I am the absolute worst blogger

But I have a perfectly (kind of...) acceptable reason!

Since my last post, I started a new job AND went back to university for my second year in September and oh my GOD has it kept me busy. I thought first year was hard, but in comparison, I just strolled through that. So between spending every waking hour at work, at uni or catching up with my boyfriend, I've barely had time to watch TV, let alone blog about it. But I'm back, because I have six sweeeeet weeks off for Christmas.

So, what's new I hear you cry? I watched some TV. Criminal Minds (upto season 8) - Done and Parks and Recreation - Done. Everyone bleated on and on and on (and on..) about Breaking Bad, but being as stubborn as I am, I was unwilling to give it a chance. I watched the pilot, it didn't thrill me, so I didn't continue (sorry guys!)

But on my last post, I said that I was just getting into Parks and Recreation and I. Am. In LOVE. I love a TV show where you see a little bit of yourself in every character! I think that's the only way I get into a show, when I really connect with them. That's a little bit strange, but it's true. I am Leslie Knope. I see that know after people telling me a lot. I'm a little Ron and April, I'm a lot Ben, a little Chris Traeger and a bit of Ann, why not. I'm just so excited for it to continue. So if you haven't watched it yet, I can not recommend it highly enough. It's on Netflix, so TREAT YO'SELF (2013).

Criminal Minds season 9 has begun, but I have a bit of a confession. I am a binge TV watcher. I can't just watch an episode then wait a week for the next. I am starving myself of new CM episodes until there are enough for me watch in a row and be happy. But I hear that Paget Brewster is back for an episode so I'm going to have to start powering through because I am excited.

What else is new... Arrow. My boyfriend is obsessed. In a big way. He loves anything to do with comics, so when they made a TV show, he was a bit reluctant in case they wrecked Green Arrow, but he's hooked, so I've bought him the first season on Blu-Ray (but shhh!). I've given it a preliminary watch to suss it out, I'm not loving it, but we're going to give it a run through after Christmas. I'm a dedicated girlfriend and TV watcher (It doesn't hurt that Stephen Amell is a beaaauutiful man.)

So that's it! I hope I get some time to watch more TV now that I don't have essays and other projects coming out of my eyeballs. If you think of anything brilliant that I must watch right now, let me know here or here

I made a promise!

I did say I wanted to make this blog more about TV because there is quite frankly nothing I know more about than TV, so I'm writing one right now to distract myself from tidying things up.

Since February, I have been ALL about Criminal Minds and quite frankly I'm annoyed I didn't give it a chance sooner. My brother and his girlfriend would watch it and I'd sit with headphones on thinking it wasn't my cup of tea. But then series 8 started and I didn't have said headphones and I heard Rossi speak and thought "God that's Fat Tony from the Simpsons!" so I watched and saw Reid and thought "God he's gorgeous!" then saw Morgan, thought the same, I loved JJ, I loved Hotch, Blake and ESPECIALLY even my baby girl, Penelope Garcia and I was hooked. in.

If you're unfamiliar with it, worry not, because I will explain it all. We're in the BAU (Behavioural Analysis Unit) headquarters in Quantico, Virginia. We have the SSAs Aaron Hotchner, Jason Gideon, Derek Morgan, Elle Greenaway (and later Emily Prentiss, Dave Rossi and Alex Blake) the Communication Liason Officer (And later SSA) Jennifer (JJ) Jareau, technical analyst and all round queen of everything Penelope Garcia and last but by no means least, Dr Spencer Reid. They're profilers, so this is the real nitty gritty of not what happened, but why did they do it, and how will that help us catch them. The team, Hotch in particular, is constantly under the scrutiny of Chief Erin Strauss who isn't a fan of how he gets things done, but maaaaan does the guy get things done!
They come up against some of the most prolific and elusive serial killers in the United States and, sometimes with devastating soul crushing results, they catch them, every time. There isn't a lot more I can say without dropping all mighty spoilers and verbally drooling over it, I just can't recommend it highly enough. So here's my experience with it!

SO, I watched season 8 along with them, got impatient and watched ahead. While doing so, a TV channel was showing season 2, 3 and 4 so I watched all of those. I wasn't going to watch Season 1 because, I'll be honest, I didn't like Elle from what I'd seen in Season 2, but Season 1-4 has just been made available on Netflix (so NOW is your chance!) so I really had no excuse. I have half of season 5, all of 6 and 7 to go, but I'm reluctant because, from bits I've caught watching with my bro, My precious Dr Reid goes through some problems and I might will cry for him. I have never been into crime dramas, never had any interest with the actual FBI/Police/CIA, but I literally can't get enough of it, I am obsessed and I would like to drop out of my Broadcast Journalism degree and join the BAU.