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Inspired by Rayni, I’ve decided (albeit very belatedly) to post up the shows I will continue to watch this season. The series are in no particular order because some I can’t decide how much I like, and putting it in chronological order wouldn’t work cos I timeshift all my shows anyway.

Heroes (because I want to [...]

These were a gift from the fiancee two years ago, and as much as I took care of them, they finally died a natural death after serving me well on many, many travels. Annoyingly, they chose to die when I was on a 3hr train ride from Toronto to Kingston, so I couldn’t watch as [...]

While on that amazing 14hr train journey on Friday, I was watching endless episodes of How I Met Your Mother:
Barney: The more you learn about a person, the better chance you have of hitting the fatal “oh” moment.
Marshall: The “oh” moment?
Barney: “Yeah. The moment you find out that one detail about the person that’s gonna [...]

Again from How I Met Your Mother, Ted’s girlfriend is leaving for Germany and they have one day left.
Marshall: “Ted, think about it this way, if you knew you were losing your leg tomorrow, would you sit on the couch and cry about it, or would you run and jump and do some awesome air [...]

Again, pure genius from How I Met Your Mother:

Mark: “Robin, I don’t get the sense you like being with me.”
Robin: “I like being with you!”
Mark: “Not as much as you like being alone. You like eating your own food, sleeping in your own bed, doing your own crosswords.”
Robin: “Well who uses ink!”
*silence*
Robin: “Sorry. Okay I’m [...]

I’m newly hooked on How I Met Your Mother (yes, I’m slow), and here was a quote from an episode I watched yesterday:
“When you’re single, all you’re looking for is happily ever after. But only one of your stories can end that way. The rest end with someone getting hurt.”
And since statistically, the chances of [...]