Man I'm glad I don't have to work in a modern office. The culture was bad enough before, now it's gone off the rails. Just the idea of taking orders from an idiot, some clueless kid! Sometimes I wonder how society functions at all under these conditions.

I moved to the country 2 years ago. Best thing I ever did. If my current job falls apart I'm thinking about becoming a tree cutter. Be your own boss, work in nature and the pay is good. That whole world out there barely exists for me anymore. Out here I am my own king and I can do whatever I want.

I finished the Sopranos again.

Season 1-4 the bad storylines can be counted to two or three per season.

Starting with season 5 the bad storylines are becoming more frequent. Every other episode or so, and then in season 6 you see them every episode. "Johnny Cakes" from 6a is probably the worst of them all. I counted zero interesting story lines and maybe a few minutes of good scenes. Usually it doesn't get that bad, but especially season 6a is dominated by crap.

To give some examples. To me the only storyline in Season 1 edging on boring is the Coach Hauser is a pedo plot from "Boca". A Hit is a Hit with the rap storyline is out of place and not the best, but not really boring. That's it as far as sub par plot lines go in the entire season.

In Season 5 we get a bad storyline smack in the opening episode. "The Bear is Tony". The idea is not bad the way it links up with later episodes, but the scenes are straight up tedious with just a handful of good lines. In fact the whole Carm and Tony gets a divorce story is a bad idea. Them being married is integral to the show. To screw with the fundamentals of your show is a sign you are running out of ideas.

The worst comes in episode 6 with Carm having a love affair with the college professor. It takes up half an episode and is bereft of interesting dialogue or situations. I don't like Tony trying to fuck Adriana either. I get the idea was to destroy his relationship with Chris, but how is that a good idea? These are the main protagonists of the show, they're family, you want them to get along.

Overall Season 5 is pretty good. Many good scenes. However the trend is there and very soon it's going to fall off a cliff. The Vito is a fag storyline is the only thing keeping the first part of season 6 afloat. Granted it is a very funny storyline, but it can't make up for all the mediocre stuff. Basically every scene where Tony is in the hospital is a total bore fest. AJ trying to be a tough guy is just pathetic. The Perry Anunziata character they brought in just so Tony could have a moment in one episode, then he's window dressing for the next season and a half, and he wasn't a very good character to begin with. Eugene is a rat then kills himself immediately after was a waste of time. I don't want to watch people being depressed all the time. You watch movies to get away from all that. And Juliana Skiff, compare this "Tony's love interest" with Irina, Gloria and Valentina. Or the one legged one. Holy shit what has happened to this show!

6b is better in the first half then goes nuclear with the AJ storyline. The war with New York is a major anticlimax. And did anyone want to see Tony kill Chris? Of course it is all very well done and there are many good scenes but you don't want to see a show destroy itself like this.

1-4 is classic Sopranos, you can't go wrong with any of these.

Season 5 I give top grades to episodes 2-4 & 7-10.

The only episode in season 6 I would consider giving a top grade is "Sopranos Home Movies", the opener in 6b. Even that's a stretch. The most entertaining episode is definitely "Live Free or Die" where Vito gets outted.

Why do these guys never tape the full thing? Every soundcheck video I ever watched is like 20 seconds long.

They released Hard Skool which he can't sing for shit so I'm not sure that is a consideration.