Dear Gossip Girl,

I'm not sure what happened between us. For a while there, we had a really good thing going. My Monday nights were cleared indefinitely, blocked off for a little alone time with you. Those nights really meant something to me.

But now you've just disappeared from my life. Without so much as a phone call. A text message even? I mean, I know we took a little break over the holidays, and what happens in different area codes... well, I thought we both agreed to put that in the past.

You made promises to me of things to come - things like a Blair and Nate reunion, things like a return appearance from Jonathan, things like Serena and Dan finally being dunzo. How can you make promises like that and then just run away from something so special?

You tell me you'll be back on March 16. March 16? What could you possibly be doing for over a month that would keep you away from my loving embrace? Please tell me it's not another woman. Or worse, Aaron Rose.

I wish you would spare me this heartache and come back to me soon. I don't know if my heart can handle the distance for nearly another month. Please don't leave me in despair on my Monday nights. Though, you know that through it all, when you do finally return to me, I will be ever faithful and true.

Perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder, but you already know I love you.

XOXO-
Emily

FYI:

I sincerely hope you're watching Gossip Girl right now. The triumphant return of Jonathan elicited a cheer at my household.

OMFGG.

"Just tell me G.G.
Three words, eight letters
Wanna be your rock, girl
Be your steps at the Metters"

This is entirely too funny. If you're as big a fan of The Greatest Show of Our Time as I am, you will love this. At least I hope. See how many references you can catch.



And you know that I most certainly do love this show entirely too much. I wanted to point a couple of things out. First, the Pinkberry that is a frequent setting for last night's episode is the very same one my friends and I frequent on 2nd Avenue in the 50s (55th, I think?). Also, I was bored on my way home from work yesterday and decided to watch an episode on my iPhone while en route. It was simply beautiful and poetic that as I passed the Met, the girls were gathering for their breakfast on the steps in GG world. Love it.

I'm back.

Just so you know, I'm back in New York, after a wonderful vacation in Kingsport and Paris. Since I am sure to have more time to procrastinate and faster internet access now, expect more thorough posts. Here's a preview of what might be to come:

1. Rena and I are going to start working on a project. I might need your input.
2. Should I start doing a regular posting day, ala RubyTurtleHippie?
3. A review of 2008's shining moments
4. More videos, links and utter nonsense
5. The quest for that elusive 100th post.

For now, I'm actually getting back to work. But I must also mention that I am overjoyed because tonight Gossip Girl returns! I have been going into Chuck/Blair withdrawals. The rest of the week should be great, too. Tomorrow a coworker has a comedy show, Wednesday I'm going to see "In the Heights" and Thursday is the BCS National Championship game!

I hope you're all having a great Monday.

XOXO - I need you!

I am going into serious Gossip GIrl withdrawals. I need my weekly dose of Blair, Chuck, man bangs and Dorota. Not to mention my weekly snark from Daily Intel's coverage of "The Greatest Show of Our Time". Luckily, Gossip Girl's return to glory is just over a week away. In the meantime, I've been filling my need for media consumption in various forms, from the high-brow to the basest of interests.

Listening to: my old school Blair Waldorf playlist (told you I was having withdrawals; Lil Wayne, Bare cast album; Girl Talk

Reading: Serena, by Ron Rash; Entertainment Weekly; LJ posts from oxymoronassoc; and no, I swear I didn't finish rereading the Twilight series. okay, I lied.

Watching: Dexter (Season 1); College Football bowl games; The Dark Knight and various other findings from the local video store

All I want for Christmas...

I feel like since Christmas is just over two weeks away, I should probably fill you guys in on my wish list. I mean, that way you have time to scour the stores to find the best deals. Here are my top three Christmas wishes:

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Thanks in advance. I mean, I have been so good this year. And just remember:

Fabulosity.

My good friend Sam gave me the "Your Blog is Fabulous" award! I must say that this fact should go without saying, without an award, but I'm fully appreciative that someone else acknowledges my fabulosity. Haha, she's known it for years. So now I have to list 5 of my fabulous addictions and then pass it on to five others.


