Simply put, The Wire is one of the best TV shows that I have watched in a long time.

At first when I started to watch the show I thought that it wasn’t for me. But I usually give shows the benefit of the doubt and watch at least three episodes, unless the show is completely diabolical!

Each episode of The Wire runs to approximately 58 minutes, which is a long time for any show. Usually the final episode in each season was an hour and a half. After I watched the first three episodes I knew I was going to enjoy the show.

In total there is 5 seasons, no more were made or are going to be made. Each season focuses on a different aspect of life in Baltimore. Each part, if it is political or if it is to do with drugs, they all influence each other and it makes the show extremely interesting.

The Wire is about drugs in Baltimore, the show is presented from two points of view, the first is that of the drug dealers. It shows how the drug dealers go day to day with importing drugs, selling drugs and how they become extremely rich while the Baltimore slums continue to grow. The other view that the drugs in Baltimore are shown is from the view of Law Enforcement, they show how they are combating against the drug dealers by carrying out arrest after arrest. Also there is huge undercover investigations being carried out by using wire taps to infiltrate the drug operations.

This is a great show and one I think you should definitely have a look at if you have not done so already.

I begun watching The Wire about a month ago and since then I have watched all 5 seasons, I just finished the last of season five’s episodes today and I really wish there was more for me to watch. So now that I am done with this show, I will have to go looking for another show to watch, it will be tough to beat this one!

Here is a trailer below for The Wire, it is a fan made trailer because I couldn’t find an official trailer. This trailer is just for the first season.

Today I went back to work after not having to work for the past 7 days! It was great having this last week off, usually I do not get that much time off but since I requested last weekend off I ended up having a full week between when I last worked and today.

Anyway, this week I have only to work 3 days and then I am officially on my 2 week summer holidays from work! It is always great having time off and I want to plan a few things to do over these next few weeks.

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I am not exactly sure yet as to what I want to do, but there is one thing I know I want to do which is go away to Edinburgh for a few days. It would be nice to get away out of the country for a while and this will probably be the only chance I get to go away for the rest of the year.

Last year I went to Edinburgh for a friend of mine’s 21st birthday and it was brilliant. Edinburgh is a lovely place and last year when I went over there was a big heat wave which made the trip even better.

This year if I do get to go over, a few of my friends will be over there already and I should have some sort of accommodation sorted out. During the month of August there is a lot of festivals on, so if I do go I would like to go within the first week of August.

So until I go on that trip I will have to come up with a few more things that I can do here in Ireland. Maybe go to the Giants Causeway, I have never been there, and it is supposed to be a good day out, even though the drive is very long!

Yesterday night I went to see toy story 3 in the cinema, and I think it was definitely worth the wait.

Toy story 3 was released in America over a month ago, but here in Ireland we had to wait until this week, just to see it! You could easily of found the film online or gone down to a market and bought a bootleg version of it, but I thought it would be worth waiting for the film to come out here and go and see it in 3d!

Cartoon films are always the best in 3d, they are always great quality as it takes so long to make a cartoon film, the creators always pull out all the stops when it comes to making the 3d experience.

Toy story 3 is hilarious from start to finish, even watching the credits is funny! There  is also the odd tear moment in the film, but the 3d glasses hides it most of the time! I think toy story 3 is probably the best one so far I really liked the first toy story but the second one is nothing compared to the first or third.

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People seemed to be really happy with the film, because there was a sudden huge outburst of everyone clapping at the end of it! How many films do you go and see that gets a reaction like that?

I was laughing the whole way through the film, if you haven’t seen the film yet, then you should definitely go and see it! One of the funiest parts of the film is the spanish Buzz! ( making of spanish Buzz below )

I have noticed that Pixar now create short cartoon skits before their films now, these are hilarious. Below is the making of the small skit they had before Toy Story 3, the skit was titled “Day & Night”.

Below is a trailer for Toy Story 3, just in case you haven’t seen one for it already!