As long as you have a sane reason from a reliable source.

The show Gilmore Girls has come to an end and so (sorry mom) I devote this post to the show. Last night the CW aired the last episode. Though the last season didn't seem as good, though the ending seemed kind of hasty, and though I stopped blogging about it, it still remains one of my favorite shows and I'm going to miss it every Tuesday night! (until I find something else to celebrate with my pizza and wine)

I loved the various relationships in this show: The embarrassing, stressful, and supportive family relationships. The odd, estranged, and even more familial friendships. The schisms in generation, community, and social class. Unlike other popular shows, the characters grew and changed over time. The relationships between them did the same - becoming closer or filled with more tension season by season.

For a show that was half soap-opera, half teen drama, it did a surprisingly good job of keeping up. Fiction is supposed to imitate life. However, this is one of those fictions that for me, opened up aspects of the world that I might not have otherwise noticed (high society, renaissance fairs, private schools, bards in today's society). The show's cultural references to literature, film, politics, current events, and music were at times over my head, and at other times, when I got the joke, felt like little high fives. Is this me being maudlin?

Anyway, I learned a lot from Gilmore Girls. I learned that a devilled egg is one part yolk and two parts mayonnaise; that if you don't get into a good school, your only other option is to marry rich; if you work for eleven years at 1500 jobs, you can afford to buy a house; themed parties are cool; anything can be a competition; boys don't like funny girls; one night in a hallway does not a true naked man make; and that Vicious Trollop is an excellent name for a lipstick.

Now that I will no longer be watching television on Tuesday nights, I am left with The Office and Scrubs on Thursdays. Perhaps I don't watch enough television.

my breakfast

In other news: (what I learned from my TV watching last night): There is going to be a Nancy Drew movie! It comes out on June 15th! Cingular is the new AT&T! Cingular's name is now AT&T! I don't get it. Maybe I do watch enough TV.

Often, vanity is the only thing that keeps us going

Check out my friend Reid's blog. It made my day.

I don't think he wants to have his meat cut at all

Always one to listen to my mother, I hereby terminate the weekly Gilmore Girls blog. In the words of this mother I've mentioned, "Oh yay. I get to read another annoying blog on Gilmore Girls" I detected a bit of disdain..... anybody get that too?

Happy Wednesday and last day of January! (I'm celebrating with a blueberry scone and some steamed almond milk at Barnes and Noble this morning).

Can we just send an e-vite?

First of all, I would like to wish all my dedicated readers a happy Buxtehude Pizza Tuesday! I celebrated with a nice Simi Cabernet and a pretty good pizza. Now, those of you that watch and enjoy Gilmore Girls (I know you’re out there) and read my blog (okay, the word “few” may be overstating it) probably missed my comments on last weeks episode. And for that, I apologize. From what I remember, Christopher is a “likeable” guy!

But when it comes to this week: my top ten Gilmore Girls thoughts:

1. I think “Man’s Inhumanity to Man” is a great theme for a party! Isn’t that what parties are about anyway? What would you serve as appetizers? Although I guess “Everyone Leaves by 8:30” would be more my kind of party.

2. TJ does the Survivor Challenges??? I’ve seen this show a mere one or two times…. But never thought of THAT!

3. If there is a food and wine tasting….. I’m THERE!

4. Kirk is an absolute asshole this season!

5. Snarkiness? Really? FANTASTIC. Who is going to keep MY snarkiness in check though?!

6. Boys make things more confusing, more complicated and more complex as they age. The three C’s! Remember that girls!

7. AND Venus and a bowl of soup are still too similar. They’re both sort of ROUND. I think more like…. Venus and a kick in the shin.

8. My husband thinks Christopher should know better to not get into a fight with Luke. I think it was charming. In the Christmas spirit!

9. I delete number 9. It was about Emily and Lorelei and marriage. Emily is punctilious. But sweet.

10. I hate these girls afterwards. Is this a “great” idea of the CWs?! Bring back the WB I say! Less commentary! More hurricanes and drug overdoses!

I would have probably enjoyed the episode more if not for my lack of pizza sauce.

Gilmore Girls Season 7, Episode 9

Okay. I think this weeks episode of Gilmore Girls was weird.

1. Logan and Rory are weird together. They didn’t behave at all as if they were excited to see eachother. And suddenly he is getting an apartment in Manhattan?
2. Telgrams are no longer a possible method of communication.
3. It is crazy that one man can change one woman’s life so much. Instead of fitting into eachother’s lives, they are changing. I don’t know how I feel about that. Weird.
4. Logan putting his hand on Lorelei’s arm as he walked out the door was WEIRD.
5. What else is upstairs that Rory’s room is downstairs and off the kitchen?!

Was the word awkward in the title of this episode??

that'll teach you to smile...

I did not jot down any notes as I was watching this episode. My pizza was too good this week (pepperoni, broccoli, mushrooms, and jalapenos, covered in more pizza sauce, red pepper flakes, and parmesan cheese.... YEAH!) and I just plum forgot! So, this blog of thoughts will only be more random and inane.

1. Paris is so Ayn Randish. I love it.

2. I too am SO RELIEVED that Lane’s twins aren’t going to be joined at the head! Phew! But why does everyone always want everyone ELSE to have babies?!

3. Rory’s hair looked the least cool of the three girls.

4. This morning, as I am trying to focus my thoughts on important things like what I thought of last nights episode of Gilmore Girls, I am distracted by wondering how the cheeseburgers in Paris actually ARE. Probably topped with a really rich sauce somehow (bearnaise? bordelaise? hollandaise? sauce provencale? sauce veronique? yeah. who knows). Do they even HAVE buns in France? Or would cheeseburgers be served on a croissant? I’m betting they have mustard, but would they have ketchup? Pickles? I bet it would be mayonnaise instead. I’m hungry.

BANANA BREAD!

Uh oh GOOD? or uh oh BAD?

I am very glad to have watched this weeks episode of Gilmore Girls, and let me just say that repeating the non-repeating portions of language tapes is a fabulous way to learn accents. I’m doing that with my Japanese CDs right now! Repeating the woman’s English I have found is perfect for learning a British accent!

But on to our beloved characters….. It is cute that he is dating now, but Luke should have seen right away how scary the swim coach was going to be when she said about the swim lessons, “This is not something I would wait on.” Whoa. I wonder if Luke got himself roped into this out of an honest attraction for the woman, or if he is a little too much of a wuss to walk away.

And does anyone remember the really chipper girl at the parent check-in that Christopher and Lorelei encountered? I used to BE that girl when I worked at the bagel shop at five in the morning in high school. Chipper little girls like me are excellent propaganda for parent weekends. Along with croissants and cloth napkins. (thank goodness that I have grown out of that though).

My last real comment (if any of these can be called real): Christopher is a DORK. I didn’t know this about him coming into this episode…. Did any of you? I mean, I am not used to thinking of dorks as the kind of guys that get girls pregnant when they’re only sixteen! But he certainly outed himself with that goody-goody question about dark matter (or something) in this episode! And the superman emblem comment? Dork. Luckily for him, Lorelei seems to like dorks. (I hope I’m not offending anyone with my incessant use of the word dork). Which makes me wonder how it was that she was really with Luke.

Overall though, Kirk doing Top Gun, the acapella Bon Jovi, and the fact that Christopher and Lorelei thought they won parents weekend (ah – but a fancy little twist left someone else winning entirely!)…. made for a perfect hour accompaniment to my pizza and custard fruit tart.