2 Broke Girls - Why Do You Elude Me Like You Do?

As I mentioned in this week's Fangirl Friday over on When Sally Met Sally, I've been having trouble getting to the heart of CBS' new comedy for the pilot season, 2 Broke Girls.

I've watched 4 of about 10 episodes thus far (which may well explain the lack of insight...lol) but I just cannot make my mind up about it. One minute it has me actually laughing out loud ("You took money from a homeless guy??") and the next thing you know, a string of bad lesbian jokes just happen. But then Max calls Caroline the Relationship Ghost, which is hilarious. See what I mean? Arrrgh!!

So I'm going to see how it goes and obviously watch a bit more before I make up my mind completely about it, though I am normally predisposed to dislike any show which feels it needs to use a laughtrack. Never mind.

Anyway: this week's Fangirl Friday is up, and I've got all sorts of strong opinions about New Girl and Suburgatory, which is exciting. What are you waiting for? No, really. Go! ;)

Fangirl Friday

I'm so psyched right now, I'm not quite sure how to wipe the smile off my face. Not only is it the end of the working week, but it's the start of a new venture - I'm blogging about TV for the marvellous new website When Sally Met Sally, in a weekly feature called Fangirl Friday (which you'll remember from the last post!). Please do check it out and let me know what you think about it, and while you're there make sure you check out the other fab sections too :)

It might seem silly, but to actually get hosted on a site and getting to write about something you love is just an amazing thing to me. I've blogged, Tweeted and Facebooked for years, following bloggers and writers I admire, and now to be able to say 'hey, I'm a writer too!' sounds narcissistic but feels awesome.

In other news, my NaNoWriMo project is flailing like a Priest in a brothel, but at least I've got this weekend to catch up. I'm not looking at WriteChain until I have tissues handy to mop up the tears of guilt...

Decisions, Decisions

Okay, so I really fancy having a go at writing for a website, all regular-like, and the excellent up-and-coming gay gal website When Sally Met Sally is looking for writers. So far, so fabulous - but what on earth am I going to write about?

There are so many things I'm interested in that it's difficult to specify just one thing - I love music, gaming, TV etc, but I can't help but worry if these kind of things have been done before. I mean, I could do a weekly article on new game releases or something, possibly doing reviews etc, but I don't really have the disposable income to buy oodles of new games when they come out, which is kind of a pre-requisite for reviewing them...

Then there's TV. I love TV with all the energy the fangirl inside me can muster. Maybe something like 'Fangirl Fridays', a review of the week's happenings in TV? That sounds alright, actually. I think I just answered my own question, which means I'll be watching even more TV from now on. Good times!

In other news, today is the start of NaNoWriMo, and I made the split second decision at approximately 7.15am this morning (after being in work a mere 15 minutes) to join in again this year - if you wanna be writing buddies, feel free to add me: madascheese :). I'm a veteran of the 'joining in and trying' club, having tried since 2008, but I have never won it. Not even once. Embarrassing. I'm not going to bother to vow that this year will be different, but I like to think I've got an ace up my sleeve with the wondrous magic that is WriteChain, a marvellous little iPhone app that encourages you to write a set number of words each day and not to break the chain. I don't think anything happens if you do break the chain, though I think the threat the app booting to show a sad face might make me feel guilty enough to not do it...