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January 16, 2018

Unfinished.

 Lily to Robin.

"You're not just deleting a number, you're deleting a part of your lifeYou know, all those memories, all those experiences. It's like you're admitting they're gone forever.""Lily, this is a number that you will never dial again.""I might.""No, no. But you keep it in your phone because it reminds you of a version of yourself that you could be, even if it's a version of yourself that you'll never becomeAnd that's okay."


 Lily to Robin.

"Where's the poop, Robin?" "How do you do that? You are like a bomb-sniffing dog, except with poop.""You are a poop-sniffing dog. I think that's just called a dog.""Where's the poop, Robin?""Fine. I called Don again. Hey, Don! It's Robin again. Look, I am sorry for all the calls. It's just, I saw you on the news, and it made me a little crazy for a minute. I guess I wasn't as over our breakup as I thought. But I want to say, from the bottom of my heart, I am going to kill you. No No, I'm not. I am happy for you. And that Asian slut on your Facebook page. She's dead, too.""I thought you deleted his number.""I did, but it turns out, I memorized it. You can't delete contacts from your brain, Lily.""Well, you have to try.""If you ever want to have closure I am never going to have closure. Okay? Closure doesn't exist. Okay, one day, Don and I are moving in together, and the next thing I know, he's on a plane to Chicago. It just ended. And no matter how much I try to forget that it happened, it will have never not happened. Don and I will always be a loose end. We'll always be...."


Ted.

"Unfinished.Gaudi, to his credit, never gave up on his dream, but that's not usually how it goes.I mean, usually, it isn't a speeding bus that keeps the brown, pointy, weird church from getting built. Most of the time, it's just too difficult or too expensive, or too scary. It's only once you've stopped that you realize how hard it is to start again. So you force yourself not to want it. But it's always there. And until you finish it, it will always be..."

Unfinished is my favorite How I Met Your Mother episode ever. And frankly speaking...my poops are still everywhere and am still trying to get things (finally) finished. Hey Robin high five, we have something in common.

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