A girl like you...should be yachting in the Maldives not breaking up with a high school boy and fighting with your frenemy

Jenny's sweet 16 party. Jenny wants a low key affair because she doesn't have too many friends at Constance/she wants a normal low key party. Penelope set up the party to ruin Jenny's birthday. Serena enlists Poppy Lifton in the party planning, a jet setter and party girl. Jenny feels like her party was stolen by Serena and tries to wreck it. She sends a blast to Gossip Girl and all these rowdy party kids come to drink out of keg cups, dance on the table, and have sex in Serena's bed. Serena is slightly embarrassed in front of Poppy and the sophisticated crew. The party is broken up with the cops and who will take the blame.

Did Nate and Blair have sex? No, but Blair is definitely sneaking around. She has been bringing him breakfast. Chuck is working to entangle himself in the confusion. Blair tries to talk Nate into ending things with Vanessa by likening them to Brad and Angelina. Vanessa is the new Jennifer Aniston. Nate doesn't seem like he is really into it with Blair after he ends thing. Vanessa will not take this lying down and teams up with Chuck (maybe she will be taking it lying down). Sweet Revenge. She and Chuck definitely have some sexual chemistry.

Dan's financial aid is denied so it starts a big conversation about Rufus and Lily moving in together and officially combining the families. Dan is prompted to recite the lyrics to the Jefferson's and Jenny will recite Hulu. None of the kids are thrilled.

Mindblowing revelations:

Vanessa and Chuck might be starting some kind of relationship. They definitely hooked up.

Serena is heading to Spain to avoid the grounding and reclaim the excitement that used to be her life. (look forward to potential nuptials with some Spanish dude)

Nate and Blair have their first kiss or another kiss.

Dan has a fan who wrote him a letter and he talks about all through the episode. When he finally calls him it turns out to be Scott. The son of Rufus and Lily (who they think is dead). Scott's adopted parents try to continue to keep it as a secret.

Strange subplot note: Daroda, Blair's maid is going out with the doorman to the Vanderwoodson's building.

90210 Update: I stopped watching it but the return of Donna Martin (graduates) may make me start up again. Good for Tori Spelling.

That I was coming to debase myself by begging to be accepted at Sarah Lawrence...why didn't I update my Facebook page

Better late than never. Last week was killer at work for me so I watched the episode but am just now getting around to the hard work of blogging about it.
Trip Vanderbilt (love that name)comes to see Nate and invite him to the Vanderbilt family reunion. Nate is resistant because he feels like he and his mom had been abandoned by the family. Eventually he goes and returns to his grandfather's good graces. Vanessa and Dan talk him into it and then go as moral support. The weekend has football, small talk, cocktails, this all culminates with the reception at the country house. Vanessa learns that grandfather has plans for Nate that will shape the rest of his life from Trip's fiance. It looks like Nate can't say no and will be spending the summer internship at the mayor's office instead of traveling around eastern Europe with Vanessa. He chose his family. This could be the end of Vanessa and Nate. Dan is sarcastic and flippant throughout with all of his side comments to Vanessa and I really enjoy it; "do you think the Humphry's have a crest, something Jenny could stitch onto my cardigan?" and in something Vanessa might sneak in her purse "liberal agenda, universal health care, education reform, increasing the estate tax." I love him.
Lily and Rufus have a ridiculous conversation which ends in them making a list of all the people they slept with. They are acting like high school kids. Serena happens upon the list and is embarrassed/intrigued by all the names (Trent Reznor and Slash) Serena wakes her up to the fact that it might be a little uneven numbers wise. Lily hides one page of the list but Rufus finds it. They have some words but in the end they decide the whole list thing was a bad idea. (duh) They are a waste of time for me as a viewer and I tire easily of their foolishness.
Blair is having a great time living life on the wild side with Carter. Chuck is finally ready to love Blair and things are not working out, again. Blair is ready to leave it all behind, not even trying to get into college anymore. Serena finally gets rid of Carter by bringing up information from an illicit and mysterious trip to Santorini. Serena and Chuck find Blair begging for admission into Sarah Lawrence. Even they won't take her. This is the final straw and leads to her trying to undo herself at the Vanderbilt reception. Blair crashes the party and is hell bent on destroying herself. She is blasting people with the truth. Chuck and Serena are trying to do damage control but it is difficult. Blair offers herself to Chuck again but he only wants the "real" Blair. She claims she is gone forever.
Nate and Blair finally reconnect in some secluded area. They reminisce and Blair is very honest about how lost she feels. Nate feels the same way. They also talk about how they shouldn't have to apologize for being who they are and their wealth.
Nate takes Blair home and they are upstairs in his room when Chuck comes to look for her (He is going to try to fight for her and make her feel safe.). He recognizes the jacket with the crest that Nate leaves downstairs. What exactly happened between Nate and Blair? She asked him to stay but that is all we got to see.
XOXO

