Just My Life

Oh my lord, Jess is reading that relationship book Luke gave him

Emily just can’t help herself, can she?

Lorelai is such a good sport with the Renaissance theme - love the flower crown

“Luke’s waiting, unless my friend Carrie suffocated him with her boobs”

Lorelai didn’t talk shit about Jess being her daughter’s boyfriend, and she saw Jess’s self-help book and actually looked happy

Thank the LORD Jess threw out that deodorant

Liz seems happy, and Jess is just trying to survive the day

L&L trying not to die laughing at every aspect of that wedding

Mrs. Kim losing her shit about Lane living with boys

“I know nothing about this book.” 

I hate that Graham guy and hope I never see him again, especially after “He’s one of the best drunk drivers in Connecticut.”

I wish Rory hadn’t called Dean. I hate that very much.

KURT THE DJ

L&L’s first dance - they start out so far from each other, and finally move in close. SO SOFT.

“These are maybe the last people on earth I’d like to die in a car crash with.” 

YES GIRL, USE GRAHAM’S CREDIT CARD

Luke finally got the guts to ask Lorelai out, and she is SHOOK

Jess left Luke his phone number, AND said goodbye, AND wants to pay Luke back, AND told Luke he appreciates him - ALL BECAUSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP BOOK

Rory and Dean should not be left alone together, not ever. Bad bad bad news. 

OH MY GOD JESS CAME TO TALK TO HER

And Dean is not happy

“Come with me”

Jess nooo don’t make her run away from Yale

“You can count on me now.” 

This is not the first time I’ve gotten a message like this. I always find it curious. Because if you have this attitude you are either invincible, rich, or a fool.

I used to be in this tech nerd community and there was this older fella who slowly revealed himself to be a super right wing asshat. He complained about immigrants mooching, black people mooching, poor people mooching… everybody was mooching his taxes. Meanwhile, he was 65 and working hard. Paying his own way. Doing things proper like a good American. 

He was no damn moocher, that’s for sure.

Then he got sick.

He could not work anymore.

Lost his medical insurance.

His savings ran out in about 3 months.

And he became a fellow moocher.

He had to sign up for Medicare and disability.

But then he realized that wasn’t enough to live on. Boy, was he mad. ALL CAPS POSTS about how he can’t afford rent. He can’t afford food. He started posting links to his Paypal asking people to donate. He got furious at people because no one would give him money. Called us all bad people for not helping him in his time of need. He had to move to a smaller place. Sell a lot of his tech.

He was so very angry.

“I WORKED HARD.”

“I DID THINGS THE PROPER WAY.”

“I DESERVE MORE THAN THOSE MOOCHERS!”

Even after his experience, he viewed himself as different than other people trapped in the safety net. He deserved more because he had a bootstrap attitude. It didn’t occur to him that a lot of people on welfare or disability probably worked hard too. That he was no more or less deserving than them. It was sad to see his experience didn’t instill any empathy.

He’s a lost cause. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe you should think about how long you could last before you’d have to mooch. Are you set for life? If you were in an accident and unable to work ever again, would you be able to live comfortably and manage your expenses? Think about that. And think about the fact that disability pays less than minimum wage. Could you live your life on $750 per month? What changes would you have to make to accomplish that? Use your imagination and really try to put yourself in those shoes.

$1200 is not a windfall for me. It is maybe 4 months of having slightly less financial anxiety. That anxiety is a part of my life. It is inescapable and I have conceded it will always be there. It is the dread of seeing $14 in my bank account towards the end of the month and hoping I didn’t forget about an automatic payment. It’s the fear of looking in my freezer and wondering if two bags of frozen chicken nuggets are enough to last until I get my next payment. 

But now I am getting $1200 and for a few months maybe I don’t have to feel some of that anxiety. I can reallocate that anxiety to the world being on fire and worrying about my dad getting sick.

But you want me to send it back?

What’s even sadder about your attitude is you are focusing on the wrong people. I’m not a moocher. I’m an insignificant financial speck in the grand scheme. I’m probably a percentage of a penny on your tax bill. But then you look at companies like Amazon who used loopholes to pay no taxes. They also got cities to subsidize offices and warehouses. So not only did they not pay taxes, we paid them for the honor of giving people low wage jobs with poor benefits and dubious working conditions. 

What about our F-35 fighter jet program? For years they didn’t even work properly and they still haven’t even been used for anything and they will probably rarely be utilized because of drones. But we will spend a trillion dollars on them anyway. 

What about oil subsidies? About $20 billion of our tax dollars goes to the fossil fuel industry every year. An industry that has never struggled to turn a profit. Just look at pictures of Dubai and ask yourself why we are giving them subsidies. 

We give corporations billions upon billions of dollars even though they are making record profits. And then we find out they were operating so close to the edge that they can’t even last a month without us giving them billions more. 

But my $750 per month makes me the moocher.

Here is a master list of binge worthy shows for this Quarantine Season. 

I have starred all shows I have personally seen (at least part of), and I will re-blog this page any time I add anything to it. 

Please feel free to re-blog this onto your page, as this was quite a feat, and I would appreciate if it did not, in fact, flop. Also feel free to leave any additions in the comments and I will add them as the days go on. 

Happy binging, and remember that TV and entertainment can be the perfect escape during this extremely stressful time. 

