Gossip Girl is Art, "Totally Meta" says The New York Times, Me

"Professing his deep admiration for the show’s revelatory narcotic effect, Mr. Phillips cited the overlap between issues he’s tackled on canvas and the many themes explored on “Gossip Girl,” such as 'lost virginity, teen pregnancy, divorce, rape, manslaughter, suspected homicide, teen suicide, gay sexual identity, eating disorders, criminal blackmail, theft, as well as drug addiction and sex with multiple partners.'"
-The New York Times

"Does life imitate Gossip Girl or does Gossip Girl imitate life? Now that's a philosophical conundrum for the ages! They've already got their three real-life cast couples making out on screen (Dan & Serena, Blair & Carter, Chuck & Vanessa) and all over NYC. And now there's another totally meta GG connection! Taylor Momsen, perhaps inspired by Little J's work designing dresses for Eleanor Waldorf, is designing clothes now too! "
-Seventeen

(What I Did) When I Was (at) Seventeen...

-Met the cast of Degrassi and talked to Snake about "going all the way with Stephanie Kaye." That would be a reference to the 1986 first season of Degrassi Junior High. And yes, that would be the year I was born. Liberty was surprisingly good looking and I'm totes obsessed with Manny.

-Interviewed the stars of Mary Poppins on Broadway.

-Put together this slideshow of pictures of pets dressed up for Halloween by their teenaged girl owners. I like the Yoda dog.

-Yet another Pink makeover slideshow.

-Ashley Tisdale makeover! Some truly bad outfits and a new nose!

-Meet and Greet with rando guy I thought was in a band, but really is an actor and appeared in an episode of Greek.

-Reviewed W., which I have note seen. Because don't you want to know what your president was like when he was 17?

The Littlest Lohan Speaks

I am now a real journalist, despite my best efforts to remain a fake one.

For your reading pleasure, my Seventeen.com interview with Ali Lohan.

(What I did) When I was (at) Seventeen (Today)...

-looked through outtakes from Ashley Tisdale's cover shoot

-uploaded another Zac Efron slideshow

-transcribed Littlest Lady Lohan interview (the original grammatically insane transcription coming soon!)

-met Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson

-interviewed "stars" of Nickelodeon's new High School Musical rip-off

(What I Did) When I Was (at) Seventeen (Today)...

-interviewed Ali Lohan about her belief in ghosts and spirits

-cropped 35 pictures of Zac Efron

-wrote a makeover slideshow of Pink’s make-up and hair throughout the ages

-wrote a makeover slideshow of Ashley Tisdale’s clothes throughout the ages

-called candy companies to get high-resolution pictures of Life Savers and Sour Patch Kids

-found “the two hottest pictures of Penn Badgley” I could find

-tried to transcribe said Ali Lohan interview