I’d like to start by assuring you all that we did NOT watch anything scary Friday night, unless you consider Gilmore Girls scary. Christina loves that show, and I had never seen it, so we started it from the beginning and watched five episodes before getting sleepy enough to quit for the night. I like it, enough that I watched three more episodes this afternoon.
It’s funny – it’s somehow both exactly what I expected and not at all what I expected, and I am so far kind of surprised that it did as well as it did. It’s not bad, I don’t mean that. It’s just not a sweeping drama or a comedy or anything big. It’s quiet, and it’s kind of funny, and Lorelai Gilmore is occasionally irritating (but I expected that because that’s mostly how I feel about Lauren Graham), and it’s hilarious to see Sam Winchester in baby form with his brother’s name. And the town is ridiculously cute.
Anyway, my weekend has been at 30% Gilmore Girls, and that’s okay. It’s been raining off and on all day today – perfect weather for watching some light TV and finishing my book. Oh, I didn’t really like my book (Girls On Fire). Too much over the top teenage drama: violent, emotionally charged, and trying to be realistic but carrying the plot points too far so that I couldn’t just treat it like a thriller and go along for the ride. I’m glad it’s done, and my next book will be a silly novel about a woman on her 20s who protects the not-really-harmful monsters in NYC from humanity and sometimes has to protect NYC from the actually-harmful monsters. Much more fun.
Margaret
I think I told you at some point you might like Gilmore Girls. I’ve even gotten Erik to watch an episode or two…
Zannah
You totally did, and you were totally right. John came in while I was watching an episode (maybe the 8th one?), and he sat down and did something else while it was on. When it was over, I assumed we’d switch to something else (since we were going to watch TV together), and he said it’d be okay if I wanted to watch another one of those. Uh huh. So I won’t say he LIKES it, but he thinks it’s okay, and now we’re watching it together. 🙂