Posts made in October, 2006

What’s up with “Hello Kitty”?

Posted by Sarakastic on Oct 27, 2006 in Gilmore Girls Fashion | 5 comments

Blogging can be stressful. Like today I spent two hours doing “Hello Kitty” research. I know what “Hello Kitty” is. In any department store whenever I see something pink & say “that’s cute”, “Hello Kitty” is the face that is inevitably peering up at me before I say “Ohhh” all disappointed & put whatever it is down. There’s “Hello Kitty” computers, DVD players, alarm clocks, & even postcard holders, which I desperately need. That is what is missing in my life, a novelty postcard holder. So why all the hype over a floating anime cat head? The Gilmore Girls reference “Hello Kitty” all the time so it was up to me to find out what is this all about.

I was going to originally post my findings in this paragraph.  I’ve looked & looked, & I don’t have anything solid that “Hello Kitty” is besides a merchandising gimmick.  At least the “Power Rangers” are also a cartoon. What is “Hello Kitty”? I think of her as the Paris Hilton of the cartoon world, she’s everywhere but no one knows exactly why. An enigma, that’s right “Hello Kitty” is an enigma.

Check out the official site for some “Hello Kitty” games. You can match “Hello Kitty’s” bow to her outfit (I failed miserably, stupid college which provided no street skills). They even have a story generator. Oh & if you happen to know why “Hello Kitty” is so popular, do leave me a comment & let me know.

“The Great Stink” Recap: I had to use closed captioning!

Posted by Sarakastic on Oct 24, 2006 in Recaps | 8 comments

Usually people aren’t so excited about closed captioning. I had to turn it on during “The Great Stink” because the “Gilmore Girls” were actually saying stuff I didn’t know about. So I had to turn it on so I could read how to spell it so I could google it later. I’m just that much of a dork. First, it was off to find out what gerunds means (I still have no idea). Then I tried to translate what “Bon Viant” means, but I came up with nothing, so I let that one go.  Then I read a little bit about Captain Blythe (no link because I couldn’t find a solid biography, the show described him pretty well), & found out what an epaulet is, as well as a middy. Then there were searches for various kinds of vegetable soda & a cute plaid shirt like Lorelai was wearing. I missed about 3 references in the first 15 minutes.  This is mostly because I wasn’t expecting them because Season 6 has been sucking lately.  It will be interesting when I try to insert my new words into everyday conversation.

Ok, in between all my quickly writing down words, there was also a show.  I think that they didn’t show a proper preview last week because it would have been boring. Hey, you can have plot or words like gerunds, I’ll get my plot from other shows. I’ve never been so excited for relationships to fall apart.  I’m completely rooting for Sherry & Bobbie to break up Lorelai+Chris & Rory+Logan.  Come on girls, I believe in you, you can totally do this. The pickle storyline reminded me too much of when Kirk was in charge of the Easter egg hunt & he didn’t make an egg map & the town smelled of rotting eggs.  However, this episode was better than most we’ve seen lately, including Season 6.  Lorelai was right, Chris is no Luke. Sorry, I’m scatterbrained in this review because of all my new words & the prospect of drinking celery soda. I’m on brain overload with all the new information, it’s like eating too many pixie sticks. Now I just pointed out my scatterbrained-ness, way to go Sarakastic.  I’m just that excited.  What were your thoughts on this episode?

Rory’s Book Club: The Great Gatsby

Posted by Sarakastic on Oct 22, 2006 in Book Reviews | 3 comments

One of the few romances from Rory’s booklist was “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Just because the book was romantic didn’t mean I had changed. I still put the Sara in Sarakastic.  I read the description of Gatsby buying a house next to Daisy & never speaking to her. He looked at the green light at the end of her dock, day after day, year after year, waiting for the perfect moment to reintroduce himself. As he pined away for five years I couldn’t help but think “Why doesn’t he just get on Myspace & message her”. Romance is dead I suppose. This novel could never be written now for that reason, but it did serve to make me sigh & wish the world was still like that.

This book does show the timeless human nature of always wanting what we can’t have. For this reason it is definitely worth a read. Plus it reminded me in Season 3 when Sookie met an old friend from cooking school. She found out he had liked her for 10 years but she had just married Jackson.  She & Lorelai found a sick satisfaction knowing that she was someone’s Daisy.  This is the perfect girl book. I don’t know if the CW will continue the book club, I’ve written & asked them, but time will tell. Either way, I will keep reading the books on the list.