Wow, great episode last night. I agree there was a bit too much of Paris and it did slow down the pace of the episode, but there were so many great things going on.
I’m so glad Tony is stepping up to AJ and just starting to go berzerk on him…but is it too late? Isn’t it always too late? AJ is becomming such a fuck up and he doesn’t care. Carmela is constantly worried about him and it’s just getting worse. It’s about time Tony stepped up. I really loved seeing Tony smash the windshield of AJ’s Xterra.
There is an all out NJ and NY war brewing. Phil has really fuct up by whacking Vito, no matter if he thinks it was the right thing to do or not. Silvio and Carlo fucked up by killing Fat Dom. There’s only one signal that will send to Phil, no matter why they did it. (That murder scene was hilarious too…from the “Fur Elise” ring tone, Silvio’s look on his face afterwords and Carlo’s and Silvio’s explanations to Tony afterwords)Perhaps the war we’ve all been waiting for since season 5 is about to erupt. And what better time than in the season finale (and with 9 episodes left in the series)…meaning no holds barred. Anyone can (and will???) die.
I’m taking birds as the new symbolism for death on the Sopranos (taking the place of eggs…as if the birds come after the eggs and we’re in a new phase of life/death?)…There were birds flapping around after Phil and Tony met about Vito (right before Vito got whacked) and also a few scenes of birds in Paris before Fat Dom got whacked.
Carmela’s trip was boring at times, however I think I like her dreams a lot better than Tony’s…she’s being haunted by Adrianna. And did you notice when she saw the spot light in paris? Similar to the spot light Tony saw in his “coma”…I wonder if that symbolized Carmela’s awakening. Either way, Carmela will dig depper into what really happened to Adrianna. Will she ever find out the truth?
I loved the scene of Tony getting a blowjob while the song “Back in Black” was on. Referencing back to a topic I was talking about – Tony’s downfall is women and cheating on Carmela. As Christohper’s downfall is heroin and he went back to that, Tony is turning back to women…cheating on Carmela…Tony is Back in Black. You know he’s gonna go after the real estate agent next…
As for Vito’s son and daughter, they both now know the truth…and they have no father now. That was a really fuct up scene when Phil was consoling Vito’s wife and when Vito’s kids were reading the newspaper. Phil is truly an asshole. He’ll get whats coming. I’m hoping either Christopher or Benny whack Phil.
I’m not sure why they showed the photographer at the end…maybe one last ode to Vito before the credits rolled? Or will something else become of it? I’m not sure.
In the preview for the last episode this year, we see Carmine Jr. – making me wonder once again, if something happens to Phil, will little Carmine take over NY and will Tony take advantage of little Carmine and run the NY family somehow?
Oh and as for the rumors of Vito raping Finn, I don’t think that will be happening anytime soon.
So, Fat Dom is one of Phil’s guys? And he came over to the Deli to start busting balls about Vito? NOW I get it. He didn’t just get killed for talking shit on Vito, he got killed because he was implying that the Jersey Crew was weak for having a “Fanoic” (sp?) for a captain. Right?
Yeah he was one of the guy’s that was there beating Vito to death. That scene when Fat Dom got killed was awesome though. I think it’s one of my favorite Sopranos whacking scenes..up there with Richie Aprile and Ralph.
damn, sounds like i missed a good episode. i only saw like the first half or so. i had no idea vitro got whacked!
as for tony and the stripper. my husband said that carmela gave him “permission” to cheat. when they were talking about the paris trip she said something about “you can do whatever it is you boys do”. i didnt see it that way, but am starting to now.
I keep having a recurring dream of sorts, but it’s not really reccuring. And it’s happening more and more. I keep having dreams of my past and present life and they are all taking place in my old house in Richland, NJ.For example, last Saturday I stayed at a hotel in Miami FL. I was still sleeping when I heard children playing in the hotel pool and I swore I heard my mom call my name “Charlie!”. I was lying in bed
and I felt like I was in my old room sleeping while there was a party of some sorts going on out back. It was so real. Then I woke up and I didn’t know where I was for a second, it was kind of trippy.
