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

Because Kieran watched Community for me, I decided to give Parks and Recreation another go for him. I watched the first series last year and it was fiiiine, I wasn't super into it.

But last night, we fired up Netflix and got half way through the second series, and I didn't hate it! It really wasn't too bad. I have a friend who has always said "You are exactly like Leslie Knope!" and I never understood it, but I get it now. I mentioned it to Kieran and I think he was a little taken aback because he realised his girlfriend is definitely Leslie Knope.

Obviously these are just my opinions, but I couldn't make my mind up on some of the characters, like Ann. I wasn't sure on April, but 8 episodes in, she grew on me. I LOVE Leslie and of course Ron is pretty cool. I think, while I'm bored during the summer break, I'll get all up to date on P&R and form a proper opinion!

I have a few more shows to get caught up on, like How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory, I sort of fizzled out half way through the last series because I got bored waiting for the next episode to come out!

As always, if you're reading this and can think of a TV show that I should be watching, suggest it! I think I have Dexter on the list, as is 666 Park Avenue! (If anyone has watched that, let me know if it's worth doing, because I haven't heard good or bad things about it yet!)