I'll always be that guy towards you (Is this some kind of a threat? You never can tell with Justin Bobby.)

The Hills



I might have missed an episode but trust me all you missed was Brody's birthday. Jayde pissed at Brody as usual. Kristin waiting for Justin Bobby and missing him but vowing not putting up with him. Oh, and Audrina is trying to get back at Justin by dating his friend. Take that.

Poor Lo she has to be friends with Kristin so that the viewers can understand what has gone on. What an unfortunate life she has.

Kristin goes back to Laguna to tell her dad and step mom about her life. Dad's review of Brody is that he is self-obsessed. How could someone that is has been on four reality tv shows be a narcissist?

At a Bolthouse promotion (wait they still employ Heidi?) Holly, Charlie, Heidi, Stephanie, and Spencer (sporting his faux cowboy gear) attend. Holly is hammered and drunkenly dancing and analyzing art (to Brent Bolthouse, he looks less than amused). Her dancing is radical.

She was out of control and Stephanie is really concerned. Every time they go out someone asks them to leave.

Justin Bobby, who has apparently been out of town, makes a meal to apologize to Kristin. They spend a lot of time talking about how much they don't want to be in relationships with each other and then head off camera to hook up.

Audrina continues to ruin dates by talking about Justin Bobby. Relationship advice:It makes it clear that you are not over someone when you talk about them and then lamely lie that you are over them.



Holly is lured to an intervention by Heidi and Spencer. She immediately orders a marg with Petron. Spencer is very reasonable, he suggests that she should not have a dance off in front of people she may want to network with. (My husband suggested that she actually lost the dance off...with herself. It was pretty bad dancing.)

Brody and Kristin have a little heart to heart about her feelings for Justin while Justin goes to meet Audrina for a drink at a secluded bar. She just wants to make sure that things are not weird between them. Justin seems to be kind sad. He is mad that Audrina has been dating his friend but doesn't get why she is acting this way trying to hurt him. He would never be able to say that "anything is better than Audrina Patridge, ever in my life." What is going on?

The City


Also missed an episode of the City. Joe was impressed with Olivia but Erin still hates her. Whitney does the opposite of what Kelly Cutrone says and gets bitched at. Her first mistake was to listen to Roxy her second mistake was to take sketches and a dream to Bergdorfs. Did she damage her career as a designer?

On to this weeks episode.

Sammy invites Whitney (and not Roxy) to a party with lifeguards. Will Whitney find a new love interest? She meets 21 year old dudes who look like real nerds. Tomorrow Whitney will be attending a bbq at her exes. (What was his name? Oh yeah Jay.) She was invited by Adam and Alex (remember them). He won't be there but she is going to bring one of the surfers. The surfer brings her brother, Freddie Frackelmayer. He is a fox. (Pardon the illiteration.) He totally looks like a wealthy dude from Connecticut and is in commercial real estate. I like him. Whitney is attracted to him but is concerned there is something going on between him and Sammy. Roxy advises her to date him anyway, although she gives terrible advice, I would go on a date with Foxxie Freddie Frackelmayer, too.



Roxy is on a date and complaining about how no one invites her. She also volunteers to stay late at work so Whitney can go out and have fun. I think she is angling to take over Whitney's job.

Erin has to chaperone Olivia at an Elle party and hates it. She meets the hostess and is a hit. She knows everyone. Erin is clearly annoyed by her popularity and leaves early. She seems to be in a foul mood when she leaves. She and Olivia then have a terribly uncomfortable cubicle conversation. Erin wants her not to have some respect for her. She has been doing this for four years and just because Olivia knows some designers she hasn't earned it. (Where are the exclusives?)

I am little bit concerned...We just don't have enough

Roxie's first day. They do a photo shoot for some Jeans. Roxie has to drive Kelly Cutrone's Ford through the city. Kelly is less than pleased with their performance. They forgot the clips that they were asked to bring. Roxie comes up with a good idea to improve the shoot. What if the model took her top off?(I get the feeling that is what Roxie might do.) Whitney tells her to ask Kelly first but she doesn't. Kelly will later say this is a good idea but is pissed that she went over her head to the designer.

Sammy, the buyer from Bergdorfs is back, to let Whitney tell her story. She helps Whitney to realize that she will need to be a little more forceful and stand up for herself.

