Comments on: Alternate Universe http://afterthealter.com/alternate-universe/ My Life as a Mrs. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J. Bentham http://afterthealter.com/alternate-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-6697 J. Bentham Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:07:17 +0000 http://afterthealter.com/?p=3358#comment-6697 It's an interesting concept to think about, what our lives would have been like if we either stayed on the same road or took a different road all together. I think a lot of times when people think on these lines, they look at it with rosey glasses and think, if things were different, they would be better. That's because easier and more beautiful to think that things would be better. When in actuality, it could be worse. And to bring it back to Lost, I think at it's heart Lost is about love. That thinking you could change your path, would make your life better. But that wasn't the case. While their lives continued on as normal it was always missing something. The love that they found through the island. And in the sideways world it shows that these people still find their way into your life, but their love hangs just out of reach. That what they thought would make their lives better, actually left them empty and unfulfilled. For a trippy real life example, with the Lost mentality, imagine if you became a news anchor and who your husband is now ended up being your financial advisor/lawyer/whatever. And I think that's what Lost is showing us, that it isn't always better. It’s an interesting concept to think about, what our lives would have been like if we either stayed on the same road or took a different road all together. I think a lot of times when people think on these lines, they look at it with rosey glasses and think, if things were different, they would be better. That’s because easier and more beautiful to think that things would be better. When in actuality, it could be worse. And to bring it back to Lost, I think at it’s heart Lost is about love. That thinking you could change your path, would make your life better. But that wasn’t the case. While their lives continued on as normal it was always missing something. The love that they found through the island. And in the sideways world it shows that these people still find their way into your life, but their love hangs just out of reach. That what they thought would make their lives better, actually left them empty and unfulfilled. For a trippy real life example, with the Lost mentality, imagine if you became a news anchor and who your husband is now ended up being your financial advisor/lawyer/whatever. And I think that’s what Lost is showing us, that it isn’t always better.

]]> By: Sol http://afterthealter.com/alternate-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-6659 Sol Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:12:38 +0000 http://afterthealter.com/?p=3358#comment-6659 If I had stayed on the path I was on I would be not even half way through my medical examiner training & would probably have another 5-7 years to serve in the Armed Forces. I wouldn't have Leah & Louis. I wonder sometimes and what if...but I think I made the right choice. If I had stayed on the path I was on I would be not even half way through my medical examiner training & would probably have another 5-7 years to serve in the Armed Forces. I wouldn’t have Leah & Louis.

I wonder sometimes and what if…but I think I made the right choice.

]]> By: Sarah Ruth http://afterthealter.com/alternate-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-6640 Sarah Ruth Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:47:07 +0000 http://afterthealter.com/?p=3358#comment-6640 I wonder the same things too. But I am so glad my life has gone the way it has. I wonder the same things too. But I am so glad my life has gone the way it has.

]]> By: Jen http://afterthealter.com/alternate-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-6626 Jen Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:55:48 +0000 http://afterthealter.com/?p=3358#comment-6626 Its wierd right! Its funny how we sometimes have to give up dreams because of money, or how long it will take us to get there. I hope you are happy with your choicse. I am :) Its wierd right! Its funny how we sometimes have to give up dreams because of money, or how long it will take us to get there. I hope you are happy with your choicse. I am :)

]]> By: Jen http://afterthealter.com/alternate-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-6625 Jen Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:55:06 +0000 http://afterthealter.com/?p=3358#comment-6625 Thats cute that you think you would've met anyway. The Captain and I would've met, but I have to wonder if we would've stayed together...lol But maybe your right, the universe could've had the same plan for us! Thats cute that you think you would’ve met anyway. The Captain and I would’ve met, but I have to wonder if we would’ve stayed together…lol But maybe your right, the universe could’ve had the same plan for us!

]]> By: Heidi http://afterthealter.com/alternate-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-6623 Heidi Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:38:30 +0000 http://afterthealter.com/?p=3358#comment-6623 It's wild to think about what might have been if we had done what we thought we wanted to do ten years ago. I definitely took a different track than I ever imagined, but now I can't imagine any other life. And, for the record, Jim and I like to think that we would have met anyway. ;) It’s wild to think about what might have been if we had done what we thought we wanted to do ten years ago. I definitely took a different track than I ever imagined, but now I can’t imagine any other life. And, for the record, Jim and I like to think that we would have met anyway. ;)

]]> By: Megan http://afterthealter.com/alternate-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-6617 Megan Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:40:19 +0000 http://afterthealter.com/?p=3358#comment-6617 I originally wanted to go to school to major in English. I wanted desperately to be an author. I loved writing and I loved reading and I thought I'd be good at it. But I was never good at plotting out where the story would eventually lead, and I never actually finished a story I had started writing. My parents didn't want to pay for me to go to college and major in something I wasn't going to excel at, and they pointed out that they didn't think an English major would support the kind of lifestyle I wanted. So I instead went to school for Computer Science and am now a Software Engineer. I know that if I had done English, I wouldn't have met my husband or probably many of the friends I have now and I wonder if I'd even be making any money, haha. I originally wanted to go to school to major in English. I wanted desperately to be an author. I loved writing and I loved reading and I thought I’d be good at it. But I was never good at plotting out where the story would eventually lead, and I never actually finished a story I had started writing. My parents didn’t want to pay for me to go to college and major in something I wasn’t going to excel at, and they pointed out that they didn’t think an English major would support the kind of lifestyle I wanted. So I instead went to school for Computer Science and am now a Software Engineer. I know that if I had done English, I wouldn’t have met my husband or probably many of the friends I have now and I wonder if I’d even be making any money, haha.

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