For Score and Ten Years Ago....Indeed

For those who know me, know that I am a die hard Wire fan. But what most people don't know, is that I never saw an episode on HBO. I only got hooked after someone gave me Season 1 on DVD. I was too busy wrapped up in The Sopranos to take on a new show. But I REALLY wish I had.
It was ten years ago that The Wire came into our homes and gave us (especially us in Minneapolis) a look into what dystopia Baltimore was. From the corners, to the port, to the schools, to the newspapers, The Wire told all sides of a seemingly uniformed story.
I only have four problems with the entire series:


1. Ziggy. I can't pinpoint why, but I really disliked almost everything with Zig. Maybe it was because we all had that friend when we were growing up that consistently dragged us into things we shouldn't be drug into, but he was  my least favorite person on the entire series. He was The Wire's Jar Jar Binks. 
2. Omar getting shot. It seemed so anticlimactic. But at the end of the day, it actually fit really well into the whole season. But as my all time favorite character, I had to be upset he got banked. 
3. I wish we would have gotten more story on the Sun folks. In season 2, I felt like we really got a vision to the dock workers, but I never feel like we fully got that from the newspaper. 
4. More Avon. Avon was part of the reason I got hooked. I felt somewhat sorry for Wee Bay and Avon as they were pretty non-existant the latter part of the series. And I Wee Bay's kid was another one of those annoying characters. I just wished we could have seen more of a clash between Avon and Marlo during the last season. 


I love to intergect random Wire quotes into my daily life. I will leave you with some of my most common and favorite:
-Sheeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttt
-Can't break the Sunday truce
-Either do it or don't. But I got some place to be
-Indeed
-You ain't got any Honey Nut?
-Money be green
-Stricly a suit and tie
-Where is Wallace? (I mostly use this when I lose my keys or phone)


Can I be honest? Of course I can. I am totally infatuated with Kate Upton. Not in a crazy way, but wowzers. That woman is a show stopper. If she was like "yo Jon, wanna get some cheese fries"? I might have to. Kristen has Eric, I have Kate I guess.