Roommate contradictions...

Last year didn't feel like this and I think I'm starting to understand why. Last year, even though I did live in a room with a roommate, it still felt like I was isolated and alone, as if the other person had no existed at all.

That might sound bad, but I think it probably was the same for her as well. We were conscious of each other's presence but at the same time, we didn't concern ourselves with each other's existence.

This year it feels a bit more uncomfortable. I suppose it's because while I can coexist with people, I still like to be left completely alone. I don't want people knowing what I do, when I do them, how I do them. I like to be completely private when it comes to my affairs.

Yet with Xiao, it's not like that because she's a good friend. She's concerned with me and half the time, I think she's preoccupied with me. Things I want to do, I feel as though I'm not completely free to do them with her around. What it comes down to is that I don't want her to know about that part of me at all. That sounds bad too... I mean, we're friends and we should be able to be open with each other but really, I would rather not have someone there that knows me that intimately. Especially someone whose opinion of me might be changed by what I do.

Ah, I feel like I should have gone the way of Diana and gotten a single. The only problem with that is the fact that singles are way more expensive than doubles and it's not like where I'm at OSU where the price for a single for an entire year is equal to the cost of a double for half a year at NYU.

I was planning on hitting Chinatown today but it's supposed to be extremely windy and it supposed to rain so I'll just postpone it to tomorrow. I'll figure something out for dinner tonight... Maybe grilled cheese? I had a sandwich yesterday and a can of soup (potato and bacon chowder) so I don't feel like repeating yesterday's meal today. Although, I could...

Rain Concert!

Rain is having a concert at MSG?! I want to go!

Man, I wish I had known about this sooner because all the good seats are all taken up! They're expensive as hell but it's natural... Rain! I want to see him! I want to go! Gah, I really wish I know about this sooner...

I could pay $150 for some okay tickets but they're off right, middle seating... For $150, I would want a couple of better tickets, I think.

But aside from that, the people who said the GTO drama (most recent one) is a wonderful drama are so correct! It's a bit more refined than the manga and the anime but having loved both of those versions, this one does not let you down!

And they did make Onizuka so cute! He's not always the weird hentai (not as exaggerated at least) which always did bother me just a bit in the anime...

Plus the characters are rounded out so much better in this version! I'm so glad they made Fuyutsuki an actual person with actual concerns and personality! Even if she's not so perfect now, she seems more real.

I can see why people talk about this being a great drama -- I totally agree! It's like coming back to GTO, which was always a wonderful favorite of mine. It's so wonderful seeing Onizuka conquer class 2-4 one student at a time. Ah, it brings back such wonderful memories of watching all this for the first time. I got into this series through the actual licensed DVDs at first (courtesy of my cousin Nadine who got them from a friend) but then I couldn't stop watching it and had to get the manga as well. And then I loved that from the bottom of my heart too. It's hard to believe that something like GTO is so wonderfully loved and liked by so many people but it really is such a wonderful story. Sure it's a little crass at times, and sure it's not something people who are offended easily would like but underlying all of that, it has such a wonderful message. It's amusing and entertaining and at it's heart it's a feel good sort of show. The drama has that wonderful feeling as well and it's nice to see it being carried over from the anime and manga into this show. Because once you get down to it, it's nice seeing people who are complete strangers come together as friends and comrades to have opinions change so that everyone could live in a unified society.

Right now, I'm on the Noboru arc, which always bothered me from the beginning and I have an urge to skip until the very end because getting to there was not the most uplifting set of events...

...well, actually, even though I knew how this arc ends -- after watching the anime and reading the manga, how could you not -- I still had to go to the very end to see that it ended well. But now that I have my self-assurance, I can watch this episode happily. ^^

I'm so glad that just as I was wanting some new dramas to watch, I finally decided to give this a try. Tonight! Finish Onizuka! Yosh!

edit x1: Ah, isn't that the school from Gokusen 2?! I guess they re-use sets/locations for filming...

edit x2: GTO is hontoni sugoi! ^^

Diana-chan wa doko desu ka? You don't answer your phone at all! Are you still asleep? Even though it's evening now? Mou... Diana, where teh hell are you?

I love how things work out in the very end! After every arc, after every episode, it's just so satisfying. I really like this show, I really do! Ma, I really need to study a bit though.... :\ After I finish this, I think I will read some of my required reading for my Sounds class. Fun stuff that is.