[ gilmore girls makes me sappy ]

So, I'm sure I've mentioned before that I absolutely love Gilmore Girls. It remains my favorite television show of life, and I have the entire series on DVD. Every once in a while, I pull it out and watch random episodes or entire seasons.

So I watched the last two episodes of the series and then watched parts Season 4 recently, and I gotta say... it makes me so damn sappy. I freakin' well up like once an episode! What the hell?!? I've never ever been much of a crier before... why is Gilmore getting me weepy? When Rory graduates Yale, and Richard tells Lorelai to just enjoy the moment, I get teary. When Rory gets her job and says "What about the rollercoasters?" and Lorelai is clearly trying not to cry, I do it for her. When Richard has a heart attack, I'm a freaking disaster. When Luke and Lorelai finally get together (both at the end of Season 4 and at the end of the series), I get so sentimental and gushy. When the whole town is cheering for Rory at the party in the last episode, tears are racing down my face.

Whaaaat is wrong with me? When did I become a sap? Now that I think about it... I cried when I was watching the Sex and the City movie, and Carrie confronted Big in the street and thwacked him with her bouquet. When did that kinda stuff start making me cry?

A few years ago, it would have been hard for me to remember the last time I had cried. I mean, I kind of giggled when Kate Winslet dropped Leo to the bottom of the sea in Titanic. Now, I'm afraid to watch the whole movie, just in case I finally do get weepy when that happens. Where did my cruel, hardened heart go?

Maybe I got sappy and sentimental at love and loss because I lost love. Stupid love life being nonexistent right now. Bah.

I'm going to go watch some more Gilmore Girls, before I have to go to a photoshoot. Maybe I'll make it through an episode without crying like a baby.

[ march 07: things i just don't get ]

There are some things in the world, that I simply can't seem to grasp. So here are some things that I just don't get.

The Purpose of Delegates & Superdelegates.
I just don't get it. I've looked it up online; I've asked people to explain it to me; I've tried to pay attention to the news. What the hell do they do? Are their votes more important or count for more than regular people? Why are superdelegates going to decide if it's Hillary or Barack? Someone save me from not understanding this.

One Tree Hill.
How the HELL is this show still on?!? First of all, when it first came out, no one talked above a whisper. It was freaking misty-voice land! Even when the person was angry, it still came out all misty and wispy and blah. I decided to give it another chance earlier this week, and I wanted to shoot myself in the face. At the end of the last season, they graduated from high school. And instead of going to college (and shooting themselves in the foot like almost every high school drama... Saved by the Bell, The OC, etc), they jumped ahead four years, and are still shooting themselves in the foot. The dialogue is inane, the characters are stupid, and they still all talk in a whisper. How is this still on, but Gilmore Girls was canceled? How? HOW?!?

The Fascination with Britney's Downfall.
Yes, the girl is an absolute train wreck. And yes, at first, I admit that even I was curious. But now, I just want the world to leave the poor girl alone. Sure, she's been a sucky mother, and an absolute loon. But in the end, she's a human being who desperately needs help, and instead is being taunted, ridiculed, poked at and prodded. There's a new show on her plea for help or twisted downfall or the fact that she's a fallen princess practically every week. Freaking paparazzi (those rat bastards... don't even get me started on that... way to give the beautiful art of photography a horrible, horrible name) taunt her and seriously try harder to make things worse. Do people not grasp that they're making everything worse? Just leave her alone. Do us all a favor, and back the hell off.

Will Ferrell.
Okay, before I get shot over this, let me explain. I enjoy him immensely in small parts. I thought he was hysterical in Wedding Crashers; his small parts in Starsky & Hutch and Old School were great; he was awesome in Zoolander and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. But GOOD LORD do I hate him in a major role. All his major stuff makes me want to poke my eyes out after about fifteen minutes. Elf, Anchorman, Bewitched, Blades of Glory. Hate them all.

The LOLcats.
How did that get so popular? How did that even start? They freaking creep me out before they make me laugh. Some of the ones of the cute cats, I get. But have you seen the freaky ones that people manipulate the actual cat?!? Jeeeeez, talk about the stuff of nightmares. And it always takes me like five minutes to figure out what the hell the words are supposed to say. Ugh. Don't like 'em.

I just don't get it. Don't at all.

What do you just simply not understand?

[ i am, in fact, still around ]

It has been a whiiile. I don't really know why I haven't posted in over a week. Call it laziness. Call it lack of things to post about.

Here's a quick overview of what I've been up to over the past week or so: work, relax, work, sleep, eat. You know, the typical, boring day-to-day life.

I did start my pilates class... Wednesday nights for eight weeks. It's pretty hard, but I'm enjoying it. The other people in the class are all ages, and are nice to talk to.

Other than work, and sometimes including work, I've had very very little motivation to do anything. And that's annoying the crap out of me. There are so many things I could be doing, so many things I could be learning, books I could be reading, photographs I could be taking, things I could be making.

My lack of motivation and interest in doing stuff is pissing me off. I've been getting out of bed way later than I would like, so I then have to rush to get ready. Mondays and Fridays, I've been delaying starting work, so I always have to work later than I'd like in order to get everything done. And after five full days of looking at the computer, I have absolutely no desire to keep looking at it to work on my website (which I have fully planned, and almost all the images ready, I just haven't sat down and put it together), or put together promo work for me. There was a family in front of me at the bank the other day that I could have easily given a promo card to, but of course, I've yet to make them.

I've become lazy. And I hate it. I hate that part of myself that gives in to the temptation to just sit on the couch and watch television.

I look at all these blogs and websites of other people doing what I want to do: creating, exploring, living life to it's fullest. And it makes me angry that I can't seem to find the energy or desire to do that myself.

I need something or someone to light a fire under my ass.

Takers?