crazy, stupid, love: when fighting for your soulmate is on the same level as bashing twilight

*spoilers at their mininum best in this post :)*

who would have thought that steve carell in a rom-com would be a hit for me? i've always associated him with works like the 40-year old virgin and the office, so discovering that he can effortlessly carry off a lovesick character such as cal, without being too slapstick, was a pleasant surprise for me.

ever wondered why your girlfriend has been going mental lately?

today, i stepped up to the rare occasion of being a relationship counselor. yes, me, the girl with the relatively low emotional quotient...

my good guy friend M. and i decided to catch up over dinner and coffee. he inadvertently opened up about his befuddlement as to why his girlfriend of more than 2 years has been acting weird for the past few months. from his story, i got the impression that she was doing some of the crazy kind of stuff you mostly see on telenovelas and movies that are usually characterized by irrational possessiveness. this was news for me, because Girlfriend struck me as having a very carefree and unjealous-like personality.

i finally got it now

you know that part in fairy tales where everything gets magically perfect with just one true love's kiss?

i finally got it.

and it's so funny because it has been so obvious to me that i was almost oblivious to it.

giving and receiving a kiss from your true love can transform anyone into becoming a better person. when you experience true love's kiss, you suddenly have this motivation to go the extra mile...to surpass your limitations...to become someone so much more than what you are right now. we do all this striving for the sake of true love. and that is so wonderful...and amazing...and magnificent.

so that part where frogs turn into princes or where sleeping beauties wake up from the kisses of gallant princes...they are real after all.

i finally got it now, and i can't help but indulge myself in ramblings.

i'm not such an idiot after all.