It's over, you will not be attending Yale

Finally Gossip Girl is back. The students of Constance and St.Jude are putting on a performance of The Age of Innocence. I love the book.
Madame Olenska: Blair
May: Serena
Archer: Dan Humphrey

Rachel comes to the dress rehearsal and Dan gives her a note. She puts a key to her apartment in it. All the teachers are talking about her. Jenny is to deliver the note but drops it in front of Rufus. Rufus goes and scares her but cannot dissuade Dan from continuing the relationship. They are engaging in indiscretions in the costume closet before the play.

Blair gets the bad news that her Yale acceptance has been rejected. Someone told on her for the teacher hazing she was involved in. Someone is out to get her but who is it? Whoever it is the same person who is after Serena? Could it be Rachel? Yep it is. She is the one who is spreading all the shameful lies. Dan is so disheartened by all of this that he tells Blair about the sex in the closet. Blair sees how sad Rachel is she doesn't even have the heart to destroy her. She believes that karmically she deserves the Yale punishment. Dan is still my favorite character with all of his morals and honesty.

Chuck finds his mystery woman. She needs his help. He accidentally puts her into a car with Carter and the group of powerful men who are trying to destroy her. Chuck pulls out all the stops to try and save her. Is this a set up? After the girl finds out that she is safe she blows Chuck off. He realizes he needs Blair but simultaneously Blair is getting a drink with Carter (he seems he is very evil).

This all culminates on the stage when people fall out of character and say how they really feel. This is prompted by Nate's hatred and confusion about the guy who is directing the play. Serena is using Vanessa's know how to seduce him and Nate mistakenly overhears. He is gay. Too many misunderstandings. This prompts a
"put in some more effort" talk between Vanessa and Nate. He watches the Age of Innoncence and she watches ESPN. Look at us we're growing.

I am not wholly convinced that this was worth the wait. Next week however will be a different story. Blair looks to have embraced the evil inside of her and is having a great time with Carter.

Better Late Than Never

This is the season finale (I think it is only the season and not series finale. I tried to find the answer but was unsuccessful.) and Whitney is finally the person I needed her to be all this time.

Olivia is even more terrible than usual in this episode. She played her favorite game. You know the one where she pretends to be interested in whatever is bothering Whitney and then calls her out for being immature and bringing up her personal life at work. This just about pushes Whitney over the edge but not quite. (Jay has not contacted Whitney for an undisclosed period of time.)

She then calls in the big guns. She calls Lauren in LA. Lauren reminds her that she needs to be focused on work and do what she went to New York to do. That way she will be able to do well at work and put Olivia in her place.

Emboldened with this pep talk she finally confronted Olivia for taking all the credit for the Elle photo shoot. (She and Olivia are up for the same London team contact position. Olivia is immediately sucking up to the guy and again takes credit for pulling the look.) You will recall that Olivia didn't like the look and thought it matched too much. When Whitney talks to her about it Olivia is willing to concede partial credit for Whitney but then storms off. She is probably scared because Whitney is clearly not going to take it anymore. Olivia is so evil. They decide to send her to London. I hope she stays there. Well not really she doesn't deserve the great health care system that they have in place (I watched Sicko this weekend. Everyone should watch this.) Whitney can hardly contain her disgust as Olivia tells her the news.

DVF herself then sat Whitney down and gave her a talk. She was full of good advice and glowing from a successful show at fashion week. Her mom always said,"Absence is to love what the wind is to fire." And "the most important relationship you have is the relationship with yourself." This is one time that I can see the producers cutting out parts of the conversation. I would have liked to hear what Whitney says in response to this. She is a much more kind adviser than Kelly Cutrone. Although her advice is less brutal and fun it seems more sage.

