how i met your mother. WOW.

i just love this show more and more with every episode that i watch. i LOVE the schizophrenic storytelling style, not only because it makes it more interesting than the average linearally-plotted show, but also because i think it really mirrors real people's storytelling styles. it makes me laugh and think of my parents - my dad tells stories completely out of order, and my mom prefaces with like fifteen years worth of unneccesary backstory. i like that it's romantic, and all about destiny and fate and finding THE ONE. because i very much believe that that concept exists. and then i get my SUPER AWESOME BARNEY/ROBIN SIDE COUPLE, because seriously? YES.

um, 'sandcastles in the sand'? if you haven't seen it yet, stop reading here.

only three words to say: OH MY GOD. i am still in absolute shock that IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!!! i am SO excited to see where it goes, because i feel like they have ALOT of potential.

my two cents on the matter:

i think they're going to stay together. it wont be easy, because theyre both so stubborn and headstrong, and i know they're definitely not going to get married and do the whole white-picket-fences thing (i can't even imagine them LIVING TOGETHER). but i think they are such a perfect match. just the ease of their interaction, how robin often laughs at his jokes even when the others shake their heads in disgust.

i think that its ROBIN that's truly commitment-phobic. i think barney talks a big game, but at the end of the day i think that if he found the right woman, he'd be willing to make it work. i mean look at the evidence. he flew all the way to san francisco to convince lily that marshall needed her. he MARRIED THEM HIMSELF, and got teared up. he has spoken several times about how they belong together. and throughout the robin/ted relationship, he kept trying to get them to see the light. he KNEW that they wouldn't work, just like they knew it deep down, too - they just had different views on all of the most important issues. i think that barney might initially freak out if love found him, but i think he'd be open to the idea.