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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    07/23/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    Richard, are you ok? I feel like this wrap-up wounded your soul.

    Or, the episode did.
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    so now I'm visualizing baby bear PC, in a sling, with a ball gag, dipped in crisco, on every single piece of advertising for next years folsom fair. make it happen.
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    Image of Dürer's Rhino Dürer's Rhino
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    Which one is Barron Hilton bumpin' uglies with?
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    Caius promoted this comment Dürer's Rhino was starred Dürer's Rhino was unstarred
    Image of Caius Caius
    07/22/09

    @Dürer's Rhino: The beard-y one!
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    Image of Poodle_Heart Poodle_Heart
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    applause applause applause
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    Image of DorothyBarker DorothyBarker
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    Richard--pearls after swine, truly. More genius alchemy, turning a morally bankrupt, horrifyingly magnetic piece of television into art. I had resisted this hot mess o' high school but caught last night's episode and now that I read your brill deconstruction...well, I guess byBravo's got me again.

    But these kids scare the crap out of me. Despite their awkward, adolescent posturing--it's all a little Bugsy Malone, isn't it?--their striving and misplaced self confidence is terrifying. Jessi wants to be in 'p.r. or marketing'? When I was in high school I didn't know what p.r. WAS. I STILL don't really know what 'marketing' is. And I fear I see the Great Crash of 2035 foretold in P.C.'s blase sense of entitlement...
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    valet_of_the_dolls promoted this comment DorothyBarker was starred DorothyBarker was unstarred
    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    07/22/09

    @DorothyBarker: Marketing is the business of discovering what people are not yet insecure about, and then manufacturing/exploiting said insecurity by developing or repurposing a product, the purchase of which will (temporarily) assuage that insecurity.
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    Edited by valet_of_the_dolls at 07/22/09 2:56 PM valet_of_the_dolls was starred valet_of_the_dolls was unstarred
    Image of damedew damedew
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    Pour one out for the final Richard Lawson recap. A little (actually, big, QUITE big) part of me is dying today.
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    Richard Lawson promoted this comment damedew was starred damedew was unstarred
    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    07/22/09

    @damedew: Well, there's still Real World tomorrow... :/

    I'm sad too.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    07/22/09

    @Richard Lawson: What would it take to get you to "guest recap" in the future? I don't yet have a firstborn, but I'm willing to create one and hand it to you. On a platter. Wrapped in a naked poster of Zachary Quinto.

    On a totally unrelated note, anyone know where I could get a naked poster of Zachary Quinto?
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    07/22/09

    @damedew: Sorrow here too. Still, I shall certainly follow Mr. Lawson's delightful essays over at the transvestite website TV.com.

    I do imagine you won't be a stranger here in comments occasionally. Thanks for your wonderful work, you've made the recap an art form. An imaginative writer, you'll go far, dear.
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    07/22/09

    @Richard Lawson: Oh goodness, how could I forget?
    Cue the funeral march. Le sigh.
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    07/22/09

    @damedew: What? WHAT DID I MISS? ZOMG NO!!!!!
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    07/23/09

    @DahlELama: I'll see what I can do!
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    Exactly how tall is PC? Because that photographer had looked kind of short, but in their shoot he towers over our wee closet case. Is he Tommygirl-sized?

    Also, I actually squirmed in my seat during that whole fashion shoot sequence. He was so wrought with insecurity and thwarted desire. For the first time I saw him as the pitiably awkward little kid he is.
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    Image of metoometoo metoometoo
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    I think Camille is my favorite. And I got the impression that halfway through her interview with Jessi, she decided that, no, she was not going to be able to tolerate smiling and nodding and sucking up to Jessi, not even for Operation Smile and Harvard, so she just decided to say fuck it and unleash her bitchface.

