An Update of All Things Netflix, Anime, and Manga

By the sound of this blog post, everyone will be aware of just how much time I've been procrastinating. Anyway, I have a lot to update on. I think I'll start with the Asian stuff first. 

Okay. Korean dramas. I finished watching 49 Days, which was absolutely gorgeous and so well done. It had an amazing story line and I just loved the idea of it. It was extremely depressing and made me cry. It had numerous themes: life, death, love, friendship, betrayal, etc. The main character died when it wasn't her time and was given a second chance to live again by inhabiting the body of a woman and trying to find three people who truly love her, outside of her family. Her goal was to collect tears from those three people. It made me wonder about who truly loves me, outside of my family. It made me think about life and death a lot more. It made me curious about what true love feels like. 

I've also watched and finished You're Beautiful and Heartstrings, both of which star Park Shin-hye and Jung Yong-hwa. In all honesty, while I did enjoy You're Beautiful, I liked Heartstrings much more. I really enjoy shows where the relationship between the main girl and the main guy is one of dislike. And then as time passes, the relationship begins to blossom into something more and the characters realize they have feelings for the other. I wonder if that ever happens in real life. Anyway, both dramas involved music. I think the reason why I liked Heartstrings more was in part due to the fact that Park Shin-hye and Jung Yong-hwa's characters get a second chance at love. It also felt more comfortable and easier to relate to since it developed in a college setting. Although, I did like how all three guys end up falling for Park Shin-hye's character in You're Beautiful. Still, Heartstrings moved me more. 

I don't ever usually watch anything outside of Korean stuff, when it comes to dramas and movies, but I somehow ended up watching a Taiwanese movie called Miao Miao. I actually really liked it. It wasn't an action movie. It was a soft movie with the major themes being friendship and love. It was sweet and bitter at the same time, a nice depiction of the beginning of the emotional journey that is life. 

I'm currently in the process of watching a Japanese movie called Rainbow Song. I really like it. It makes me sad inside though, because it's basically one of those movies where a guy and a girl who are friends end up falling for each other and neither one has the courage to say that they care about the other. Then, they lose their chance forever. I haven't actually finished it yet, but it makes me regret not saying, "I love you" when I should have, especially in the moment when I knew that I'd never get the chance to say it again. 

Onto anime now. I haven't actually been watching anything as of recently since I've been so focused on K-dramas. I did discover that one of my friends from camp, Breanne, likes anime too. That makes me happy because I can add one more thing that the two of us have in common. :)

As for manga, I recently finished After School Nightmare. It was interesting and different than the usual stuff. I liked it. I read and finished Legal Drug and started the ongoing continuation of it called Drug & Drop. I also started Blood C. I love my CLAMP! Watanuki shows up in D&D. I was so happy! I love Watanuki. Kohaku, from Kobato, also appears. It makes me very happy to see them. 

While I have been watching the K-dramas and movies on Netflix, I've been watching a couple of TV shows. One of them is a Canadian cartoon called Ruby Gloom, which I absolutely love. It's a gothic style cartoon, but the main character Ruby Gloom is so positive. The show is really funny. I'm glad that not that many people know about it, but it still makes me sad though, because people won't get to experience the awesomeness that is Ruby Gloom. 

And now for the grand finale! A little while back ago, I thought I'd check out Doctor Who. I finished the third episode of the first season recently. I'm currently asking myself why I wasn't watching it before. I really really enjoy it. It's amazing. I'm glad my curiosity got the best of me. I found a treasure and I'm not backing out now.

I haven't finished Merlin yet, even though it's over and done with. I also haven't finished a couple of Korean dramas, Summer Scent and Autumn in My Heart. Right now though, I want to focus on Doctor Who. 

Yes...this is what my spare time consists of. Don't judge me. 

Absolutes

I went to Taylor's today to watch some anime with her and Alley. We watched seven episodes of Pandora Hearts. I really like it so far, even though it was somewhat confusing in the beginning. It's made me think a little bit. In one of the episodes, Oz tells Gilbert that he doesn't believe in absolutes. When Oz said that, it made me realize how much I wish I could believe in absolutes and how much I have/do. How many times have I said the words always and forever to people, only to not be there at all? How many times have other people given me false reassurance like I've given them? I don't know. Part of me does believe in absolutes, but she's a hopeful, an optimist, a dreamer. I want all of me to believe in absolutes but I can't, not when the other part of me knows that they don't exist.

Stuff

It's been a few days since I've shared so I guess I'll scrape together some stuff to say now. Summer is boring and fun like it always has been. There have been fun days and boring days. I don't know how I ever got through the previous summer. Summer feels like it'll never end, but I know that time will start passing quickly now that I've said that.

Alley and Taylor came over on Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, we watched some Nabari no Ou and part of Mulan. On Thursday, they brought some video games just to show me what they were. We finished Mulan, chatted, and lazed around. I felt kind of bad because I'm extremely boring. 

SAT scores came back. True to my feeling, I did improve, but only by the slightest bit. I just keep wasting money. I'm not expecting anything great to come out of my third try, but it would be nice to not feel like such an incompetent fool. In addition to SAT scores, report cards came too. My GPA is finally what I've wanted it to be, but I suspect that's only because I was enrolled in four classes for my junior year. I need to maintain my GPA, it's all I have going for me. What's so great about having a high GPA though? Why do I feel like I need it? Did I want it for me or to impress someone else? 

Anyway, I've started to talk to a few of my cousins again, via Skype and Yahoo Messenger. I stayed up until almost two in the morning chatting with them. I went over to my aunt's house yesterday and today. I absolutely love her cooking. While I was at my aunt's house today, I realized something: I don't like curry; the little person inside my head laughed at that thought because the only reason I remembered that little fact was because my aunt had made curry. After eating, I went upstairs with Rabia and we played Uno. Usama came in and every now and then to talk. I found humor in a lot of what he said so I started laughing. He finally noticed that I laugh very easily. Sumyya came in after a while and turned on the TV. We (Sumyya, Rabia, and I) ended up watching almost two episodes of How I Met Your Mother. It's a funny show. 

I'd like to add that I've been on Netflix quite a bit...and I started watching Pretty Little Liars not too long ago. Don't judge. I just like the drama and ridiculousness of it all, plus it's kind of interesting to me. Basically, I'm trying to make it sound like I don't really like it when I actually do. Don't be disappointed in me, pleaseeee. In addition to that, I started watching Avatar: The Last Airbender today. I should have watched that show when my cousin told me to, he was right about it being a good show. I've been on Netflix way too much, but I can't help it. It's all I feel like doing to pass the time. I think that's why I'm getting dumber...okay, I'm done for now. Later!