Screen English Journal

 Yes. I've watched the whole season and I'm writing this journal entry. John said that this assignment is  more of a quantity rather than a quality, yes, I know that, but this was so fun and interesting that I could hardly resist. I've spent last two days watching this season when I was conscious and not in class. However, to be honest, I have to worry about my grade, so I'm going to split the whole article into subcategories and make the number look good.
 I'm an American TV show mania. I haven't seen  a lot, because I tend to have a very careful screening process, but I prefer to call myself that. I always watch shows without Korean subtitles, except medical dramas. (Lately, I can partially understand the diseases and the medicines, so it's becoming easier.) I sympathize with the characters, I sing the title music, I memorize the punch lines... I was having a hard time finding a suitable show for me, until Burn Notice showed up.
 It was a totally coincidence that I've come to know that this show is worth watching. I was browsing through channel in a boring weekend evening, and Burn Notice season 3 was on OCN, which is the most popular movie channel in Korea. I was watching it for ten minutes, and I got the feeling that I should watch this. It was a hunch back then, but it turned out to be as true as the day is long.
 This is about an ex-spy who got burned --- fired in spy term --- and tries to find who did this to him and why. He has a good heart, so he helps a lot of normal people, like us, who managed to get themselves in troubles. Meanwhile, he finds out that there are people who want him but not dead and there are more higher connections than he expected.
 It's a good show. Let me get started with this for now and I'll keep it rolling.

 This episode is about Lily's group pictures and Ted's "skanks" that appear in the picture every time. The story takes place at Lily's birthday party. Ted invites Amanda over, but the girl irritates everybody except Ted who's the person who inveted her, and also except Barney, well, who doesn't really care. Even before Lily casts her "You're dead to me" look, Marshall, who planned the whole event of the day, gets really mad and kicks XXXX out of the apartment. Ted gets mad at Marshall. Then Marshall tells Ted about all the girls he had brought to every single group picture moment. Ted, speechless for a moment, tells him a story way back when they were a couple of freshmen in university. Marshall and Ted were taking a picture in their dorm, then Lily passed them by. Ted invited her over to take the picture together, and that picture became the first picture that they took together. Marshall, hearing this, forgives Ted, and tell him to get Amanda, and they take the picture together.
 Time goes to a year after. Lily says to Ted, "name that bitch." Ted can't remember her name.


Expression: "Do I get a vote?" = "Do I get a say?"

Barney: Do I get a vote?

All contents below are totally written/made by me, Ju Young,
including the snapshots and the movie clips.


This song is from How I Met Your Mother, sung by character "Barney Stinson."

Yes I coulda've nailed her,
but, no, it’s not a failure.
‘Cuz there’s one thing she is not.

To score a ten would be just fine,
but I’d rather be dressed to the nines.
It’s a truth you can’t refute.

Nothing suits me like a suit!

Picture a world where all the girls and boys
are impeccably well dressed.
That delivery guy in the jacket and tie.
That puppy in the double-breast.

That ’80s dude in mutton chops.
That baby with a lollipop.
That lady cop who’s kinda cute.

Nothing suits ‘em like a suit!

A wingman I can wear.
They’re oh so debonair.
The perfect way to snare
a girl with daddy issues.

In navy blue or black.
Check out this perfect rack.
I want to give them a squeeze.

Oh really?
Then answer these questions, if you please.

What would you do if you had to choose
between your suits and a pot of gold?
-Suits.

What would you say,
if you gave your suits away in return you’d never grow old?
-Suits.

What would you pick one million chicks,
or a single three-piece suit?
It’s moot.

What if world peace were within your reach … 
- I’m gonna stop you right there. It’s suits. Come on, Lily. Get your head outta your ass.

Two! Three! Four!

Girls will go and girls will come,
but there’s only one absolute.
Every bro on the go needs to know
that there’s no accepted substitute.

I’m sorry suits, let’s make amends.
My Sunday best are my best friends.
Send casual Friday down the laundry chute.

‘Cuz nothing suits the undisputed oft-saluted suitor of repute like a
…. wait for it …

Suit!

(Nothing suits me like a suit!)
(Suit up! Suit up! Suit up! Suit up! Suit!!!)

Then again, she is pretty hot.