    Another thing that I find interesting is that Camille and Jessi both have sort of freakish eyes that are distracting and off-putting. In Camille's case, I think, "Oh, she's so close to being pretty, if it weren't for her eyes! I wish they would line up properly." And in Jessi's case, I think, "Ugh, what a monster, I can't even relate to her like she's a human being."
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    Image of noonecaresowen noonecaresowen
    07/22/09

    @metoometoo: Camille's eyes are like Kelly Bensimon's breasts: running away from each other, each wishing to be on a different entity entirely.
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    Image of sfBirdie sfBirdie
    07/22/09

    @metoometoo: Camille's eyes are beady, like those of an evil hamster. I can't stand her.
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    Image of Blue Plate Special Blue Plate Special
    07/22/09


    @metoometoo: My husband figured it out last night. Camille looks like a Tim Burton animation. Not unattractive, just...off.
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    Image of Blue Plate Special Blue Plate Special
    07/22/09

    @Blue Plate Special: And also in need of an eye wrangler.
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    Image of sfBirdie sfBirdie
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    A. Seabasty-bast is def a virgin.
    B. Camille's school ain't got shit on Convent of the Sacred Heart 91st street so she needs to just shut it.
    C. What Bravo reality show girl doesn't want to be in fashion? So unoriginal, Jessi.
    D. What Bravo reality show girl doesn't want to be a singer? So unoriginal, Kelli.
    E. What Bravo reality show girl doesn't want to be a superstar? So unoriginal, Rags.
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    07/22/09

    @Conchie Birdie: I thought Rags wanted to be a philosopher and write thinkin' books. That was a couple episodes back, tho - maybe life just moves that quickly when you're in the NYC Prep lane.
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    Conchie Birdie promoted this comment Edited by hilikusopus at 07/22/09 1:47 PM hilikusopus was starred hilikusopus was unstarred
    Image of EleanorRigby EleanorRigby
    07/22/09

    @Conchie Birdie: Last week at the dinner party, Rags said she wanted to be an elephant trainer. Way to give up on your dreams, Rags.
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    Image of sfBirdie sfBirdie
    07/22/09

    @hilikusopus: She also wanted to be an elephant trainer. She wants to be a lot of things. Oh, to be young and naive again.
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    Image of metoometoo metoometoo
    07/22/09

    @Conchie Birdie: I love the way that Rags has a new "thing" in every episode. She's fun.
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    Image of sfBirdie sfBirdie
    07/22/09

    @metoometoo: She is so fun! Ten bucks says she could end up with her own show. What an operator... Classic Rags.
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    Image of GinaRomantica GinaRomantica
    07/22/09

    @Conchie Birdie: I suspect that Rags is playing us all.

    Also, I loved her response to her mother's "You need to take fewer dance classes." She immediately whined, "No! I need MORE!" She's got some serious addiction to sprawling on folding metal chairs, Fosse-ish style.
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    Conchie Birdie promoted this comment GinaRomantica was starred GinaRomantica was unstarred
    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    07/22/09

    @Conchie Birdie: I remember when I had my first aspirations to be an elephant trainer. Seems so silly, now that I'm a philosopher/entertainer. (Meh, I actually studied philosophy in college, so who'm I kidding. But back then all the big philosophy corporations were hiring like crazy!)
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    Edited by hilikusopus at 07/22/09 2:38 PM hilikusopus was starred hilikusopus was unstarred
    Image of EleanorRigby EleanorRigby
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    I'd like to take everyone on this show to Super Cuts and watch them tremble. Especially Sebastian and his wingman.
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    Image of CaligulaSanchez CaligulaSanchez
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    Wow he has a surprisingly good body for a (gay) high schooler. I didn't start carb counting and mainlining creatine until I was old enough to get into clurrbs and subscribe to fratmen.

    Also, Chris Hansen says high everybody.
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    bess marvin, girl detective promoted this comment Edited by CaligulaSanchez at 07/22/09 1:21 PM CaligulaSanchez was starred CaligulaSanchez was unstarred
    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    07/22/09

    @Randy Slamberg: amusing comment aside, that's a great porn star name you got there.
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    Image of goetz goetz
    07/22/09

    @bess marvin, girl detective: I'm a fan of Langston Huge.
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    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    07/22/09

    @goetz: was he part of the harlem renaissance along with Dick Ellington?
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    Image of blix blix
    07/22/09

    @bess marvin, girl detective: He hung out with Zora Neale Burstin.
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    Image of goetz goetz
    07/22/09

    @blix: And Paul "The Rope" Robeson.
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    Image of Housebroken(mostly) Housebroken(mostly)
    07/22/09

    @goetz: don't forget W.E.B Du Balls
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    DorothyMantooth promoted this comment Housebroken(mostly) was starred Housebroken(mostly) was unstarred
    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    07/22/09

    @Randy Slamberg: Personally, I am glad that knowledge of the dark arts of the weight-room reached me at a time appropriate to my psychological maturity. If I knew then, or in college, what I know now, I would surely be dead from sexual over-exertion.
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    07/22/09

    @Randy Slamberg: You clearly didn't grow up in New York, because by 18 I was already sincerely saying things like "Oh, I don't go out any more. But remember when Roxy was so much fun? God, Roxy -- that was a million years ago. We were bay-bies. Maybe we SHOULD go out, for old time's sake."

