5 Shows You Should Binge Watch This Summer

You may not know this about me, BUT...

I'm a bit of a whore.

Except I don't exactly sleep around... unless you consider me sleeping with two hairy weens at once. And yes, I'm talking about my weenie dogs.

When I say I'm a whore, I actually mean a TV whore.

I love television shows and getting lost in someone else's baby mama drama, love/breakup story or even trial by combat (Game of Thrones reference).

But pretty much I've been addicted to five shows the past year that I feel like if you're not watching, you're missing out on some EPIC shit.

Don't worry, this doesn't include any spoilers! I hate when people spoil stuff about movies and TV shows before I ever get a chance to watch. So please if you comment, do NOT spoil it for those who haven't had the opportunity to watch yet! 

1. SONS OF ANARCHY

Pretty much, if you're not watching this show you're EFFIN crazy. I never thought in a million years I would watch this show. Motorcycle gang + drug and gun runs? Hmm... not exactly up my alley. But this show is by far one of the best written shows on TV, if not the best.

The writing is not only impeccable but the acting is too. Katey Sagal is my all-time lady crush, just from this show. She is a beast on this show. She's incredible. She's fierce. She's crazy. I'm obsessed with her. She's insanely good. And she will do anything for her family--anything.

Beyond that hot mama is the star of the show Charlie Hunnam. And he's a sexy, sexy man and plays Jax Teller so well. He is conflicted, a leader, and the man who struggles with his need to be a good man while trying to keep SAMCRO out of prison and out of trouble.

SOA has the perfect amount of action, drama, sexiness and that deep, meaningful storyline that keeps you interested, heartbroken and wondering how it will all come out in the end.

There have been many moments my jaw has stayed on the floor for weeks after an episode. And some storylines still make my heart sink every time I think of them. After each episode I'm at a loss for words. I never expect what happens next and my heart is pulled and tugged in so many directions. I constantly say, "I can't believe that just happened." And with each season, the writing gets better, the story is better, the acting is better, the new characters are incredible. I. CAN'T. GET. ENOUGH.

Every character on this show is amazing. And I've fallen in love with most of them, and even some who didn't deserved to be liked, I've somehow found compassion for.

It's seriously the best show on TV right now and coming up on its final season this September. I will be devastated when the show ends. BUT I will forever watch reruns just like I do with Buffy. This is my grown up Buffy obsession. SOA is my shizz. It tugs on all the right heart strings and makes you laugh and fall in love with the Club, while also bringing you down to earth on the damage they cause.

Go watch this summer and get prepped for the series-end this fall. The only disappointment will be that you didn't watch it sooner and that it's final season is this fall. This a show you can watch with your man, your ole lady, your dog, your mom, whatevs. Just make sure to watch.

2. The Walking Dead

This show comes in at a close second. It was a tough choice because I'm so coo coo over SOA, but this show is right on its heels. MY second hardcore obsession.

Now, I know what you're thinking... she was obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer so it makes sense she's loves this zombie stuff. Um, yes, I have a weak spot for supernatural shows/movies, but even though this show is about a zombie apocalypse, it's about so much more. The show is based off of comic books, which I haven't read, just because they are a little different from the show.

Beyond trying to stay alive in a zombie-filled world, there are amazing storylines on this show. Season 4 just ended and so much has changed from the first season, which begins at the beginning-ish of the apocalypse.

This show is not just about killing zombies, it's about deciding how to make tough decisions on how to move forward and protect those you love. It's about learning that the zombies become more a part of the environment and it's the other people who've survived you have to worry about. Can you trust them? What are their intentions? What will kids think that grow up around zombies? Where can you make a life for yourself? Is there a cure? Who will survive?

This show is another jaw-dropper. I've cried countless times throughout the show and it's hard when I've developed affection for characters and then something happens to them. It is a zombie apocalypse y'all; people die. And there are twisted people who will do anything to survive.

Plus you put crazy people in a crazy zombie-filled world, some crazy shit happens.

But it's so good. The actors are incredible and the video games are craze amaze. OBSESSED.
Season 5 starts in October. And I totally man-crush on Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus.

3. Game of Thrones

This is my third obsession I've developed over the past year. It's set in times long long long long ago and is set on fictional continents in fictional kingdoms. Basically you have a HUGE cast of characters who all have different agendas and this show weaves together a lot of plot lines and even some supernatural elements too. 

I've learned from watching this show, things often go the way I don't want them to, but that's what makes this so interesting! Some people's stories have made me weep for weeks. Some I haven't really ever gotten over and I probably never will.

Everyone is vying for their claim of the Iron Throne to rule the seven kingdoms. It's pretty much incredible. From rich high-born people and a dreadful kid name Joffrey to dragons, family drama and the scary unknown of life beyond "The Wall," it's definitely one of the best shows on TV. It all stemmed from books, which I haven't read because I don't want to ruin the show for myself.

There is sex, nudity, death, booze, war, humor, torture and betrayal wrapped up in one. The show keeps you interested and clueless as to what will happen next. I can never predict what will happen, and when I try, I fail horribly.

I always want more. It gets your blood pumping in all the right and wrong ways. I promise you will love it more than the sun and stars.

4. Scandal

This was a show I binge watched last summer right before the new season began. I wasn't sure if I'd get into it, but I'd heard about on TV/Entertainment shows so much, I thought I'd give it a whirl. And boy, am I glad I did! 

