I’ve always wondered what it would be like to be a writer.  I mean I can type, I can blog about who is hotter, Jess or Logan, but I’m not a storyteller.  I can tell my own story, but that is all. The voices in my head just don’t tell me about other people.  "The Opposite of Fate" by Amy Tan gave me that elusive look into the life of a writer that I had been longing for.  She calls it a "book of musings", it’s a lot like reading the blog of a famous person who doesn’t know she is famous.  I never thought I would want to read "The Joy Luck Club", it just seemed like such a "girly" book, but I now have a newfound respect for it, & I haven’t even read it yet.  However, I will read it.  Amy Tan is the kind of person I would be friends with if I was cooler.

Remember when Lorelai chose to show "The Yearling" at the town movie festival?  Well, I had never seen it, & it has Gregory Peck in it, so I thought surely it can’t be so bad. I’m more than a little disappointed that I don’t like this movie.  It has some of the most beautiful shots of sweeping landscapes that I’ve ever seen. As far as film has come in the last 60 years, these shots still can’t be matched.  Maybe it’s because we just don’t take the time to do cool shots of landscapes anymore.  I wanted to like "The Yearling" but I’ve just been too hardened by modern movies like when you eat too much Captain Crunch & then all other food seems tasteless. Plus, I just hate it when kids seem like they are being forced to act, like their mom is on the sidelines saying that they’ll take away their puppy if they don’t cry on command. Maybe I just need to follow it up with a film by Kirk.

Tim just sent me a newsletter informing me that the CW just announced that "Gilmore Girls" will not be returning for an 8th season with the finale airing May 15th.  At least they won’t be able to mess up the show anymore although two weeks is not a lot of time to get Luke & Lorelai back together, have Rory & Logan break up & Rory be ok with that, Rory become a famous news reporter & have Adam Brody return to marry me on my first guest appearance on the show.

Tonight’s episode is why I started watching "Gilmore Girls".  It’s like life, on an interesting day.

When Rory doesn’t get her internships & worries that everyone will leave her that is what graduating from college feels like.

When Lorelai obsesses about why Luke is wearing the hat she gave him again, that’s what relationships are like.

When Logan asks Lorelai for Rory’s hand in marriage & he has to keep repeating Lorelai over & over as the screen fades out, that is exactly what Grandpa Gilmore’s stroke is like.

When Lorelai sings "I will always love you" karaoke to Luke, well that is what jumping the shark is like.  Usually a karaoke scene is the kiss of death, but I still loved it.

The CW may have actually added something cool to their website, Kirk giving tours of Stars Hallow, but it’s too slow on my computer to tell so please someone check it out & tell me about it.