Salon's Heather Havrilesky on SFU

Apart from her (I think) mistaken assertion that what we see in the final five minutes of the final episode of Six Feet Under is Claire's imagination (for if it were, why would HBO's SFU web site have obituaries for the cast that jibe with what we see in the closing montage?), Salon's Heather Havrilesky is spot-on here about the impact that the final episode, and the series itself, has had on me.

In fact, this episode comes at a bad time for me, as I really don't have time right now to have my worldview rocked so significantly. And I also don't have time to watch this episode over and over again, every night, like I seem to want to do (I must be in the denial stage).

But like Havrilesky says, I've come away from this experience with less, not more, trepidation over my future. And it's interesting that this has all come at a time when I've just made a huge life change too. But was it the right change to make? Well, time will tell. But even if it wasn't...no big. There are other things I can do and other places I can go. None of this is permanent, certainly not a move to McHenry County, illinois. :)

NPR's Fresh Air: Alan Ball: A 'Six Feet Under' Postmortem

Here's a great Terry Gross interview with Six Feet Under creator and executive producer Alan Ball.

Everyone's Waiting

Holy crap. You HAVE to watch the series finale of Six Feet Under. It's completely devastating. I mean, yeah, sure, the message is that everybody dies. But...fuck. I can't stop sobbing. I may have to call in sick to school tomorrow.