Episode One: Brooklyn Bridging – The beginning on this episode was automatically interesting. Within the first ten minutes, we learn that a house member already has a secret. We also learn that there’s going to be eight roommates instead of the normal seven. I don’t have time to run through the entire episode so I’ll give a brief synopsis on the characters and how I view them.

J.D. – Is automatically one of my favorite people ever. His story of independence at a young age reminds me of my own living situation. He’s an overprotective type without being too pushy. He just seems blissfully geniuine. He has a laid-back type of spirit. Depsite the fact that he’s been through so much with his home and family life, it seems that J.D. knows when to draw the line. I’m quite cautious however because I’m usually wrong about the characters I first like on the show. The only character that I was never wrong about was Frankie (R.I.P.) from the San Diego season.

Sarah – She’s definitely hyper. She is probably my second favorite person in the house. She seems to be very artistic and open about her relationships. I would think she would be a lot more annoying than she is. However she’s come off as an okay person so far. She seems definitely like the big-sister type. Her attitude is always pleasant and it seems the other roommates feel she can handle conflict the best.

Chet – Started out as an okay guy in the beginning. As the show continued on his ignorance became very present. I really don’t like him. I don’t like people like him. Just because you come from a sheltered way of living doesn’t mean you have to be so ignorant. I feel like I’m really going to have to force myself to like him. I think as the show progresses he will learn that his judmental ways are only from his close-minded lifestyle.

Katelynn – She seems to be a complete sweetheart. She’s very shy. Despite the way Isis from ANTM was viewed for being transgendered, Katelynn is the complete polar opposite to me. She’s a lot more outgoing and very sure about herself. I’m sure there will be plenty of attacks against the LGBT community in this show by Chet and Ryan. They both seem to be the official dumbasses of the show.

Ryan – One minute I like him, the next I hate him, the next I like him. This guy definitely has his good and bad sides. The fact that he survived and is a living veteran after fighting for our country really hasn’t seemed to make much of an impact on his choice of actions. He just comes and goes for me. I think he has the potential to offically be the house asshole though.

Baya – She’s not really interesting. It’s like she’s trying so hard to be important she comes off as very unimportant. Kinda bland. Kinda generic. I’m trying to find enough things to say about her but she reminds me of another cast member from another season. I would like to say it was Cameron from San Diego but I could be completely wrong. The only thing I seem to know about her is that she likes dancing. I guess we’ll see how that goes.

Scott – Also very unimportant character it seems. He’s just taking his shirt off every five seconds. I’ve seen better bodies and he’s honestly not that cute. I guess he’s supposed to be the “eye candy” but he’s coming off as completely brainless. I don’t know what else to say about Scott. He’s just there. I’m sure he has some deep-rooted issue that he needs to deal with. More than likely he’ll hook up with Devyn or something along that nature. The guy seems to like himself a little too much though.

Devyn – The generic OMG you must have a black person on the show so let’s pick Devyn. Devyn is conceited, arrogant, and attention needy. The first few minutes of seeing her breasts all in my face definitely was enough for me. She’ll whip out her girls for anybody to see. However I do like her confidence, even if it’s crossing the arrogance border. I guess Devyn’s purpose is to show us how former beauty queens are. Also to flash us and tell us how much she wants to bone Scott. Joy…

The preview for the rest of the season definitely took a toll on me and my thoughts. I guess I’ll have to continue watching to find out.

Good evening blog-world! For those who were actually giving this site any attention, I have been away for the past month. Honestly I’ve been away from the site since June but I periodically placed two blogs so I didn’t seem dead. Well as you can see, I deleted every blog entry I ever wrote, except for my last whiny one. I’m a very nostalgic person so that seemed impossible to do. I just wanted to start all over. I’m eighteen now. It’s time for me to grow up. Although I’m almost nineteen, I’m going to spend plenty of time with my site in the next few months so I might as well make it worth while.

What has a person like me been up to since my last blog? Not getting paid. No seriously I’m just waiting for things to work out. I still have my job as a case manager; however, I haven’t been to the facility in nearly a month and a half. I’ve been studying web design. Something I’ve gotten so much better at since my first theme. Yeah I apologize for you having to stare at it for so long. It’s gone now so let’s give thanks! I’m still waiting for my three months of pay I have yet to receive. Working for a state-certified facility means you get to feel the wrath of the budget cuts. However, it has been confirmed for the 30th time that the funds will be released within the next two weeks. So somebody is going to take their $$$ and invest it into my future. 

As for the site, you may want to change whatever links you had. I’ve intergrated most of the site into WordPress. Be patient with me because I’m coming up with a better navigation system.  I’ll probably get into the dynamic sidebars or something or drop-down menu navigation like I had intended. I was planning on validating my CSS/XHTML and I’m going to get there eventually. I’m going to come up with better resources and tutorials as soon as I get back on my laptop. For now, I’ll do blogging and I’ll be posting articles as well. I also have a new empty Ask & Answer page. I updated my webmistress page, took down the fonts (I do fear getting sued), and probably some other stuff so browse around.

I’ll try to wrap this post up but I just finished this Japanese drama called 1 Litre of Tears about a girl named Aya Kitō who had spinocerebellar degeneration disease. It’s based on a true story and the Aya had the disease for 10 years before passing away in 1988. I don’t think I’ve ever cried as much during one series as I did watching that show. For the fact that one girl who was three years younger when diagnosed, had such courage and had to face so many hardships inspired me personally to be a better person. I do think everyday we take things/people for granted. The show made me think harder about my dedication towards my loved ones and how much I would go through just to see them smile everyday. Aya had a lot of people in her life who couldn’t carry half of the burdens she did, and who somewhat gave up on her.

Yeah we’re all only human, and some of us can’t handle such extremeties. If some of us were in Aya’s position, slowly loosing control over our bodies and dying at the same time, wouldn’t we want to have the same friends? Wouldn’t we want to have the same people who say they love us now around us; even if we are facing inevitable death, to spend the time we have left enjoying life with those people? Life means so much and I’d rather be cherishing it and doing the best I can for others to enjoy it as well.

Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing - 木藤亜也