Olivia is sent on an assignment to buy knockoffs. Joe Zee at Elle hates impostor merchandise. It is a crime. Olivia is really good at buying the knockoffs. She is bossy enough to make it work. Olivia does a pretty good job with purses but doesn't get enough stuff to make Erin happy. I don't think she ever gave Olivia a chance. Don't get me wrong I don't really like Olivia but honestly Erin is making her much more likable because she is so terrible.

I don't really like anyone on this show either.

It's on

The Hills and The City returned last week with little to no fanfare. Maybe it is because I am such a busy person that I haven't had much time to watch MTV but I really think that it has something to do with the fact that things are looking less than interesting. They have added some new characters to try and spice things up but truthfully things aren't looking so good.

THE HILLS



Is it just me or do you hate Kristin Cavallari, too. There is something about a girl with a raspy voice like that makes me think she is trashy. Maybe I am still bitter about LC being gone. The Hills begins with a little reminiscing. Remember how Brody and LC met? Well, Kristin slapped LC on the street in front of a bar (this is also the plot of an episode of Cops isn't it.) Heidi and Spencer throw themselves a welcome home party. Moments into the party Stephanie and Audrina are in a screaming match with Kristin complete with threats of physical violence and cursing. Here is the shocker. They are fighting over Justin Bobby. It seems inexplicable. Justin Bobby is looking a little bit huskier and even dirtier, if that could be possible. He looks like Joaquin Phoenix in his crazy I am not an actor anymore phase. Speaking of strange looks...



Spencer is dressed like a cowboy (I am using the term loosely here. I have been around cowboys and they don't really dress like that. In fact they would probably laugh at him. ) He and Heidi are house hunting. She wants a homey little place with a picket fence and a room to turn into a nursery. Spencer finds a real modern "porno pad" and puts the deposit down on it. Oops he forgot to tell Heidi. Sweet marriage.

Kristin and Bobby go on a date and seem to have genuine chemistry. They are talking about signs. She is a Capricorn. Did this really happen? Did I time travel? When was it cool to talk about people's signs? Anyway they seem like they are going to hook it up and Audrina is devastated.

Memorable quotes:
"We're married. We're not crazy tequila party people." - Heidi (did she forget the first time she got married to Spencer she was drunk from shots of tequilas.

"As a friend, it's girl code." -Audrina (did she forget that she tried to steal Brody from Jayde. Not girl code.)

"Did that go in?" -Kristin is watching a Laker's game and is unsure if the shot went in. How do you not know if the shot went in when you are watching the game.




THE CITY



Just when I thought Olivia was my most hated The City character enter the two new characters. What happened to the daughter of ACDC? At least Erin was likeable, if not exciting at all. Enter Roxy, she is a "friend" of Whitney's from highschool (she looks about 10 years older, too much makeup? too much hard living? you be the judge.) and a fashion girl from LA. She has an interview with Kelly Cutrone set up by Whitney and unbelievably seems ruder/meaner than Kelly. It hardly seems possible. She tells Kelly that she doesn't like bs or girls. Two things I like about her; 1) She wears all black. My favorite outfit color scheme. 2) She used to work for Rachel Zoe...I love her. "I die.") She doesn't even say she really likes Whitney and is shocked by her sudden love of fashion. Of course that will not stop her from later asking Whitney to let her crash on her couch. She and Kelly also have a talk about her sign. She is clearly going to be another anti-Whitney. Also she has a voice like you would expect someone who is named Roxy would.

Whitney is a sucker as usual. She is unable to say no to Roxy's crash on my couch request and then has to talk to the cops when Roxy throws a loud party at her new place that she "didn't send out a mass text to invite people to." She is also trying to start her line and working part time for Kelly Cutrone. No more DVF.

Olivia is up to her same ridiculousness. She is offered a job by Joe Zee(remember she duped him last season into believing she pulled the look that Whitney did) at Elle as an accessories editor. Showing himself as a terrible judge of character and personal interactions he then introduces her to her new boss. He thinks that they will like each other. He is very wrong. This new boss has a very angular face.



Erin Kaplan is not a fan of Olivia and asks her to help pull some affordable summer looks for the Today show. She does a poor job and when Erin calls her on it she yells at her. "If you have a problem you can go back and do it yourself." The big boss at Elle is really unimpressed.

