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Member Since: 3/27/2009

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• Gossip Girl Look-Alikes: Scott and Liza Minnelli (10/15/2009)

  His character always seems stoned or confused and he speaks reeeally slooowly.... maybe he got confused and thought he was playing Nate ;)
  

• "Rufus Getting Married" Sneak Previews (10/9/2009)

  I'm so happy the writers are keeping the mix of "romance and plotting" that made Chair so hot from the start! About the "threesome" in November: did anyone else notice when Vanessa was encouraging Dan to consider someone "from New York", that it sounded like she was talking about herself (v. Georgina)? At first I was thinking it was going to be Dan-Olivia-Vanessa, but maybe it will be Dan-Georgina-Vanessa after all...
  

• "The Lost Boy" Sneak Previews (9/23/2009)

  I like that I'm not sure where Carter's going with the Serena thing... it's good to have enigmatic characters like him around. And Blair's learning that money doesn't grow on trees... someone has to do the work to keep her in the manner to which she's accustomed! Welcome to the adult world... :-|
  

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• NYC Prep - Reality series trying to be as GGish as possible (6/13/2009)

  Just watched the first episode on Hulu. GG rip-offs aside, it's actually kindof sad... One girl wants to pursue a singing career, but her parents stay in the Hamptons and sent her and her brother (16 & 18) to live alone in Manhattan! They're going to bars and trying SO hard to be grown-up... I don't know if it's worse if the parents truly don't know what's going on, or do know and signed their kids up for the show anyway! (I'm guessing all the kids families are "new money" - I can't fathom anyone from old-money UES families doing this.)

   

• Things you notice in replays (6/4/2009)

  This is a thread for anyone who notices in the writing or dialog "hidden in plain site" nuggets of information that add to the story, or that you missed the first time around. 

  Watching episodes again I realized pretty much any piece of paper a character handles has some extra or interesting information about the plot, scene, or person if you read it. Then I started Googling phrases and words and finding fun things.  To get it started, here's a few examples:

  1. The Ex-Files, breakfast before the first day of school...

  Chuck: This is your year to rule. Why fight it?  Serena: Because I don't want it. Being Queen is Blair's whole thing. Plus, if she needs a eunuch, she knows where to look. Chuck: You may feel differently when the trumpets call.

  I thought that couldn't be random dialog, so I googled "...when the trumpets call". And it turns out to be a reference to the Book of Revelation 8:7 - when the trumpets call, it signals it's Judgement Day and the destruction of the earth and mankind! Whoa!

  2. Summer, Kind of Wonderful, when Serena walks into Chuck's room...

  Serena: This is the first time I've seen you look in the mirror all summer. Here I thought if you did you'd turn to stone. Must be pretty nervous about something if you're willing to take that risk.

  I knew she was making a reference to medusa, but my Greek mythology is rusty, so back to Google... "The medusa was an ugly creature. ... Athena was angered and punished her by turning her hair into snakes and cursing her by making her so ugly that who ever lookes at her eyes would turn into stone."  -- http://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Medusa/medusa.html

  3. You've Got Yale, when Blair is meeting with the Dean we see her essay... The first paragraph reads (to the best of my ability):

  "A few times in your life, someone will tell you something so right, so deeply true, that it changes you forever. In my experience, this wisdom, perhaps without knowing it, that i have longed to hear about, was the perfection trap(?), the price you pay when you become <unclear>, and the key to setting yourself free. I believe when your success looks good to the world, but doesn't feel good in your heart, it isn't success at all."  

  Now it's YOUR turn... What have you found that made YOU say "OMG!"?

   

• Die Hard Gossip Girl Fans!! READ and EXPLAIN xoxo (6/4/2009)

  oops - meant the adults *aren't* caricatures... they are flawed and irrational and human.