One of my favorite "Gilmore Girls" episodes is from Season 5 believe it or not.  I love the episode "Say Anything", right after Emily makes that mess at her vow renewal & Luke & Lorelai break up.  Lorelai watches "The Way We Were" & then calls up Luke & says something to the effect of I just need my best friend.  I watch this episode every time I break up with someone.  I find myself wanting to break up with people just so I can watch this episode again.  So it made sense that I would watch "The Way We Were".  There were some good moments to it, but I just didn’t like it.  It’s like spinach, it’s good for you but you aren’t excited to see it. This is a spoiler so stop reading here if you don’ t want to know.  When they are standing in the street at the end & Babs runs across the street I find myself thinking ‘The only way this movie could be saved is if one of them gets hit by a car right now".  No one got hit by a car, so I wasn’t a big fan.  I just found the movie to be a downer.  So I wasn’t a fan of "The Way We Were", but I still like the episode of "Gilmore Girls" that quoted it.  That didn’t make a lot of sense, I better simplify.  "The Way We Were"= :(      Gilmore Girls talking about "The Way We Were"= : )

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I’m usually not a fan of books over 400 pages. I can’t imagine many things that need that much explanation, anything longer than that, make into a series. So I was skeptical when I picked up “An American Tragedy” by Theodore Dreiser. I thought, at the very least it will be good for smashing spiders. Then I read that Dreiser based the book on a notorious 1906 criminal case, in which Chester Gillette was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in upstate New York. I didn’t know that this case was famous, but I was still intrigued.  It was a graphic description of how good boys go bad, at least in the early 1900’s. It was fascinating, I read the whole thing in two weeks.  There weren’t any tedious descriptions of rural farming in Russia in the 1800’s like Tolstoy. Dreiser used every single page. It was still 817 pages long, but as far as 800+ page books go, it was a good one. I had too much respect for “An American Tragedy” to kill any spiders with it.  Besides, I’m a little scared of spiders & am just not that brave.

I know what you are thinking "Why would I want to get in touch with my inner Mrs. Kim?  I’m trying to get rid of her."  The world needs Mrs. Kim to balance out all the happy, easy going people.  However, Mrs. Kim is always right, mostly because she has the Bible on her side, & she is just plain scary.  Cranky people always seem to live the longest.  Here are some ways to nourish your inner Mrs. Kim.

1.  The male in your life should take a backseat.  In fact, his very existence should be questioned.

2.  Khaki is your new best friend.  If all your clothes are the same color, there is no guess work in picking out a wardrobe.

3.  No. 4 may be because of the way Mrs. Kim eats.  Having severe dietary restrictions, not based on science, seems to give her a lot of joy.  Even if the food isn’t beneficial telling someone that they are eating death is just fun.  Just remember this equation, the health value in food increases exponentially in proportion to the nastiest of the food.

4.  Be so strict that even your children refer to you as "Mrs."

Mrs. Kim makes things happen, she gets things done.  She is strong & independent, & I can’t not like anyone who coined the phrase "eggless egg salad".

This is one of my favorite moments in all "Gilmore Girls" history.  If I ever meet my non sucky non season 6 Luke, & have kids, I will try & recreate the birthday moment every year.  Even if I have to yank him/her out of school, I will do it.  Even if I have to yank him/her out of finals in college, I will. Contributions to my future child’s therapy fund are now being accepted.

The episode started out with me trying to make origami out of starburst wrappers. I love watching the Gilmores shop & it was so cute to see them making a big deal out of Rory’s first suit.  I don’t understand why Richard is so crazy.  The only thing I can think of is that he refused to get into the CW’s time machine & have his hair highlighted, so the writers are punishing him with a role that is completely uncharacteristic & annoying. So the Gilmores left all the annoyances & went on a very funny road trip to Mia’s wedding.  Emily tagged along to go to a spa & was of course whiney the whole time about missing parts of Lorelai & Rory’s lives. 

The thing I really hated was Mia.  That isn’t the same person, is it?  Why base an episode around a person who you would have to hire a new actor for?  Maybe she just looked 20 years younger because she was standing next to Rory who was wearing a dress 50 years too old for her.  Maybe it was the fact that Logan showed up, & in order to make him look upset they always put too much make-up on him so his lips disappear & it makes him look like he has no teeth .Maybe the CW really does have a time machine.  Logan quit his job & apparently Rory was proud of him.  I disagree with this because if he can’t even work for his dad & not mess things up, how is he going to make things work in the real world? Lane had her babies & Luke is the godfather. Overall, very good episode, I got teary eyed at the end when all the girls were watching TV together in the motel.  I think we have all learned an important lesson here, things are much better when the boys take a backseat.