It is still fashion week so I have no means of telling how long it has been but Jay shows up outside the party. He gives Whitney a big shpeel about how it is better late than never for them and how much he loves her. And again Whitney amazes me by making it seem like she will take him back even giving him a big hug. He says "better late than never." She says, "too little too late." Buh-Bam. Take that Jay. She then goes right back in to the party. I am cheering for her again. Maybe she was hustling us this whole time. Pretending to be all meek and mild but really she is not going to take any of the abuses. One can only hope.

Also, seemingly out of nowhere, Adam goes to Erin's workplace to call her out. He is sick of her meddling in his relationship and, unrelatedly, sick of her being a ho. They shout at each other and she at one point asks him to get his finger out of her face or something along those lines. This is strange and I really like it. This prompts Allie to bring the ratty fur coat out and march down to his restaurant to confront him (I think he is the host? Maybe manager but I don't know.) He swears she will never hear those things about him again. Likely. She is his "one true love." She is a fool and you can see in his eyes that he fells proud of his win. Not to have her back so much as to have tricked her once more.

You were whispering in my ear

My husband and the Hindustan times really came through with the info. JLH and Jamie Kennedy are in love...well more than in love really. I am slightly disturbed. This knowledge kind of kills the reality (of a lady who can talk to ghosts) for me. I blame the fact that they killed off Jim. I mean if they had kept Jim alive or kept Jay Mohr none of this would have happened.

I'm like drowning in this

Two reasons I dropped the ball. ONE) Celebrating nuptials and getting sunburned in Puerto Vallarta. TWO) I am starting to hate everyone on the show. Okay three reasons THREE) Sort of bitter about the fact that there was no Aftershow.

Last week; quick rundown. Olivia is a horrible witch (as usual). She took credit for the look that Whitney pulled for the Elle cover. She said it was too "matchy, matchy." And that Asian-Elle-editor-dude loved it. She didn't seem to care. She is the new Spencer. It appears there is no The City Aftershow. MTV is giving up.


This episode of the City was rife with memorable (cliche) quotes.

Highlights:
Allie telling Whitney she needs to "reevaluate her love life."Jay has been staying out all night with his ex Dani. I doubt anything happened but he did ask her if she was ready to "get out of there" when they were at a bar together. Whitney ends her dinner with Allie in tears.



Tamarama headed out on tour!
This week Jay is trying to drown Whitney in their relationship, or is it in lies. One can never be sure with these two. He has known about his band going on tour (Let's be honest it is exactly what he wanted. Why else would he be with Whitney?) for a few weeks and she is pissed when he finally tells her he is leaving next week. He assumed she would be pissed he was going. She was just mad that he didn't tell her until right before. (He is exceptionally stupid in this case. I mean Adam even told him he needed to do it. Just when I was starting to hate him.) She finally showed her backbone. She gets up and leaves the dinner and says he needs to find somewhere else to sleep for the night. The girls tell her how great it is to be single in New York. Very, Sex in the City.
The fight that they have is very real. "I don't want to be in a relationship with someone who thinks I'm a burden..." "I just need to be myself." "Basically, I don't mean enough to you to try to make it work at this point." Everyone is crying and sad and Jay just leaves (after he was complaining that she left dinner). I say good riddance. She should probably date other people. Maybe it could be a more likeable character so I will feel more passionate about the show and want to blog about it.
Also this episode, Whitney and Olivia have to work on the handbag pitch for the global marketing team. Sounds impressive doesn't it? Olivia is busy taking pictures and calling sparkly bags that are a bit much, practical. Whitney kills this presentation. She is flawless and poised and not bad with a turn of the phrase. These handbags embody "accessible luxury" and "don't want to look to the bag as a burden". Olivia was not nervous at all and then sucked it up. Olivia showcases her poor presentation skills. She sounded like a jackass. My favorite phrase uttered/stumbled through "hearing a multipletude of things."


No new Gossip Girl until March !6th. Don't worry it looks to be sensational. Thank you Michelle and Iheartyoublog. You might not want to watch this if you are unable to get back into the country before March 16th. You will be bummed. When will this torture end?