Look forward to two seasons of yelling and fighting on both the Hills and the City. I don't really like it. I don't even know who to root for anymore.

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.

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?

This conversation is making me nauseous

I'm fairly certain that someone in this episode quoted Will Smith. Maybe I am the only one who associates him with Miami and welcoming people. The kids head down to Miami but Allie is left behind to have a sexy photo shoot with some dude. blah, blah, blah. (She is starting to look like a junkie.) She and Erin have a big conversation before they leave for Florida about how Adam deserves to be a little jealous. And then the guy invites her for a drink after (a beer or a Snapple). She hesitates just long enough to get a call from Erin to tell her that they are at a club and Adam is surrounded by ladies. Suffice it to say she puts on her ratty looking fur coat and goes out for a Snapple. When Adam gets back Allie makes a big show of saying that the guy asked her out but didn't actually say that she went out for a drink. She kept it really hypothetical and tells Adam she is looking for her own place. Maybe she slept with the guy.
They all look good in their swimsuits so that works out well. We are also introduced to a lady Aussie who used to live with Jay (I think in a platonic way) who has some really gnarly teeth. One might question whether they have orthodontia available in Australia. She makes Jay sound a little sketchy and untrustworthy. Jay runs into Dani, his ex. He makes a big scene about how he doesn't care, enjoys a pleasant conversation with her and then she blasts Whitney with a lot of extraneous/awkward information. Jay then does a lot of post meet up justifying to Whitney back in New York. Whitney is then convinced that he is trying to hide something with all of his honesty. Confusing. Here is the real problem. I just don't care that much. I mean if someone who watches the show, is trying to invest themselves in the characters, and blogs about it each week doesn't really care, MTV is probably in trouble here.

First Runner up for possible post title, "I smell a little ahi tuna...somethings fishy."


Here is the real big news of the week. My favorite Canadians are back on the scene with a The City aftershow. That is right Jessie and Dan are back to tell us all about the haps, use the telestrator, don strange clothing, and their always witty insight. They give us great previews of things to come. They have Whitney and Erin on the show. I was so excited to see them I forgot to be jealous that I am not the person hosting the aftershow at my house. The best part was a preview of the next season of the Hills.

Season Five:
Heidi crashes LC's birthday.
Spencer is hitting on a pretty lady bartender.
Stephanie Pratt's boyfriend tells on Spencer.
Spencer punches Stephanie's boyfriend in his face.
Heidi is missing LC "My favorite stories are my stories with you, My favorite memories are my memories with you." (Sorry Spencer.)
Spencer goes to Brody for help.
Has hell frozen over. Things are converging. Also Heidi has too much collagen in her lips. She is starting to freak me out.

Still no new Gossip Girl. Come on.

Plaid Mafia

Quick and Dirty, City rundown. (Sorry my week has been a little rough and I couldn't get to it.)
I hate, hate, hate Olivia. First of all she is not even a real social. I mean this wasn't the life she was born to. She just started showing up at events and was cute so kept getting invited back. She continues to be ridiculous and judgemental of Whitney. Her dog is named Mr. Butler and she thinks that you need to wear all black to rock and roll shows. She makes Whitney late for the gig at the Cutting Room. She then suggests that Jay's band play the Charity she is going to . I think she thought that was charity also. The gist of this episode. Olivia tries to control and advise Whitney yet again and it seems to backfire.

Jay's band is like some crappy Jack Johnson, Grateful Dead, jam band hybrid. Hardly rock and roll and hardly worth listening too. However, he is too good to be made fun of by the likes of Nevan. Nevan has such a great disdain for the socials and their plaid wearing. So after he plays the gig he leaves and doesn't say hello to Olivia.

The next day Olivia and Whitney have an awkward exchange at work. Olivia asks what Whitney thinks of last night. Whitney honestly explains that Jay was upset by what Nevan said. Olivia is apparently not responsible for people around her, or laughing at what they say (so loudly it can be heard on the stage by the performers). She doesn't understand why they didn't put on ties. She then says that it is not appropriate for them to talk about their personal life at work. Hello. She brought it up. The most annoying thing to me, in true Whitney fashion, she doesn't stand up for herself she just takes it. Come on Whitney. At least talk about what a bitch she is to Erin. Something. She has to be getting close to the edge.

