Because I am a good samaritan, I will be recapping the DC summer diaries so you guys don’t have to.

Dawson… to ditch or not to ditch Oliver? That, boys and girls, is the question.

Jack… the poor guy misses Jen. But really, wasn’t he the one who ditched her for frat boy Eric? ::rolls eyes::

Joey… She wrote Dawson a letter that she’ll never send. She writes — “Feels like we’ve barely spoken all summer. And yet there’s still so much unspoken, isn’t there? It’s not as if time and distance and all those things don’t make it next to impossible to reach each other, plus you’re busy, I’m busy, and these things tend to fall by the wayside. Is that how it’s always going to be?” It goes on and on like that for a bit. ::sigh:: Good grief — it’s never-ending with these two. Writers (not that they would ever read my blog), you need to put these crazy kids together and make them decide, once and for all, if they belong together. Cause all this back and forth silliness is really maddening. Also, still no definite confirmation that she’s in Paris.

Pacey… my sweet Pacey has become little more than a vehicle for the writers to let us know how Audrey is handling the summer with her very critical and scrutinizing parents. ::yawn::

Jen… I’m still upset with the writers for tackling Jen’s parental issues in the diaries of all places. They had ample opportunities in Seasons 3 and 4, when Jen faced her mom and dad for the first time in a long while but of course, those 2 storylines were a whole lot of nothing.

The infamous Dawson’s Creek summer diaries have started… and ugh, they’re just as awful as I expected. The only time I actually looked forward to and enjoyed reading the diaries was the summer between Seasons 3 and 4… I’m sure you can imagine why. ::looks around wistfully at Pacey/Joey layout::

Here are some “highlights” –
Dawson, Dawson, Dawson… “Last year, I was the clumsy ingenue, the naive idealist with grandiose plans and no foreseeable means of implementing them. Instead of carving my path and taking the cinematic universe by storm, my admittedly egocentric grandstanding cost me my burgeoning career at the time. But life has fortuitously given me a second chance at this…” — WHAT?!? Dawson still *is* a naive idealist — I mean, come on. Has he gotten over Joey yet? Yeah, didn’t think so. The dream of “Dawson and Joey — soulmates forever” sounds like idealism to me.

Jack… ::yawn::

Joey… She’s tired of self-analysis yet she writes a poem about whether or not she should take the road less-traveled. Get over yourself, Joey. And wow, the writers thought they were being inventive by not revealing where Joey is spending her summer — is she in Paris? Is she in Capeside or Boston? Will the suspense never end? Heh.

Pacey… I don’t want to hear about any non-G rated adventures he’s having with Audrey. Ugh. But I have to admit I warmed up a bit when he mentioned Dawson… I kinda think it’s nice that they’re actually spending time together. Yes, I’m very much a sucker.

Jen… More of the same “my parents suck,” “I hate rich people” stuff, which I personally hate because the writers just CANNOT do justice to the storyline. Yet here they are… bringing it up again. ::sigh:: Jen deserves so much better.