HOT

Yesterday was a good day. I had a really tasty muffin for breakfast, my mom took me on a mini shopping spree (where I finally saw Lauren Conrad’s line for Kohls in person – not great, but it did have a few really cute pieces thrown in amongst the crap), and then I returned home just in time to watch the return of Gossip Girl (and fast forward through all of the commercials)!

My god, did you think this day would ever come? It seems like it’s been years since I sat down with Serena and Blair to indulge in some delectable drama. Good thing I have a wild imagination and really inappropriate dreams, otherwise I may have forgotten what Chuck, Nate and Dan look like.

But seriously, it’s been so long that I really had no idea what was going on. And there was a lot going on: Rufus and Lily, Chuck and his mom, Blair and her quest for NYU domination, Serena and Nate, Dan and Vanessa, Jenny and…illegal prescription drugs sewn onto jackets.

Gah! Just watching all of it tired me out. And confused me. I didn’t remember Rufus finding out about Lily, or any sort of awkwardness going down between Dan and Vanessa. And, hello, when did Serena and Nate get so super duper hot and heavy? Not that I mind, of course, because we got not one but two super steamy make out sessions between those two last night and it was H-O-T. (Probably because it’s been a long time since I’ve had my own super steamy make out sesh…in a pair of Louboutins…. and I just sorta replaced Serena with my own  sexy self).

And it was also fun to watch Nate and Serena deal with the same old confusion and drama that we have all been through at the beginning of a new relationship: the opposing advice from friends, the mixed signals, the games. Yes, it was frustrating at first and I wanted nothing more than to reach into the TV and smack Serena in the face for being so petty and immature (really? Asking the guy with the gelled hair to go to the dinner??), but then I realized that we’ve all be in her shoes before (well, figuratively) and gotten a little immature and petty ourselves.  I actually found a bit of comfort in the fact that even the pretty girls with the killer closets get a bit insecure about love at times. And then do it in a coat room. Hot.

But enough about those two. Can we talk about Jenny’s expertise at pushing drugs? Poor girl’s on an express train to Lindsay-Lohanville, population: hot mess. And what about Lily totally effing up the only good marriage she’s ever had? (Now I totally see where Serena’s dude issues come from…) Or the fact that Chuck totally found his mom? I know, I thought she’d be hotter, too, but this is going to change everything. And somehow I have a feeling it won’t be good.

So. much. going. on.
Can’t. digest. it all.
Need. to find. my own. Nate. Archibald.

Wait. Sorry, got a little off topic there.
Back to the real stuff…

Thankfully, GG will be back next week and then again the week after that so we won’t have to wait another 6 months to watch it all go down. And based on a few photos I just found online, things are about to get even steamier.

That shapeless "dress" is what you get for lying to Dan!

I think we can all agree that it’s not nearly as fun watching Vanessa Abrams be a bitch as it is watching Blair Waldorf.  Mostly because Blair doesn’t normally get bogged down by remorse…at least not right away.

In an episode all about playing games, some people just didn’t know when to stop.  Take Vanessa being even more of a home-wrecker than usual.  As I watched her almost mess up the blossoming love between Dan and Olivia, all I could think about was how the dress that the wardrobe people put her in at the end of the episode was obviously punishment for her being selfish.  And my next thought: when did giving a speech at a Parents’ Weekend dinner become so damn important?

But as Vanessa, Blair, (and Olivia, though unbeknownst to her) battled it out for the right to stand atop the flowery podium at Parents’ Weekend, we saw too many claws come out. Perfectly manicured claws, mind you, but sharp claws nonetheless. Yeah, Vanessa can get off the hook quickly for what she almost did to Dan and Olivia – those Humphrey’s are incredibly forgiving people – but I can’t say the same for Blair and Chuck. Make him kiss a guy (which, by the way, was incredibly hot)? Fine. But lie to him and manipulate him to get what you want?

No one manipulates Chuck Bass. Not even Blair.

And the same goes for Serena, which Nate Archibald may find out the hard way. Before I get into this little Rounders-meets-Gossip-Girl storyline, I’d like to take a moment to welcome Nate back to the show. For the past 5 episodes he’s taken a backseat with Bree Buckley and we haven’t seen much of his cuteness. I know he wasn’t pregenant/post pregnant like Lily Bass, so I wonder what was keeping him from the screen? Meh, it doesn’t matter; he’s back….and falling in line with the family once again. Read More »