Blimey, it was January when I last posted! To cut a long story very short the end of last year and the first half of this year have been not far off a living hell for me, no time to post and no brain power to come up with anything, I lost both my parents within 6 months of each other and it has been awful.
Anyway, here I am, still battling on. Hope you have been OK dear reader, there have been a few things that have helped get me through these dark times so I thought I would mention them...every little helps!
Television-wise we haven't watched much except on demand stuff, a re-watch of Game of Thrones was great and now my other half and I are reading the books at last - really enjoying them as expected, the detail is much deeper of course, but so far they haven't taken anything away from the show. Personally, I think watching it on TV first helped a bit, especially with visualizing the characters - although they are described differently in the books, I was pleased with the casting, some will disagree I'm sure, but if we all thought the same life would be very dull!
Our sci-fi needs have been very well met, most recently Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. I really enjoyed it, more so than Discovery which I found hard to stick with. SNW has lots of subtle humour and the casting is fantastic, so highly recommended. Season three of The Orville has been amazing, they really went to town on it with some hard subject matter and in-depth story-lines whist keeping the Seth MacFarlane comedy element, excellent as always and I can't wait for season 4. Stranger Things landed, we have watched all but the last two episodes so there is a bit more to tide us over until 2024 when the final series comes out...hopefully.
A bit late to the party I know, but we just started Resident Alien...and oh my god its brilliant. So funny in a dark way - just our thing. Just when you think you can predict what will happen, it throws a curve-ball and takes you by surprise to hilarious results...watch it if you haven't already, its my new favourite thing.
Other than TV (sounds like we watch a lot, but its not that bad, honest) while I'm working and doing things around the house, my constant companion is the fab podcast Last Podcast on the Left which I highly recommend to anyone who likes comedy, swearing, rudeness, guys who are long time friends and make fun of each other in a 'loving way' and of course the subject matter. The show covers everything from folklore and aliens to serial killers. The shows are really in-depth and there is another called 'Side Stories' for a weekly news round-up. Listen to it, its great, I've been a fan for years and have tickets to the live tour in the autumn...can not wait!
Anyway, that's kind of it from me for now. I'll be back soon with more ramblings, in the meantime join me on Twitter @moonlitmyths :)
