HIMYM Series Finale
WARNING: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS
Okay, so it's been a while since my last blog but I absolutely had to write one after I finished watching the series finale of "How I Met Your Mother". The ending was just way too wacky not to.
Let me just start off by saying that I did indeed like the ending itself; season 9 as a whole, not so much. If you have watched it then you know almost all of the time devoted to season 9 dealt with the days leading up to the wedding of Barney and Robin. What's wrong with this, you ask? well, THAT TIME PERIOD WAS ONLY ABOUT THREE DAYS. THREE DAYS. They managed to drag three days out over the course of about 21 episodes, which made a lot of them kind of boring in my opinion. I don't know it seemed like too much filler leading up to what would be a very climactic ending. I'm not saying all of the episodes were bad because, in fact, there were a few good ones. Those three days, though, were dragged out way too long for my taste. Okay, well that was my big qualm with season 9 and I may not have liked it, but it would be important to the finale (although in kind of a weird way).
At the end of season 8 (at least i think it was season 8) I was all for the whole "Barney&Robin" thing. I thought they were a great couple. As season 9 dragged out, though, I found my self feeling... unsatisfied. What I thought was one of the best TV couples ever just did not seem magical anymore. I don't know I guess i just took them for granted, which I came to realize is exactly what the writers wanted. You hear Penny (Ted's daughter) say at the end of the last episode something to the effect of "This whole story was the tale of how you fell in love with Robin, not how you met our mother". That right there made me realize what the writers did with season 9. they wrapped up the whole plot of the series into season 9 in a boring, yet very clever way.
Like I said, I was all for Barney and Robin at the end of season 8 but what the writers did was slowly build up Ted&Robin while they slowly tore down Barney&Robin. One quick example is the whole locket thing. Ted was willing to go to the ends of the earth to get that locket for Robin, whereas Barney wasn't. Robin wanted Barney to be the guy that found her long lost locket, but that man was not Barney, that man was Ted. they kept throwing in hints like Robin's cold feet and all of Barney's mishaps during the days leading up to the wedding, that by the time the wedding actually happened no one (or at least just me) even cared if Barney and Robin got married.
Now you might think no one would care because they wanted to see Ted and Robin together, but that's not true. All anyone cared about at this point was Ted and Tracy (the "Mother") not Ted and Robin. The reason being is that it was explicitly stated in season one that Robin was not the mother, so naturally no one would think that Ted and Robin would ever end up together. Not to mention BARNEY AND ROBIN WERE GETTING MARRIED. Since Robin would be married there would be no way for Ted and Robin to ever get together. Haha very clever writers.
Anyways, back to the strained dynamic between Barney and Robin. I'm no longer interested in them as a couple, but who cares they're getting married, it really doesn't matter anymore. Oh wait, it does. In the episode after the wedding episode, Barney and Robin get divorced. That would be the first of many curveballs thrown at me in the finale. I must admit, I was sad when that happened. Although I said I didn't really care for their relationship that much anymore, it was still a bummer. I was also a little angry at this point, too. they just spent an entire season leading up to their wedding, only to divorce them as soon as they got married. Eventually Barney would be back to his old ways, and would end up going for a "Perfect Month" (which he would achieve). Unfortunately the last girl, dubbed #31, would be impregnated by Barney.
At this point Robin was no longer in the picture. She was never around "the gang" anymore as she was travelling the world doing the news or whatever.
My theory was that Robin was "#31" and that the twist ending would be that she was, in fact, able to have kids, her and Barney would get back together, and everyone would live happily ever after. Suffice it to say, I was wrong. #31 would remain nameless and virtually unimportant other than the fact that she birthed barneys daughter. That would tie up Barney's ending. He would live happily ever after with his daughter, or as my brother described it his "One True Love", something every character would end up with.
Now, on to Ted. Ted and Tracy are all but married at this point (no really, they have two kids and still aren't married) and are madly in love; they're soul mates. Ted is finally with the woman he had been waiting for all of his adult life. Or is he? to be short and sweet, no, hes not with the woman he'd been waiting for. Let's go back to Penny's quote about Robin. she was telling Ted that it would be okay for Ted to ask Robin out on a date, because that's what the whole story has been about. Meanwhile everyone at home is saying "Why would he ask Robin out? He's happily married to Tracy". Penny would answer that question right quick. "Mom's been gone for six years now". That's what got me.
