Her Life is a WIP

I've been waiting for this weekend for a whole month. First weekend completely free in four weeks. Utter bliss. Yesterday we went to see Fantastic Beasts for the second time (first time was on Wednesday when it was released) then... then, ok, we had to be very domestic and catch up with all the chores that had been put aside during our busy month but after that it was lazy time all the way. Meaning, some reading and some tv watching.

A coworker of mine has fallen for Narcos recently and has been actively trying to make us watch it as well (it's actually really cute). Because I know how it feels like to be obsessing over a show on your lonesome, I promised her I'd give it a try over the weekend then report back to her. So I sat down with Netflix and she was right, the series is pretty awesome. I'm only five episodes into the first season but it's been a lot of fun whatsapp'ing with her as I watched. I already know what topic we'll talk about tomorrow morning ;) I just need to make her watch Class now, so that I have one more person to squee over it with.

Speaking of, obviously I watched the newest Class too and, wow, what an episode *__* Another favourite ♥ I'm trying to see whether I liked it better than episode 3 or as much just in a different way and for different reasons. In any case ALL THE LOVE for episode 6 and basically ALL THE FEELINGS TOO. Actually, I'm wondering whether I'll have any feelings left for the finale? I'm not sure I have enough left in stock!

I know it's different for everybody but my entry into a show (or a book or a film) is the characters. I can forgive many things, can overlook many flaws, as long as the characters speak to me. Most of the time, it'll be one character in particular and, when I'm extra lucky, more than one. With Class, it's like I've basically won the jackpot in that I love the whole cast. (Although since this episode was about truth, I'll have to be truthful with you and say that I can't help but have a preference for Charlie, Miss Quill and Tanya. There, this is my confession).

So imagine how much I enjoyed this episode, 100% dedicated to all those characters I love - ok, one was missing, but next week episode should remedy that. It was like Christmas! It took me quite a long time to actually finish watching because I kept rewinding some scenes. Just, Charlie. I mean, everyone, really, but CHARLIE OK?

The timing is funny though; CS Pacat asked people over at twitter about characters that appealed the most to us, that gave us the most feels, were the iddiest and in my response (which she actually replied to omg!! I actually had a six-tweet conversation with CS Pacat #FangirlingMoment) I mentioned Charlie. And then this episode happened and yes. Yes to all that.

I'll stop now or I never will. All that to say, that was my Saturday.

Today is a whole ball of lazy too. Lazy morning with more reading again. We'll go over my parents' for lunch later on, then we'll just chill together all afternoon, then home we go for a second watching of Class and yet some more reading, I think. Also, more Narcos, I'm pretty sure.

Hope your Sunday is going well too, flist!

I've been in such a tv mood recently. Having two days off at the beginning of the week (Tuesday being All Saints Day and thus a holiday and me being oh so clever and taking Monday off too) might have helped.

Let's see.

I'm still obsessively watching Class. I have no clear explanation as to why I'm so taken with the show. I mean, I do think it's a very cool show, it's refreshing in terms of diversity and representation, I absolutely love the characters, the plot has some pretty interesting elements, the tone is just how I like it, it can be so moving, it's a great Doctor Who spin-off, overall it's a lot of fun to watch... just to name a few of the many good reasons to be into Class, admittedly, but why am I so in love with it? Sometimes you don't really know. It just clicks. (Although, it's as if some of those characters were written for me, specifically, so there is that).

So I'm watching Class a lot and having zero control over my expectations, which are quite high. Never a good thing, this seasoned tv fan knows, but there you have it, sometimes you can't do anything but surrender, right? And then, the bastards released this new trailer revealing what we can expect from the rest of the series and er, how to best describe how I felt when watching it? Oh, I know, my feelings had feelings. This is how I felt ;) I had zero control over my expectations, I have less than zero now. Well done, BBC, well done *caps slowly* ( Discussing one thing in aforementioned trailer )

I'm up-to-date with Lucifer. Anyone else watching? This week episode was something. And that ending! Can't wait for the follow-up.

Angélique and I have finally started watching season 5 of POI (I know, we're so late!). We've watched five episodes in a row then had to take a little break. Now waiting to watch the rest. POI remains one of my most favourite shows. I'm sad to bid it farewell but I've heard good things about this last season, so I'm hoping I'll enjoy it too. I'm stressed out but I have hopes that the ending is satisfying... if it can't be happy.

Watching Class made me crave some good Doctor Who episodes so I've paid a little visit to Netflix (France) and lo, they have season 5 to season 9, so that took care of it. And speaking of Matt Smith, The Crown has been released today so I need to schedule that one as well.

Ok. Let's try and see if I still remember how to use this thing. Er. Hello, flist? It has been quite some time, yeah? I could tell you I've had some busy months but the truth is I'm not sure how it came to this, me not only not updating my LJ for ages but me not even really reading my flist. Cause I used to always check it out and see what you were all up to, no matter how long it had been since my last entry. But there you go... Oddly enough, the past week, I've missed coming here and I've been thinking of visiting LJ again although, as per usual, I never really got around to it. Then something fannish happened over the weekend that made me crave some good ole LJ interaction so I decided I needed to grab this opportunity and come and say hello.

So before I get into the fannish part of this entry, I'll make a quick review of what happened the past months so that those who're interested are up-to-date. Let's see:

• I got married at the end of September (24th) - admiralandrea, I know you've asked for some pictures and I will post a couple around here, promise. I'm just in a hurry as I type this so I'm trying not to delay the whole process too much for fear of, once again, letting this post go into the ether. But I haven't forgotten about your request :) The wedding was simple and just amazing. The whole weekend was magical, really. Angélique and I had no idea it would give us so many feelings, would you believe it? lol I mean, we expected to spend a wonderful time, obviously, as we were celebrating our union and being surrounded with family and friends but still, it took us by surprised how emotional and gorgeous it was. Anyway, it was wonderful ♥


• the family issues I've mentioned in an entry back in the day haven't been solved yet but they're on their way so that's a relief;


• I didn't defend my thesis (it was supposed to be on the 26th, too! Talk about timing). I've aced all my classes, which is awesome, but I decided that I'd rather take another year to complete said thesis properly;


• I'm still taking Italian classes and still enjoying the hell out of it;


• I'm supposed to get driving lessons soon which... I'm just scared of the whole "being on the road as a driver" thing but it has become such a necessity, so I can't delay it too long (technically I meant to enroll last year so).

There, I think that will do as far as a general RL overview goes ;)

Onto the fannish now. Ok, so is anyone else watching Class, DW newest spin-off? If you're not, why don't you be a dear and give it a go for me, will you? I know _profiterole_ does so that's at least one person I can talk to about it but I was hoping to come back to a flist enthusiastically writing about the show and waxing poetry about those awesome and loveable characters but, alas, there's definitely been a lack of Class squee around here. That won't do! That won't do at all. Here's a little list of reasons to watch BBC Class. Doesn't it make you want to watch? So come on, give it a try and then come back here to let me know how much you enjoyed it ;)

PS: argh, I keep forgetting I've lost my paid account and then mourning my icons.