If "My Life in Orange" by Tim Guest was fiction, it would have been completely unbearable to read, because it just wouldn’t have been believable.  Guest grew up with his mother following Bhagwan Shree Rajnees, who established a large commune in Oregon in the 1980’s.  He insisted that his followers only wear colors of the sun. Guest’s tale of growing up in a commune was heart-wrenching. There were so many problems about communes that I had not thought of, simple things, such as kids not being able to have their very own toys.

At times, the book was a little tedious.  It was written without the emotion that I thought it required, it was written like a newspaper, there’s nothing wrong with that, just doesn’t make for the best autobiography.  However, I think Tim Guest deserves major congratulations for having survived this, & he doesn’t even come across as bitter.  I still won’t forgive my parents for the time I was four & fell into a cooler & couldn’t get out.  I was crying, envisioning a life being stuck in a cooler, & my parents dealt with the situation by taking a picture.  So I applaud Tim Guest for his survival skills & his grace.

It’s been a month since the ending of "Gilmore Girls" & I still haven’t recuperated.  I still check the CW’s site to see what they will say about the next episode.  I can’t help wondering about the unfinished plot lines.  It seems like Martie just came back for no apparent reason.  We never learned about Grandpa Gilmore’s extreme mood changes.  We never even got to see Mrs. Kim with the twins. Plus, I would love to see The Lorelai’s first day at the Barack bus, ie The Lorelai’s first day at Chilton, The Lorelai’s first day at Yale. I can just see it now, Lorelai following the bus around the country to whisk Rory off in her free moments to ride roller coasters. Not adjusting well to a post Gilmore life, not well at all.

"The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is the only book on Rory’s list so far that has been a thriller.  Stephen King gave it a rave review on the back cover.  Usually I am impressed by celebrity authors, because they are celebrities, but I don’t like to be scared.  However, this book just had a very fast, very interesting pace, but it wasn’t scary. "The Shadow of the Wind" is about one boy who tries to protect all of the books of a little known author from falling into the hands of a faceless man who is trying to burn all of the Carax’s books. For some reason, it reminded me of the "Da Vinci Code", even though it was nothing like the "Da Vinci Code".  It would definitely make a great movie. It doesn’t get five toaster pastries because I never fully understood the main character’s motivation in going to such great lengths to find out about this book.  However, four toaster pastries is nothing to shake a stick at.

This is another Gilmore Girls quote that I’ve tried to fit into everyday conversation, but with no success. Michel says it in the pilot episode, & thus gains my respect forever more.

People are particularly stupid today. I can’t talk to any more of them.

People usually think that I am rude, or pessimistic when I say this. I’ve tried to use it as my quote in online profiles, but it just doesn’t seem to make me a lot of friends.  Of course that doesn’t stop me. Even if I wasn’t a "Gilmore Girls" fanatic, I would still laugh if someone randomly said this to me, so what gives?  It’s not my fault that people are stupid, but just once, I’d like this to get the big laugh it so deserves.