The How I Met Your Mother Blog

Hey guys, what’d I miss?

A small explanation of my absence: yes, I didn’t care much for last season. I liked the finale, but not enough to want to write about it. I was disappointed with the show overall. Honestly, I think if I discovered HIMYM now I might not love it as much as I did when I originally discovered it. Does that mean I don’t like it? No, I have a history with it and still love it dearly. I wasn’t boycotting the show or the site, I just didn’t much care for the end of last season and didn’t have very much to say. I wrote one negative review that you guys all hated so I figured I’d follow my own advice online and keep my negative opinions to myself.

The real cause of my absence had to do with my real life. I believe I shared that I’m now working at Vimeo and that has (happily) taken up a lot of my time. It’s super fun here but when I get home I don’t always have the energy to do more stuff online. I’ve also been working on some other projects which hopefully I can announce soon (hint: they’re awesome).

But none of that really matters. Season 6 is upon us and I’m skeptical, but excited. Articles in which Bays and Thomas admit that season five sucked are a good start. The return of Rachel Bilson is always welcome. Game-changing opening moments raise my eyebrows.

Other than that, how was everyone’s summer? Have you been watching True Blood? Brad looks good with his shirt off, huh?

To prove I haven’t been marooned on an island somewhere I have been active in other areas of the internet:

My blog – mostly about design and technology, but I think it’s interesting
Today in Bears – A blog about ursine culture
Vimeo Awards – this is a big deal

As you’ve noticed, I’ve been missing in action lately on the blog. I’ve barely been able to catch the new episodes let alone write about them. I’ve started a new job and the transition has reduced my spare time.

That doesn’t mean you all should suffer. So I had an idea: the real meat of this site is you guys and your discussion, so why don’t you take over the recaps? Here’s how it’ll work:

• If you’re interested, send me an email (jd@have-you-met-ted.com) with your recap.
• You can follow my normal format: Opening paragraph, What Was Good, What Was Bad, Favorite Moments, Closing or you can just send in something free-form. Obviously I’d prefer it in the regular format but I understand if you want to just send in your thoughts.
• The best emails I get I’ll post on the show’s discussion page with credit to the author and links back to their site, etc.

It’s the best I can offer for now. Hopefully I’ll be back to normal before the finale.

I look forward to your emails!

HYMT goes festive for the holidays. For the rest of the year you’ll be treated (?) to a holiday background. There are currently four that are chosen at random on page load. Refresh your browser to see them all!

I know I’m now three weeks behind. I’ll catch up, soon. Just a few more days. It’s not you, it’s me. Promise.

So, new episode, what’d you guys think? I’ve been avoiding comments so as not to get spoilers, I hope you’ve been nice to each other.

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From what I can tell tonight’s primary focus will be on Ted and the continuation of last weeks’ cliffhanger. Many of you have said you believe that it’s Tony, Stella’s baby daddy who re-enters Ted’s life, not Stella herself. I think you might be correct:

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