Ted would go to Robin's apartment with the blue french horn (Duh) and they would end up together, which would tie up Ted and Robin's "One Tue Love" thingy.
Lily and Marshal were obviously t each others "One True Love", but wait there's one more...
...I have to, again, give my brother credit for this one...
Tracy, even though she is dead, would also have her "One True Love" and that would be Max.
Although it was rather sad, everyone would end up happily ever after.
So, to try and tie all of this up, How I Met Your Mother was a fantastic TV series, and one of my all time favorites. Season 9 was pretty much an allegory for the whole series both of which pushed Ted and Robin together, even though season 9 itself was a little boring. But then again in kind of had to be boring in order for everyone to be okay with Barney and Robin splitting. Ted's happy, Robin's happy, Barney's happy, Lily and Marshal are happy, and most of all, I'm happy. Bravo writers, bravo.
I think I said everything I wanted to, and if none of this made sense it;s because I just wrote what I was thinking. It would be easier to discuss in person anyways, i just wanted to get my thoughts down.
Well I hope you enjoyed reading this,
Schneeblede-end
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
A Blog About Girls: THE SCHNEEB PERSPECTIVE
Well, here I am again, writing another blog about something random.
It's currently 3:06 AM (and even though I have baseball practice at 6:45 AM there is really no point in going to sleep now). I figure that now is the most opportune time to write a blog about a very relevant topic in my life (and probably in a lot of other people's lives as well). This topic, as mentioned in the title, is girls; the great mystery of life.
I was home schooled up until 7th grade when my parents enrolled me at Christian Brothers Academy (CBA), an all boys Catholic high school. Now, I am at Houghton College, the first school I have ever been to where there are girls in my class who aren't my sister (even though my sister goes to Houghton as well, and we actually have had a class together). So, it would suffice to say that I have very little experience with interacting with girls, which would lead many people to the question "why are you posting a blog about girls when you clearly know nothing about them?". The reason I am writing this blog is so I can can my thoughts and opinion down on to a piece of paper (figuratively speaking, of course).
My experience here at college has led me to the conclusion that many guys before me have also come to, the idea that "Girls are incredibly hard to figure out" (see Ned Fact #22). For any men out there reading this, this idea shouldn't be new to you. Even if you haven't experienced it first hand, you have most likely heard of it through the experiences of your friends.
I would like to state explicitly that there is, in fact, a girl that I "have a crush" on, a girl who really pushed me to come to the conclusion stated earlier. I would also like to admit that it is not necessarily bad, and I am not blaming her in any way. I genuinely believe that it is not her fault that she is hard to figure out, but rather that it is most likely the conflicting ways in which men's and women's brains operate. It's simple, guys and girls see things differently.
Anyways, back to my crush. This isn't the situation where there is a girl in my class that I think is pretty, but I don't have the guts to talk to (although it kind of started out that way, but only kind of). I have, in fact, talked to her, and hung out with her on many occasions and I think we get along really well. You must be asking yourself, well where is the problem, then? The problem is the fact that sometimes it seems like she likes me back, and sometimes it doesn't (and just to clarify, she doesn't know that I like her, or at least I've never told her I do). This is a case of the classic "mixed signals" predicament. The problem is, I don;t know what signals she's trying to give, or if she's even intentionally giving signals at all. This is a situation that is very intimidating for me.
I'm not going to go into great detail about anything (because, honestly, I don't even know what I'm trying to prove make at this point) but I will say one thing: girls are frickin complicated, especially the beautiful ones. What I might end up doing is asking her out to coffee sometime, and see where and how that goes. But considering today is the last day before break, that wont be happening at least until we get back in a week.
Who knows, though? waiting until after break could be a good thing. We wont have seen each other for a week, and that could be a good way to catch up on what both of us did over break (which for me will be playing baseball in Florida, yes be jealous).
If none if this makes sense to you at this point, don't feel dumb. I am not entirely awake right now, I just felt like writing.
Well, thanks for reading anyways and I hope to see you guys back on here in the future.
Also this might be the last blog I post for about a week or so, because as I mentioned I will be in Florida playing baseball and likely wont have any time to write.
