Posts made in August, 2008

Vanity Fair

Posted by Lorelei on Aug 29, 2008 in Book Reviews | 1 comment

I was having trouble getting into the book Vanity Fair. I liked it a little more when I found out the real title was Vanity Fair: Novel without a Hero. The subtitle caught my attention because I always think sarcastic thoughts when Dr. Phil says “This family needs a hero” Yes, these people are on national TV yelling at each other, they are totally hero quality. I usually wait until I finish a book to review it but I read this passage about this bowl of wine that had been the undoing of Alexander the Great. I will always think of William Makepeace Thackeray as the first person to write about Founder’s Day Punch.

You know you are having Gilmore Girls withdrawals when…

Posted by Lorelei on Aug 22, 2008 in Gilmore Girls | 2 comments

I was watching The Jane Austen Book Club & I got all excited because the new Mia was in it. Granted, I hated the new Mia on Gilmore Girls. I didn’t realize how much I missed Rory until I saw the preview for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. Yes, I’m so desperate for anything Gilmore Girls that I’m even considering seeing the movie. Granted, it’s not to the point where I would actually buy a movie ticket, but I may watch it in a few years when it’s on television. I think I need some kind of intervention.

Say goodbye to frog girl

Posted by Lorelei on Aug 15, 2008 in Gilmore Dating | 3 comments

I was just thinking about the episode where Lorelai goes fishing with Alex. (Lorelai out of water. Yes, I actually looked up the episode title this time. Impressive eh?) Lorelai says she loves fishing. Sookie consoles her by telling her that she once told Jackson that she liked frogs & then Jackson started buying her frog figurines & all of Jackson’s family started buying her frog figurines & that is how she became frog girl. This inspired two thoughts:

1. Why do we always do that? Do we think a relationship will really come to an end if we don’t like fishing? Would we really want to be with such a guy anyway?

2. Why do boys think that the answer to such invitations will always be yes? I won’t go in the house if there is a spider in there. Yet, they always think I will love camping.

I have gone rappelling because some guy said “So do you like to do outdoors stuff?” I have gone fishing due to the same reason. Luckily when someone asks if I like hunting I can’t hold back an “Ewwww that is so wrong”. I’ve decided I’m not going to be frog girl anymore. From now on I’m going to say “No thank you, that is stupid.”