Seeing myself in someone else's shoe

If we've been friends for quite some time now, you probably know I like One Tree Hill. If you knew me since high school, I bet you know I'm badly in-love with this TV series :)

I am on the last days my semestral break and I spent today watching the first season of OTH (I only finished up to 8th episode). I watched how the cast fell in-love, got heart broken, learn life lesson, go through a trial...I watched them change and go through life for the last 6 years (I started watching when I was in first year high school). You bet that right, I went through my puberty with this show - you might think it's not much of a good example, huh? Yeah, if we talk about the making outs and exchanging partners, then yes, this is not the kind of TV show I would want my 12 year old daughter to be watching. But after all these seasons that I watched and followed through this series, I always ask if it was worth it - was it all the money? the time? the crying along and agonizing with their pain and celebrating with their triumph? Well, yes. It was worth it.

One Tree Hill on the surface may seem to be just another love drama series but the reality is, it's more than that - it pretty much tells my story and how I want some part of future to be like :) Maybe that's the reason why I watched this series for 8 seasons and am dying to catch season 9 because I somehow see myself in them, specially at

Brooke Penelope Davis Baker

Brooke, played by Sophia Bush is my favorite character in this hit TV series. If you watched the 1st season up to the 8th, you would agree with me that she changed, like BIG TIME! Life threw trials and hardship along her way, but these things made her tougher and even more beautiful :)

So how do I see myself in her character? First, her parents were mostly absent in her adolescent years. And so she lived her young years in the presence of friends and partying. The latter one is really not my thing so that pretty much makes us different. We always want to be on the spot light; we always want to get the attention. I don't know why, but maybe because it's where we feel secure and important. High school was pretty much her kingdom - she was popular, happy-go-lucky, member of the dance troupe, friends with the popular kids, oh! wait, that sound like my version of the story too. She may have been this bitch girl in high school who steps on people, but I am proud of her because she saw her mistakes and was able to make up to that. She's surrounded by people she loves and loves her back but you can't really avoid people who doesn't like her. Maybe because she appears to be so proud or perfect or strong, but one thing I love about her I love about her is that she's real and is true to herself.

Second thing we have in common is that we love kids :) I love David as much as she loves Jamie. She didn't really got any mothering instinct from her biological mother but thanks to Karen, she knew how it felt like to have someone look after her. She didn't have a mother figure but it's not stopping her to give out love to the children. Actually, because of her mom, she learned all the DO NOT's in being a mother.

Thirdly (this should have come second), she's got a best friend who is into music, who she always fights with but loves her and supports her no matter what - just like I have. A best friend who would listen to her overrated whining and would stick to her when she loses her sanity. I mean, I'm glad I have a best friend who would hold me and tell me it's going to be alright when the world is crumbling under your feet.

Lastly, and this is kindda my favorite -she is hopeless romantic. She's been with a lot of guys in the past - I can't blame her if she's looking for love, everybody wants that. She came to a point where she grew hopeless cause no 'good enough guy' is showing up, until she found Julian. Who would have though that Brooke Davis would find her happy ever after? She lived her life chasing guys trying to make them the "one" and many times, she failed. And this story of Brooke gives me hope - that somewhere along the line a guy will come, and who will effortlessly sweep me off my feet.

The story of Brooke gives me hope; it gives me courage; it allows me to dream, to imagine...to believe :) I mean, how else should we be living our life?