In Olivia news I found this fan site for her. I am fascinated by all the socials' fan sites.

I have been soul searching for a year and half ...and now I am looking for something new

Erin is important in this episode (sort of, this is as important as she will ever be). She is finally ready for a career. She has already done hostessing and retail. She is clearly highly qualified. Her interview was interesting but amazingly she got the job. Could it have been the video cameras? My favorite job tip she receives is to "act like you know" when models come in. She seems to be perpetually kicking some dude out of her place in the morning. Apparently the guy she is kicking out is JR some kind of high school sweetheart. Too bad for Duncan from Toronto.

With Allie the hits just keep on coming. She goes to Kelly Cutrone's birthday party with Whitney and is introduced to Kelly and her particular brand of honesty. She asked her repeatedly why she was so skinny and if she was okay. This prompts some "honest" words about eating disorders, model activities, and what it means to be too skinny. She has "thick skin" but not a thick body. Kelli ends up at Allie's management dinner party. Even when Kelly Cutrone apologizes it is awkward and bitchy. I like that Kelli doesn't like it. She is in the fashion industry and she doesn't think it is so safe. Sorry I know that this post is fraught with quotes but "the truth doesn't always come like a shiny bluebird on someone's shoulder." (I could not resist.)


Olivia continues to be her sensitive self. "You think we have Shamu coming down the runway, no way." Olivia wants Whitney to let it go but seems hell bent on ignoring every piece of advice ever given by Olivia. I like it. She is so unpleasant and it looks like next week she will be even more unpleasant.

That is way too much information for me to be hearing...You're an adult. You're what 23 years old. You're not in high school.

Inexplicably Jay and Adam are planning an art show and this will be the central plot device of the show this week.

First, Whitney invites Olivia to the party and when she tries to update her on the drama Olivia will have none of it. Apparently she is too mature and wise to hear about these trivial happenings. (She needs to learn that one of her jobs is to listen to the recaps and not what is happening. Someone didn't pay attention to the Hills. If you don't ask the questions or you get sick of the drama you may lose your job, both the one the show and your real job. This happened to that chick from Bolthouse who Heidi took the promotion from.) The worst part about Olivia's speech wasn't the demeaning tone or the way her voice flipped from fake to disgusted it was the fact that Whitney just took it. She wouldn't even complain about the rude treatment later to Erin. Doesn't she know she is the star. LC would not have put up with this type of treatment.

So then the big art opening happens and Cat decides she needs to tell Allie the truth. He never said he had a girlfriend, they kissed, and this is true information female to female. Allie is crying and finally heads for the bathroom. Thank God because this was unbelievably awkward and even slightly painful to watch. Whitney even has to cover her eyes. Whitney tries to console her and then Adam comes to try to deny everything. I mean at this point it is getting harder and harder to deny it but as my husband said, "he's too far in." Annoyingly this drama ends with a conversation on the streets of NYC and the use of the word honey a million times. There was also a good lesson from Allie about what it means to be empathetic vs. actually feeling something. (Dinner at the end of the show coupled with next weeks preview I forsee a whole season of lies and them staying together.)


Olivia and Nevan attend the party and then later dish about the 'scene' and bad mouth "down town hipsters" who sport "fedoras" or "whatever like the look is". I can scarcely believe Olivia would deign to discuss the high school like topics with Nevan. She apparently does not feel superior to him. He doesn't purposely hang with those feckless hipsters. They are so pretentious and am already a little sick of them. Olivia is concerned about Whitney diversifying her friend group while she and Nevan can't think of any friends they have that aren't socials.

Also Jay receives heat from Whitney because if his friend is capable of this who knows the kind of stuff he might try to pull in the future. He is not pleased to be considered guilty by association.


**In Gossip Girl news: Rerun of the episode of either Bart's funeral or the one where he dies. Also I read in US Weekly (I don't normally read it but JLH is on the cover) that they are going to pilot a show that chronicles Lily's wild youth in California. Sounds promising.

