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elanor_inglorion — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:33:13 -0800

Hi Tim! Hi people.
Well Tim, you send me an e-mail talking about how the forum Four Fat Chicks is your Stars Hollow (you were right, I got it.) and how you would like to have something like that about Gilmore Girls, so here I am to try to do it with you. My name is Thalita, I’m 21 and I’m from Brazil. I discovered GG a little time ago, in the end of last year I broke my right foot and as I was home all the day I watched TV all the time. This was when I first really watched Gilmore Girls and I loved the show, I had first watched one episode of the Brazilian version and it wasn’t good because of the dubbing. So I got all the DVDs and started watching from the first season. I am currently watching season 6, and I’m really sorry that there are just seven seasons, I’m almost finishing it, and I will miss it so much. All these characters are now like friends for me, real friends. I can say that I had moments when I wasn’t feeling good about something in my life and just watching GG makes me get better, it’s almost the same as having a good talk with a friend; you laugh, you get anxious, you get emotional, you get mad… You may think I’m crazy, but sometimes I’m watching it and really get into the story, I actually shout to them, like “no, don’t do this”, or “come on, say you are sorry” and crazy things like that. After all I would like to have a place to talk about GG, to remember the great episodes and laugh again. Gilmore Girls made a difference in my life, I’m glad to have broken my foot so I could find out about this great show. I hope to make some good Gilmore Girls’ friends here! It’s all for today and I’m sorry for my English… it’s not that good yet.

Thalita Carvalho
“Life is short. Talk fast.”

Hi, Dan.

TimK — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:06:31 -0800

Hey, Dan. Nice to meet you. That’s some story. So now I imagine you’re getting caught up with all the episodes. Watching the reruns on ABC-Family? Some of those early episodes are excellent. And you’ll probably discover that watching the season-1 and season-2 episodes helps the season-3 episodes make more sense.

Cheers!
-TimK

Hey, Iris.

TimK — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:56:31 -0800

Sorry (as with Steph) that I’m so late with this. GG is a classic.

-TimK

Hey, Steph.

TimK — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:54:12 -0800

Hi. I know this reply is really late. I’m getting caught up on a lot of stuff. But welcome anyway!

-TimK

hello.....

kittysayswhat — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:15:23 -0800

my name is dan. i’ve been obsessed w/ gilmore girls since i saw an episode in season three (eight’o’clock at the oasis) in january. i watched it simply because the remote was out of reach AND i was tired. =) i loved it! =D
besides being obsessed w/ gilmore girls, i’m a HUGE fan of reading and writing. thats pretty much it, haha. hello everyone!

Hi!

Iris — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:26:10 -0700

Hi everyone, my name is Iris. I’m 16 and I’ve been hooked on GG since the second season.

Minda, I don't know what you mean by "looking for a song"...

merez — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:05:37 -0700

…I admit that I never liked the fact that “Where You Lead” is the theme song. I mute the TV for it, it so annoys me. Why this, of all songs? I can come up with two better ones right off the bat: “Lean on Me” and “I Wanna Thank You (for Bein’ a Friend)”. Be interesting to hear what others think.

hey whats up evry oen im

Lorelai is my Hero — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:32:52 -0700

hey whats up evry oen im steph and the youngest persaon hjere at 18 i have a sister who dacne and i do musical theater i know Timk from another gg site

Hi, Minda. Glad to meet you.

TimK — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:22:36 -0700

Hi, Minda. Glad to meet you. There are lots of people who only discover GG late in season 7, and others who will continue to find it in the years to come. I believe it’s a true classic and that time will bear that out.

-TimK

Gee, Carson, Thanks.

mbs83 — Fri, 25 May 2007 07:34:40 -0700

Hello - I am joining now, after the series finale *sniff - sniff*.

My name is Minda, I am from Minnesota. Minda from Minnesota. Ha. I am 23. I am a retail manager at a major department store. I am obsessed with the outdoors, especially backpacking/canoeing/camping. Things that Lorelai and Rory would never think about doing. A friend introduced me to Gilmore Girls only back in season 5 when she said I reminded her of Rory and I had to watch this so called show. I guess I can kind of see some qualities of Rory-ness in me. I am a bookworm (reading for pleasure not so much studying), I am always using witty comments and not to mention the love for coffee. I never did ask her though what exactly it was that reminded me of Rory. I think I will do that today.

And the first episode I ever saw was “Written in the Stars”. What a great episode to start on, huh?
“See? He called me “Hot Plates.” He so likes me.” Said by Lorelai. That is still one of my favorite lines because it has stuck in my head since the beginning. That whole scene in the diner is one of my favorites.

Ever since that first episode I was hooked. With in a week I bought Season 1 on DVD because I knew I had some major catching up to do. And once I got through 1 I went to Season 2. I spent a few months catching up constantly watching seasons 1- 5x02. And I knew I was addicted.

