You know, every now and then, something will happen that reminds me that I’m getting more mature. Like, I’ll carry the trash bag all the way to the trash chute, instead of just setting it in the hall outside my apartment and trusting that someone else will get so sick of the smell that they’ll take it to the trash chute for me. When I tell people I’m going to the gym later this afternoon, it’s the truth. When my cats are crying because they’re hungry at 6:30 in the morning, I get out of bed and give them food, rather than grabbing the water gun off the bed stand and shooting at them until they shut up. And, in the ultimate proof that I am becoming a full-fledged adult, I no longer care about The Hills. It’s true. I don’t watch it and I don’t want to. Every now and then I get a little pang of guilt about it, but it quickly passes. I really didn’t care at all about The Hills‘ season premiere on Monday and I’m not afraid to admit it.

But here are the pictures. Because I don’t think I’ll ever get old enough that I don’t want to look at other people’s dresses.

Also: Did Heidi get her lips done recently? Yes or no?

“I like watching other people get gossiped about. It makes me feel better.”

Lauren Conrad, on her penchant for watching Gossip Girl. She also insists she’s still single.

“My love life is an absolute trainwreck,” she says. “And half of my friends are guys…It’s kind of embarrassing, because you’re out with a group of friends and the next day it says you’re dating one of them and lap dancing, too. You have to say, ‘You know, I’m sorry, but that kind of comes with the territory.’”

Heh.

It looks like Lauren Conrad will be at a presenter at this year’s Emmy awards.

No, wait, it gets worse.

The models who hand out the awards?

Will be wearing dresses from Lauren’s clothing line.

Heidi and Spencer must be furious.

But I can live with this, as long as Lauren Conrad does not, at any point, actually win an Emmy. I mean, do you think she could submit herself for Best Costume Director for her work on The Hills?

Despite the constant rumors that they hate each other now, Audrina Patridge and Lauren Conrad look chummy as can be as they head into Crown Bar in LA last night.

I knew these two lovebirds would kiss and make up!

She sure is busting her butt trying to promote this little clothing line of hers.

Here she is in Canada, where her line will be sold at Holt Renfrew.

These don’t look all that special to me.

Audrina Patridge reminds us all that she does, occasionally, wear clothes, at The Hills Season 3 premiere party in NYC.

And if you, like me, are living at your father’s house where there’s no television, remember that you can watch the entire new episode of The Hills on their website, here. It’s a great way to spend the workday!

“Playing yourself on reality television isn’t to our reader the level of accomplishment that you need to have on the cover of Cosmo.”

Kate White, editor of Cosmo, when asked whether they’d consider having Lauren Conrad on the cover.

Ouch!

The Wall Street Journal — yeah, that Wall Street Journal — has an interesting article about Lauren and her “branding strategy” today. Read it here.

LC wore an item from her new fashion line to her Letterman appearance.

You know how Arby’s is all like: “Arby’s is Different. Different is Good”?

I think it’s important people realize that’s just not a blanket statment. That’s particularly important to realize in fashion. Just because it’s different doesn’t mean it’s good. Ahem. Lauren. Ahem. You gotta admit, though, she grown into a strikingly beautiful and poised young woman.

The clip of Lauren on Letterman is below. You must go to around 4:15 where David Letterman actually uses the term “frenemies.” Too funny. The whole thing’s actually not a bad watch.

Check out Lauren Conrad on Regis & Kelly.

Brody Jenner and Lauren Conrad were spotted cuddling and canoodling at hotspot LAX.

Hurry up and knock her up already, Brody. This is soooo boring.

Now you, too, can look like Lauren Conrad … for a ridiculous price.

LC’s line launched last night at LA boutique Intuition.

By the time the party started at 6 p.m. Tuesday, there were already more than 20 people waiting outside to secure a spot.

Inside, guests munched on mini-cupcakes from The Buttercake Bakery (with flavors like red-velvet, and vanilla with chocolate icing) and sipped champagne and a specialty cocktail called “The L.C.” — which is made with 2 parts Domaine de Canton Liqueur, 3 parts chilled Prosecco, a fresh squeeze of lemon and a twist.

Though the food and drink were flowing, a radiant Conrad, 22, chatted confidently to her customers about her new line and the inspirations for the clothes, which included The Audrina Dress, named for pal Audrina Patridge.

The color palette of the collection included black, white, dark blue, brown and burnt orange, and her pieces, which took up an entire section of the store and were modeled by some store employees, ran the gambit from leggings to tube tops to party dresses.

Who’d've thunk it? Sometimes they film “re-enactments” on The Hills!!!

Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Conrad, 21, specifically addresses “nail-polish-gate” — a sequence of scenes in one episode that were supposedly shot on one night, but in which Conrad’s red nail polish disappears over time. Conrad says the later scenes, with her on the phone with Brody Jenner, were indeed re-enacted the next day, because the cameras had stopped rolling before the “real” phone call.

“Anyone who has worked on a reality show knows how they’re filmed,” Conrad says. “I basically had to go and call [Brody] again, have the exact same conversation on camera. I mean, it’s not lying to anyone, it’s telling what really happened, but it’s just the way they film reality shows.”

Conrad doesn’t see anything wrong with that, as long as the re-enactments stay true to the characters’ real lives. “Basically what they’re doing is taking our lives and telling a story,” she says. “They’re telling exactly what happened.”

So is everyone super-psyched for the finale tonight???

I know I am!

It means I can finally stop watching that damn show for a few months.