How I Stopped Caring About ‘How I Met Your Mother’
I don’t know what it is, but I am not enjoying How I Met Your Mother as much as I used to. Oh wait — I know exactly why I am not enjoying it. It has become annoying and tired. The show that was once humorous, full of wit and “sparkle” has become a sitcom...
Fall TV Snap Judgments: How I Met Your Mother, Glee, 2 Broke Girls, and others
It’s only halfway through the week and my TV cart runneth over. I’ve been consuming tons of TV and am backlogged on some favorites (Breaking Bad, I promise I will get to you soon!). Nonetheless, TV has taken over my life as of late — I also like the fact that I can claim this...
The ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Countdown
I like the direction that How I Met Your Mother is taking. Maybe it’s because this week’s “Bad News” episode was kind of depressing and depression makes everything better. Right? Anyways, I was chatting with my friend Zaid today and realized that I am really stupid because, well, check out a snippet from our chat:...
SPOTTED: Ted Mosby’s Red Boots at the Takorea Truck
Remember those hideously awesome red boots Ted Mosby wore in the “Everything Must Go” episode of How I Met Your Mother? For all you non-HIMYM fans, here’s a pic: Well, the other night I saw a really cool guy wearing a similar pair at the Takorea truck! Pulling. Them. Off.
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Why Asians shouldn’t be mad at ‘Cook Poo’
In this week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) tries to have the “Perfect Week” (hence the title of the show) by sleeping with a different lady every night – but his danger of genital wart-infused promiscuity isn’t the focus of this episode. The focus (for me at least) was...
Are you a settler? Or a reacher?
Besides the ‘but ummm’ drinking game, tonight’s episode (which, by the way, was directed by the Notorious NPH – Neil Patrick Harris) of How I Met Your Mother presented the brilliant “reacher or settler” philosophy. Marshall and ‘Jenkins’ make it hot on the 101st episode of HIMYM The episode titled “Jenkins” has Marshall (Jason Segel)...
A Finer Guide for the week of Jan. 18, 2010
The rock n’ roll romper stomper dandiness of Varvatos’s Fall 2010 collection showed in Milan on Jan. 17 (Photo by: Andrew Thomas) What to watch on the runway: Men’s Fashion Week: Sexually ambiguous models will strut their stuff down the runway in Milan and Paris to show us what us guys will look like this...
A Finer Guide for the week of Jan. 10, 2010
The new cast of Project Runway season 7 comes back to New York What to watch on TV: Sunday, Jan. 10: Brand new episodes: Big Love on HBO and Chuck on NBC. Monday, Jan. 11: A new episode of How I Met Your Mother (CBS) featuring title character hopeful played by Rachel Bilson and guest...
Asian pop culture tally as of August 17, 2009
When I did my interview with Margaret Cho for Hyphen Magazine (yes, this is a shameless name drop) I asked her about the state of Asian Americans in entertainment and she answered… There’s a great crop of (Asian American) talent. There are a couple of more Asian faces here and there – that is great....