Olivia Pope (played by Kerry Washington) is the Washington D.C. PR queen who manages the scandals and "handles" the mistakes of those who are in office or are in the public eye and want to keep their stuff quiet. She has a relationship with the President of the United States and therefore makes this show that much juicier. Their relationship is complicated and full of passion and keeps you wanting more. But this show, in the first seasons, has a more CSI-take on it and when I say that I mean she handles different cases on each episode, mainly in just the first season. However, her storyline with the Prez remains constant. Over the last season shit has gotten real. No more of the CSI-ish style show, where she takes a new case, although the show was still very good in the first season.

The plots have gotten deeper and more shocking. I will say that this show is a little predictable at times, but there have been plenty of times I've been shocked and felt like my heart was ripped out and stuffed in a brown baggie and tossed out with the trash.

It's good, it's juicy and Kerry Washington crushes it. Now go be a gladiator, grab a glass of red wine and go watch it!

5. Orange Is The New Black

I wasn't sure if I'd really dig this series by Netflix, but after each episode, I yearned for more. It makes me laugh so hard I thought I peed my pants and made me cringe and gag, all at the same time.

Imagine being in a relationship where you proposed to your fiancee. She accepts and then a few months later you find out she was charged and convicted with drug smuggling long before you met her with her lesbian lover. So she has to do some time and go to prison for a year.

The show's plot is automatically interesting. A girl who used to have an adventurous past is now a typical woman waiting to marry the guy of her dreams, but now that dream is halted by the reality of her new life in prison. From effed up guards who take advantage to lesbian lovers, this show is hilarious, nasty and so crazy you may even want to make Crazy Eyes your prison bitch. There will be plenty of "WTF"moments and times where you wonder how'd you handle it if that were you in prison or how your spouse would take it.

The shit that people do and say and get pissed off at is coo coo.
How they react isn't always reasonable.
Bitches be cray.

And if you watch any or all of these already then we are instant best friends! Virtual high-five!

What shows will you be watching this summer?

Best,

My BUFFY Obsession

For those of you who don't know me, I was obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer growing up.

The TV show, not the movie. The movie sucked <----haha vampire joke, ya get it?

Um, who am I kidding? I still kind of am.

But for reals, the TV show was my shizz.

And for those of you who remember me way back when, mostly remember I wanted to be Buffy and the crazy display of BTVS posters in my room. 

I even tried to get on the TV show on MTV "Fanatic."

Yes, I was a total nerd. 

But Buffy is amaze balls.

Let me explain my obsession.

Buffy kicked ass literally.

 She was a tiny ball of fire who could kick tail, deal with high school and manage to save the world from the apocalypse.

"She saved the world... a lot."

She also had a super hot vampire BF who just happened to have a soul so they couldn't do the nasty because he'd lose it and go all crazy, demon vampire again. 

And Angelus is a beast. 

What a tortured love story!

 BTW, season 2 is the best.

#buffyandangelforever

It was beyond hilarious. 

I seriously would laugh until I cried. 

There is nothing quite like Buffy humor.

 

And it was seriously heart-wrenching. 
Life on the Hellmouth wasn't easy. 

Some episodes, I would cry until I'd almost hyperventilate. 
Yes, that totally happened. 

Spike!
That's all.

 I remember the first episode I ever watched, I was instantly hooked.

Enter vampire obsession.
Twilight.
True Blood.
Vampire Diaries.
They all spawned from my love of BTVS.

I was in the fourth grade when I started watching Buffy.
 I wanted to dress like her,
look like her,
talk like her,
and kick ass like her.

I even cut and styled my hair like her, thanks to my awesome hairstylist Vickie!
She had to put up with countless Buffy-hair requests for many, many years. Thanks, Vickie!

Can you say twinsies?

I mean I wore cross necklaces and bought the rings her and Angel wore from the show. 

(They were copies, not the actual ones she wore. Um, I would have died!)

I still have a Buffy lunchbox. Yes, they totally made them.
And some Sunnydale High tees, Buffy barbies and trading cards.
 I was legit.
#number1fan
#stalkermuch

You see that phone on the floor?

I spent hours on end and used a lot of printer ink (sorry, Mom and Dad) printing out pics of the cast especially SMG (Sarah Michelle Gellar).

I put them on my entertainment center, my phone, and even the molding around my doors.
#dedicated

My goal was to hide the hideous Easter basket/bunny wallpaper that was on my walls.
Mom, WTF were you thinking with that wallpaper anyway?
Clearly I succeeded with hardly any duplicates.
#goodbyeeasterwallpaper
#hellobuffyroom

I totally fell to the floor when I walked in my room after school to a six-foot SMG cardboard cutout. 

I thought she was standing in front of me... 

And guess what? I still have her.

 #friendsforever 

#cardboardfriendsmakethebestfriends

 And I totally made my friends pretend play I was Buffy and they were members of the Scooby Gang. Um, no one could be Buffy but me and yes, some of my acting skills are on film.

#blackmail

And, I kind of had a piece of cardboard that I drew a vampire on and practice my staking skills. #donthate 

#betIcouldstakeavampirequickerthanyou

Holy balls that took a lot of work. 

I was definitely obsessed. 

I still watch reruns and I'm not ashamed.

Needless to say when we were on our 17-day road trip from Alaska to Texas, we had to make California a pit stop. WHY? 

Um, to find Buffy's High School, DUH.

View that post here:

Yes, I cried when I saw it.

I was 23 years old.

And I clearly kicked the Hellmouth's ass while I was there (see photo above). 

#invisbledemonsbeware

And I'd probably still pee my pants if I ever met SMG, just sayin', I mean you can hear my excitement in the video of us at Sunnydale High aka Torrance High School!

This post was my first-ever link up!"Back in MY Day" link up hosted by Suze at Straight on the Ground and Steph at Life According to Steph and Steph at Steph's Space.

Who or what was your obsession back in the day? 

Comment below or on Facebook! I want to know!