so i have re-enabled the featured banner at the top of the page and made several smaller design changes in an attempt to make this version of the sign a bit more enticing while i work on development of a whole new layout and design.

obviously, the key feature are the hand-drawn banners that will be customized to each episode of a show. i’m trying out one of these wacom tablets to see if it makes drawing the images for each entry a bit easier.

here’s to hoping i don’t give up on this.

the summary: everyone wants to give a silly little speech. and by everyone, i mean vanessa, olivia (senorita hillary duff), y blair. they fight it out in true gossip girl style with backstabbing and manipulation. meanwhile, serena is about to be done with boy number one million and two.

the awesomeness verdict: 7.5 out of 10 awesomes.

the commentary:

hmmm so apparently i need to see this movie enough about eve. i bet this episode would then hold more relevance for me.

oh snap. this olivia girl better watch out. vanessa has an evil side that has yet to come out but this could lead to some tragedy hair pulling. of course you expect to pull stunts like this but for this new girl to do it is interesting, although i suppose she doesn’t know what she’s doing, but still …

my favorite part of this show has to be the music. such an excellent choice. i seem to find myself downloading at least one song from iTunes each time i see an episode.

ah and here comes vanessa’s weasely side. it would be so much fun if she was just downright evil like blair can be.

ha, so my tivo had some recording problems during the scene when vanessa is trying to convince dan not to bring olivia after all. vanessa goes “i know this is my fault but tell her you want to have a special night. just the two of you”. dan goes “and make my special chicken?” well, what follows according to my tivo is “i’ll give you a … ” all of a sudden the audio conveniently goes out and i wasn’t look at the screen so i initially thought they were bleeping out the word blow job. yeah, i had to watch that scene again to make sure i wasn’t losing my mind. apparently i’m not, my mind is just in the gutter.

vanessa’s mom is sooooo nothing like i imagined. i wasn’t expecting all put together and elegant. i was expecting wild & crazy. i suppose she has a twist of hipster/non-conformist in her so that sort of balances things out.

this gay kiss with chuck was built up and it was a TOTAL let down. it was barely even a peck. boo. and there was no drama surrounding it. LAME.

ah and here is the drama. of course i wouldn’t be let down. one thing that amazes me is that after all that trouble blair went to get chuck, why would you mess things up on purpose?!? there are so many ways around that happening.

haha. this keeps getting better and better. i think everyone has been betrayed every way imaginable.

blair: i messed up didn’t i?
lily: yes. yes, you really did.
blair: lily. you’re supposed to say everything is going to be fine. where did you learn how to give a pep-talk? guantanamo?

i absolutely love that rufus and lily are married now. the show just seems so much rounded out now.

i, however, do not love the way the episode ends. i can’t deal with any more blair chasing chuck. and the vanessa being stood up by her mom was just sadness. i would say it would be good if it made things better between blair and vanessa but we all know that isn’t going to happen.

stay entertained with this until i return from hiatus. seriously one of the best episodes of the office.

on a short break (through 10/4) while we do some optimizing. stay tuned!