I have to say (unfortunetly) I'm one of those people that can get overly obsessed. Okay, wait that sounds slightly scary. Put it this way, when I first read Twilight (back in 2007) I went ape shit over it, I totally loved it and when I heard a film was being made, I kinda went ape shit over that too. I hate to say it but i was obsessed. Now - 3 years on - I look back and cringe (kinda like when you look back at your old pictures and shudder). Thankfully I've seen sense, in fact anything to do with Twilight - minus the exception of Robert Pattinson who is well... not hard to look at - I now hate. Anyway. I didn't think I'd get hyped over anything like Twilight, but then I discovered the show Merlin. I first heard about it when it first started because a couple of my friends watched it. I remember walking in their living room and them having it on, rolling my eyes, commenting on how shit it was, and walking back out. I even - once upon a time - turned over one saturday night from Merlin (I distinctly remember it being S1,Ep3 when Arthur, Merlin and Morgana are in the caves.) How stupid I was. If only I had totally understood what the show was about I could have become hooked on it a long time ago. Whatever. So earlier this year I was bored and started poking around trying to find somewhere to watch The Vampire Diaries, and then I came across a website which not only houses VD but Merlin. Shrugging I clicked on the first episode just to see... and immediately became hooked. Call me a sucker for everything medieval, whatever. I've always loved History - British History. Most of the fictional books I own are set in Medieval times. Many of the films I possess are set in that period. So Merlin was right up my street. Plus I've always been interested in the Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot legend after watching Sam Neils, Merlin film which I have on DVD and used to watch religiously. But now I have a new addiction. When I first watched Merlin I had to watch the second episode, and then the third... and so on. I became so addicted (trust me the show does it to you) that I would spend most of the night watching them. I can honestly say for 2 weeks I watched every episode of Merlin. And then I had to find if they were on DVD. Luckily they were. Now, every night, I watch an episode and fall asleep to it. If not I usually listen to the Season 2 soundtrack - oh yeah I found it, after much extensive searching that drove me totally crazy. Most of my friends (who don't watch it) think I'm mad, but I've got a couple of others into it and we spend most of our days going over episodes, Arthur/Gwen or the hot stuff that is Bradley James. Unlike most Merlin fans I adore the Arthur/Gwen relationship. Sure, okay, it was a bit rushed, but they only have 13 episodes they cant drag it out for 6 can they? Everything about Merlin I adore, I love magic/make believe/fantasy/princes/adventures etc... and so its no surprise that Merlin is my favorite TV show (well besides House I'm totally obsessed with that too). Its not at all like you expect when you first hear about it and, boy, is it addictive. Most nights I'm usually Youtubing anything to do with the series, reading fanficions or watching it. Worrying huh? I cannot wait until the 3rd series comes out, I seriously hope they develop the Arthur/Gwen relationship (keep away Lancelot you good looking man!), I hope Morgana seeks some sort of revenge on Merlin annnd Merlin must tell Arthur about his magic, orrrr Arthur discovers it for himself. Phew. That was long winded, sorry for any spelling mistakes I cant be bothered to look through and check.
You know those nights where you just cant sleep? Yeah I pretty much experienced that last night, I’d like to say my bed is pretty, damn, comfortable…or so I thought. I had the most uncomfortable nights sleep in my life! Its like you try and fall asleep but at the back of your mind the more you think about sleep the longer it takes you to drift off. Ugh. I kept looking at my phone and, no lie, first it said 1:03am, then 2:04am, and then 4:05 i was like whaaatt?? I even put on Merlin to try and fall asleep…but failed miserably. Sorry I’m babbling and talking about non relevant crap that wont be any relevance to your day at all. Im shattered, and because of this I did take the day off. Fuck college, it can wait.
