um, SQUEE! Gossip Girl is back!

Now, you can't really delve into Gossip Girl the way you can some other, more thematically meaty shows (most of the time), so I won't be covering it in the same way I would Mad Men or Doctor Who, but that does not mean that it is not awesome. Because it is. So if you are not watching it, you totally should be. There are beautiful people, ridiculous clothes, hilarious witticisms, and most importantly, there is Chuck Bass. If you are just tuning in Chuck Bass = evil, sexy, evilsexy, funny, erudite, a snappy dresser and probably smarter than you. Definitely smarter than anyone else on this show. Here is a list of the things to love about last night's episode, "Summer, Kind of Wonderful"

1. Episode name. What?! Really? Yes. Definitely.
2. CHUCK BASS! Are you getting it yet?
3. Blair's new (sort of fake) boyfriend is a fake Ivy Leaguer, but a real LORD from England.
4. Dan and Serena got back together. Now, I know this cannot last, because I am not an idiot, but it was sweet and I liked it anyway. Their breakup last season was kind of insane, and I was hoping it wouldn't stick, so I am happy now. I can understand why some people might see Dan as a judgemental jerk and Serena as a sad-sack with no self-esteem, but I just find them adorable together, so common sense be damned! Besides, I like that Serena is genuinely nice, and Blake Lively's hair is so pretty. Also, they date in real life, and I love that.
5. The clothes. Some times I really wish I was rich.
6. I am going to believe that they weren't at just any Hamptons White/Vitamin Water Party, but that they were at P. Diddy's White Party, which is awesome.
7. Chuck and Blair! Now not even I, the biggest Pollyanna about these things ever, can wish for these two to fall in love and have some sort of functional relationship. That would be crazy, but in a boring way. We have Dan and Serena for that. I love them as enemies who are completely in love with each other, and as people who totally hate the person they are completely in love with. They are almost too evilsexy to be too close without combusting. They rule.
8. Eric. He is getting cuter by the minute! Also, I have to give him props for deciding that Jenny wasn't a total piece of trash. I'm just not there yet man.
9. Grandma + Dan= Love! Seriously, they had some chemistry.
10. Blair and Serena. BFF's! They are great together.

Let's be honest here, no show is perfect. There were a few things I did not like last night, and I'm about to tell you about it in list form.
1. Jenny. So after a year of being (pretty much) a heinous bitch 24/7, I am supposed to cheer her on (Yay Jenny, teach that awful fashion lady a lesson! How could she not want to wear your home-sewn dress to an exclusive party in the Hamptons?! Who wouldn't want to do that!?) as she makes her way in the world of fashion? Also, just because she told Eric she was using him for his connections, it doesn't really make it any better. Good thing for her he's been recently outed in front of everyone they know and now no one likes him! The desperate band together! (I'm not even going to put a picture of her on here, and not just because the CW photo sight is a pain in the ass.)
2.This is related...Tinsley Mortimer. I mean I get it, she's like a real life version of these people blah blah, but um, no. I don't want to see her. Have a less annoying person help Jenny teach her lessons to awful fashion ladies.
3. Nate and Old Lady. I know, she's not old! Madchen Amick (Great name, by the way.) is not yet 40, but it is still gross for her to be sleeping with a kid in high school. (This does go against my previous Grandma + Dan position, but they are just cute together. I don't want them to do it or anything!) I really liked Nate with Vanessa, I would be open to Nate and Serena, even with awful Jenny I kind of liked him, but I am just not interested in this torrid affair. I kind of love Nate, but he and Celia did not move me last night. I am with Serena on this one.
4. Rufus. No Lily should always = No Rufus. I do not need to see him have boring conversations with his children over the phone whilst on tour opening for the Breeders. Teens of America, do you even know who the Breeders are? Still love Rufus and Lily together though.

So. Don't hate me, but I have to do it...

XOXO. You know you love me.