I probably wouldn’t have even watched the movie “For Keeps?” if it hadn’t been for Gilmore Girls. As a rule, I tend to stay away from any Molly Ringwald movie that isn’t “Pretty in Pink” because I’m always horribly disappointed. I really loved For Keeps because if Lorelai was a real person, she might’ve watched this when she was pregnant. Yes, I’m still in touch with reality enough to know that Lorelai doesn’t exist, I only wish she did. Plus, it was interesting to see how things were different in the long ago era of the 80’s.

I’m a horrible child of the 80’s. I hadn’t seen St. Elmo’s Fire until a week ago. It was probably my favorite brat pack’movie of all time. That isn’t saying a lot. I enjoyed the Gilmore Girls’ references to this show a lot more than the actual movie. Ok, so maybe The Breakfast Club is my favorite brat pack movie. What’s your favorite brat pack movie?

I usually am not a fan of books about writers. Especially when the book is about a writer who is writing a book about a writer, who is probably writing a book about a writer. It’s just too confusing. The only time this is acceptable is on the Stephen Colbert Show when he stands in front of a portrait of himself & in the portrait there’s a picture of him standing in front of his portrait, so on & so forth. However, there was one chapter in this book that made the entire thing worthwhile, & I’m not telling you which one.

I always think that I want to date a Luke Danes. He’s so stable. However, when I really think about it, he’s also grumpy, moody, & slow to commit. Now, Lorelai is my hero, so I don’t think that she was at fault for their problems. I spend way too much time thinking about these kind of things, so here is what she might’ve done differently.

Luke needs time to process. Most of Luke & Lorelai’s problems arose because Lorelai needed an answer right then, & Luke needed time to think about it, such as when April showed up.

Luke also needs space. Although he did attend more town meetings & events when they got together, he still needed Luke time. He’s never going to be the center of attention party planner.

Honesty. It seems like whenever Christopher called, Lorelai wouldn’t mention it & it would turn into a big fight because Luke would assume that she wouldn’t hide it if it meant nothing.

So I guess I still want to date a Luke Danes, but maybe one with less issues that will still build me an ice skating rink.