[ETA: I forgot to ENUMERATE my points, so consumed was I by the need to get this out into the world.]
Tonight is the season finale of the incredibly addictive guilty-pleasure MTV show "The Hills."
I didn't watch Laguna Beach, though I have heard excellent things about it. And I've been watching The Hills now and again, because it's summer, and shut up it's awesome. On Saturday, too exhausted from a 50 mile bike ride to do much else, I watched the entire season in one sitting.
The Hills is a show that makes me talk out loud, the better to comment to Heidi that she really shouldn't quit her job after one day, or to mock the male models during the swim suit casting call. Someone who constantly draws my vocal ire? Jordan. And thus we reach the Point. Tonight, Lauren must decide whether to move in with Jason or take a summer Teen Vogue internship in Paris.
Point: Jason just isn't a very good boyfriend, and Lauren should go to Paris.
1. He cheated on her. Jason and Lauren apparently dated while on Laguna Beach (living in Laguna Beach?) then broke up when he kissed his ex. Strike one, right there. But when he moved to LA right after Lauren did and started sending her really nice flowers, I was willing to give him a chance. I knew Ro thought highly of their love, and he was doing a really good job, and seemed to really like her.
2. He treats her poorly, or at best, too casually. Hhe may very well love her to bits, but he's not good at it. One his birthday, Lauren arranged a whole huge nice dinner, and rushed to get out of work to be on time, skipping a photo shoot that seemed fairly important. Jason spent most of dinner talking to other girls and then left afterward to go out with his friends. Not only did he not spend any time with Lauren, he was pissy to her.
On her birthday, he initially seemed to do a great job: He got a limo to take her to the Standard, and had roses and a romantic dinner all laid out. He almost immediately started asking her what she wanted to do after dinner; it was clear she wanted to just hang out in the room with him, but he kept asking her if she wanted to go to so-and-so's party, or meet up with other people after. NO, asshat, she doesn't.
Mostly, it seems like he has no follow-through. He sets up these nice things and then kind of ruins them. She seems like a fairly calm and responsible young lady, whereas he seems a little lazy, jealous, and is not very perceptive. He picked a fight with her on New Year's Eve because a boy she had dated for a week called her and she answered the phone.
3. Also, shave your facial hair, Jason.
In conclusion, I am sorry, Ro, I just don't see it. Heidi and Jordan seem to have it more together, and Heidi is not a poster-girl for anything resembling togetherness. Lauren and Jason seem to fight all the time, at Jason's instigation.
Lauren seems to be doing well at her internship, and it's just one summer in Paris. Jason is a big pouter, so I am sure their relationship won't make it through even three months (I hear there are boys in Paris), but she can do better anyway, so she should just go.
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