OMFG shocking!    LucyinNYSkyline spotted Blair Waldorf in Central Park the other day.  No, Blair wasn’t there to take in the beautiful scenery.  Nor was she even there to skate at Wollman Ice Rink.  Blair was in Central Park doing, get this, manual labor!  We hear Blair’s sentence for her little stunt w/ Rachel has her doing hard time.  B needs to clean up, omg ew, trash! How sick is that? What is she a prisoner?  Next thing you know she’ll be someone’s bitch in an orange jumpsuit.  WTF?  Can you believe our princess has been demeaned to this level of punishment?  Is this a little harsh?  Or exactly what she deserves?  Hmm…

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Spotted: D at Bed, Bath and Beyond stocking up on dorm supplies.  Dude, you like just got into college.   Chill.  S at the library taking out King Lear.  She is totally obsessed with Shakespeare and Ms. Carr!  B with an exhausted looking Dorota at Sant Ambroeus.  They were drinking nonfat lattes and were huddled around a laptop.  B looked like she was a woman with a plan.  I’m afraid to even wonder what that plan is.  J and V vintage shopping in Brooklyn.  Gossip Girl is unfamiliar with that kind of shopping…C and N at the Rangers game at Madison Square Garden.  Hockey is whatever but so glad to see these BFF’s back together.  Brody Jenner could only dream of a bromance like C and N’s…

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Our favorite duo of Jeric made history last Tuesday when they attended Obama’s inauguration in DC.  The two ditched school for it (okay, to be fair this was a totally worthy event to ditch for, obviously).   Jeric stood around watching with the masses and were even seen wearing matching “Obama” shirts.  Aww.  We hear they even scored tickets to the Youth Inaugural Ball where they got to see Kanye West perform and hang out with a ton of celebs.  Can I just say how much I effing love this couple?  Not only are they extremely cool but also they’re politically aware (why are all the good men gay??). Oh well.  Anyone else at the inauguration?  Did you watch it on TV?

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The time has come that we’ve all been patiently (or for some of us impatiently) waiting for: college acceptance letters!  Who got in?  Who got wait listed?  Who got thrown to the curb?  Oh, I’m sure you’re dying to find out.  Well, keep reading!  Answers will be revealed along with other very interesting shockers.  Never a dull moment on the UES.

Blair Waldorf was ready for her fate to finally be decided.  All she ever wanted was Yale.  And she was pretty certain Yale wanted her as well.  Unfortunately that’s not the way it turned out.  Instead, Blair got wait listed.  Yep, wait listed.  That means not accepted.  Yet it doesn’t mean rejected either.  What it actually means is you have to wait longer to find out.  Ugh.  Blair was beyond upset.  All her hopes, all her dreams, shattered.  It didn’t help when she found out that none other than Dan Humphrey was accepted.  I know.  Can you believe that?  Pretty nice for a boy from Brooklyn.  He was so excited (duh) and the one thing that would make him even more excited was if Serena got in too.  That way they could go away to college together and live happily ever after.

But are there ever really happy endings on the UES?  Serena did get into Yale.  But she wasn’t so sure she wanted to even go to there.  Serena assumed Yale was just after her because of her name and it girl status.  So she decided to lie to everyone about her acceptance.  Serena told Dan she was waitlisted just like Blair.  Dan assured her she would get in eventually.  But Serena was still trying to make up her mind.  Was Yale even the place Serena wanted to spend the next four years of her life?  Luckily there was a new teacher at school.  Her name was Ms. Carr (but she had the kids call her Rachel, sorta weird, right?) and she was totally young and totally fresh faced.  She was from Iowa and had spent the last two years teaching in Alabama (what a difference from the UES!). Rachel/Ms. Carr/whatever you want to call her took a special liking to Serena.  She saw a potential in Serena that most teachers never noticed or cared to even look for.  Rachel told Serena she had to pick the right school for herself, not for anybody else.  Tough decision.

While Rachel was becoming a friend to Serena, she was becoming an enemy to Blair.  Rachel gave Blair a B for a paper she wrote on James Joyce’s short story Clay.  Okay, so I know like a B doesn’t sound so bad but to Blair Waldorf a B’s just unacceptable.  She was distraught and angry.  And that only meant Blair was out for blood.  Beware, Ms. Carr.

Serena finally admitted to Blair and Dan that she had actually gotten into Yale.  But she was turning it down because it wasn’t where she wanted to go.  Dan was livid.  This had been their plan: to go to Yale together.  Blair, on the other hand, was ecstatic.  This meant Blair was next in line for the spot and would therefore finally be accepted.  All was right with the world.  Kinda.

However you know Blair Waldorf.  She can’t just let sleeping dogs lie.  Even though she was on her way to Yale she still had that devil on her shoulder aka Penelope by her side.  The devil was telling her to avenge her B and take down the newbie teacher who dared give it to her.  This could only mean one thing: Rachel was going to be part of another Waldorf scheme.