    Basically, New York is a terrible place to raise children.
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    Image of CaligulaSanchez CaligulaSanchez
    07/22/09

    @Solomon Grundy: Ha. I grew up (/growing up) on the Southern American Border, spending Friday, Saturday, and the occasional thirsty Thursday night adding to my Hepatitis collection in Juarez Mx.
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    Image of CaligulaSanchez CaligulaSanchez
    07/22/09

    @iplaudius: or a prolapse
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    07/22/09

    @goetz: I've Got a Joke:

    What's Yankee outfielder Nick Swisher's porn name?
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    07/22/09

    @resipsaloquacious:

    NICK SWISHER!

    HIIII OOOOOOOOOO
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    Image of goetz goetz
    07/22/09

    @resipsaloquacious: Also his gay porn name.
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    Image of TubOfTaft TubOfTaft
    07/22/09

    In reply to NYC Prep: Dreams Are Wishes The Heart Makes
    As much as I dislike PC, I genuinely felt bad for him while he was at the photo shoot. I remember being asked questions like, "Do you think that girl’s cute? You should ask her out." etc. It made me uncomfortable because I still wasn’t confident to tell people that no, she’s not my type because she’s a she. Sigh, watching him squirm like that made me very uncomfortable as it brought back memories.
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    Image of bboston88 bboston88
    07/22/09

    @TubOfHowardTaft: I do just feel sad and awkward for PC. Poor guy just doesn't know/can't say it yet. I don't know.

    As much talk as these kids do about sex, I agree that I don't think many are getting it or have ever had it. All talk and no action if you will.
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    valet_of_the_dolls promoted this comment bboston88 was starred bboston88 was unstarred
    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    07/22/09

    @TubOfHowardTaft: It's heartwrenching in a way I wasn't expecting from reality television. I keep hoping that someone with a few years on him has already taken him for a long walk and told him that it really is going to be okay, eventually, like, five minutes after high school is over.
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    07/22/09

    @bboston88:
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    Image of scarletmenace scarletmenace
    07/22/09

    @bboston88: I'm always attracted to the hot closet case virgins who are too young for me. PC I love you. Sniff sniff.
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    Image of Renata Halpern Renata Halpern
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sarah Jessica and Matthew Fleeing to Brooklyn?
    I kind of want to move to Brooklyn but my parents (who grew up there) are insisting I move back to Manhattan. I write "back" because that's where I was born. Since I'm young and still sort of dependent on them, they get a say but how about my say?! I'll be paying for almost all of it so I want to pay less by living in Brooklyn but they say I'll pay a ton to commute every day and such. What are everyone's thoughts on Williamsburg?!
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    Image of restless restless
    07/02/09

    @Renata Halpern: Industrial, but young. Over-priced, and a lot of apt's are not in very good shape. All in all, pass. Fort Green is hot, Greenpoint gives a lot of sq. ft. for your buck, Prospect Heights has the same brownstone charm as Park Slope but slightly cheaper. Kensington and off of Ocean Ave, even larger spaces, but you're getting far out there on the train. Basically, the farther away from Manhattan, the cheaper it gets.


    I say go for it. When you see how much further your dollar goes, and the kind of space you can get, you'll be hooked. Not to mention it's beauty and char, which it has a lot of. The coolest people live in Brooklyn (ahem, self-servingly raises hand).


    Oh, and for the die hard Manhattanites on here, you're so right: the B&T crowd IS horrible. It's such an ordeal to sit on a train. Please, stay where you are!!

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    07/02/09

    @restless: duh, "charm". Char is on the burgers.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    07/02/09

    @restless: Well, there is Char 4 on Smith street. So you were sorta right.
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sarah Jessica and Matthew Fleeing to Brooklyn?
    Will that be their mane residence?
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    07/02/09

    In reply to Sarah Jessica and Matthew Fleeing to Brooklyn?
    God, she's such a Miranda.
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