Gossip Girl is the capers on the smoked salmon that is my week

So I’m chilling (literally) in my heat and hot water–less apartment. I feel kind of like Nate, except he got to squat in his parents’ posh Upper East Side apartment. And I’m not technically squatting, since it’s my own place. I guess I’m nothing like Nate. Here’s a running GG diary.

8:00 Lonely Boy and S are so getting back together. Ftw.

Did I talk about the lameness of the off-camera death? It’s lame. Glad to see CeCe is back, though. Do I hate her or love her? I’ll check later.

8:05 Dan being the rock feels natural; probably because him and Serena were born for each other. Look at him next to Aaron. It’s no contest, S!

Oooh, CeCe catches Rufus walking away from a rendezvous with Lily. Her evil countenance makes me think I hate her.

8:07 I think I like Chuck as the creepy, cocked-head, tousled-hair, unhinged loner whacko. I’m sure it’ll be less endearing when he’s wreaking havoc, but we’ll see how this plays out.

8:11 I like the completely non-veiled disdain Dan and Aaron have for each other. It reminds me of my own loathing of that greasy-haired, dirt-stached creep.

A search through the DD&U archives tells me that I described CeCe as a “good lady” during the season premier. I have a feeling she’s about to disappoint me.

8:14 Did we just witness the formation a Chuck-CeCe-Aaron entente mauvais aligned against Dan? Holy smokes!

And yes, I definitely do like Chuck as the creepy, cocked-head, tousled-hair, unhinged loner whacko.

8:21 Isn’t this back-and-forth between Dan and Rufus a little too jaunty? Bart’s dead. And Chuck isn’t necessarily wrong to be pissed at Rufus. There’s almost blood on his hands!

I bet CeCe loved that she was kind of related to chuck. He’s her kind of guy.

8:24 Jenny, once again flaunting her ability to not only design and make an outfit overnight, but an outfit worthy of Elanor Waldorf.

Of course Aaron wants to take Serena away from her family in a time of crisis. Selfish jerk.

8:26 Aww, Jonathan.

8:29 Sorry. I had to tell my roommate about the broken hot water heater, so now I’m a minute or two behind. Woops!

8:31 This hospital in France sounds as juicy as it gets. I’m pumped!

8:33 Wow, Chuck. That was cold as ice. Also, thanks to the commercial break, I’m up to speed. Yay Tivo!

8:34 Of course Aaron would go to a weird place like Buenos Aires. Who goes there for vacation?

Dan’s passive aggressiveness and fear of confrontation remind me a lot of my own passive aggressiveness and fear of confrontation.

8:38 Serena DID beg Lily not to get together with Rufus. The blood is on her hands!

Jenny is right. Sometimes you do have to play games!

8:40 I’m a sucker for true love, but even I find the haste with which Lily and Rufus are trying to get together to be ghoulish and morbid.

8:48 Serena is such an idiot. Why do I even like her? Seriously.

AARON IS THE WORST! ! !

8:51 Are they not gonna tell us lily’s secret? Really?

8:55 Woops. I guess I didn’t realize that the episode wasn’t over.

Serena so obviously doesn’t even like Aaron. Why is she spinning her wheels? Because she’s an idiot.

8:59 So wait. Is Lily pregnant? Or does she have some sort of lovechild out there? This ending was too ambiguous!

9:00 And there’s no new episode until January. What the hell am I supposed to do for a month?