Season Finale

This season finale ended with Larry getting back together with his ex wife and Seinfeld airing their reunion episode.

The whole season had been leading up toward both of these main events. This is the first season, that I recall, that held an underlying story line throughout the whole season. I actually enjoyed it. It gave the episodes more depth and gave more of a reason to tune in from week to week (as if the humor wasn't reason enough). I am interested to see where next season brings us and if the writers decide to form the season as they had this time.

I also very much enjoyed the idea of making a Seinfeld reunion episode within the season. It really was such a creative idea that appealed to not only Curb Your Enthusiasm fans, but Seinfeld fans as well. The interaction of the Seinfeld cast on Curb was much like their interaction on their own show which probably appealed to many Seinfeld fans who might not typically watch Curb. All in all I think it was a great way to expand the number of viewers.

As always, none of the episodes bored me and I found each one all too relatable.

I can't wait until next season to see what other issues to expand on, and until then I'll probably continue to watch old episodes and think of how each one relates all to well to my own life.

Lending Pens

On one of the last episodes of the season, Larry lends his pen out to Jason (his colleague) to use. Larry spots Jason using the pen to scratch his ear, his back and to eventually put in his mouth all subconsciously. When Jason goes to return the pen to Larry, Larry simply says no thank you and informs Jason on his subconscious behavior and just how disgusting it is.

I'm not sure what side to really take on this. I think the only appropriate one to take is Jason's due to the fact that I never have writing utensils on me so I have always been the borrower and not the borrowee. And yes, I have caught myself from time to time with the same pen in my mouth, biting away. Of course when I realize this, I immediately stop and pull the pen out of my mouth and some how play it off as if it was never there. But deep down I pray to got the owner of the pen never saw me or, even worse, some outside who saw me have to ask for one and then mistreat it by chewing on it. It's a bad habit, I know. But then again, so is forgetting a pen.

I'd have to say, though, my bigger problem is remembering to give the pens back. Which is amazing considering that I continue to find myself in positions with nothing to write with. At the end of the semester I'll find these a collection a pens with logos of places I've never been to, products I've never even heard of. At the end of the day, I'd like to think they make me look more well rounded and cultured, but who knows.

So maybe I'm worse off than Jason is. I borrow pens, I bite on them, but at least he remembers to give them back. That's so much more than I can say for myself.

Do You Appreciate Wood?

In the season finale, a large controversy is the appreciation of wood. Larry gets blamed for a ring stain that stemmed from a forgotten cup of coffee on one of his colleagues coffee tables. It sparked a huge debate on the issue of appreciating wood and using coasters as a way to prevent stains. Apparently this may come more naturally to some rather than others.

I liked this controversy, because it's not something you really do think about. Does the carelessness of someone to place a cup on wood mark a simple non-appreciation of wood? Or is it just a common mistake?

I have to say for myself, I don't know what bothers me more: the look of stained wood from a cup or someone nagging me to use a coaster. One looks awful and one just sounds awful. You already know the look, it's just unappealing, unsightly, really. You take a mental note, "Damn. Couldn't that just have been avoided? It would look so much nicer." But then on the other hand, you can hear it. The, "Uh Uh Uh...get a coaster!" It's kind of infuriating. A tip off that someone really is just monitoring your every move. A whole other meaning to a Coast Guard.

Maybe we all just need to learn to use coasters. I, myself, have never really been too big of a fan of them. Now a days you can get all different kinds that match the setting of the room. But something about them just throw off the atmosphere in my eyes. Its like the runner that my dad used to have in our dining room. A long, thin, rug he placed on top of the expensive oriental rug in the dining room. It covered the small space that was most walked on from the dining room to the kitchen. It was his way of making sure that one spot of the rug didn't wear as fast as the rest of it, that by doing this it would prevent, in his eyes, unsightly mark ups. I guess it makes sense, but don't we have these homes to live in? Don't we buy this furniture to display? Why are we constantly covering things up? To prove we have a kept home?

It is all about the appearance, though. Making sure the things we purchase and fill our homes with get preserved so they don't become completely run down in five years time and wind up having to be replaced. So would not doing everything you can to preserve these things, such as using coasters, be a form of disrespect and non-appreciation? After really thinking about this...I would have to agree.

Appropriate Attire

Bare Midriff Clip from Episode 6

In another episode of this season, Larry and his colleague Jerry Seinfeld discuss how their receptionist, Maureen, has been wearing inappropriate attire to work. After much debate, Larry was chosen to confront her about the clothes that she had been wearing around the work place. Maureen defended herself by saying that she had recently lost weight and was proud of the body she now had and didn't see the harm in showing it off. Caught of guard by this remark, Larry tried to reason with her by saying that there was a time and place for everything, and it is fine to dress however one would like, but only when it's appropriate.

Don't even get me started on this because we're all far too familiar with these kind of people. The ones that prance around in clothes that are so inappropriate you wonder if they own a mirror in their house or who they live with that would allow them to be seen in public dressed as such. And there are so many different levels of it...

The girls who wear short skirts when its mid-January with snow on the ground. They'll stand there, shivering, almost turning blue and inbetween chattered teeth lie to you, and themselves, saying, "oh! it's not that cold! i'm fine!" Really? Are you? Because in about two seconds your legs are going to turn black from frost bite. Dress for the season! You can save your two inch skirt for May, your legs aren't going anywhere.

Then there are the girls who dress provocatively to class. This is actually above and beyond me and leaves me shaking my head almost every single time and saying, ".....what???" You must be embarrassed. There is no way you can't be. How do you waltz on into a 300 person lecture, with about 75% of the students in sweats or the pajamas they rolled out of bed in and an adult professor. The situation just screams uncomfortable. Yet these people think they look great, when half the time they're wearing outfits I wouldn't even consider wearing when I was going out on a Saturday night. It truly is shameful, you're here to get an education and hopefully in the meantime you learn to dress properly to class as well.

Then there are the people like Maureen. First of all, I don't really see the need to show off your body no matter WHAT it looks like. You could be a perfect ten model, it still isn't appropriate to wear belly shirts and low rise jeans. You may look good and be able to pull it off, but don't wear it in public...it's not necessary. So if that rule goes for models, then why on earth would it NOT apply to those who aren't models. Put away the belly shirts that just simply expose your protruding stomach. It's not flattering, and more importantly just not at all appropriate.

I truly applaud Larry for having spoken up and said something. More people need to realize this. It's not trendy or cool or make you look "hot" it's just tasteless. walk around half naked in your own home, not in public.