This post was submitted by Topher Burns

I’ve said it before: I’m not a Gleek (Glee + geek = something actual people call themselves, even when they’re not referring to accidental salivary propulsion).  I don’t follow the show religiously, or even sporadically.  But goddamn it if a few minutes of this week’s episode didn’t turned me into a giggling tween girl.

I am, of course, referring to this:

I could type the letters S, W, O, O, and N in all caps, but I don’t know if even that would express the amount of soul-melting puppy love this song clip inspires in my rapidly beating heart.

The episode tackled anti-gay bullying in school exactly the way MTV’s Undressed would have if the show had had slightly better and more musically inclined writers:  Football dude pushes around femme choir dude, femme choir dude finds inspiration from dreamy choir dude, [SPOILER ALERT] football dude kisses femme choir dude.  Also, straight dudes got shirtless a couple times, and had awkward pre-sexual encounters.  Now all we need is a sassy black… there we go!

Early MTV nostalgia and dreamy a cappella songs aside, I’m still not a Gleek.  I was a hold-out this season, waiting for their Rocky Horror episode to decide whether or not to invest in another guilty pleasure.  When they nixed the gold briefs, I bailed.  (More stalwart fans than I stuck around despite this disappointment, and have given it to me on good authority that I missed nothing)

Nonetheless, Glee got its pound of flesh from me.  After wearing out the “replay” button on this YouTube video I bought their stupid song from iTunes and have it on loop at this very moment.  Best $1.29 I ever hated spending.

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