Posts made in June, 2007

Conversation Detour

Posted by Sarakastic on Jun 15, 2007 in Gilmore Girls | 2 comments

If we’re ever in casual conversation & you  notice that I’m trying to steer the conversation towards robots, this is why.  I’ve always wanted to have this exact same conversation. This quote is from “Back in the Saddle Again” when Grandpa Gilmore helps with the group project. Madeline finally says something witty instead of clueless about Brad at least trying to have built a robot and he admits that it’s true. I can usually work in something like, “He looks like a guy who has tried to build a robot”, but it just isn’t as funny. Someday, Someday.

Rory’s Book Club: My Life in Orange

Posted by Sarakastic on Jun 11, 2007 in Book Reviews | 1 comment

I give this book three pop tarts. 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. They were imple 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. It 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.

A Month Later

Posted by Sarakastic on Jun 11, 2007 in Recaps | 2 comments

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 or 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.