The New York City Opera was taking place and everyone who’s anyone on the UES was attending (including the Brooklyn crew but I’ll get to them later).  Anyway, Blair invited Rachel to spend the evening at the opera with her and her father and Roman (who were in town taking care of Blair while Eleanor and Cyrus honeymooned).  Unfortunately for Rachel, Blair was setting her up for embarrassment.  There was no dinner nor was there a ticket with her name on it.  Sure enough, Rachel showed up at the Boathouse expecting a nice meal and was surprised to find the restaurant closed and no Blair in sight.  She was duped.  Poor Rachel; in the middle of Central Park in the dead of winter all decked out and by her lonesome Iowan self.

Right before the opera was to begin Headmistress Queller called Blair.  She told her that Rachel had talked to her about how upset Blair was about the B.  They did the math and if Blair kept up her work she’d still get an A for the semester.  Uh oh.  Maybe Rachel wasn’t so bad after all…Blair quickly left the opera and rushed to the Boathouse.  When she got there, Rachel was still there.  Blair apologized to her and said she was just trying to teach her a lesson.  Show her the students are the ones in charge.  Rachel was utterly embarrassed by her own naiveté but she accepted Blair’s apology.  And once again Blair was saved.  Phew.

It’s no wonder that Blair and Chuck have such chemistry.  They really are so much alike.  While Blair was trying to take down Ms. Carr, Chuck was determined to take down his uncle Jack.  From hiring underage girls to infiltrate Jack’s room to ordering anthrax on his credit card, Chuck tried it all.  No luck.  So Chuck went to the most unlikely of people for help: Lily.  Lily had a 20% stake in Bass Industries.  Maybe she could appeal to the board to get rid of Jack?  Chuck was up for it since it really was the last thing he could do.  Lily was touched that Chuck was seeking her help.  She even suggested that maybe when this was all over Chuck could move back into the apartment?  Chuck told her not to hold her breath.  Ouch.

Unfortunately, Jack was not an easy target to quell.  Luckily, Lily had a brilliant plan: she would adopt Chuck and therefore be his legal guardian.  That way Jack would be out and she would be in charge.  Too bad, Jack’s a crazy and took his crazy out on Lily.  In a really scary altercation in the bathroom it looked like Jack wasn’t going to let the company out of his hands.  Thank God for Chuck.  He broke in and saved Lily.  Goodbye, Jack.  And with that it looked like maybe Chuck was going to come back to the family.  Aww.  The van der Basses are the best!

Meanwhile, Vanessa and Nate were still going strong (not fair).  But Vanessa was beginning to be annoyed by all the “Archibald-y” like things they were doing.  So she surprised Nate with tickets to the opera.  In the nosebleed section, obviously.   Coincidentally, Nate was also going to surprise Vanessa with tickets.  Except his opera seats were in a private box.  When they arrived, Nate told her about his seats.  But Vanessa didn’t want to hear about it.  This was her night to do something for him.  Her mind was quickly changed though when they got to their seats and were greeted by a candy wrapper opening, coughing, weird noise-making lady.  The couple quickly moved to the box.  Besides, the box was more private and good for, well you know…

Meanwhile, Dan and Serena were dealing with a lot of stuff.  Now that they weren’t going to the same college they had to figure out how to make it work.  Serena was still hoping to get into Brown.  Providence wasn’t so far from New Haven.  They could spend weekends visiting each other.  That’d work, right?  Also, Dan and Serena had to deal with the fact that their parents were totally dating.  Weird!  It was kind of awkward for Dan to see his dad making out with his girlfriend’s mom.  Not only at Serena’s apartment but at the opera too.  Rufus came as Lily’s date and boy was he out of place.  But I know this is strange to say but he actually, sort of, looked good.  Ah.  Can’t believe I just said that!

Back in Blairworld, everything was going great.  She made amends with Rachel and was on her way to Yale.  When Headmistress Queller called her in to meet with her, Blair figured it was for a congratulatory tea.  But she was wrong.  Rachel had told the Headmistress about Blair’s stunt.  Queller had no choice but to give Blair detention and alert Yale about it (I guess hazing a new teacher equals crossing a major line?).  Blair’s acceptance would now be on hold.  Oh shiz!  Blair was dumbfounded.  Could this be possible?  And like we’ve said before Blair Waldorf only deals with setbacks one way: revenge.  Gather the troops.  There’s gonna be a full on war with Rachel.

Oh Blair.  When will you learn?  You were so close.  Why’d you have to play with fire? Am I the only one scared to see what Blair has in store?  What could she do to our new teacher?  We’re guessing it’ll be evil x a million.  Watch your back, Rachel.  You’re not in Iowa anymore.

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