Just wanted to pre warn you guys that I am going away for 12 days as of tomorrow.

The good news is that I am only going to stay with family so will still have plenty of time to watch TV and then blog about it — in fact, if anything I will have more time, because I will be home alone all day while they are out earning a crust.

For now though, off to watch this weeks X Factor while I should be packing!

One thing that always intrigues me when it comes to ‘Improve your life’ style reality shows, is that in the end around 90% of the participants end up deciding to go back to college, getting online degrees or doing a course in something.

“I’m thin now, I am going to get that degree in English I always wanted”
“I can control my unruly children now, time to go back to college”
“Now I know how to dress for my shape, I am going to become a hairdresser and get my qualifications”

It makes sense really, it’s about confidence and having the nous to go out and do it. But it still never fails to amuse me for some reason.

If I ever go on a reality show and have that ‘Ting!! get a degree’ moment, I can search on Edvisors.com to pick out what I want to do!

The last few episodes have really picked up for me, this is a relief because I was starting to fear that it was going the same way as most American shows of a similar ilk — mind blowingly amazing first few seasons and then it descends into utter nonsense (I am looking at you Alias and Lost!).

I do still think it’s a little that way. How many times can Hiro need to save the world? How are we meant to care when someone dies because we know they are unlikely to be actually dead. How are we meant to take story lines seriously when we know that they can just explain anything away with time travel — time travel, the laziest form of storytelling known to television.

But at least it’s moving at a fast pace, there is character development and twists a plenty to keep it at least interesting.