"Gossip Girl" 1x2

GOSSIP GIRL 1x2 "The Wild Brunch"

anytime, pal - that one black eye looks a little lonely

I started to watch "Private Practice" then I realized I want to watch those backdoor pilot shows first. Then that left this and "Cane" and I'm not super anxious to watch that, I would be watching "Reaper" but I'm catching that tomorrow on the repeat, due to the 90 minute Boston Legal there was a timeslot pileup last night... so here I am in front of "Gossip Girl"

The camera work and cutting is so hyper here it's messing with my DVR's encoding and macroblocking like crazy. That's not the best way to start an episode...

I've been amused reading how some people are shocked at the level of bedhopping and whatnot on display here. I guess it's been toned down from the books, but it doesn't seem like anything beyond what kids today do, if anything it's tamer. And thats just the way it is, sorry prudish values police types.

At some of my more recent jobs I've had occasion to work alongside younger folk, and so I feel my knowledge is fairly up to date, but watching this show is making me ever so conscious that I'm much closer to 30 than I am to 20...

But it's harmless enough fun I suppose. I wouldn't say I'm caught up in it at all but it's enjoyable enough to keep up with for now.

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