Over the last few weeks I haven’t gathered any particular
anecdotes, but I have come across some badass stuff, so I thought I’d do
another favourites post. So without further ado, let’s get into it.
What I’m currently watching
Recently I’ve been watching Lucifer, which is so good. It’s
about the devil going on holiday to LA, after one of his favourite celebs gets
shot, he ends up solving crime with Detective Decker, one of the few people who
doesn’t find him irresistible. I love the thought that goes into Lucifer’s plot
and his character growth, It’s also concerning how much you begin to relate to
his character, I’m used to Tom Ellis in the show “Miranda” so seeing him play a
sexy dusky character took a bit of getting used to, but he pulls of the balancing
act of charming and just arrogant enough to make his character plausible. It reminds
me of the show Izombie, just far-fetched enough to be fun with enough serious
topics to keep it from becoming bland. All the characters have great chemistry
and there is not a single song on the soundtrack that I didn’t like. I’m just
desperate to see S2 since I saw the clip with his exes.
A more scandalous show I’ve watched lately is Penny dreadful,
which is written to modernise the cheap fiction books written in the Victorian
era to fill their time before the invention of the TV (e.g. Frankenstein,
Dorium Grey etc.) It’s a very good show, one of few that could shake my Angel
withdrawal symptoms. But be warned, it spares no expense when it comes to
violence and sex, with Billie Piper’s terrible fake Irish accent almost justified
by her frivolous scenes with the male cast. My only issue is that all the
characters talk in poetry, no one ever states things clearly ever.
I caught the second season of Crazy ex-girlfriend, a musical
by Rachel Bloom about her exploits in West Covina California. This show is as
hilarious as it is heart-breaking, with catchy songs that are on the brink of
parody. All the characters have very clear flaws and often challenge each other
in it, with details down to the arcs of side characters and the reasons for
their various dispositions explained. It’s like an intellectual take on all the
famous rom com tropes, making you just want her to be happy regardless of her
love interests.
I am currently being drip fed episodes of The Magicians
Season 2, which also plays on tropes. Its set in a magical university in
America called Brakebills, where Quentin confronts dark magicians, schooling shenanigans,
and his own mental health alongside his team (who are all excellent.) Its great
because it plays off the genre using knock offs of Hogwarts and Narnia as well
as confronting bigger issues. It’s witty, smart, and much darker than it really
should be. I also have a bit of a man-crush on Eliot, he’s just the best. 
What I’m listening to
Besides the best bits of the Lucifer soundtrack (on repeat,
fourteen times a day at least,) I am listening to “My Dad Wrote a Porno” which
I found via Hannah Witton’s favourites video. It’s about a young man and his
friends reading his father’s erotic fiction “Belinda Blinked” and making fun of
it as they go. It’s as hilarious as it is cringey, making me cackle in public
over a dozen times in the week and spill my hot chocolate across my jacket at
least twice. It’s very rude, crude, and misconstrued, with descriptions as
graphic as they are physically impossible. My favourite line so far – bearing in
mind this is taken from the ACTUAL BOOK has to be “her nipples were like the 3
inch rivets used to hold the faithful Titanic together.”
Miscellaneous bits
Finally there are my new Timbs, which I’m still trying to
break in. I have never tried on new shoes to find them quite as comfortable as
these ones are. The customer service was remarkable and the woman serving us
seemed to actually care about comfort. They fit well and they feel like I’m
walking on the foam flooring Jump used to have in their facilities when I was a
kid. I chose the sensorflex because I’d rather not have to put on heavy duty
boots every time I do something, and they came with a 2 year warrantee just in
case of emergencies.
