This season... it's like Sara left and so did the Win.
( Cut for talk about the latest episodes of CSI Vegas )

My DAB signal is terrible in the flat here. Bethnal green is rubbish for reception, I have decided. We have combated this on the TV by getting Sky, but I miss my DAB! I can only get a few channels here, including Planet Rock, Virgin Xtreme and Birdsong. Hah! Not good enough! I miss Arrowrock, and Magic! I might have to look into getting a booster. I'm not sure how they work but anything that will improve my signal is desperately needed.

I spent this evening mostly practising my shorthand (at which I am still fairly terrible) and doing one of those blackhead remover nose strip thingies, which was totally gross and absolutely satisfying. Take THAT pores!

What else? I'm on work experience at the moment which I'm enjoying so far. OH and how much do I love that Neighbours is on at seven on Five Life? I teared up at that advert with Harold welcoming me back to Ramsey Street... You know, the one where he laments that us students grew up and had to do grown up things at half five, only now we can watch after our tea at seven! I'd link to it but a quick google reveals nothing...

Erm, that's pretty much it. Time for bed now, I feel. My recent obsession with CSI:NY has taken me into season four, which I'm trying to catch up with at the moment... but it's eating up all my spare time! I'm obsessed! I have loads of stuff to do for college so I'm trying to be really strict with myself at the moment but it's not easy, by any means. Aargh.

I have LJ tourettes, this post is rubbish.

Oh crap, and my paid account expired!

I haven't been on livejournal in absolutely ages, which is really sad because I have had loads of stuff to write about! My life has been well and truly getting in the way. Although I love having more stuff to do, it's been getting quite tiring... I could really do with a weekend of doing nothing to catch up on all the tidying and laundry and reading and other things I want to get done.

I should be doing something right now, actually. I have one article to research and write, a shorthand homework to do for the Hot Shorthand Tutor and I have a begging letter to write for work experience (and the necessary research to do for that so I can sound like I've been reading their magazines for years rather than only heard of them today). Instead I am watching episodes of CSI:NY on my laptop. Oops.

But CSI:NY is so good! Not as geeky as Vegas (I miss the dorky scientists of Grissom's lab) but with the latest episodes of the original CSI series showing distinct signs of stagnation (even William Peterson is looking decidedly mouldy), I have been seeking refuge in the enthusiasm of the early episodes of the baby of the franchise. The less said about Miami the better, in my opinion.

CSI:NY has all the classic elements that made Vegas so great; brilliant cast, interesting characters, clever scripts, bizarre cases and an exciting soundtrack. All infused with a dark, moody, grimy, street-wise, New York feel.

Err, but I am a geek. So what I really, really watch it for is the slow-burn relationship between Danny and Lindsay. Actually the cutest canon romance of any of the CSIs, and the most watchable, and believable. I just watched "Stuck on You" which really showed up the chemistry between those two characters, in a far less ham-fisted way than any of Vegas's Sara/Grissom "moments".

Oh, and I watch for Gary Sinise. I love Gary Sinise. Lieutenant Dan can captain my shrimp boat anyday.

That was a bit odd. None of the things I wanted to write about were CSI related... Oh well. Time for another episode!

I am so addicted to CSI. I mean, I've even started watching Miami and NY, something I never thought I'd do, to tide me over until Vegas comes back. My mum's best friend, the woman I babysit for, is also a huge CSI fan. I discovered this the other day when she was taping the re-runs while I was there. She thought the Tarantino finale was the end of the series! She was so happy when I told her it wasn't that she gave me extra money. Huzzah! We then geeked out all the drive home about how much we love Grissom (way more than Horatio), how sad we are about the recent character death on Miami (despite the fact that we like it the least) and how 'Lady Heather's Box' is such a brilliant episode.

Between her CSI obsession and my mum's thing for Smallville and Stargate slash, I'm starting to think these two might be bigger fangirls than I am.

Nah, for I made icons!

24 CSI icons
including:
7 Nick/Greg
7 Grave Danger

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( The tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth... )

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Want. Take. Credit. Although I'm not strict about it. Commenting isn't necessary, but it is nice!

Isn't Greg the cutest geek ever?