 Frankly speaking, I'm a Friends maniac. I've seen the whole season over twenty times since the very first Wednesday, 2005, when I was in the 10th grade. I can memorize some scripts without seeing or hearing the scene, and I can memorize almost all the lines when I listen to the scene. However, recently my so-called favorite TV show has been changed. It's How I Met Your Mother. One of the greatest things of this show is there are a lot of things like this song and the Super Date song. I'm not particularly talking about songs. The show is not just about actors reading lines. There are a lot of amusing techniques that make me fascinated. I can't describe those in this short writing. If there's a chance, I'll write another post about those features.

All contents below are totally written/made by me, Ju Young,
including the snapshots and the movie clips.

Sheldon's Trivia - Ketchup

Raj: Sheldon, is there a ketchup on that table?

Sheldon: Yes, there is.

Raj: (What the....)
Sheldon: Here's a fun fact...

Sheldon: "Ketchup" started out as a general term for sauce, typically made of mushrooms or fish brine with herbs and spices. Some popular early made ingredients included bluberry, anchovy, oyster, kidney bean and grape.

Raj: ................

Raj: That's alright. I'll get it.


Today's Expression
To get one's way:
To make things happen just as one wants them to be.

Shelon: I found it, and the ring is mine. I don't understand why in this group I never get my way.

Leonard: (What the.........)

Leonard: You always get your way!

Sheldon: I'll stipulate to that if you give me the ring.



 This episode is about a prop ring from "The Lord of the Rings" movie. The gang buys a bunch of toy thingies from a garage sale, and the ring was in the box. At first they had no idea if it was real, but later Howard finds out that the ring is real, according to his intel from a blackmarcket. Then, each of them all, except Leonard who argues that they should give the ring back to Peter Jackson, asserts that the ring should belong to him. So Howard suggests that the ring belong to the last person who holds on to it. They all graps the ring and hold on, but they find out they was planning to watch this program on Sci-fi channel, so they all grab the ring with one hand and comes back home. Then, Penny whispers something to Leonards ear (probably some kind of sexual thing), and he backs off. The three of them keep struggling for the ring, but they fall asleep from all the tension. Later, Sheldon finds out that he is the last person who's holding on to the ring, and washes it gently, then he turns into Gollum. He screams out and wakes up from the dream, but he finds out that the ring is gone. Leonard tells him that he send the ring back to Peter Jackson's office. But the truth was that Leonard hid it in his secret stash. Later that night, Sheldon finds Leonard wearing the ring and tries to steal it from him, but Leonard wakes up and they fight over the ring. Penny slips out from the bed and sighs: "Oh, I've got to get a new boyfriend."

Sheldon: My precious~

Arghhh

Sheldon's "You mean this ring?" series.

Today's expression
Catchy:
When something is catchy, it's likely to attract interest or attention and easily remembered.

---reminiscing---
Marshall: ... I mean, that guy has been active...... sexually. I mean he's just've been like: Bang, bang, nang! You know? It's like (chuckles) bang x 10 ! Bang, bang, bangidy bang, bang, bang, you say bangidy bang bang...♬
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Marshall: How could you let me do that? You're my wife! You're supposed to stop me from embarrassing myself in public!

Lily: I know! But that song's.... kinda catchy. Bang, bang, bangidy bang...

Both: Bang, bang, I say bang bang bangidy bang...♬


 This episode is mainly about how Barney is trying to get a writer who wrote a book about relationships to sleep with him and how Robin is hurt watching him bragging about all the women he's  been with (the bang song) and the "Super Date" he was going to take the writer girl to. Barney doesn't find out about Robin's feeling until the later part of the episode, and he feels badly about Robin. He finds Robin shooting handgun in the shooting range, and apologizes about his behaviour. Then, to cheer her up, he yields the "Super Date" plan to her, which is the perfect date plan that he and Ted came up with, and even promises her that he is not going to sleep with the writer girl. So Robin goes on the Super Date with Don, while the writer girl, who now has become needy because of Barney's nonchalance, whispers Barney some kind of suggestion which was not described in the film, but easily guessable that is some kind of sex stuff. Barney, hearing this, thinks that he cannot resist to that suggestion, runs away from the bar and jumps into the Hudson River, and pays $500 fine for doing so.
 This episode depicts a healthy ex-boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. Even though Barney and Robin used to go out, they still remain as good friends which they had been before they were dating. Robin gets upset in the episode because she's not treated as Barney's treating the writer girl, not because she's jealous about Barney. Also, Barney willingly gives Robin the Super Date plan and even promises that he will not sleep with the writer girl just to make Robin feel better. This shows their friendship is deep enough to be good exes to each other. This is significant in terms of general relationship between exes, which is almost comprised of jealousy, hatred and lack of respect.