Today I am grateful for:
-the state fair. Even with my food issues now, it's still great!
-having the weekend off work to go Hannah's bachelorette party!
-laughter
-Ben. He recently got an apartment down the block from me! Moves in November 1st. Woot!
-TV. I've been so grateful for tv for awhile now. Excuse me while I ramble:
I've been fan girling hard lately. I mean serious rabbit hole syndrome. It started first with Wentworth. I couldn't stop myself from finding out everything I could about this amazing show. The whole cast is brilliant, the writing is on point, the characters are complex and engaging, and it's visually and aurally sound as well. I finished all three seasons in about 2 weeks. If I'm gonna be really honest, probably less. I was/am hooked. I started following all the actors on twitter. I now know why twitter is amazing. For this reason alone. I personally don't like to tweet, but I love to see what the actors I admire are saying and/or doing. Thank you twitter!
However, once I finished the show, I didn't know what to do with myself. Watch other tv I guess? There are over 270 new scripted tv shows happening this year, but what could possibly fill my Wentworth size hole in my heart until the new season in 2016? 2016! That feels like light years away! Luckily, I started a Facebook group called I Only Want To Talk About TV. And it's exactly what it sounds like. It's a group dedicated solely to talk about tv. It's glorious. And on it people talk about the shows they love. I don't know who recommended it, but someone mentioned Orphan Black. I thought I'd give it a try.
So I thought I was obsessed with Wentworth, but Orphan Black has taken it to the next level. Another incredibly well put together show. Everything I said about Wentworth times a billion it feels like. I haven't fanned this hard since Xena, which I still currently fan over.* I once again watched the entire 3 seasons in less than two weeks and now I'm rewatching it again! It's just too good not too! I've also pretty much found every article, video, interview, etc with the cast and crew so I can be more involved with the show. #cloneclub forever and ever!
I can't help but find myself drawn to these high stakes shows with strong female leads. It makes me so happy. Being able to watch these amazing actors getting to do such unbelievably impressive work in such a short period of time because it's TV is beyond exciting. I think it's been giving me strength on my harder health days as well as builds up my passion for the craft and makes me want to work harder as an actor. It's been the best. And clearly it's all I want to talk about. I now really really want to go to a convention. :)
We really are in a golden age of tv these days. And I'm super grateful for it.
*Side note, today is the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Xena airing. I didn't watch it when it first aired, but that show forever changed my life. Xenite through and through! Here's a great article about one fan's love of the show. This is exactly how I feel and wasn't able to capture into words when I wrote about it last time.