There'll be repercussions

Adam, the roommate of Jay, becomes a major player in the episode. He has a girlfriend Allie who is a model. She is very strange looking. Bags under her eyes and lots of angles and she does a lot of sniffing. She also has very flat affect and I don't get it. He is 10 times better looking than her, not an exaggeration. So it is not surprising when she goes out of town and something scandalous happens. And to keep things relevant the person that is involved is a friend of a friend of Whitney. The girls and Whitney are going to have to tell her the truth and drama ensues. They are sitting outside in the rain at Cafeteria (I don't think the restaurant would let them film inside) and Olivia holds up her ring finger to show how "so full on" she and Adam are. Adam tried to nip it in the bud (and creates an awkward drive from the airport conversation) but it is too late and the episode ends with Allie in tears. He is sorry honey and he promises never to do it again. (Right)

Olivia continues to be ridiculous. We see her shopping for Art with Nevan (cousin, you know how I feel about him) because she couldn't make it the auction at Christie's. He is needing to get a job so that his dad will un-cut him off. He talks Olivia into letting him crash on the couch. Not all surprising Olivia has a small "purse dog" at her house. Surprisingly she makes a no "strange chicks" in the apartment rule for Nevan. I did not think he was straight. Way to keep things interesting MTV. Hilarious exchange. Nevan has some super "comf" shoes that are so hideous that Olivia insists he have some new shoes messenger ed over.

As I had feared MTV is needing to spice things up. They had to do another "this season on the City." Blogs to look forward to a trip to Miami, a confrontation between Kelly Catrone and Allie, Allie and the other woman confrontation, Jay moving in with Whitney, and Jay and Whitney fighting about a liar.

She's a keeper, she's a keeper

Picture this with an Australian accent (keepah, keepah). Let's all hope that Jay is right and that the Village Voice is wrong. Whitney is trying hard to keep us interested and finally wins Jay over. I have been nervous about The City because I have a feeling it is not keeping it exciting enough for the hip MTV crowd. There is still not an aftershow.

Olivia is now playing the role of Whitney's talentless, jealous, assistant. I really like it because she makes a lot of dissapointed/whistful faces. Especially when Whitney was having a face to face talk with DVF herself. She makes herself useful when the socials come out of the woodwork for the big DVF party. She hugs and greets everyone in a quite fake way.

Someone else special comes to the party. A new potential love interest who works in the finance dept. He invites her to lunch in front of the big boss. It was pretty ballsy. Unfortunately he is shy and there aren't any sparks but it will make for an interesting conversation with Jay, my fave Australian. Jay is not impressed but clearly jealous.

Erin is sending mixed message to Duncan from Toronto. Last week she is saying she is in love but when he talks about moving to NY she is a little less in love. She is only 24 and wants to have things to look forward to. I get it keep your man at arms length. It probably keeps things fresh and exciting. She and Whitney have a 2 sentence debrief about her and then she gets back to the hard work of keeping us interested in Whitney...even my interest is starting to wane.

Jay eventually decides to be in "lock down" with Whitney. Will you be my girlfriend? What kind of a dude is he? He is so easily manipulated. One lunch date with the guy from accounting and he is jumping through her hoops.

MTV news...Rumor has it MTV was shooting a new reality show in Pike Place Market this afternoon. It is called "The Phone" and Timberlake is an executive producer. It is some kind of extreme reality game show. A helicopter is involved. Sweet. This information was so exciting that I almost fell down the stairs at work...again. This would have been worse though since it was 8-10 concrete stairs.

Maybe I'm just a fool for love

In this Episode of The City Erin comes alive. (I also think she is way cooler now that I know she is the daughter of an AC/DC band member) She has dialogue for the sake of speaking not just to move the plot along (although she does her share of Whitney questioning, she knows how to keep herself relevant) and even brings a love interest to stay. She has a friend named Duncan. Duncan-from-Toronto also helps to move the plot along by making it uncomfortable for Whitney to continue living on Erin's couch.

Jay offers to help her get a place and she falls in love with the place at first sight (just like with Jay, maybe this is some kind of symbolism, or maybe I am reading too much into these shows.) I can see why. The place is on the 30th floor, hard wood floors, gorgeous views. It makes me wonder how much money she is making working for DVF/how much does MTV give for reality stars. (I had an interesting thing to share about Diane Von Furstenberg but now I forget)

During this time Olivia is offering to help Whitney. I think she sees herself as some kind of a guide but she doesn't seem to be making much of an impact. Olivia is annoyed by her lack of ability to control Whitney.It looks like Whitney is leaning towards becoming a downtown hipster. A strange aside happened when Olivia was talking to her dumpy assistant, I mean cousin, who was talking about his strange day. Apparently he was given a 100 dollar ticket and harassed by 3 cops for spitting on the platform at the subway.

