It's easy for me to define why "Oz" is perhaps tied with Six Feet Under for the most amazing television (series or movie) ever made. HBO has a suberb, laudable committment to fine visual prose, and there have been SO many lines and moments in Oz that have made me stop, put a hand over my mouth in awe, take the time to copy the words down, and be so damn glad someone else out there has their eyes open. For those of you that haven't seen Oz, it is fruit. It is a window into an anthropological experiment, a social petri dish. It awakens every question of the human character, through a perspective alien only in the physical respect to many of us (prison) but not the soul (we all have demons). Here's another amazing quote:

"It's a widespread agreement that retarded people are less accountable for their crimes than people of average intelligence. But if so, someone or something has to be held accountable, has to pick up the slack, has to take the rest of the blame, right? After all, these victims still die heinous deaths, and families still grieve. If the retarded person is not fully at fault, than who, or what, shares the responsibility? God? Human nature? Society? Maybe the question is: who isn't to blame? "

Very excited about the hour long Christmas episode of The Office tomorrow (or today, I guess, it's like 3 in the morning). Promos have it looking like Pam and Karen are friends. GAH! Can't wait to see what happens. I am planning my night around this.

Found something of interest for other Office fans out there. Blooper reels!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9uWT14K1TE

Hopefully I will be upped a level after this post. It's sad that the highlight of my evening will be seeing the Soup Nazi disappear from my profile. Actually, the highlight of my evening was the German chocolate cake, but that's a whole other story.

Must get to sleep, have class tomorrow morning.