Inevitable Meetings

I have a very dear friend who recommended this tv series to me. And I totally loved it! X)

Basicaly, its about fairy tales. The story begins with Emma, a 28-year-old woman, who received an inespected visit of her son, who she gave to adoption when she was 18. He asks her to go with him to where he lives now and he explains that everyone of that city is a fairy tale character and they were all cursed by the evil queen (who by the way is his adoptive mother :P). Then, the narrative goes to a time when those characters weren’t cursed and show how the Evil Queen did it during Snow White marriage to the Prince Charming. The Evil Queen wished that everyone would be ripped from their loved ones and would forget what they were. Later it shows that Snow had a baby (Emma) and she put her in a magical wardrobe to take her to a place where she would be safe from the curse. Emma then could lift the curse by returning and making the characters remember their history. 

From this point on a very dynamic narrative goes on revealing the meetings, history and development of each fairy tale history with some modifications from the original Grimm’s stories, because they must co-exist after all :P

I truly recomend it. It has some suspense, and adventure, but above all romance.   I keep cheering for Prince Charming remembering who Snow White is. They talk about true love and magic.. How could I ask for more!?

I watched the whole first season in 3 days :O and I can’t wait to the second Season..

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take they are necessary to reach the places we have chosen to go.

- Richard Bach

For those who just finished a book and don’t know what to read next, I found this site pretty recently: www.goodreads.com

It’ s really nice! You have only to create an account and rate some books you haver already read so the system could suggest based on what kind of book you read and like another one.

Now I just have 50 suggestions and I was like this

Now I have 50 really interesting books to read that will take lots of time (because I can’t just stop until finish some book, or movie or serie I like) and a phd thesis to finnish until the end of this year. 

I love romance. It’s kind of obvious by now. I feel very fortunated to have had my inevitable meeting with my current boyfriend over 9 years now. At that time I was a teenager, so its to expect that I was not at the wisest time. But sometimes people get the things right, and thats what happened to me. 

However, as I look around me I see people doesn’t have the same luck. And then I stop to think: what it is, really? Just luck? I guess not. As I always read romantic stories I constructed in my head some standards and traits that I could live with, and others that I couldn’t. And then, I see friends with second best.. or even 10th best :P

 What I did notice is that things are getting too easy. When I was a teen I had to be 10 pm sharp at home and could only go out on weekends. I would dream about and imagine a thousand scenarios of how I would say Hi, what he would say to me.. holding hands were worth of a celebration.. 

Now teens rush into things and adults are another completely story. Its just like if it is too difficult it isn’t worth.. when in my opinion is the contrary. I’m not saying that I know how things work or even whats is teh right thing to do. I’m just sharing some thoughts about romance nowadays and wishing that I was born in the 50s.. or 60s :)

So, from time to time I will post things related to my ideal of romance and some things that I see happening and why i like it or not.

Pictures: here and here