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While not a fan of The O.C. I still did see the first episode and was actually a little annoyed that they used a Mazzy Star song for the end of that premiere. Which, I guess qualifies as musical snobbery. Huzzah, I’m a musical snob. Not always, though. So it doesn’t count. Now, since I’m trying to be more generous with my musical tastes, I have decided to offer up the name of a musical duo that I am very taken with these days.

Beach House : Isn’t that picture all sorts of magical and ethereal?

The Beach House members are Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand. Undeniably memorable names, they evoke (in me) a vintage and romantic feel which is both British and Boho.

When I see pictures of Scally and Legrand, I know that I would be terribly hesitant to approach either as they seem intimidatingly royal (not to be confused with snobbish), with rich talent in every pulsing vein. I imagine that these veins are always waiting on cue to become something grand (whether a song, a step, or a sleepy-eyed wink). The duo appear as a photo that you’d find in the drawer of an old Victorian House full of creaky wooden stairs, artfully constructed spiderwebs, and the occasional visit from a friendly neighborhood cat (whom I bet once saw a mouse enter the house and is determined to bring it out with her clamped jaw of justice). In other words (and far less of them) - a house of mystery and character.

Now, suppose you turn that photo belly-down, as most curious people do. Unreadable and faint with aging, the blurred blue-ink image of words long gone would seem as though the eloquent scrawl had been a phrase of brief poetry. Perhaps lyrics. If you tilt your head and hold yourself very still, you might begin to hear a creeping echo of floating music that draws up your spine and into your steady heart.

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To clear things up right away, if you read this entire piece you’ll see that I’m not actually advocating people not get a higher education, unless they’re fictional. Now, I have a note of importance to make! James Lafferty (Nathan Scott on One Tree Hill) actually looks attractive with longer hair. I don’t like him with shorter hair, it makes his face look so square. Square faces = not that great. I’ll take the time to point out that I watched the season finale of One Tree Hill, mostly just because it was on and I didn’t want to move away from my fan when it was hitting my bare legs just so, cause hey - it’s suddenly hot! The finale wasn’t horrible. But I do not understand how they’re dealing with Peyton. Pathetic much?

The idea of her throwing water balloons from a roof does sound therapeutic, but there’s a point where you become a crazy ex-girlfriend and I think she’s hit it. She’s gone past the normal point of leaving a million messages, by painting ‘I love you’ a million times on a basketball court. I may not have great psyche into the male mind, but I do know that this is where some TV shows romanticize things way too much. That’s why Sex and the City is more relatable. Guys (or people, actually, in general) are more often jackasses who break-up with you on a post-it note. I’m not bitter or jaded by humanity, but I know better than to expect that kind of treatment. I see people making catchy bumper stickers about how Fairy Tales and Disney movies ruined life for them by having them expect too much. But will no one look back in twenty years and say the same of some of these shows?

Though I am not a huge fan of One Tree Hill (OTH) - I haven’t heard a bunch of fans say they’ve disliked any particular season. If I’m wrong, correct me. The thing that OTH is doing right, that so many shows have done wrong - is Continued

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It’s true, Michelle Trachtenberg will be joining the cast of Gossip Girl. Read on for more.

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I feel glum. You always feel like a nap is a good idea, until you take one and then you wake up and you napped much longer than you meant to - and you feel disoriented and you can’t remember if you let the dog out before your nap so you run downstairs without your glasses, and can’t find your shoes , you trip on someone else’s shoes- and yea. Someone out there knows what I mean. I feel ya, sister/brother-friend.

Admittedly, I’m also not so stoked about the news that our own Dawn Summers (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) aka Michelle Trachtenberg will be on Gossip Girl. *Shrug* I guess you could say I’m not the biggest fan of it. *Mumbles inaudible things*

But I can’t deny that I have my own guilty pleasures (America’s Next Top Model). I think that a show like Dawson’s Creek (Dawson’s Creek - The Complete First Season) would be so much better than this, I mean - maybe even The O.C. (The O.C. - The Complete First Season) - but I digress.

The good of it is that she might make me want to watch, and she won’t be on the show forever. She’s been cast as the role of troublemaker Georgina Sparks, someone that Serena doesn’t like but knows from her past. (Probably not a pimp or a drug dealer, maybe she stole her Gucci sunglasses in boarding school?)

