It's rare that I find much on TV to get excited about. My past loves have been (chronologically from childhood) Ellery Queen, The Night Stalker, Murder She Wrote, the original CSI series, Star Trek the Next Generation, Six Feet Under, the Battlestar Galactica series on SyFy, Medium, and now Elementary on CBS. I may have left out a few, but this is what comes to mind right now.
You may notice a theme here. A good story line always involves some type of intrigue and mystery. Elementary has proven to be a great show so far. I hope it remains well done and exciting, without becoming stale. My pet peeves with "who done it's" is I could usually solve the mysteries based on the bad guy/girl being a frequent guest character actor I recognize from either NYC based drama guest spots (Law and Order, CSI, Sex in the City, etc) or made for TV movies, thus, ruining my enjoyment of an intricate plot line. Other shows I have enjoyed until they became too formula, Longmire, in Plain Sight, Castle, and the Mentalist.
So it's no surprise that I love genealogy as it is more of the same type of intrigue and research. When I was young I secretly dreamed of joining the FBI and/or going to West Point. Circumstances made that pursuit impossible. So, I pursued my other just as strong passion, music. I also thought of being an architect or archeologist. After taking a course in mechanical drafting this was not quite my passion, but I found another interest by taking this class, cartography. Unfortunately, this field has been dying ever since the computer go ahold of design. Then there is my love of writing. You're starting to see a problem here, right?
I fall into the category of too many interests which leads to following too many directions instead of focusing on one. I have many successful musician friends who live and breath nothing but music. That's very hard for me.
