under was the first and only TV show to ever make me weep like a little baby. I couldn’t keep my shit together in that last episode. When Nate essentially dies while cheating on Brenda with that fucking Quaker skank… Sure Brenda had her “horrible human being” moments, but I honestly feel like she was a good person above it all and no one should have to go out like that. I was so disappointed in Nate. And watching them all age in the closing montage just about killed me. Especially Claire. Oh sigh.

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Has anyone else noticed that guy on Hells Kitchen that is perpetually making a face as if he needs his diaper changed? I did some screenshots from the latest episode.

Has anyone else noticed that guy on Hells Kitchen that is perpetually making a face as if he needs his diaper changed? I did some screenshots from the latest episode.

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