Every year I write about the Gilmore Thanksgivng episodes.  Usually this means that I make a reference to the episode where Jackson deep fries a turkey and the Gilmores have to go to all the different dinners.  Ah yes “A Deep fried Korean Thanksgiving” was the episode name thank you brain.

I usually skip over the Thanksgiving episode in season 6.  I’m sure that my brain won’t come up with the name of that one because I’ve blocked it out.  It’s the sad episode where everyone sits around the table with some kind of secret.  April is a big theme in this one which is why I’ve never been a fan of it.

However, watching it again I’ve noticed that I have something in common with Liz when she tries to make Thanksgiving dinner for all of her renaissance friends.  I have tried to make rolls from a can before because we all know that rolls from scratch are way out of my league.  I have to say its a lot harder then it looks.  My counter top has a dent in it from trying to open up one of those cans.  Then her rolls turned black and exploded.  It seems like something that you wouldn’t be able to mess up but you can, trust me.  Happy Thanksgiving to all the Gilmore-istas!

While watching the episode “We’ve Got us a Pippi Virgin” I realized that we all probably have a figurative glitter vest in our closets. Emily freaked out when she raided the pool house where Richard was staying and found a glitter vest. She just couldn’t believe where he would go in such a vest.

For me there are a few items in my wardrobe that totally stand out in my closet. It might even look like I have a double life. No, I’m not talking about the black trench coat that makes me feel like a spy, I wear that regularly because who wouldn’t want to feel like a spy? One is a size four lavender long ball gown skirt that I bought years ago when ball gown skirts were popular and I was a size four. I’ve always kept it because I feel bad that I’ve never worn it. I just haven’t had the occasion for it and it’s horribly out of style now. Well, that and the faux fur coat that I always felt like a bear in. Maybe I can wear both pieces together. No one will know it’s me. It will really come in handy with the spy thing. Opps, I meant to say I’m totally not a spy. What is your equivalent of the glitter vest?

Gilmoreistas will notice this, so I just won’t gloss over this. You will notice it so I’ll just fess up now. Yes, I have thought of a new name for all of us die hard Gilmore fans: Gilmoreistas. It’s not like I’m season 6 and I’m suddenly going to spring an April on you which is the worst form of torture. I usually come up with ideas for blog posts from watching the DVDs. You can usually tell what season I am on by what I’m talking about. So the next few weeks are going to be saturated with “We’ve Got Us a Pippi Virgin” inspired posts. I’ve gone through this episode several times before and it never really sparked anything in me besides the panic room. Who doesn’t love a good panic room? However, on this viewing I just got a lot of really great ideas so bear with me when you think “Hey, I know what episode it’s from. She wrote from that episode last week.”

In this episode Richard talks about how every time he goes to the register he picks up a package of breath mints until they basically overrun the house. I have to admit that I do this as well. I have over ten packs of gum in the kitchen drawer. It’s bubblicious because I refuse to grow up. They have a new sour orange flavor that is amazing, pick it up the next time, or twenty times you are at the cash register.

I’ve always loved the episode “A Tale of Poes and Fire.” There is so much going on with the fires and the Poes and Rory deciding on Yale. In fact, there’s so much going on that it’s easy to just overlook Kirk making his own topical t-shirts about things he observes such as “Babette ate Oatmeal”. I ended up buying a white t-shirt with black printing because the sheer simplicity of it reminded me of “Babette ate Oatmeal”. My shirt says “Cheese is Good”. What? It is.