P.S. I know my grammar is terrible, sorry.
Schneeblede-end
Well, here I am again, writing another blog about something random.
It's currently 3:06 AM (and even though I have baseball practice at 6:45 AM there is really no point in going to sleep now). I figure that now is the most opportune time to write a blog about a very relevant topic in my life (and probably in a lot of other people's lives as well). This topic, as mentioned in the title, is girls; the great mystery of life.
I was home schooled up until 7th grade when my parents enrolled me at Christian Brothers Academy (CBA), an all boys Catholic high school. Now, I am at Houghton College, the first school I have ever been to where there are girls in my class who aren't my sister (even though my sister goes to Houghton as well, and we actually have had a class together). So, it would suffice to say that I have very little experience with interacting with girls, which would lead many people to the question "why are you posting a blog about girls when you clearly know nothing about them?". The reason I am writing this blog is so I can can my thoughts and opinion down on to a piece of paper (figuratively speaking, of course).
My experience here at college has led me to the conclusion that many guys before me have also come to, the idea that "Girls are incredibly hard to figure out" (see Ned Fact #22). For any men out there reading this, this idea shouldn't be new to you. Even if you haven't experienced it first hand, you have most likely heard of it through the experiences of your friends.
I would like to state explicitly that there is, in fact, a girl that I "have a crush" on, a girl who really pushed me to come to the conclusion stated earlier. I would also like to admit that it is not necessarily bad, and I am not blaming her in any way. I genuinely believe that it is not her fault that she is hard to figure out, but rather that it is most likely the conflicting ways in which men's and women's brains operate. It's simple, guys and girls see things differently.
Anyways, back to my crush. This isn't the situation where there is a girl in my class that I think is pretty, but I don't have the guts to talk to (although it kind of started out that way, but only kind of). I have, in fact, talked to her, and hung out with her on many occasions and I think we get along really well. You must be asking yourself, well where is the problem, then? The problem is the fact that sometimes it seems like she likes me back, and sometimes it doesn't (and just to clarify, she doesn't know that I like her, or at least I've never told her I do). This is a case of the classic "mixed signals" predicament. The problem is, I don;t know what signals she's trying to give, or if she's even intentionally giving signals at all. This is a situation that is very intimidating for me.
I'm not going to go into great detail about anything (because, honestly, I don't even know what I'm trying to prove make at this point) but I will say one thing: girls are frickin complicated, especially the beautiful ones. What I might end up doing is asking her out to coffee sometime, and see where and how that goes. But considering today is the last day before break, that wont be happening at least until we get back in a week.
Who knows, though? waiting until after break could be a good thing. We wont have seen each other for a week, and that could be a good way to catch up on what both of us did over break (which for me will be playing baseball in Florida, yes be jealous).
If none if this makes sense to you at this point, don't feel dumb. I am not entirely awake right now, I just felt like writing.
Well, thanks for reading anyways and I hope to see you guys back on here in the future.
Also this might be the last blog I post for about a week or so, because as I mentioned I will be in Florida playing baseball and likely wont have any time to write.
P.S. I know my grammar is terrible, sorry.
Schneeblede-end
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
My First Blog Post: Ned Fact #1
Okay. This is my first blog post ever so it's probably going to suck, although it doesn't really matter because no one is going to read this anyways. I just wanted to create a place where I could elaborate on my simple, everyday thoughts and opinions (more commonly known as "Ned Facts") and what better place to do that than on a blog?
I figure I'll start off this blog by talking about my first Ned Fact (and for those of you who don't know, Ned Facts are not actually facts, but rather my opinions - arrogant or not - on any topic or idea that happens to pop into my head at any given time). Well, let's get started.
Ned Fact #1 states that, in my opinion, "Every girl looks better with curly hair". When I first posted this "fact" on the popular social networks of Facebook and Twitter I assumed that everyone would know what I meant by "curly hair". That was a stupid assumption because apparently hardly anyone knew what I meant. When I say "curly hair" I am talking about what happens as a result of using a curling iron, you know that thing that makes your hair curly. What I was not talking about were girls with naturally curly hair. To elaborate, I wasn't saying that girls with naturally curly hair are objectively better looking than girls with naturally straight hair, because that is not necessarily true. I'll admit that SOMETIMES girls with naturally curly hair ARE better looking than girls with naturally straight hair, but that has more to do with factors other than their hair (face, body, etc.) I was simply saying that any girls who would normally have naturally straight hair would look more attractive if they chose to curl their hair rather than if they chose to leave their hair straight. Feel free to disagree with me because after all that "Ned Fact" was just my opinion.
