On Monday night I called one of my best friends from high school. I was having sort of a rough day and needed to talk to someone. We were very close and we could always call each other if we needed anything. “I mean, I don’t know what to do. I really like this girl but I just don’t know how to tell her. What should I do?” I asked my friend.”Mmhmm…Yeah…I don’t know JP…Yeah…Probably…No, you are totally right.” She wasn’t listening to me and was doing a terrible job of trying to hide it.”Hey, is something wrong Meagan?””Uh…I have to go. Sorry. Bye!”She hung up on me. What was the deal? We’d been close for so many years, and now she was trying to get me off the phone as soon as possible. She must have had a boyfriend and didn’t want to tell me.Oh, well. I could call someone else.So I looked through my sexy iPhone and dialed another one of my friends. No answer. I tried another, but to no avail. Were people ignoring me? I called my friend David.”Dude, what gives? Every girl I call either hangs up on me or doesn’t even answer. Did I do something wrong?””What an amateur. Do you know what time and day it is?””Yeah, it’s 7:05 and it’s Monday.””Exactly, man. ‘Gossip Girl’ is on.”I had been ditched by some of my best friends because of a TV show called “Gossip Girl.” I had obviously heard of the show before, but I didn’t take notice that on Monday nights my friends were unavailable. Another important fact I didn’t know: you are not supposed to call during “Gossip Girl,” as this is a cardinal sin. If you interrupt a girl watching the show, chances are you’re going to get an earful. This is why most girls don’t even answer their phones.Most of the girls I talked to admitted it was their “guilty pleasure.” I have friends that wear clothes with holes in them because they are trying to be indie who hang out with girls that wear all the latest fashion brands and talk about people named Blair and Chuck. From what I can tell, it takes place in the fashion world in New York or something, and shows the everyday workings of a group of people who constantly talk about each other, or “gossip,” and then make up and become friends again.Around 8:00 p.m. I was navigating around Facebook when I noticed that almost all of my female friends changed their statuses to things like, “OMG Gossip Girls! You better get it Blair!” or “Always remember to delete your photos LOL Chuck Bass!”This show has infected females in this country. And you know what? I don’t have a problem with it.After watching “Gossip Girl,” ladies tend to be friendlier towards me, as if their addiction has been quenched and they can make it through another week.So guys, who cares if this show takes priority over you in a relationship? In the end, it’s only an hour (and a few discussions the next day in class) where they ask to be left alone to watch television.We watch football every weekend, and sometimes on Thursdays. Surely we can let them watch a program where female viewers get to fantasize about a bunch of girls talking about other girls to their friends.Note to self: try to finish writing this before “The Hills” comes on.
John Paul Green is a freshman theater major. He can be reached for comment at [email protected].
