One of the reasons I love the TV show “Gilmore Girls” is it’s like hanging out with the cool people. You get the best tips on what’s hot in fashion, movies, books & music. I’ve always followed this advice, and found so many cool things that Lorelai, Rory or Lane love. By far my favorite music discovery from this show is Tom Waits. There have been references to him in most seasons, Lorelai compared Max to Tom Waits in Season 1, and there was a poster of him in Rory’s dorm room in Season 5. It’s impossible to adequately describe Tom Waits, you must hear him. Wikipedia said of him “Waits has a distinctive voice, described by the MusicHound Rock Album Guide as sounding “like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car.” I never would’ve found Tom Waits without Gilmore Girls because he doesn’t get much, if any, radio play, and it’s name I never heard.  So thank you Tom Waits & thank you Gilmore Girls for the introduction. What is your all time favorite find from the Gilmore Girls? 

(Disclaimer: I compare Gilmore Girls & Hemingway. It’s not a degradation to Hemingway, it’s a compliment from me, you’ve been warned.) “The Sun Also Rises” was my next stop on Rory’s book club list. This is considered Ernest Hemingway’s first novel. It’s the story of American expatriates in Europe in the 1920’s.

Want even more reason to read it? It is also the story of friends who love each other & can never be more, & how the world taunts them for it. I can imagine Rory reading this when Jess is being Jess. If you take the main characters from this book & reverse them, you basically have Rory & Jess. The interesting thing is that the only reason Brett & Jake stay friends is because they can never be in love/marry. This keeps the intrigue & emotion there when otherwise they would have just dated for a few weeks, broken up with each other, & moved on. They stay in love because they can’t have each other. It’s the perfect book to read if you are frustrated with the state of any relationship in your life, because you will be left feeling ok at least it isn’t THAT bad.

The only time had I read Hemingway was in the 8th grade “Old Man & the Sea”. The fishing story just didn’t capture my 12 year old girl imagination. I was pretty much bored out of my mind. I was expecting more of that, & was just taking one for the team by reading this. This book was easy to read, engaging, funny, & I fell in love with one of the supporting characters named Michael. Hopefully, he will marry me. If you want to read like a Gilmore, check out the link to Rory’s official book club in the sidebar. You are always welcome to come & comment here on what you have read.

I have pictures of my nephew as my computer background. This has resulted in the loss of dozens of hours of work while I coo at my computer screen “You’re so cute, yes you are, yes you are”. However, it makes me smile whenever I look at it. So I decided to post about my favorite sources for Gilmore Girls Wallpaper to share the joy with everyone else. What is your alltime favorite Gilmore Girls Picture? The picture on the cover of the Season 6 DVD’s is one of my favorites. There is a similar picture under the WB link posted below except it has Luke & Logan in it. I’d use it as my wallpaper but I didn’t know if it was a violation of copyright laws to black out Logan’s face and put a big loser sign over his head. I guess my nephews are safe in their position as my computer desktop wallpaper…for now.