i think i've gone over to the dark side...
so I broke down and watched Gossip Girl last night, and horror of horrors--i kinda dug it. I'm willing to place the blame for this fully on Jacob from Television Without Pity, and the miracle that is Ed Westwick, who plays Chuck Bass, the current fictional love of my life. Normally I would hide my head in shame that I have lowered my standards so much as to watch fare that panders to the lowest common denominator, i.e. 12-15 year old girls. However, Jacob--the TWoP recapper for the show--has approached this show in a fun literary analysis way, and being far enough removed from college that i'm somewhat nostalgic, i started to get into the way he talked about the show, and enjoyed the way I could approach it like I was searching for themes in literature. Which is what I secretly adored doing during my four years of higher education. So I watched an episode. And then I met Chuck Bass. One smirk was all it took and I was gone. Sucked into the miasma that is trust fund babies going to an elitist school, partying like it's going out of style, and getting more action than a Die Hard movie. *sigh* I'm doomed. I guess I'll keep watching and sink happily into the hell that is the Upper East Side. My new favorite place where Chuck and Blair rule the world.