I Want What Ted Mosby Has

 

No matter what guys say, or how often they lie about it they all want what Ted Mosby has. Now let me back up for a second and explain. Ted Mosby is a fictional character played by Josh Radnor in the critically acclaimed TV show How I Met Your Mother. The show follows Ted and his friends as he tells his kids about, well how he met their mother. The story spans 180+ episodes and 9 seasons. But back to my point, he searches for love the entire show falling in love with girls only to get his heart broken. I have been an avid watcher of this show and love everything about it, but the epitome of the show to me was the final minute of last nights episode when he is sitting with his future wife and you can see how happy he is. I know this is just TV and that I am extremely bias of the show and glad that after so many freaking episodes we finally get to meet the mother. But I want what Ted has, I want to tell people the story of how I met my wife, (I hope she's still out there) and I want to be so deeply in love with her nothing else in the world matters. I want her to feel the same way about me. I have only really known two couples who share this and my sister and her husband are one of them and my two best friends Joel and Nicole are the others. I used to be the party guy going out hooking up with random girls, and at the time I thought "life doesn't get any better than this" but it's all so fake and meaningless. I want the real thing I want to think about this person as soon as I wake up and I want them to be the last thing on my mind when I fall asleep and hopefully they are lying next to me with the same thoughts. No matter how you cut it everyone wants that, even the guys who say they don't they do. Because guys you're going to get to a point and be very lonely with nothing to fill you but one night stands. I can't believe I just laid everything out there like that..... I can't wait for next weeks episode.

Harry Potter vs Twilight

So the epic conclusion of the Twilight Saga was amazing! To me it was by far the most honest book interpretation I have ever watched. As far as an overall series with books and movies it goes to Harry Potter by a long shot. I mean JK Rowling created an entire world! Her books are so very complex and at the same time very easy to read. She captivated millions in the belief that a wizarding world could actually exist. I am not taking anything away from Stephanie Meyer and what she did because i did enjoy the entire Twilight Saga. But if you look at the message she is sending, she is making it okay to live your entire life for one person. I get that she is trying to talk about true love and love conquers all, but that shouldn't be the only reason for living. You shouldn't put yourself in harms way to feel alive. It is very important to love! You need to experience pain. These are powerful emotions just like anger and happiness but the reason i chose to talk about these two specifically is because this is what Rowling and  Meyer touch on. Rowling shows the coming of age and the trials through adversity and pain. Harry Potter has a very tough life but he doesn't let that affect who he is. He overcomes all in spite of who he is. Meyer's book is about falling in love. And i hope to find someone who feels the same way for me as bella and edward feel for each other. But at the same time i do not want to let that define me. I need to be happy before i start even thinking about making someone else happy. This is the only knock i have against The Twilight Saga. You shouldn't let anyone else define you. But to my point if you like one of these series or both, you will not be disappointed.