As the above image indicates, I have spent the past week or so gradually growing addicted to Sherlock, the fine and wonderful BBC series which should really have more than six episodes. My favorite episode, of course, is S02E01 - Scandal in Belgravia - which features the delightful and delicious Irene Adler, but I promise I like the series for more than just that, such as the otter/hedgehog bromance between Sherlock and John. At any rate, I enjoyed each episode far too much and the last one pretty near killed me. A clear sign of an excellent series.
Apart from that, I'm glad to say my future living situation in England has resolved itself in all the best possible ways. I'll be living in an adorable little house with a friend I met at PagSoc years ago (PagSoc is where you meet everyone, for the record - a Soc clearly more awesome than all other Socs), which has now finally officially been signed for, and I also got an email from my future adviser about a week ago in which she said that I'd be getting a teaching assistantship after all. This is a huge relief, since my previous scholarship included my tuition, but no stipend. I am excited to start my PhD, really - it's everything I've ever wanted to research, and though I've never met my adviser in person, she sounds so nice and helpful in her emails.
I have been going through a bit of a weird phase, though. For some reason, I am unable to read or watch anything that's serious and that requires my attention. I keep watching The Golden Girls and reading Jeeves and Wooster, neither of which are bad things per se, but I would still like to be able to watch a movie now and then. I suspect this is a mental reaction to the ridiculous stress I've gone through the past six months or so, because it truly has been ridiculous and thinking back on it now, I have no idea how I got through it as relatively well as I did. Nonetheless, I really need to get past this mental block. I did manage to watch The Black Swan yesterday, with Maureen O'Hara and Tyrone Power, which was the first new-to-me future-length film I'd managed to get through in months. I'm currently trying to write a review for my website and I hope this will kick-start me in the right direction. I hate this kind of undefined mental strain.