I created the first "Ned Fact" based on a girl that I saw who I thought looked really good with curly hair. She normally has very straight hair (most likely the result of a flat iron - the thing that I believe to be the antithesis of a curling iron) and I thought she looked a lot better that day when she decided to curl it. When I thought about it a little more I came to the conclusion that every girl would, in theory, look better with curly hair. And I stand to that.
Let me help you picture this by doing a simple exercise.
1. think of a girl
2. now picture that girl with curly hair
3. agree with Ned Fact #1
I think it's pretty simple. For example, go on Google images and look up Emma Watson. Look at a few pictures of her. She's attractive right? Yes, yes she is. Now, go back to the search bar and type in "curly hair" after her name and hit enter. Would you look at that. She looks better with curly hair. Of course you may feel inclined to disagree with me, but I've already stated that this entire post is simply my opinion. So go right ahead.
I guess what I am really trying to say is that if you take a girl with straight hair and give her curly hair then she will, in MY opinion, look better. If, for some reason, you are still confused on what I am trying to say in Ned Fact #1, then feel free to DM me at @NedFacts
Well, I guess I'll stop here and thank you for making it this far. I'll try to post on here relatively often so check back in the next few days and maybe there will be a new post.
Schneeblede-end
Okay. This is my first blog post ever so it's probably going to suck, although it doesn't really matter because no one is going to read this anyways. I just wanted to create a place where I could elaborate on my simple, everyday thoughts and opinions (more commonly known as "Ned Facts") and what better place to do that than on a blog?
I figure I'll start off this blog by talking about my first Ned Fact (and for those of you who don't know, Ned Facts are not actually facts, but rather my opinions - arrogant or not - on any topic or idea that happens to pop into my head at any given time). Well, let's get started.
Ned Fact #1 states that, in my opinion, "Every girl looks better with curly hair". When I first posted this "fact" on the popular social networks of Facebook and Twitter I assumed that everyone would know what I meant by "curly hair". That was a stupid assumption because apparently hardly anyone knew what I meant. When I say "curly hair" I am talking about what happens as a result of using a curling iron, you know that thing that makes your hair curly. What I was not talking about were girls with naturally curly hair. To elaborate, I wasn't saying that girls with naturally curly hair are objectively better looking than girls with naturally straight hair, because that is not necessarily true. I'll admit that SOMETIMES girls with naturally curly hair ARE better looking than girls with naturally straight hair, but that has more to do with factors other than their hair (face, body, etc.) I was simply saying that any girls who would normally have naturally straight hair would look more attractive if they chose to curl their hair rather than if they chose to leave their hair straight. Feel free to disagree with me because after all that "Ned Fact" was just my opinion.
I created the first "Ned Fact" based on a girl that I saw who I thought looked really good with curly hair. She normally has very straight hair (most likely the result of a flat iron - the thing that I believe to be the antithesis of a curling iron) and I thought she looked a lot better that day when she decided to curl it. When I thought about it a little more I came to the conclusion that every girl would, in theory, look better with curly hair. And I stand to that.
Let me help you picture this by doing a simple exercise.
1. think of a girl
2. now picture that girl with curly hair
3. agree with Ned Fact #1
I think it's pretty simple. For example, go on Google images and look up Emma Watson. Look at a few pictures of her. She's attractive right? Yes, yes she is. Now, go back to the search bar and type in "curly hair" after her name and hit enter. Would you look at that. She looks better with curly hair. Of course you may feel inclined to disagree with me, but I've already stated that this entire post is simply my opinion. So go right ahead.
I guess what I am really trying to say is that if you take a girl with straight hair and give her curly hair then she will, in MY opinion, look better. If, for some reason, you are still confused on what I am trying to say in Ned Fact #1, then feel free to DM me at @NedFacts
Well, I guess I'll stop here and thank you for making it this far. I'll try to post on here relatively often so check back in the next few days and maybe there will be a new post.
Schneeblede-end
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