Tonight I finally got around to watching the season finale of The Wire. And after having two glasses of wine, I post the following email that I composed for a Baltimorean in Colorado"
Hi- holymotherfucking shit. You know how we used to talk about the romance of Baltimore - you fall in and out of love with it like a teenager, but man, I was just BLOWN away by the Finale of The Wire. I don't watch them when they come on weekly, so we have been watching them in batches. But Handsome heard that the last episode was especially sad, and so we waited until we could have some wine and time to feel yucky afterwards. Okay, so, I feel yucky, but WOW. What an amazing series this has become. Its no longer really JUST about the ganster shit - it is so closely mirroring the direct politics (O'Malley) and current crime rates - amazing. The last 5 seconds of the finale had me still. So, watch it if you can. It is sad and truthful and hard to watch, ESPECIALLY since the honest truth is that we live right on the brink of this reality. But it has turned into a fine show. Fucking A. What is really fucking stupid though is that Ed Norris stars as a character - remember him? Big shot asshole from NYC who came here to save our city from ourselves (IE pulling people off their own porches for "loitering") and who spent city money on joy trips to the Big Apple...he has a role. And fucking Bob Fucking Erlich played a security guard in the Governer's office last week, Still - I like the way it takes a piss on Baltimore while remaining true to the harsh realities.
Today we were driving on Fayette towards 83, and the church on the corner there has allowed homeless people to literally set up camp and live there. It is a tent city. Anyway, there was a car of 6 in front of us that were literally gawking at the people and their makeshift home. Handsome and I were amazed at the amazement of the gawkers, and then I realized that we have become so desensitized to this situation - people living in fucking boxes and tents in the MIDDLE of the city, right there, in your face...we are so used to it that we don't even notice it. What kind of PERSON have I become? What kind of example am I setting for my daughter? Oh yes, honey...THOSE people...yeah, well. Just don't pay attention.
I despise and love this city.
God dammit - call me Lindsay Lohan. I just tossed off a little diddy. Maybe Al Gore and Hillary Clinton will come over for Sunday dinner tonight - shit, AND Lindsay since they are so close, and we can save the world together.
Hope you had a good weekend - I am posting this on my blog too, as I couldn't ever be more succinct and honest than I have in the above rant.
Peace and Love.
