Gilmore Girls DVD Fanatic

I think one of the ways that I’m like Rory is that I get hung up on the little things. This is illustrated perfectly during the episode called “The Lorelai’s First Day of Yale” The girls walk into Rory’s dorm. Lorelai is trying to point out how cool it is and all Rory can do is worry about getting rid of the old mattress, ripping her map, finding a replacement map, and noting the emergency exits.

Lorelai pushes her out of the room and tells her that she is missing it and they are going to do this right. She tells her daughter she has to savor the moment. Sometimes we all need to be pushed out of the room and made to start over. So this year, I’m going to try not to miss the things that are really important. Has Gilmore Girls inspired you to make any resolutions?

When I first started trying to be a Gilmore Girl it was all about the stuff. I had to get a shearling lined jacket. I had to build a snowman that looks like Bjork. Now as I’m older I’ve come to appreciate the show for what it is: a series of brilliant women who don’t define themselves by anyone else’s standards.

They don’t get sidetracked by recessions. (Well the show ended before then but I’m just guessing they wouldn’t). They don’t pay attention to things that should be impossible like getting into Ivy League schools or starting their own inns. They decide what they want and they go after it full force. More than any other inspiration as a freelance writer for the past six years, the Gilmores are what has kept me going. I live in a world where companies constantly go out of business and rules change and the sky is always falling. However, I learned from Lorelai that if even if you fail at something; it can still be the best two years of your life. Have the Gilmores inspired you?

1. A random stranger told me I look like Lauren Graham. I do not; but it was a lovely thing to say.

2. Someone else was surprised that I still run a Gilmore Girls blog. They asked if anyone even still searched for Gilmore Girls now that the show is over. This made me so grateful for all the people who still show up and read and comment here; so thank you. I am trying to coin the phrase “It’s not a tv show; it’s a way of life”.

What Gilmore things have happened to you lately?