I went to the eye doctor for a follow-up visit after getting my new contacts. The right eye looks great and tested out 20/20 with the contact in. The left one apparently is the wrong prescription and the wrong fit. It sits too flatly on my eye and is a little blurry when I look at small print. The doc ordered a new one that should be in by midweek. It will be cool to have both eyes fuzz-free again.



I have been watching Homicide: Life on the Streets - Complete Seasons One and Two that I checked out from the library. I remember when it came out that I was blown away. It was one of those shows that was way ahead of its time. It was one of the first dramas to film completely hand-held which gave it an unusual frenzied feel. In addition, it broke all the filmmaking rules like using jump-cuts and changing perspectives in mid-sentence without adhering to the continuity rules of the 180 degree arc between scenes. What that means to the layperson is that it was jumpy. NYPD Blue followed later that year with a lot of the same shooting style. I also remember the ratings were bad. Much like another great show - The Marshall starring Jeff Fahey, good shows don't tend to do real well with the public on broadcast TV. NBC aired the first episode of Homicide right after the SuperBowl in 1993.

It is cool to go back and watch these early episodes and see the guest stars. The HBO drama OZ had a ton of its cast in the first season. Lee Torgeson (Tobias Beecher in Oz) played a beat cop for the first few episodees. Edie Falco (A guard in OZ and Carmela from The Sopranos) played his wife. Luis Guzman played a woodworker that was killed. Dean Winters(O'Reily in OZ) was a man that arranged murder for hire. And that is just in the first few episodes... littered throughout the run of the series is just about everyone who ever appeared in the OZ series.

At first I thought it was odd as hell that all these actors later showed up in OZ, but when you dig a little deeper, you see that the creator of OZ, Tom Fontana was the executive producer and one of the writer's on Homicide. Further proof that it is who you know... Those of you hanging out with losers - let that be a major lesson to you.

Pennie and I are going out to catch a movie tonight... most likely the new one with Johnny Depp - it should be decent. Saturday will be another work day as taxes are still not complete and Sunday will include a run to Victoria to see Mom. Oh yeah, and by the way, the hamstring has healed up nicely. It feels much, much better.
- posted by Chris @ 5:47 PM