I love making icons for GG and I still have yet to make a vid. But some day I would love too, I just haven’t found the perfect song yet so if anyone has any suggestions that haven’t been used that would be fabulous. I think that is all that I can tell you now, I have to go back to work. I love this website it has a lot of useful info on it, I just wish I would have discovered it a little bit sooner.

I hate being interrrupted.

TimK — Mon, 14 May 2007 07:20:31 -0700

Yeah, I hate being interrrupted. Unfortunately, inbetween 8 and 9 is when the kids get ready for bed, which means lots of distracting activity in the house. That’s why I always record the episodes. So I can go back and watch them again.

-TimK

Hail back!

TimK — Mon, 14 May 2007 07:04:24 -0700

Hi, Rhiannon. I haven’t talked about it much yet, but I do plan to keep this site going, even after the finale. Because the obsession doesn’t end just because the story is complete.

Anyhow, it’s nice meeting you. I rmember being engaged. Being married for 15 years is fun, too. I have a high-strung, black cat. Used to have another cat, too, a cinnamon tiger. I miss him.

-TimK

Oy, me too, me too!

merez — Mon, 14 May 2007 02:18:31 -0700

…that is, was sure I wouldn’t like it, am now a certified addict (if you interrupt me during an episode, your hair had better be on fire), and yes, get mad at the characters when they are jerks. Long live GG.

Hail and Well Met

Rhiannon — Mon, 14 May 2007 00:04:05 -0700

Hello
I find it funny that I am joining here 2 days before the finale… but I have been online a bit more lately and stumbled here through gilmoregirls.org. This is a nice site, Tim. You liken it to Stars Hollow. Well, who wouldn’t want to be in Stars Hollow?
It is wonderful to share the obsession… I also feel very attached to these characters, and I have never felt so murgled about a TV show ending before.
I have been a fan for a few years now, after being home sick and catching reruns from season one. I was in awe of so many things; primarily smart characters that enjoy reading, and were better, brighter, funnier people because of it.

As to me~ I am female, four years younger than Lorelai, engaged, and my fiance and I have many pets, and rotating foster pets.

This Tuesday is going to be rough.

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

TimK — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:40:49 -0700

I have found myself so attached to these characters, that i feel bad for them, i get mad at them, it’s like they are a part of my family.

Hi, purpleflippers. Exactly! It’s like they’re real people, and we sympathize with them. And when the story’s over, it’s like a part of us still left back there inside the story.

I think that’s a sign of a great story, at least one that resonates with us. My favorite novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, is like that. Some people say Heinlein’s characters are shallow. But every time I read it, I feel like I’m living inside Heinlein’s fictional world. And when I finish the book, I feel like I’ve lost something that’s still back there in the pages.

Not many stories do this to me, but I love it when it happens.

-TimK

Introduce Yourself!

TimK — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:51:38 -0700

I’ll start the ball rolling by telling you a little something about myself.

I’m a guy, about a year younger than Lorelai (and 2 years younger than Lauren). I was born in June 1969 on the day before the summer solstice, a month before the first moon landing. I’m married with 2 daughters. My wedding was on September 11, which was our anniversary years before it was anything else, and will still be our anniversary even after no one remembers that anything else ever happened on that day of the year.

I got into Gilmore Girls around season 3, when I discovered that Edward Herrmann starred in it. I had to at least check it out, because I’m a long-time fan of Edward Herrmann’s work. The thing is, I don’t remember the first episode I ever saw. The first episode I remember watching is “It Should’ve Been Lorelai,” from season 2. I know that because I remember the scene in which Michel, under Rory’s direction, passes a CD to Lane, while Kirk distracts Mrs. Kim. This may have been during the season 2-3 summer break.

I also don’t remember when I got hooked on Gilmore Girls. I watched a bunch of episodes. And at that time, WB was running the earlier episodes on a different night as Gilmore Girls: Beginnings. And I thought it was a cool show and worth watching a couple of times a night. At some point, I got to watch the first season on video tape. And I thought, a really cool show, but I didn’t think I’d want to shell out for the DVD’s. And then came the dearth. There actually wasn’t a dearth of episodes, but I felt like there was. Because I wanted more and more. I couldn’t help myself. I was desperate.

And then Gilmore Girls started rerunning from the beginning on ABC Family. And I was Hooked (with a capital H). I was desperate to see these episodes over and over again. And as soon as I could afford it, I bought the DVD’s, because I needed to watch them. It’s a strange experience I’ve only had with Gilmore Girls. I mean, yeah, there are other shows I’ve felt like I’ve wanted to watch, and I’ve watched them over and over again. But with GG, it turns into an obsession, an addiction. I actually have to force myself to put the DVD’s back up on the shelf sometimes, so that I can live my life.

Fortunately, my wife also likes Gilmore Girls (although she’s not a nut like me). And so does my older daughter.

-TimK