Dance, Hamster, Dance

[wickedwords]

I am very out of practice at writing posts! I've pulled out of the morass of bleakness that was my life at the end of Feb/first part of the month, but I have no idea how to get myself conversing again. I did do some work on my steampunk SGA novel for fic finishing, but I'm finding I have less time than I thought I would.

Maybe I am watching too much tv.

Cop shows are my life right now. I am watching NCIS and the Mentalist, plus I have some of Castle taped; it's all investigation, all the time at the moment, which is really weird after years of feasting on fantasy and SF. I have kings on the hard drive too, which is close cousins with alternate history, so I'm counting it in the speculative fiction set--which is the only speculative fiction I'm watching. I bailed on Dollhouse, and I still haven't watched more than the first episode of Merlin; I figure I'll watch it once it starts airing here this summer. A whole year of the fandom will have passed by me, and the 'classics' of the fandom will be set in stone....and I think my brain is now all tangled up in sword-in-the-stone imagery, so I'd best be moving on.

Cop shows. Who knew?

Comments

[geeklite.livejournal.com]

Well, the Mentalist does have Tim Kang and his arms, so therefore is very high quality teevee.

(I might be a little shallow?)

[tejas.livejournal.com]

I've now got "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" stuck in my head.

Again.

Thanks *so* much. :-)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I love him. *love* him. I love his dry delivery, his 'Joe Friday' attitude, just everything about him. Plus he's gorgeous, as you said. I love the chemistry of the whole team, but I toy with Kimball Cho/Patrick Jane slash.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Glad I could help. ;)

[geeklite.livejournal.com]

I know! I mean I was totally expecting Jane to be far and away my favourite character, but Cho is just so awesome.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

PTHTHTH! :-)

[kimberlite.livejournal.com]

If you're grooving on cop shows, have you tried Patrick Swayze's The Beast? Veteran undercover FBI agent mentoring rookie partner...

Thank god I am not the only one!

[brindel.livejournal.com]

My brain apparently lives just down the street from you brain.

Cop shows have recently taken over my TV life as well. Down on this corner, we've got NCIS, CSI:NY, and the Closer, but the much-beloved Tivo also holds: Cold Case, Without a Trace, and Chuck, all of whom moved in in the last couple months or so. I have succumbed to the lure of Merlin, though. Enjoyable, but I got a very...."Saturday-morning-Land-of-the-Lost" vibe from it. Not sure what demographic NBC was thinking of when it bought it...

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

I'm enjoying Castle more than I expected to. The initial promos did not appeal, but I checked it out for Nathan.

[meri-oddities.livejournal.com]

I love both NCIS and the Mentalist. But I haven't even heard of Castle. I actually watch very little in real time. I download and watch since the last 6-8 months of my life sounds like yours, as in doing that hamster dance. *g*