今晚和几个在Boston的北大校友吃饭，席间听到了两则本地喜讯。但规矩上此类消息不应该由我等旁人传出去，因此好奇者请自行拷问董同学和王同学（01级化学）。

在此恭喜一众相关人员！希望你们不要介意我的大嘴巴~ 好事本来就应该传千里嘛 :P

"How I Met Your Mother" Season 2 Episode 16:

When invited to Lily's play, Barney's response was:

"Lily, I love you. But we're too old for this. Asking someone to come see your play is like asking someone for a ride to the airport, or to crash on your couch, or to help you move. Call a cab, book a room, hire some movers and repeat after me, friends don't let friends come see their crappy play!"

It was supposed to be funny (one of the many "Barneyism"), but there's some truth to what was said. Well, it just somehow clicks with me. I know I have done some of those stuff (ahem) because I'm still a poor grad student, but I'm definitely in the process towards managing things the grown-up way. When you get to a certain age, friends are only for fun stuff like hanging out, and not for laboring any more ;)

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另，上周四的30 Rock，那个毕业于Harvard Divinity School的可怜神父被Jack Donaghy在confession时折磨得愤然离场，大叫"Harvard did not prepare me for this!"，也属于本周memorable台词啊。 

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"How I Met Your Mother" is a sitcom carrying some resemblance to "Friends" (main characters at their late 20's/early 30's, living in New York City and regularly hanging out in a bar (versus a coffee shop), seeking for romance while figuring out about themselves) but with way more flashbacks and flash-forwards. The show started out with Ted Mosby, in the year 2030, telling his son and daughter the stories that lead to his meeting their mother (thus the show title).

The other main characters include Marshall Eriksen, Ted's roommate and best friend from college; Lily Aldrin, Marshall's long-time girlfriend since freshman year in college (the couple got married at the end of Season 2); Barney Stinson, who met Ted in a men's room in a bar, a womanizer that is mostly interested in one night stands and offers many strategies designed to help Ted meet women; Robin Scherbatsky, who first met Ted in the Pilot episode, and remained Ted's love interest/friend throughout the first couple of seasons.

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I first knew of HIMYM because of its time slot. It airs Monday night 8:30-9 on CBS, which is the lead-in for my favorite show Two And A Half Men. I decided to give it a try during last holiday break for no other reason than that I was bored.

Because of the availability of the videos, I watched the episodes in sort of a backward order: the most recent episodes from the current season (Season 4) can be viewed online at CBS.com (fastest); earlier episodes of Season 4 as well as a few from Season 3 could be directly download (still pretty fast); then I download the rest of Season 3  plus the complete Season 1+2 through BT (which took quite some time).

I thought order was not important for sitcoms. As it turns out, however, this is not the case for HIMYM. I did not enjoy the show too much until I got to the first two seasons. But it could well be that the earlier seasons are indeed better, which is not uncommon with TV productions.

In my opinion, even though HIMYM does have its funny moments, overall it is not "rolling on floor laughing" kind of funny. Which may be the very reason why I decided not to watch it more than once after the first few episodes I saw. But later I find that the show has a lot of heart - especially the first two seasons. So I change my mind and decide to give it another chance. I will watch the entire show again in the right order. Yea... I bought Season 1-3 on DVD on Amazon.com :P

A warning to those who want to give the show a try, though. If you have fierce curiosity and usually can't wait till you find out the answer, you might be tortured by the many little teasers in show, let alone the ultimate mystery - the identity of the mother, which probably won't be revealed until the finale of the series. Words are that the producers already have a pretty good idea who the mother will be, but they just won't let us know. Bastards.

一个星期七天，我有七天是看电视的 - House, Two And A Half Men, 30 Rock, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, How I Met Your Mother, plus occasionally Late Show with David Letterman/The Tonight Show with Jay Leno/Jimmy Kimmel Live/Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Comedy居多，drama只有House，但其实你有没有发觉，House也很有sense of humor的。

今晚有新一集的30 Rock，其中一段对白摘出来供大家一笑。Especially for Jessie the former i-banker
(Need not be offended, everybody gets poked fun at once in a while. Like at here or here.)

Jack: Those are your new interns.

Liz: Aren't they a little old and over-dressed?

Jack: They're all former investment bankers who were laid off after that economic crash that Nancy Pelosi caused. They've had zero real-world skills, but god, they work hard.

Update: 在Hulu.com找到了上述片段，大家趁该episode未expire之前看吧~ By the way，Hulu这个网站资源颇丰富的，连Alec Baldwin也为它卖广告呢。

30 Rock口碑好(by that I mean critically acclaimed, look at all the Emmy's and Golden Globes they got)，但收视麻麻，与Two And A Half Men刚好相反。虽然我心目中始终最喜欢后者，不过我认同Tina Fey的确是个才女，在幕后能写(first female head writer for SNL)、转为幕前能演(已凭30 Rock拿了好几个best actress in comedy的奖, and of course you remember her Sarah Palin parodies)，样子也颇为顺眼，不愧为新一代American sweetheart呢。

别人相机拍下的照片，我未征同意转载一下下~ 希望当事人们不要介意

这幅照片，很好地概括了我在卡拉OK夜做过的事情——我真系好中意饮cocktail喔！

记忆中似乎很久没有机会这样饮alcohol了。几乎忘记了酒精摄入量刚刚好（晕晕地又未至于酩酊大醉）的滋味。其实the occasional drinking helps to loosen up yourself，没有什么不好的。

下一次开怀畅饮cocktail，又会是什么时候呢？