In Fresno, I found a small studio room on the garage of the house near Fresno City College. As I had a few more classes to complete to earn AA from Bakersfield College, I attended Fresno City College for a semester.
The studio was a cute room. A very small kitchen and a tiny shower room, but that was the first room I had for all by myself.
In the main house, there lived three all-American boys: James, David, and Mark. They were all around my age, and they also attended the same college which was a walking distance.
James' father owned the house, and David, Mark, and I rented a room each and shared the living room in the house. They were all pleasant and kind guys.
James was sensitive and caring, and David was tall (at least 6.3 feet) and kind, and Mark was... a Trekker.
Being a poor student who was barely surviving each week, I did not have extra money for entertainment. So I watched many movies on HBO and rental videos during college years. With occasional movies in theatres, I think I was watching nearly 20 movies a week including re-run. By the time of Oscar nominees announcement, I watched all the nominated movies and discussed with friends which one would win Oscar.
But most of all, Mark rented me the series of Star Trek: the Next Generation. He had the entire series (the season 5 was on that time), so I had the privilege to watch it from the first episode on his VHS.
And I LOVED IT, and love it intensely until today.
Though I liked the original series, it was not like that. I loved the world of Captain Picard, Data, Number One, Dianna, Wolf, and the entire Federation.
If I were born in the 24th century, I would have been a Star Fleet officer for sure.
So my everyday life in Fresno was like this: study, Star Trek TNG, and other movies. Also I played basketball with my housemates. We told David not to jump at all...there was no way to shoot when he was in front of any of us.
When I told them about the tragic incident in Bakersfield. They were very surprised to hear that I knew all the suspects in person. I remember James said,
"Yukiko, don't worry. We don't play Dungeons and Dragons."
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