I went swimming for the first time in a long time.  I vaguely wondered if a person forgets how to swim. I guess it’s like riding a bike, which I also don’t know how to do anymore.  I got out my swimsuit & had pretty much this exact conversation in my head:

RORY: Mom, where’s my bathing suit?

LORELAI: Uh…do you have a bathing suit?

RORY: Of course I have a bathing suit.

LORELAI: When was the last time you wore it?

RORY: I don’t remember.

LORELAI: Uh, did it involve a rubber ducky?

RORY: No…I don’t think.

RORY: My suit is fine.

LORELAI: No, sure it is. It’s nice to be able to go from the beach to the mosque without having to change.

I too still have my swimsuit from 6th grade. However, I don’t call it a bathing suit because I’m too cool for that. I guess there is one thing to be said for living in a place where the ski resorts sometimes operate in July…no swimsuits.

I broil most everything.  It’s faster than actually waiting for something to cook.  Yet, it still uses the oven so I feel good about myself.  One year, I had an old fashioned stove in my college apartment.  I put the food in the oven, cranked it as high as it would go & nothing happened.  I spent twenty minutes trying to make it set on fire.  Years later I watched this episode of The Gilmore Girls where Max shows them the broiler.

Lorelai: *gasp* did you know we had that?

Rory: Not a clue!

Max: Oh, come on!

Lorelai: HEY, it’s on fire!

Max: It’s the broiler.

Rory: wow.

Max: what fall out shelter have you two been living in?

Rory: He has much knowledge.

Lorelai: We shall form a cult around him.

Rory: Build a statue many stories high.

Lorelai: We shall grow our hair long and stop bathing.

Ohh that’s what the funny drawer with the fire was for.  Now I know.

I think my dad was a little bit disappointed when he bought a Jeep.  He had been saving up for this manly car for years & I ruined it by saying “Ohhh that’s what Lorelai Gilmore drives.”  I didn’t offer to go off roading with him.  I didn’t ask just how many vertical feet it could climb without tipping over.  Instead, I said “So can I drive around in it & listen to Carol King?”  He let me & it was fabulous.  Jeeps are noiser than they appear on the show.

Paris makes a reference to Eve Harrington when Rory is supposed to give a Yale tour to that Anna girl.  Of course, I looked up who Eve Harrington was, found it was from the classic movie called All About Eve & hunted down the 1950s movie.

I had assumed that I had already watched All About Eve, just because it’s talked about a lot.  I had not.  I also assumed that I knew the general story line.  I did not.  I even assumed that Bettie Davis would annoy me with her Bettie Davis eyes.  She did not.  This film was captivating &  it’s hard to captivate me because I’m cynical.