hooked.

Just as Gossip Girl came to a close (I am still too shocked to discuss the final episode. It's return is the legit only reason I am looking forward to Labor Day...) and my Monday nights were guilty pleasure free- The Bachelorette premieres! ABC's marketing team is GENIUS. I fell in love with Ali last season, a season I only watched because I fell in love with Jake when he was on Jillian's season which I only watched because I saw her during the whole Molly/Melissa/Jason triangle (if you don't know what I am talking about, good- you're a better person than I). Anywhoo- the point is, I can't escape it. They keep picking the new Bachelor/Bachelorette from the previous season and draw you in. I need to see Ali find love. So far all I have seen in the coming attractions is her running after a guy screaming "you're going to be sorry!". The thing is, however, watching The Bachelorette is a big commitment. It is a two-hour weekly show. Yup, 9-11 pm Monday nights. It is ironic that you have to be willing to make that kind of commitment in order to watch a show about commitment. hmm...


While I, of course, act like the girliest of all girls while watching the show, laughing, crying, cursing, envying... a lot of people have criticized it. Trista and Ryan aside, (the shows most successful and happy couple to date) a lot of the couples do not actually make it in the long run. It is a six week filming. Can you know that this is the person you want to marry in six weeks? Some people argue no, others say when you know you just know-- 6 weeks, 6 months, 6 years. Maybe you can argue if you're supposed to meet your soul mate, you will no matter what even if it means having ABC doing a nationwide search for you and picking the 25 most ripped guys they can convince to take  six weeks off of work. Whether it works out for the couple involved or not, it is a highly successful show and saps like myself will be tuned in weekly to make sure Ali picks the right guy then cursing her and all women when she inevitably picks the bad boy. Which so far I am betting will be Justin, Roberto or Craig from Canada... who's your vote?

tv time.

To my horror/delight- monday night TV is the highlight of my week these days. I could point out all the non-PC messages it sends and discuss the controversy over these two utterly ridiculous shows, but at the end of the day (aka 11 pm) they are just fun- and who doesn't need more fun?

First up- Gossip Girl. As a two-time NYU grad, I have found myself offended once or twice by Blair's recent judgey commentary-- however all she has to do is throw on a ball gown or a bow head band and I find myself forgiving her, much like S does. I love her strong friendship with Serena. I think there is a lot of girl backstabbing on TV as of late (point and case- J and S) but B is B and her BFF-er accepts her.

What I can't accept, however, is how/why Lily took off her evening dress only to change into a one-shouldered cocktail dress to board a plane- really? At least she wasn't wrapped in gold lame for a library fundraiser like her daughter... what does Serena do these days besides wear inappropriate dresses, yell at Nate, and beg her father to love her anyway?

Real Housewives of New Jersey perfectly blends my love of all things Bergen County (it's where I grew up- some people have the old country, I have the old county) with my "reality" television fixation. Danielle is from Wayne and needs to drop this whole "in my neighborhood" thing, her town is 45 minutes away from any of the other housewives. Find your own hair salon that doesn't coat a tank of gas to get to, Danielle! Did anyone else catch that the photographer who did Christine's photo shoot was the ex-husband of Kelly, Real Housewife of New York? Bravo loves to stay in the RH family, eh? I am also currently fixated on the fact that Theresa ordered a gorgonzola

cheese salad. I have never been pregnant, am not sure I ever even want to be pregnant, but I do know that soft cheeses when preggers is a very big no-no.

Pay ATTention, Theresa!

Apparently, I was...