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Happy Chinese New Year!

Things are gearing up for the new year! I hope I can go see the fireworks. Strange as it may seem, I never seem to know EXACTLY when Chinese New Year is. Depending on people’s schedules, some people disappear for a full week or two before the actual new year. But I guess the fireworks officially starts on February 17, at 8 p.m. here in Fuzhou.

Even if you Google it, it says, “dates may vary” but it says February 17 to March 3. CNY is late this year.

I’ve been staying at home, watching tons of YouTube, staying in bed outrageously late, but feeling a bit more energized than I have been for the last several months. I’ve been doing some cleaning and organizing. I still have way too much stuff though. I fear I will always be a clutterbug.

But for now, I’m happy. I need to enjoy it.

Wipeout!

You know when you go to the bathroom for number 2 and you sit there and you do a wipe and absolutely nothing is on the toilet paper?

Well, today, number two exploded out of me and I sat there for five minutes and went through several paper towels (out of toilet tissue) and it seemed like it would never stop.

And now you know how part of my morning was.

Shout out to Bob H. a faithful reader, through all my starts and stops and starts again. Thank you.

Sex and the City Boyfriends, Continued! 2-12-26

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Want to shout out to my new subscriber! My numbers continue to go up!

But Carrie isn’t happy and the girls find out and Big arrives right after Petrovsky accidentally hits her. Big and Carrie make up and they go on to get married.

My point was, the shit the girls complained about were such superficial problems, made me roll my eyes. Just about every guy they dated was successful in some way. Even bartender Steve went on to have his own bar. Comic book guy had HIS OWN BUSINESS. How many guys did the ladies date who were unemployed, had bad hygiene, weren’t particularly educated, dressed terrible, had zero class, bad grammar, overly horny, or homeless?

Part of the reason I think this show was so popular is because it really WAS a fantasy. Women watched it thinking they too might have good jobs or own successful businesses, and have nothing really earth-shattering affect them. They didn’t have to worry the guys they dated might be serial killers or serial rapists. For the most part, they were good-looking, had nice builds, good hygiene, good breath, etc., etc. and no arrest records. Yeah, Samantha DID get cancer, but presumably she had insurance and enough money to get her through. The last person I know who got cancer worked full-time at Lowe’s and probably didn’t have $100K saved for emergencies.

More Sex and the City Boyfriends, and Carrie’s Never Ending Complaints

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But could ANYTHING/ANYBODY satisfy Carrie? I’m thinking no. She bitches at Big for his crappy dating behavior, yet does the same thing to Aidan. Bitches at Petrovsky for being “too romantic” instead of just romantic enough. Bitch, he BOUGHT that pink dress for you. That wasn’t enough? The poem he recited wasn’t enough? Dancing at Lincoln Center wasn’t enough?

So of course Petrovsky wants to go back to Paris. Having broken up with Big because he didn’t tell her IMMEDIATELY that he might have to go to Paris for a few months, they break up, but not before splattering McDonald’s all over his kitchen. But a friend of hers falls out of a window, and Carrie decides she’ll go to Paris, even though she can’t speak the language, and has nothing to do all day. She and Big have one last big blow up, saying that whenever she finally feels happy, Big comes along and screws it up. (He does.)

More Sex and the City Boyfriends, Plus the REAL Reason You Hate Berger So Much

I think the reason people hated Berger so much is that he and Carrie were so much alike. Slightly kooky, self-deprecating, insecure, both writers, insecure, spent money on stupid stuff (overpriced clothes for her, motorcycles for him), and did I mention INSECURE?

Carrie DID buy him a nice shirt (which Berger looked delicious in) but prior to that, he remarked that a shirt that expensive should come with a studio apartment. Carrie was able to buy it for him because she just got an advance check from France. Yay for you, but have some sympathy for your fellow writer, who just got dropped from his publisher. Instead of a shirt, you might have asked him if he needed help with rent or something. I’d be a bit pissed if someone flaunted a $20,000 check in my face after I’d told them I lost my job, but that’s me. So sorry if I’m not jumping down with glee at your hard work. I’d invest that shit, but who am I? Carrie, instead of being financially responsible, blows 10 percent of it on a shirt for a guy she won’t ever see again. If anything, she should have bought something for Big. After all, he DID write her a $40,000 check so she could buy her apartment after Aidan evicted her. And since she insisted that Big was “in her life” and she couldn’t completely cut ties, he deserved something for coming back to such a nutty broad. So yeah, naaah, naaah, nah, nah, naaaaah to all you Berger haters.

You hate him because he’s male Carrie.

I love him because he’s Ron Livingston, hottest man on the planet.

Sex and the City Boyfriends, More on Berger and an analysis tomorrow

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Berger was insecure, but not as much as Carrie.

Carrie laughed at him because one of the characters in his book was wearing a scrunchie. Carrie said NO NYC WOMAN would be caught dead wearing a scrunchie, and proved it when they saw a woman in a restaurant. The woman was from Macon, Georgia, and was thrilled someone mistook her for a local.

Meanwhile, Carrie freaks out whenever she had a book released, especially if Michiko Kakutani didn’t like it. After a less than flattering review, Carrie asked a friend once (might have been in AJLT) if she thinks Carrie thinks men are “disposable.” By this time, she’s rich as fuck, and if she never has another best-selling book, she ain’t gonna starve.

Sex and the City Boyfriends, Continued!

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One of her last relationships is with writer Jack Berger, who has been unofficially crowned CARRIE’S WORST BOYFRIEND EVER. All because he broke up with her on a Post It note. I find this crappy behavior, but consider this:

Berger NEVER hit Carrie.

Yes, he was insecure, but he was coming off a break up with Lauren, and then, when he was with Carrie, his publisher dropped him. There are people who commit suicide for less serious reasons than this. I’m sure he wasn’t feeling confident at this time, but the hard-core SATC fans won’t give Berger a break. But if the same thing happened to Carrie, her girls would have rallied around her. And if Berger had gotten a big advance check and blew it all on dude stuff, he’d be labeled, “insensitive.” He earned his money. Just like Carrie did.

Berger wanted a break. He came back, and quickly realized it was a mistake. And left. And didn’t come back. Unlike Big who always seemed to know when Carrie was happy and did the “I need to talk to you” speech until she broke down.

Sex and the City Boyfriends, Continued!

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Aidan was stupid to come back not once, but TWICE. He allowed Big to come up and complain about his woman, getting so drunk he was forced to stay overnight. Aidan should have thrown them both out into the rain. I mean, Big DID say he could get his driver to come up, right? And Carrie could have driven Big back, but if either of those had been chosen, we wouldn’t have had the middle-aged men fight in the mud scene, would we? We can’t ever forget Carrie screaming, “You HAVE to forgive me, you HAVE to forgive me!” Bitch, WHAT? If anything, I think I hate Aidan the most, because he had no spine at all. Bitch cheated with him in Big and Natasha’s bed, came up to the cabin, STAYED OVERNIGHT IN THE CABIN, and yes, proposed to Carrie anyway. And then his nasty side came out.

Next post: the money shot. I talk Berger and why he wasn’t nearly as bad as everyone thinks he is.