fine whine

After waiting for what seemed too long a time, I finally was able to watch the Sopranos fourth season DVD set. Now that it's over, I'm of mixed opinion. There were some utterly brilliant moments, and others of sheer banality. Whether one outweighed the other is not a question I am likely to answer, except if some guy in a bad suit with greasy hair were to hold a gun to my head and demand it. I don't regret watching this season but I'm also glad that I didn't go out and spend my usual thirty or forty bucks on it either. I think my lukewarm opinion comes from some of the directions the show has gradually been taking, and to illustrate let us focus on one character: Janice Soprano (played magnificently by Aida Turturro). I knew a guy in college who was ecstatic every time he saw her onscreen because he knew that sparks would fly sooner or later. That just doesn't cut it with me. I'm not a fan of the whole abrasive character thing, though I know it makes for interesting happenings. It's that abrasiveness that hangs me up before I can get too far into the interesting bit.

But enough complaints. Go out and watch it and make up your own mind. I have bigger fish to fry.

Every so often I get an email about some word-of-mouth service that has something about me on it. Evidently there's a website for all of those "I know dis guy..." sorts of things, combined with a game of telephone and some playground gossip. Naturally I'd need to chuck some bucks at them to find out exactly what's going on with me, and somehow this seems to be some cross between spam, a scam and something I just don't want to mess with.