The Big Bang Theory

I just noticed that I haven't posted some good stuff for a long time. Of course, my whining is definitely not good stuff. Therefore, I decided to share another awesome shows with you guys. Most of you probably already knew about this show, but just suck it up and read it enjoy what I want to share with you.

Big Bang Theory is a show about 4 very intelligent people (either Ph. D or Master degree) who many people define them as "nerds." Indeed, they show every possible stereotype and have ever possible characteristics of nerds in the show. Though some people may find it a little exaggerating, they do perform very well to make us laugh. However, a story about 4 nerds would probably be very boring after a while, so the staff adds in a girl who is tagged as "the blonde girl" who is supposed to be all looks and no academic knowledge.

When these two totally opposite kinds of people collide, sparks do show. :)

Characters:

Leonard Hofstadter:

Leonard is an experimental physicist whose IQ is 173. He is, of course, tagged as a nerd/geek who plays Halo, Guitar Hero, WoW, and all the games that geeks would play. He has no style about his dressing and has no idea about anything but physics, Star Wars, Star Trek, and all other SciFi movies. Something to be noted: all four of the guys share the same interests, but Leonard somehow is the most normal one out of the 4. Many episodes of the series is about him and the neighbor, Penny.

Sheldon Cooper:

Sheldon is Leonard's house mate who has absolutely no idea how this society works. Although he is a genius who received his Ph. D in his 14, he does not know anything about non-academic stuff. This is why many jokes are evolved around him from his manors. For example, he cannot tell when people are being sarcastic (though he learned a bit as the story goes on :) ). Sometimes he can be really annoying, however, because of his characteristics. Even when people do realize that this is part of him, they just cannot stand how he does things in the show. I personally stopped on one episode simply because he's way too annoying. Whether he's good or bad, he is a unique character.

Howard Wolowitz:

Howard is a the only guy out of the four who does not have a Ph.D, and people sometimes make fun of him for that. Besides his smartness, Howard is known for wanting to get laid. He has many "interesting" pickup lines that will never work on any of the women, yet he does not realize this fact and constantly wonders why he cannot get laid. He lives with his mom and is seen as a little boy by his mom disregarding the fact that he's 27. Howard's fun point usually comes from his stupid pickup lines and tricks to get women. However, some people do find it a little disturbing.

Rajesh Koothrappali:

Raj, the 4th guy of the group. He cannot talk to girls with the influence of alcohol. However, once he's drunk, he becomes a smooth talker. We do not find out about it until later in the first season when Penny tries to take the bartender's job and mixes him a drink. Raj talks to his parents often through webcam. His parents live in India and are apparently pretty rich, but Raj often talks about how he was raised in poverty in India. Although Raj has this distinctive symptom that makes him special, he does not really talk much in the show for the same exact reason.

Penny:

Yes, the blonde girl is here. Penny moves into the same building and becomes Leonard and Sheldon's neighbor in the very first episode. Penny works at Cheesecake Factory as a waitress, but she has a dream of becoming an actress in movies or tv shows (ironic, huh?). Unlike the four guys, Penny possesses good street knowledge but is usually confused by the guys. She has dated many guys but eventually broke up with all of them. She and Leonard have this friend/lover relationship that develops throughout the story. Although she does not know much academic stuff, she eventually learned a lot (well, not only academic stuff but also Star Wars, Star Trek, etc.) by simply hanging out with the guys.

Right now it's on its third season. Each episode is about a different story, but the relationship of the characters do develop throughout the story. If you are interested and have some free time, try this show. It's very funny. :)

How I Met Your Mother

Okay.....so I've seen some depressing stuff on people's blog. It's true that we face things that don't go according to our ways, but that's also the interesting part of our lives, isn't it? Like people always say: when someone gives you lemon, you throw it right back at him you make lemonade :) This show has a lot of realistic stuff and unrealistic stuff. The realistic part makes us think while the other part makes us laugh. For those who are sad or depressed or whatever, go watch some of the episodes. It's really funny.

The story starts with a dad (Ted) telling his kids about his life back when he was late-20 and how he met their mom (yes! the title!). To them, everything happened in the past, but to us, the time in the show goes with our current time. The entire show is a big flashback.

There are five main characters who are good friends with each other. Of course they have to go through some fighting and arguing, but they are still good friends after all.

Characters:

Ted Mosby:

Ted is an architect who seeks for a woman for a long-term relationship and marriage. Throughout the show he gets with many but eventually breaks up with all of them. I'm not gonna talk about the characters too much in case of any spoiler. Watch the show!! :)

Marshall Eriksen:

Marshall is Ted's best friend ever since college. They lived together throughout their college life and still lived together for a while after college. He's a lawyer who's dream was to help the environment protecting organization to fight against the evil corporates. However, his dream doesn't seem to come true any time soon..... Marshall is a tall man who was raised in a "manly" family. All his brothers are taller than him (he's 6" 4') and his dad tried to make him become very manly. The family sure can eat. :)

Lily Aldrin:

Lily is Marshall's beloved woman. They got together on the first day of their college life and have been together ever since. Lily is a teacher at a kindergarten. Although she's kind and sweet most of the time, she does have those moments when she completely turns to the dark side(XD). She's also a painter whose painting is not acceptable to human beings but somehow is to dogs (and it's extremely bad to the birds).

Robin Scherbatsky:

A Canadian news reporter who moved to the US to chase her dream. However she could only work at a station called Metro News 1 that apparently has a really low viewing rate. Robin is introduced in the first episode of the first season. In the episode, Ted did something crazy to try to get her, but at the end the narrator (old Ted) revealed that Robin is only the kids' "aunty". Of course, there's more about Ted and Robin later on in the show, but we do know that they eventually stayed as friends. Robin's thought is kind of opposite of Ted's. For example, Ted wants to get married and have kids, but Robin just wants to chill and have fun in a relationship. She doesn't want commitment (or not yet?) and would not accept Ted's idea. Again, go watch the show. There's so much more. :) Oh yea, the other four always make fun of her for being Canadian or saying Canadian things. It might be a little offensive to my beloved Canadian friends but....I'm sorry it's just so funny XDDDD

Barney Stinson:

I know it's kinda sad to say this, but he's my favorite character. He's a womanizer who pretty much always wears a suit. He apparently worked at some mysterious company that no one knows what it does, and he never told anyone about his job (until certain episode when something happened to that company). He has many crazy ideas of judging a woman or how to get a woman to sleep with him. He also has a set of rules of life. He always says those ideas with the tone of "let me teach you something". In the show we learned why he always wears a suit and how he became who he is now. Barney's role is the comedian and the spice of the show. Without him the show would not be so interesting and so funny. And once more, go watch it.

For those who are college students and are suffering from all the works, I understand how you guys don't really have time, but we gotta loosen up a bit sometimes so we won't drive ourselves crazy. This show can be the buffer in real life. I'm sure it will give you some laughter, and you'll definitely enjoy it. :)

Oh yea, this show also talks about sex a lot (well...we got Barney here) so for those of you who can't take it, don't watch it. But hey, just talking about it wouldn't hurt would it? I say we should just relax and enjoy the show.

This is one of the shows I follow. I've followed many series such as The Office, Heroes (stopped), Big Bang Theory, and House (need to catch up). I'll try to give some introduction of these shows to those who have never seen them before.