When Erin and Jay are helping Whitney move into her place there is an intense conversation about Erin's love of love. She has just rushed into saying she loves Duncan from Toronto. Jay is very critical of this move and then at dinner he and Whitney are forced into an uncomfortable DTR (define the relationship). This is how it shook out: Jay likes getting to know Whitney. He doesn't know her well enough yet. Jay likes to put himself first. Whitney likes Jay. She is pained (you can see it in her face) by the conversation. Whitney wants to be put first in a relationship. Things are still up in the air. Oh well at least she has somewhere to live.

Other points of interest this episode:
My husband's Australian accent improves with every episode.
Someone said, "If by weird do you mean awesome." Are they eaves dropping on my conversations?
Erin has "only ever had long distance relationships." Interesting idea.
Next week the DVF coworker who is forced to work in the same 10 foot area as Olivia and Whitney is going to get involved in their conversation and I can't wait. Until now she has been making judgmental faces in the background.
Still no City Aftershow...I am still available MTV.
A village voice critique of the show. Here is a highlight: "the shelf life of The City already looks dire, thanks to Whitney's unavoidable, inexorable ordinariness"

Village Voice Article

Everything is going so fast

MTV is moving a little fast for me. Not one week after the season finale of The Hills, The City (not just one but two episodes) and Bromance begin. To be honest I wasn't even home and forgot to set the DVR. The DVR saved the day as usual and taped the 5 am showing.
Here is a brief rundown of The City's cast of players.

Whitney- It's the same old Whitney. She is kind of nervous about trusting people. She says trust at least 7 times in the new episodes. I don't blame her at all. She is working in pr for DVF and did a good job at the show for fashion week. She got props from her boss which simultaneously pissed off and intrigued Olivia. It scored her an invite to Olivia's dinner party.

Jay- Musical Australian who Whitney is very into but who seems a little less interested. He would drag himself to a surprise her with a dinner party of socials (see below). Here is something he said that I enjoyed; "I think you would know in my energy if I was telling the truth." Jay will get in the face of Alex (you may remember him as the model that Whitney hung out with in NY when she was still in The Hills). I am not sure about his motivations here. It looks like he could be either a hothead or is just trying to protect his rep. Or perhaps he knows what will get him more airtime on the show and is taking a hint from our friend Spencer.

Erin- So far without a personality. She asks the right questions to help the audience understand what is going on in Whitney's head. Someone at the social party called her a hooker. She also lets Whitney crash on her couch.

Olivia- fake voice (faker sounding than Whitney's), not afraid to blast to get the information, "So why didn't Jay come to the party?" Her friends are really the same. She refers to herself as a social (socialite slang which I fervently dislike Jay called them "rich kids, art dealers' kids"). She can't be all bad. She took Whitney to the Manolo Blahnik event (where she got some signed shoes). Olivia was very pretentious at this event and kept talking about the first pair of Manolos that she got for her deb. She needs to use full words.

This week Kelly Catrone made a guest appearance and was the voice of reason. "Maybe you can't trust both of them (Alex and Jay)." Good point. She also was shocked to hear that Olivia had gotten a job and was perplexed. (How would she mix with Whitney for the show if she didn't have a job at DVF?)

Promo for next week: Will Whitney be a downtown hipster or an uptown social? Nice work MTV.

My only question: Can I host The City Aftershow from my house or will I have to move to Canada? I will be in my closet picking out a strange outfit.

I can't not live my life

Here it is friends the season finale of the Hills. Let me set the scene for you. Picture Heidi speaking with a coworker and her boss. They are planning a big function and debriefing about vacation. "What did you do on vacation?" "I kinda decided to get married." Stunned silence followed by a disapproving "Shut up," from the boss. Not the way you pictured announcing your wedding. She was trying to keep it apologetic and nonchalant "yeah we had a couple of margaritas...it was the craziest thing I've ever done." Meanwhile Lo and LC are getting their hair did for a big event the same event that Heidi and her company are working on. Will they cross paths? If the producers have anything to say about it of course. Justin Bobby and Audrina are off on a trip. Justin dressed up; shirt with no sleeves and overalls. He turns on the charm and pops a bottle of champagne which they both drink out of. Who needs to dirty a glass? I hate to use the term white trash but it comes to mind. (I can't decided who is trashier.)

