This post is mainly about Glee.

Glee is literally...one of my favorite things. And I feel so terribly shallow and cliche saying this, but hear me out, okay?

I didn't start watching Glee until this fall, when Darren Criss started guest-starring. I mean, I was familiar with the show - I knew some of the names, knew someone was gay and someone was pregnant and that they made Journey cool again. And when I went to watch Darren's first episode, titled "Never Been Kissed," I had no desire to stick with the series. I already watch Bones and House during the week and The Office on the weekends - I mean, I don't have time for a lot more. Or so I thought.

So, my lassies, for your viewing pleasure:

Actually Good Reasons Why Glee Is Now My Life:

1. The music is amazing.

Yes, I knoooow they're all covers of songs. But that's how YouTube singers make it, that's how people audition for things, that's how people win American Idol...basically any song you ever sing ever is going to have been written by someone else. That's how it works. There are way more singers than songwriters.

And yes, I'm aware that they use auto-tune. But who doesn't? Glee isn't about perfection, it's about the process. The numbers aren't about vocal perfection (though Ryan Murphy and Fox know that's necessary to keep the show on the air), they're about the emotion behind them. That's why Glee isn't just pop songs, it's pop and classics and showtunes and everything in between, from cheesy songs that are just plain awful to the most recent Cee-Lo song to grace the radio - it's about finding the largest audience possible and communicating the message.

And what is this message? Well, I'll get to that in a later point. So, about the music --

Okay, I'm a bit of a music snob, I'll admit it. And I'm a total theater geek - I'm a sucker for a good arrangement or a good performance. So it would make sense that I'm drawn in by a group of awesome singers (something like half of which are from Broadway) dancing and doing fantastic covers that are catchy and fantastic driving songs.

Anyways. Don't remember where I was going with that. Summary of point one: the music is well-varied, well-arranged, and well-done.

2. The message is inspiring and very real.

It's high school, it's drama, it's stereotypes. I know our school is a bubble and I know Glee is dramatized, but the basic premise is wonderful. Be who you are, do what you want, seize the moment, because your time is NOW, and only you can choose who you can be.

Glee also touches on identity and love and all those other wonderful things, and it's gay-friendly approach is making waves in entertainment media. Go Glee go!

Anyways. It's late. I will get back to this. Look forward to it.