My best friend and I went to Montauk in the winter because we loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It snowed while we were there, so this montage had to be made.
Honestly, waking up that morning to that amount of snow on the beach will rank among my top two favourite moments of life so far, I’ll never be able to describe how it felt.
I've purposely delayed writing this post, but since 2017 is officially well underway, there are no more excuses. I'll list my 2016 resolutions from last year below and then write alongside them how each went.
1. Read at least two books per season.
2. Do pilates (or go to the gym) at least five times each month.
Okay, so I crushed this goal two thirds of the year. Yeah! And that means that I went to the gym 14.5% of the days this year (53 out of 365). Okay, that's not great since in 2015 I went 23.5% and in 2014 I went 37%, but still - it's not 0%. Not that there's anything wrong with 0%, but I would really like to get back up into my 2014 gym game.
3. Save 20% of every pay cheque from waitressing.
4. Juice at least ten times a month.
I really said ten times a MONTH? Jesus. 2017 is definitely going to be about low expectations, Liz. LOW.
5. Go to an island with Nathan.
6. Constantly buy flowers for the apartment and take photos of each arrangement.
7. At least once a month, go to a fancy-ass restaurant that you've never been to before.
I love this resolution so hard. It's hard to pick a favourite of the year, but if I absolutely had to it would be Delmonico's. It'll definitely my to-go best steak place in the city now.
8. Get at least three haircuts this year.
9. Wear all of the lipsticks. (I own twenty tubes of lipstick and I reserve them for... what?! I don't know. They gots to get WORN.)
All Fired Up by MAC
Sin by MAC
Freckletone by MAC
So Marilyn by Charlotte Tillbury
Bitch Perfect by Charlotte Tillbury
10. Sing in public again.
All in all, 2016 was a pretty great year for me. I started the new year in Connecticut with Nathan, I began waitressing at a small French restaurant nearby, I went to the Westminster dog show, finally went to the planetarium, went to Florida three separate times (jesus, I just realized that), visited City Island in the Bronx, rode bikes around Governor's Island, cooked a lot of new things, went to the beach a ton, went to a lot of baseball games (one at Fenway Park), my mom came to visit me in New York, three of my close friends had babies, one got engaged and one got married, my brother came from Scotland for Thanksgiving, went on Central Park walks with Baby Dog - it was a pretty sweet year. 2017 resolutions coming soon!
Thanks for reading!
“I am a huge Woody Allen fan. Although I’ve only seen Antz. But I’ll tell you something. What I respect about that man is that when he was going through all that stuff that was coming out in the press, about how Antz was just a rip-off of A Bug’s Life, he stayed true to his films. Or at least the film that I saw. Which again, was Antz. The thing is, I thought A Bug’s Life was better, much better than Antz. Point is, don’t listen to your critics. Listen to your fans.”
This scene will forever put me in a good mood.
In Florida. Back soon.
You're well aware of how much I love the movie Krampus. And whether or not it seems like the type of Christmas movie you'd actually want to watch, there's no denying how great this opening scene is. Love it so much.
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
Before I begin, there are spoilers galore ahead, be warned.
So many thoughts, so I'm going back to bullet point here. I love bullet point.
Winter
• Stars Hollow should always be set in winter. It couldn’t look more perfect.
• It’s weird how Rory’s voice is so different, but maybe that makes sense since she’s an adult now?
• I wish we could’ve seen Rory’s apartment in Brooklyn.
• Caesar’s hair made me gasp.
• Tom Waits was such a fine choice for Richard’s funeral scene.
• Holy shit, is Digger 93 years old now? Wow.
• I love that Berta is being played by Gypsy. It’s so funny and great.
• Zack looks like a young Jim Gaffigan.
Spring
• Rory constantly saying that she has to leave has become increasingly annoying.
• As of the middle of this episode, KIRK has gotten 8000% more screen time than Jess and nothing is right in the world.
• Hey Rachael Ray, why didn’t you learn how to pronounce “Sookie”?
• RAFI!
Summer
• It’s infuriating that I know so much about Logan's life right now.
• Where the hell is Ms. Patty?
• Am I overthinking this, or has Luke somehow became MORE of a grump? He’s become almost intolerable. Why can’t this man be happy, ever? I understand that he has these sweet moments, but honestly? THEY HAPPEN ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. 95% of his character is an old, grumpy man who never smiles. I can’t bare it.
• There’s no way that Taylor would allow that poem to be left off the front page – KNOW YOUR CHARACTERS, GODDAMNIT.
• Can you call me Elizabeth Roundbottom from now on?
• I’m in a loving, long-term relationship, but the sight of Jess Mariano’s arms made me quiver in regions that I didn’t know I had.
• If I had complete creative control, I would’ve nixed the whole Stars Hollow musical scene and replaced it with ten minutes of a straight pan up and down of Jess’ entire body.
Fall
• Remember how I said winter was always the best season of GG? So wrong. Definitely fall.
• Okay, I was maybe into the whole life and death brigade scene. MAYBE. You can’t prove anything. Look, I get the Logan attraction. I really do. But at the end of the day, THINK OF JESS’ LONG UNTAMEABLE HAIR AND CHEST WIDTH.
• I also take back what I said before about Luke. Yes, he’s grumpy a lot of the time but his big declarations do count for something. Also, Lorelai is typically a pretty dreadful character, so they're matched well together.
• Emily being so happy at the thought of Jack leaving her new house is such a sweet moment, I thought. Just how she really seems to be enjoying her new life and not having to rely on anyone else for anything and having a sort of freedom that she’s never had before. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but I really liked that.
• Rory roaming the old Gilmore house made me weep in a way I didn’t expect.
• I know he’s in one scene, but there’s too much Christopher in it.
• The song played during the gazebo scene? So glad they brought it back. It’s been on my iPod since I first heard it during the Luke/Lorelai dancing scene at Liz/TJ’s wedding and it couldn’t be more perfect to play now.
• Perfect ending, though every ounce of my being wanted Jess to be peering out of a bookstore or a car or a fucking garbage can for all I care so I can see the way he looks at her one more time.
Overall Thoughts
The best things I’ve read so far about the revival were these three snippets:
"Logan was shirtless and looked... sexless. But Jess? FUCK YES" - my friend Julia, haha
“Emily Gilmore finding happiness on her own in Nantucket, with Berta, and the whale museum is just so beautiful. For 50 years she was Richard’s wife, and for the first time ever she’s Emily. How fucking cool.”
“I can’t decide if that was Amy Sherman-Palladino saying, “I’m not done with this story, stay tuned,” or, “FUCK Y'ALL I’M OUT.””
So many thoughts. I've already watched it twice. And I can't comment on how many times this bitch is getting watched again. (Re-reading this post makes it seem like I actually loathe the show, but I think it's just that we're most critical of things we love deeply.)
I'll leave you with this.
