how i love developing relationship.. (with television series)

As Carrie Bradshaw once said..

The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself.

Well, I certainly had some relationship in life. Tapi satu yang mau gue bahas adalah relationship gue sama TV Series. Hehehe..

Hmm.. gue gak tau juga ya kenapa gue suka banget sama yang namanya television series. Watching them is totally different with watching movies. And I'm not sure which is better. It's just there is definitely something when you just can't wait of certain day of a week and dying to meet characters that you have sorta bonded with. But in the technology of DVD, home vids and TiVo era like right now, watching television series is not just waiting for an ep in an evening. Interesting..

Well, there is this series. And it's Queer as Folk. I would never dream that suatu hari gue bakalan nonton ini serial. Gue pikir, it's just odd, not my cup of tea, eventhough I am not against it. Well, Queer as Folk yang gue tonton itu season 3 (kalo gak salah), pusat ceritanya none other than bersirkulasi di sekitar 9-10 principal cast, and one of them is straight. Yup, cuma ada satu straight di principal cast.. yang lainnya gay. Most of 'em are gay men, two are gay women.

Anyhow, pertama nonton, kita berdelapan keketawaan, aja kerjaannya. I'm not sure if the guys had enough beers at that night to make 'em loaded, but I'm pretty sure that they were not drunk. Uncomfortable? That's a possibility. Cuma gue yang duduk dengan tenang dan nonton 2 episode pertama dari season 3. Heheh..

Nah ini yang mau gue omongin. Nonton episode pertama itu like, hmm.. who are they? What the hell are they doing that, saying this, and deciding those.. You don't know exactly the who's why's what's and where's but then.. after the 2nd episode.. I was getting to know them a little better.. Sometimes I felt like I knew them..

That is the weird part of television series, every week, you seem to know a character of parade of characters better and better. I knew what would probably come out of Carrie Bradshaw's mouth by season 4 of Sex and the City. I thought I knew which way to go for Vic Mackey of the Shield by episode 9.

So, is this a relationship? Definitely. But not a real one. And I still happy of having it. It's like you're having 10 circles at the same time, and you have to adapt in each circle. Now call me crazy. :D

Now September's ahead. Means I am about to lose relationship with 11 teams that went racing around the world in the Amazing Race, 13 houseguests of Big Brother 5, but I will certainly will meet 18 candidates of interview for the dream job of a lifetime in the Apprentice 2, and probably 18 castaways in Survivor: Vanuatu.

I love television! (but maybe not as much as I love my one night stands in the movies)