The art of bingeing

The way we watch television and film at home has changed massively over the past decade and the art of Boxsetting has gone from the niche past time of die hard videophiles to a standard weekend activity often shared with family and friends and debated voraciously on social media. "Oh you watched a whole 14 hour series this weekend? Brilliant, lets analyse every detail!" The joy of having a lot of down time at the minute is the ability to unashamedly dive in to the depths of Netflix and binge to my hearts content.

So here's a bit of a bumper post on what I've been watching and what I've been loving. I will be updating you all with more in the future and if you have any suggestions they are greatly welcomed!

1. Making A Murderer

Getting this one out of the way early. Yes I've watched it. Yes I'm completely frustrated and addicted to it. Yes I'm pretty sure I could litigate the case 100 times better than Steven Avery's many lawyers. Yes you should absolutely watch it if you haven't already!

2. Pretty Little Liars

For years I "acquired" PLL by unsavoury means and it was my guilty pleasure. I was extremely happy when Netflix decided to show new episodes in line with their American broadcast dates. The show is ridiculous and jumps the shark more often than the actresses change outfits but it's so addictive! I want to be Emily and dress like Aria. More of this please.

3. Chef's Table

A look in to the world's top Chef's and their personal telling of how they design their menu and their concepts. The food is often drool worthy and sometimes completely baffling. You might start looking up flights at the end of each episode.

4. The Mind Of A Chef

Very similar to Chef's Table except this is narrated by Anthony Bourdain who is one of my favourite TV chefs. They also spend a lot of time in Japan talking about Japanese cuisine so of course I absolutely love it.

5. Josie & The Pussycats

Orange is the new pink and Pepsi Max is the new Diet Coke. Du Jour means friendship and this movie is amazing. Always cheers me up!

6. Luther

I was late to the Luther game despite loving Idris Elba for years. It's awesomely dark.

7. Dear White People

Clever, self deprecating, and slightly uncomfortable at times. The themes in this film could translate to many situations when dealing with privilege and the lack of it.

8. Beast Of No Nation

Idris Elba again. It's ridiculous he didn't get an Oscar nomination for this. Absolutely shocking. Not an easy film to watch but one that will leave you wanting to go out in to the world and change it.

9. Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Because it's freakin Buffy! I watch this at least once a year and will continue to do so for a long time. Joss Whedon is my ruler.

10. Sons Of Anarchy

When you realise that the scrawny kid from channel 4's Queer As Folk is that big hulking baste of a man you will understand the miracles of puberty. This show is relentlessly brutal. It's brilliant. And the HILARIOUS Belfast accents in series 3 are something to behold.

11. Daredevil & Jessica Jones

Daredevil is a brutally violent action series whilst Jessica Jones is more psychological but equally brutal. Both series are part of Marvel's Hell's Kitchen deal with Netflix and I cannot wait for the rest. Series two of Daredevil looks amazing.

No Halloween Costume Needed

It's become an accepted norm that once December 1st comes around the nations will don their snowflake print leggings and their novelty jumpers but so far the other seasons are lacking in their effort. Yes, Halloween is famous as being the single greatest costume day of the year but I need October to step and represent in the seasonal apparel game. Thankfully retailers have heard my inner goth cry and have come up with some seriously cute Halloween inspired items. For those who love a slogan tee you have every variation of saying that could possibly be made by rhyming witch with bitch and if you don't say every one of with Emma Roberts' attitude then you need to watch season 3 of American Horror Story immediately! Dressing with the seasons is clearly big money but it doesn't have to cost the world. Here are my choices of how to get into the Halloween spirit all under £30. Boohoo Starting with my favourites because I can! I actually bought the f

"Brand New Mint In Box"

Of the ways to describe the most premium of items in your makeup collection "Brand New Mint In Box" should not be one of them. One of my most awful habits is buying makeup and then not using it and to my even greater shame it is usually with my most expensive purchases. There is an Alan Carr joke about the extortionate price of a Spanish Onion, the punchline is "when do you save an Onion for best?" This is kind of how I feel about expensive makeup. It's so pretty and so precious that if I get up the courage to actually purchase it, I'm then usually too scared to use it. The pride and shame of this habit is these two items from Dior. The absolutely sublime Dior Skin Nude Tan highlighter which I purchased as a pre-release special edition from House Of Fraser TWO YEARS AGO has sat in box all tightly wrapped up only being shown the light to show off to my friends and family. Yes I do show off my prettiest of pretties to my friends and family...

Am I Disabled?

This article has been going through my head quite a lot recently and I’m feeling a little self indulgent so bear with me. As a kid I was on the special needs list throughout school and given a classroom assistant to help with my tracheostomy care. I was considered disabled enough to warrant disability benefits right up until I turned 18 when they decided that I wasn’t mentally incapacitated enough and too independent. A panel of bureaucrats sat across the table and said “we can see you are but there’s nothing we can do.” I didn’t tick the right boxes. I’ve worked since I was old enough and supported myself as much as I could and excluding a few short absences from work I have been successful in that. Until now. Now I can’t support myself. I struggle with self care. I’ve had to give up my home and I’ve lost my independence. I’m back to getting surgery’s every 6-8 weeks. They were usually just day cases but the last few have been fairly severe with extended stays (I get to have ano

Lisa16 February 2016 at 11:30
Love, love love Josie and the Pussycats!! Always cheers me up too. Plus Racheal Leigh Cook mixed with cats *dies of happiness*
Victoria - Florence and Mary17 February 2016 at 09:46
I'm currently binge watching The Walking Dead (via Sky). I'm currently on Series 5 and only started watching a week ago!!

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