I’ll be glad to see Michelle back on TV. I missed her. I know we didn’t get off to the best start, I felt Buffy’s pain with the whole annoying little sister gig (raise your hand if you have two of them *hand raise*). But by season 7 of BTVS I liked Dawn. She has really pretty hair. So shiny.

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IGN.com has a ‘Best of 2007 TV’ page up since the year is ending. Now, if you were in some sort of coma all year and have just woken up then you really shouldn’t read the spoilers… So, everything is under the cut. Never let it be said that I, Jessica, am not nice! (Or that I don’t have porcelain skin that rivals Nicole Kidman’s!)

(P.S. She’s pregnant!)

(Nicole - I would be the best Godmother.)

Chuck, Pushing Daisies, Veronica Mars, 30 Rock, Lost…

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If there is one emerging group in Hollywood that you don’t want to join, it’s the group whose members include the reality TV stars Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, as well as Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears. This is not good company - probably in any regard.

Nonetheless, Mischa Barton of the former hit TV show The O.C. has joined their ranks.

The news broke today that Barton was arrested for a DUI. She was in West Hollywood, and it was 3 a.m. She was pulled over for suspicious driving - weaving between lanes and not using her turn signal when making a turn.

But why should we be so quick to jump to conclusions? Maybe she was playing a game! She’s such a rascal, that Barton.

The police discovered Mischa. When she was taken to jail, they then discovered that she doesn’t have a lisence, and she was not sober. In other words, she was totally plotzed, driving recklessly in Hollywood - and what makes her think she could do that? Maybe it’s because of such leninent sentences of the ’stars’ I mentioned above, who have been jailed and fined for similar problems.

Mischa had marijuana as well. But it doesn’t seem to matter. Because she spent only seven hours in jail before she was able to walk out, probably in shoes that cost more than the bail she would have had to pay. Maybe she was just too drunk to figure out what to do, and decided that the jail cell looked pretty cozy since she was tired.

In her mug shot she seems more than vaguely amused, as though this hardly phases her. Her eyes seem to be hinting at a smile and her lips are definitely upturned at both ends. She looks rebellious, and in her head I imagine her thinking something like, “Just go ahead and try to make me care - I’m rich, young, and famous.” (See her mug shot on the right to see just how pretty she is!)

And fans of the star? Some are prepared to back her. The fan-run website Mischa-b.com has this statement on their website: “I’m sure the whole world has heard by now that Mischa was arrested for a DUI. In attempt to show Mischa some respect in what is obviously a troubling time, coverage of these events will be kept to a bare minimum. If all goes well, this will hopefully be the first and only time I mention the DUI on the site. Comments that I consider ‘Mischa bashing’ in any way or form will be removed.”

Apparently the way to solve things, according to that site, is to just ignore them if they’re not flattering. That’s healthy, right? Just like you can eat a bag of MnM’s as long as you throw them up afterwards?

Barton is only 21, and instead of frowning upon behavior like this, some fans instead choose to rally around her.

On People.com I found this, “Shortly after 10 a.m., a West Hollywood deputy told PEOPLE: “Ms. Barton has been released from sheriff’s custody after she posted $10,000 bail.” She probably flung the thousand dollar bills at the officers as she ran around giggling and asking if anyone knew where a party was.

Ironically, on that site one of the other most recent articles is titled “Mischa Barton Gets in Touch With Her Tamer Side.” Irony. Even better, Barton recently told Maxim Magazine that, “I never experienced the ‘anything goes’ chaos we sold on The O.C.”

On the earlier mentioned Mischa site, there is a forum. And I found the topic being discussed, here. User coop62293 whose signature on the forum says she’s a “Brave, and true member of the Mischa Barton Army.” Today at 12:27 p.m. she commented with: “oH GOD i HOPE SHE’S OK! Maybe the sheriff is making out as a bigger deal than it actually is though…..I mean you never know what level of alcohol she might have had! it mught have been the lowest! I don’t know I still love her though!”

And later today at 7:46 p.m. once she knew Mischa was guilty - she then commented with: “…I really do feel sorry for her but I mean everyone makes mistakes and Mischa doesn’t make them very ofthen and she has a steady family to back her up solike Jo I have to say that I am behind her 100%!”

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