1. Headbands
Not just any headbands will steal my heart. It takes something fabulous, typically from the magical hair accessory department at Henri Bendel's. I love them all, particularly the ones with bows, sparkles, and big accents that sit to the side. I got four new ones this weekend - though all but one is wrapped up for Christmas.

2. "The theatahhh..."
It's an awesome predicament when there are no shows left on TDF that I haven't seen that I'm remotely interested in. I have a huge collection of Playbills stacked up from this season, and I'm not done yet. Next up is Pal Joey, Billy Elliot, Vanities, 9 to 5, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Hair, Shrek, and a couple of plays I still haven't seen, like August and All My Sons.

3. Christmas, the whole thing.
The music is blaring from the week before Thanksgiving until New Year's Eve. And I have quite the collection. The decorations go up promptly at Thanksgiving, if not before. Nativity scenes and snowglobes are my favorites, which is the extent of my decorations in the apartment this year, sadly enough. Shopping might have to be cut down a little bit this year, but I'm going to make up for that with sight-seeing! I can't wait for the Rockefeller Tree Lighting, White Christmas the Musical, the Gay Men's Chorus Holiday Spectacular, ice skating, and all the decorations around the city.

4. Amazing perfumes
I have a thing for scents. I mean, it's the strongest sense tied to memory, which is saying something. I have quite the formidable perfume collection, though it's been so long since I've replenished it that it's dwindling rapidly. My current favorites are Bond No. 9 Bryant Park and West Side, Miss Cherie Dior, and the one I'm getting for Christmas, Miss Charming from the Juliette Has a Gun line.

5. Gossip Girl and the New York fan mentality.
Just click here and here, no further explanation required.

Now it's my turn to bestow the award on 5 people. So I'm going to go with... Megan, Leslie, Katie, Cherilyn, and Virginia.

Terrific Tuesday

I promise that I will post an update about the amazing weekend I just had as soon as I find adequate time. I'm only posting at all because I need to document for posterity how amazing today is going to be:

1. Wall-E comes out on DVD. It's only the best movie ever. I actually doubt that I will even be near somewhere to buy it, but just knowing it's out there makes me happy.
2. The Gossip Girl Daily Intel comes out. That happens every Tuesday, but I still get excited weekly.
3. Third Eye Blind releases a new EP. Yeah, seriously, it's for real this time. My obsession level will definitely be kicking back up.
4. I have a project at work I'm pumped about getting started.
5. I'm going to a GIRL TALK concert with three of my fabulous ladyfriends.

I think that's enough wonderful for one day. Get excited, y'all.

P.S. Speaking of Gossip Girl, I really wish Vanessa would die in a fire. Seriously?!

Ooooh, we're halfway there!

In case you didn't know, I enjoy birthdays probably more than anyone I know. I think they are a huge deal, whether they are mine or someone else's, and I enjoy celebrating them.

In fact, I love them so much that once a year is just not enough. I also celebrate my half-birthday, which just so happens to be today. Honestly, I don't expect anyone else to celebrate (or even be aware of) my half-birthday, but I make a point to celebrate it myself.

This one is especially exciting, because it marks the 6-month countdown to my GOLDEN BIRTHDAY! So what am I doing to celebrate today?

First, I gave myself an extra 30 minutes of sleep this morning. Who wouldn't love that? This afternoon, I'm going to let myself drink a Dr. Pepper. I very rarely drink caffeine anymore, and I haven't had a DP since May! I'm going to take a cab home from work, especially since I need to carry home the box full of winter clothes my mom shipped me. Later tonight, some friends and I are going to the midnight premier of High School Musical 3. Technically, that happens the day after my birthday (showtime is 12:01), but if we were being serious and technical, I wouldn't be making a fuss over a half-birthday in the first place. Maybe I should incorporate a trip to Crumbs in there somehow, too. I mean, since it is my half-birthday and all.

Goodness, now there's only six months to plan my Golden Birthday events. AND to make my wish list, which all know is ever important. Right now, I'm leaning toward this. Just like Blair's. ;)