Tuesday, 19 June 2007 | 2:42 pm
Passing time
Yeah, I'm pretty pathetic. I started watching TWO new Asian dramas this weekend. The first one is a Japanese one called Hana Yori Dango. It's about this penniless girl attending Eitoku Academy which is an upper-class school devoted to the rich. There, she is terrorized by F4, a group of four boys who are the richest and most dominant in the school. Think Ouran High School Host Club except less funny, not anime and the boys aren't hosts. My only problem with it is that the members of F4 look like girls. I'm willing to put up with that though, because it's actually pretty good, and VERY to the point (being only nine episodes long).
I finished watching the first season. I use this site called crunchyroll.com which is very useful. You can stream the episodes just like you can on Youtube, except it's much more organized and completely devoted to Asian dramas. The only problem is that you can't stream it once download exceeds the hosts bandwidth for the day. If you want to watch it better you have to pay and I'm too cheap! I started watching the first episode of the second season but stupid bandwidth ran out.
I would have watched Hana Yori Dango II on Youtube but it only has the anime, not the drama, and I don't want to watch Meteor Garden instead. So, every time I can't watch Hana Yori Dango on crunchyroll, I switch to Youtube and watch Taiwanese drama Love Contract (愛情合約) with Ariel Lin (It started with a kiss) and Mike He (Devil Beside You). Yeah yeah ok, I only started watching because Mike He is in it and he's really hot! It's actually not that bad though, I'm halfway through episode 2 and I still have 18 more to go.
Haha, it sounds like I watch a lot of asian drama, but I don't really! The only other drama I've watched that I haven't named here is Ichi Rittoru no Namida (One Litre of Tears). That one is VERY good, based on a true story about a girl with muscular atrophy. I cried pretty much in every episode. It was unbelievably sad.
I'm not really and anime fan, apart from Ouran, I've only seen Suzuka, which was Chris' demonstration of serious anime. Dylan, this white boy in my methods class is trying to get me to watch Bleach and Prince of Tennis but I pass, I'm so sick of looking at cartoon characters. It's so hard to have a crush on them (Kyouya and Darien a.k.a Tuxedo Mask anyone?) without people laughing at you! Give me a real man ANY DAY!
Oooh, speaking of real men, I watched the first episode of Torchwood yesterday. Captain Jack Harkness? Yeah, I was curious so I watched it. It was very interesting, but their comments seemed too, scripted...if you know what i mean. His one liners are so...ok I can't describe it. There's just something wrong with the things he says. Like, everything that comes out of his mouth is a quotable quote you know? Harkness is just so bloody, SMOOTH! It's unnatural. I will probably still watch it though, it's kind of like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel with marble-statuesque men and supernatural behaviour. Mmm....
I don't have a life.
With love,
Mel
Pee.ess - The best way to get over unrequited love is to watch loads of drama's with super hot guys in them. Seriously, once you see what you're missing out on, you'll totally raise your expectations. That guy you've been pining for (who is so obviously gay if he doesn't like you back) is nothing compared to those perfect male specimens in Asian drama. Ok, this might cause problems in the long run, but HEY, live for the moment. GAHAHAHA I'm just kidding, he probably IS gay though...
I finished watching the first season. I use this site called crunchyroll.com which is very useful. You can stream the episodes just like you can on Youtube, except it's much more organized and completely devoted to Asian dramas. The only problem is that you can't stream it once download exceeds the hosts bandwidth for the day. If you want to watch it better you have to pay and I'm too cheap! I started watching the first episode of the second season but stupid bandwidth ran out.
I would have watched Hana Yori Dango II on Youtube but it only has the anime, not the drama, and I don't want to watch Meteor Garden instead. So, every time I can't watch Hana Yori Dango on crunchyroll, I switch to Youtube and watch Taiwanese drama Love Contract (愛情合約) with Ariel Lin (It started with a kiss) and Mike He (Devil Beside You). Yeah yeah ok, I only started watching because Mike He is in it and he's really hot! It's actually not that bad though, I'm halfway through episode 2 and I still have 18 more to go.
Haha, it sounds like I watch a lot of asian drama, but I don't really! The only other drama I've watched that I haven't named here is Ichi Rittoru no Namida (One Litre of Tears). That one is VERY good, based on a true story about a girl with muscular atrophy. I cried pretty much in every episode. It was unbelievably sad.
I'm not really and anime fan, apart from Ouran, I've only seen Suzuka, which was Chris' demonstration of serious anime. Dylan, this white boy in my methods class is trying to get me to watch Bleach and Prince of Tennis but I pass, I'm so sick of looking at cartoon characters. It's so hard to have a crush on them (Kyouya and Darien a.k.a Tuxedo Mask anyone?) without people laughing at you! Give me a real man ANY DAY!
Oooh, speaking of real men, I watched the first episode of Torchwood yesterday. Captain Jack Harkness? Yeah, I was curious so I watched it. It was very interesting, but their comments seemed too, scripted...if you know what i mean. His one liners are so...ok I can't describe it. There's just something wrong with the things he says. Like, everything that comes out of his mouth is a quotable quote you know? Harkness is just so bloody, SMOOTH! It's unnatural. I will probably still watch it though, it's kind of like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel with marble-statuesque men and supernatural behaviour. Mmm....
I don't have a life.
With love,
Mel
Pee.ess - The best way to get over unrequited love is to watch loads of drama's with super hot guys in them. Seriously, once you see what you're missing out on, you'll totally raise your expectations. That guy you've been pining for (who is so obviously gay if he doesn't like you back) is nothing compared to those perfect male specimens in Asian drama. Ok, this might cause problems in the long run, but HEY, live for the moment. GAHAHAHA I'm just kidding, he probably IS gay though...