When I moved out of that house in October of 2004 I didn’t really miss it. I lived there for 3 or 4 months alone. It was a weird time in my life living there alone. Kind of dark and creepy, and that’s just describing the house at night time in the summer.
However here I am, almost 2 years out of there living in Florida and I keep dreaming of that house as if I still live there. I’ll have dreams that me and Jackie are living there and our current life is going on – just a different scenery. I don’t know what it means. I know most of you will say I miss NJ or something, but I think it’s something deeper than that. Something unfinished.
As I write this blog and look at my blog views today, the number is 158 – the street number of that house. Coincedance? I think not.
Currently listening: St. Elsewhere
By Gnarls Barkley
Release date: 09 May, 2006
aw chuck i think you just miss the house. you were alone for so long in jersey. well you had kate and john but im sure with school and work you werent always near her. now that you are in florida and around everyone more (your mom, dad, kara, kaylee, you moms parents, and dare i say CHRIS?!?) you may finally be realizing that that house is really gone. i mean as much as you went down to florida to work/visit everyone it wasnt permanent for you. now that it is and you see how permanent it is for everyone else too that may be hitting a nerve that you have yet to fully accept.
i get sad thinkig about it all the time. i mean that is where most of my childhood memories are. christmas, easter, 4th of july, and of course just random weekends.
why dont you dig out some old videos and show everyone on myspace how good of a director you are….you know what i mean…SLASH!! love you guys and miss youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Did you have that dream on Saturday night/Sunday morning? B/c I drove by the house on my way back to C. Lakes from Bridgeton around 1 or 2 am Sunday morning. It was weird driving around the curve right before the house. It’s so natural I guess that I seriously felt like I could just park and go in. Well, I felt that way until I saw like 10 cars (literally) parked in the driveway and yard.
To see your home in your dream, signifies security, basic needs, and values. You may feel at home at your new job or you finally feel settled in a new environment.
To see your childhood home in particular, suggests your own desires for building a family. It also reflects aspects of yourself that were prominent or developed during the time you lived in that home. You may experience some feelings or unfinished expression of emotions that are now being triggered by a waking situation. TOP
To see a house in your dream, represents your own soul and self. Specific rooms in the house indicate a specific aspect of your psyche. In general, the attic represents your intellect, the basement represents the unconscious, etc.
To dream that you are cleaning your house, signifies your need to clear out your thoughts and getting rid of old ways. You are seeking self-improvement.
To see an old, run-down house in your dream, represents your old beliefs, attitudes and how you used to think or feel. A situation in your current life may be bringing about those same old attitudes and feelings. Alternatively, the old house may symbolize your need to update you mode of thinking.
To dream that your house is broken into, suggests that you are feeling violated. It may refer to a particular relationship or current situation in your life. Alternatively, it indicates that some unconscious material is attempting to make itself known. There are some aspects of yourself that you have denied.
To dream of a haunted house, signifies unfinished emotional business, related to your childhood family, dead relatives, or repressed memories and feelings.
Well, I know how you feel. As a kid I moved so much and went to so many schools, but the one place that was a fixture in my life was the house on Dogwood. And seeing you guys every weekend. Even after I moved to Chicago, I had this feeling that you all would be permanently there and everything was cool. When I heard Dad and Kathy were selling it I had to mourn the ancestral house loss, you know? I still dream about it too. What was your favorite part of the house? I think my favorite was the small den and the sunken living room with the plant mural. Although I also kind of had a soft spot for the kitchen breakfast bar(and the original kitchen)
i agree with kim…the sunken den area was awesome but i think my favorite place was the secret room in the coat closet right by the front door. we used to have a little club house in there.
To really add to me being completely bonkers…my old house in Richland was haunted by a ghost…we had visits from regularly, all the time when we were kids. Until one day, my grandfather was doing some work in the house alone, and felt a tap on his shoulder and a heard a child, he asked who was there and a voice giggled “Sara” and he had yelled at her and asked her to leave…he doesn’t even believe in ghosts!!!