The rest of the episode will deal with the fall out from the Heidi/Spencer nuptials. The most brutal time was when her mom was crying and Heidi was trying to justify it. "She can't not live her life"...what? At this point she can still save herself from the evil that is Spencer because just as I had predicted it wasn't legal. They have to take it to city hall. Get this. Spencer waits until they are mid vow, at the courthouse, to call it off. He knew that Heidi was not happy and heeded the advice of Heidi's mom and Stephanie. So Spencer and Heidi are not really married. Audrina and JB have a DTR where he pulls a ring off his finger (with his mouth)and gives it to her. First let me say gross. It made me feel dirty when he did it. What does it mean? Are they engaged? I am confused. I think it means they are going steady. When LC and Heidi meet up at the event it is awkward and a little sad. LC wants her to be happy. Heidi manages an unconvincing "yeah, I'm happy," before tearing up. Not as bad as it could have been. It was kind of nice.
The Voice of Reason in this episode: Stephanie Pratt. "You can't do this." She then tries to talk them out of marrying in the courthouse in front of a judge and a police man.
(Note. I had to control myself because this season finale was so full I wanted to give every detail of it)


The Hills Aftershow...they let those Canadians, with their strange 'hip' outfits, into the U.S. for this one. Clarifications (or things I learned on the aftershow):
1)The ring from JB to Audrina is a token of affection for a "friend."
2)Whitney is dressed as a woodland nymph (crazy flower crown in the winter), is "the new Carrie Bradshaw" according to Page Six, and gives a preview of The City. I am so excited...I can't wait for next week.
3)Lauren announced that the Hills will continue this spring. I know we are all breathing a sigh of relief.
4)Those Canadians and Speidi took a tequila shot. Weird and nauseating (you know me and tequila). They become so drunk the Canadians then ask for a Truman show type Spencer vehicle. Who would watch that? (Probably me, who am I kidding.)
5)Lo will never share her relationships with the Hills' audience.
6)Pussy Cat Dolls (they performed) are looking thin and sort of talented, as usual (I will see them in April with Britney).

Buckle up baby

I recently watched the episode of Hills titled "Mr. and Mrs. Pratt." If I had to pick one word to describe it I would say...ridiculous. Although I am not sure that this one word does justice to it. In this episode we (the audience) and the gang (Lo, LC, and Audrina) said goodbye to Whitney. Okay the gang really just said goodbye we get to see her soon in The City. (I can't wait) I am also over all of the tears in the goodbye. This is probably because I am slightly cold and unfeeling but LC was a bit much for me. The real excitement however are the moments leading up to the alleged nuptials of Speidi (I hate that combo name stuff but you know who I am talking about). There was a lot of tequila before the proposal and who doesn't want to marry someone that makes you want to be nicer and that you want to keep from the whole world. I believe Spencer promised that they would keep it secret. Was that before or after US weekly was involved? Most disgusting moment...hmmm...probably when Heidi drunkenly said she would show Spencer "what a wife does" before theystumble off to allegedly marry. (I mean I kind of respect her. Tequila is the architect of my misfortune and I would have vomited just smelling the stuff.) However, I am still skeptical as they never actually show the wedding ceremony only the aftermath. What bride doesn't say I am so hung over 1 hour after their wedding ceremony? Good thing they had a little toast, hair of the dog style. One last comment on that; the rings are hideous. Leather strap with a dangly thing hanging off, yuck. Now they will have to wear that for the next 11 months that their marriage lasts. Look for next week when Spencer and Heidi need to legalize the wedding at City Hall. Will she soberly do it? Voice of reason in this episode: Justin Bobby who wanted to post a sign to find Heidi. I like the idea.
The Hills Aftershow provided the usual insight, teleprompter work, and strange clothes from strange Canadian hosts. The best and most promising...Bromance coming on the 29th. What genius gave a show to Brody? Give them a raise.