Gilmore Girls

I’ve never considered myself to be the blogging type, but this semester I am taking a media class and am required to post twice a week about the media I view. I’ll probably make blatant attempts to be witty as I learn the art of blogging, but what can I say? It’s been a while since I’ve tried to write anything other than college papers. Anyhow, the important thing is that, hopefully, we will both become more active consumers of the media through this blog.

I feel like I my first post should be about Gilmore Girls, since I’ve probably had more exposure to that show than to any other show. I bought the entire series in Junior High (my collection reflects a lot of babysitting…) and have watched the entire series multiple times over the years. I am currently going through the series for probably the fifth time and I just started the seventh and final season.

Despite the fact that I remember every episode and have a significant portion of the lines memorized, I still feel driven to continue on to the next episode. I think the reason for this is partially because I know that things are either going to get better for the characters, or continue to be great, or because I know something bad is coming up and I just can’t stay in happy land while the characters continue to their doom (okay that is pretty dramatic…. This is a chick flick, after all). However, I think the more significant reason that I continue to watch this show is because the characters are good friends that keep me company while I am home alone (which is pretty often). I know the show well enough that I can eat lunch and do a little homework while it is on, but at the same time enjoy the characters’ personalities and their relationship with each other and with me.

I consider the characters to be good friends, and to be honest, I feel a little strange when other people say that exact same thing about this characters. It’s as if the characters are my friends and they can’t possibly be friends with you too because they’ve never mentioned being friends with you, and I would know if they had mentioned it! See, it just gets me riled up…. But, deep down, I really do know that this is just a parasocial relationship. It just takes me a minute to remember it sometimes. And then some therapy…. Anyhow, here’s a picture of these girls:

(Don’t they look happy? And cute? Can you see why I want to be friends with them?)