Later I found out that there was an old school that was demolished years before our house was on that property.
Last year I met a girl..oddly enough named “Sara”, from Haddonfield, and dated her for a long time before she told me she had family that once lived in Richland…IRONIC, huh??? That’s not all her family’s old homestead was demolished many many years before and used to stand next to a school on Cedar Ave. She was named after what would’ve been her great aunt “Sara” who at the age of 8 died in her sleep. Coincidence??? I have many freaky stories like this and I believe in this, don’t know why, but I lived in two haunted houses in my life and I think I am in tune to some weird paranormal shit…that or theirs something in the water…
Dude, thanks, that’s the best friends space ever! I still have to “control, alt, delete” every time I visit your page but its worth it. I just can’t leave you page comments but I think I can leave pic comments so that’s ok.
On Saturday May 13th I was at home getting ready to go to Miami for the weekend. My girlfriend Jackie went out back to have a smoke and she came across some smoke in the sky. I had seen smoke North of where we live before and I heard that they do fire fighter training out there, so this time I wasn’t too worried about it. Well, that was until I stepped outside to take a look at it…
Here is a view of the smoke coming from the North from my driveway.
I hopped on my bike to ride around the neighborhood and get a closer look. I wasn’t the only one who was out to take a gander at the smoke rising from the woods.
I pedalled a bit faster to get towards the front of the neighborhood to get a better shot of the smoke…
Next I rode to the entrance of the neighborhood for a view from Bonita Beach Road.
You’ll see some news crews were gathering around. If you look closely at the picture below, you’ll see a lady from the news approaching me to do an interview.
I talked to the news crew and they got me on camera. Unforutnately I’m not sure which network it was for, so I’m not sure if I ended up on tv or not. Either way, it was exciting. They asked me why I was taking pictures. I told them the pictures were for a blog on my web site. “MySpace?,” they asked.
After they interviewed me, they took some B-Roll of me taking pictures of the fire to go along with my story. Here’s one of the pics I took at this point.
I also snapped a pic of the camera man taking some pics after I was leaving their scene.
There were also a lot of helicopters overhead. Some of them were dumping water on the source of the fire in the woods.
I told the news crew I wasn’t that worried about the fire coming our way, as the wind was going east, way past where Bonita Beach Road ends. I road around and snapped some other pics.
Finally Kara and Kaylee showed up, and we hopped in their car and headed to Miami. I got one more pic of the news trucks.
And we took off to 75…and left the fire behind.
It is still unkown what caused the fire…might be an arsonist, might not be. Either way, when we got home around 6:30 tonight, the fire was still burning and heading north.
thats pretty kewl kinda ironic that jackie went out for a smoke and saw the fire lol but still you deff do well with your pics i always love to see the randomness of your photos
hope you still had a great weekend other then the exciting fire lol
Sounds like those wildfires we’ve been having lately but it sure doesn’t look like it, not that I would know what that looks like, thank goodness. You probably know by now we’re in the middle of that season here in South Florida. It’s been so dry. We need rain! Hey, just be glad you don’t have alligators running around. I’ve read three stories about killer alligators in the last few days. Stay away from canals and lakes!!!
Two kudos on the great pics and being on the news, dude.
Wow, do you remember when the woods in the lake caught on fire.
I had a cop wake me up and tell me to evacuate my home. So I grabbed
my guitars and pictures and jetted. You realize what is important to you when
It is about to be consumed in flames.
Our first “natural” disaster together.. I hope i get to share many more with you i’m sure we will with hurricane season dawning on us soon.. ahhhh!!! shit i’m kinda excited .
HA see i told you it was a fire mr. “don’t worry about it, its nothing” well it WAS! nice to know our hosue was still standing when we got home but it sure as hell smells when you step outside
What a pretty neighborhood you are in. I’m glad you guys are in the clear. It’s good you have all that water around, too, just in case. Your pictures are superb.
WEll Charlie Ialways knew u were strange (in a good way i meant that lol) BUT now ur creeping me out…………