90′s Throwback Binge:

Dawson’s Creek*

One Tree Hill*

Gilmore Girls*

Charmed*

Buffy The Vampire Slayer*

Angel 

Roswell*

Felicity* 

Greek*

Boy Meets World*

Sabrina The Teenage Witch *

Saved By The Bell*

Seinfeld*

Friends*

Party Of Five *

Alias 

90210*

Fresh Prince Of Bel Air *

Living Single*

My So Called Life *

Blossom*

That 70s Show*

Sister Sister *

The X-Files

The OC*

Being Erica*

Golden Girls

Supernatural/Sci-Fi Binge: 

The Vampire Diaries*

The Originals *

The 100*

CAOS *

Legacies *

October Faction *

Daybreak *

Black Summer 

The Secret Circle *

Utopia Falls *

Stranger Things *

American Horror Story *

My Babysitters A Vampire*

Teen Wolf *

Scream*

Supernatural 

Nancy Drew *

Good Witch*

Star Trek (suggested: TNG)*

The Haunting At Hill House 

Locke and Key*

The Umbrella Academy

The Walking Dead *

Fear Of The Walking Dead

The Witcher 

Are You Afraid Of The Dark* 

Shadowhunters*

The Tomorrow People 

The Shannara Chronicles *

The Mandalorian*

The Passage*

Lucifer

Everything Is Not Okay*

Charmed (2019)*

True Blood

Doctor Who

Fringe

Leverage

Killjoys

The Expanse

Farscape

WestWorld

Penny Dreadful

Peaky Blinders

Haven

A Discovery Of Witches

V Wars

Once Upon A Time 

Game Of Thrones

LOST

Current, YA/Teen Dramas Binge:

Riverdale*

Katy Keene*

Good Trouble *

The Bold Type *

All American *

Party Of Five *

Elite*

On My Block*

Gentefied

Sex Education*

Anne With An “E”*

The Society *

Atypical

Roswell, New Mexico*

13 Reasons Why*

Dear White People *

Dynasty 

In The Dark

Shrill*

Dollface*

Grown-ish*

Derry Girls

Reign

Adult Dramas Binge: 

Scandal

How To Get Away With Murder

This Is Us*

A Million Little Things*

Shameless

Orange Is The New Black*

Revenge 

Parenthood*

Good Girls*

You*

Dead To Me*

Spinning Out

Pretty Little Lies*

The Sinner*

Chicago PD

Chicago Fire

911

Californication *

Virgin River

Hannibal

The Killing

Bones

 Prodigal Son

Breaking Bad

True Detective

Sherlock

Sharp Objects

Little Fires Everywhere

Self Made

When They See Us

Adult Comedies Binge: 

Zooey’s Extraordinary Playlist *

New Girl *

Parks And Rec*

The Office*

Brooklyn Nine Nine*

The Good Place*

Superstore*

Community

Schitts Creek*

The Office*

Will And Grace*

Grace And Frankie*

One Day At A Time*

Black-ish*

Big Mouth*

Don’t Trust The B In Apartment 23*

Feel Good

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Shows That Are Over, But Are Good, Feel Good Or Easy To Watch Binge:

Greek*

Melissa And Joey*

The Mindy Project *

Life unexpected*

Hart of Dixie *

Jane The Virgin *

Young and Hungry* 

Girlboss*

No Tomorrow *

Crazy Ex Girlfriend *

Gossip Girl*

Pretty Little Liars*

The Perfectionists *

Twisted*

The Carrie Diaries*

The Fosters*

Switched At Birth*

Jane By Design*

Chasing Life *

Life Sentence*

Recovery Road*

The Lying Game*

Friday Night Lights*

Baby Daddy*

2 Broke Girls*

Superhero Shows Binge: 

The Flash*

Legends Of Tomorrow

Arrow*

Supergirl *

Batwoman

Agents of SHIELD

Jessica Jones

The Punisher 

The Boys

Runaways*

Black Lightening 

Cloak And Dagger*

Watchmen

Gotham

Agent Carter

Heroes

Medical Shows Binge: 

New Amsterdam*

Greys Anatomy*

ER 

The Resident 

Containment 

Scrubs 

The Good Doctor

House

Royal Pains

Chicago Med

Nip/Tuck

SUPER Feel Good I’m Having Serious Anxiety And Need To Feel Like The World Is A Disney Show Shows Binge: 

Liv And Maddie*

Girl Meets World *

That’s So Raven *

The Proud Family* 

Lizzie McGuire *

Victorious *

Drake And Josh 

Alexa And Katie *

High School Musical The Musical The Series*

The Expanding Universe Of Ashley Garcia*

Diary Of A Future President*

i-Carly *

Austin And Ally*

Phones And Ferb*

Hannah Montana *

Hey! Arnold*

Zoey 101*

Clarissa Explains It All*

The Secret World Of Alex Mack*

Big Time Rush*

Sonny With A Chance*

AaH! Real Monsters*

Hey, Dude*

Wizards Of Waverly Place*

Even Stevens*

Phil From The Future*

1. "Nothing excites me before 11:00."

2. "I really do hate everyone today,  including myself."

3. "I  just got hit by a deer!"

4. "I  think I may have loved you, but I need to just let it go."

8. "Like, ‘Stop eating the paste’ special?"

5. "I love you, you idiot."

6. "The dress is fine. The person in it, however…"

7. "One of those moments when everything is so perfect and so wonderful that… you almost feel sad because nothing could ever be this good again."

8. "I should hate you, not miss you. Make me hate you."

9. "Says the woman/man with a Hello Kitty waffle iron."

10. "Name, I promise, the only way you could be more important to me is if you had a Kit-Kat  bar growing out of your head."

11. "No, he/she’s not, we broke up. No, oh no, I’m sorry, he/she broke up, I thought we were  just taking some time, but apparently, I’m a moron!" 

12. "I can take running  into him every day in the halls, and in the paper and the coffee cart… Oh my  god! I'm gonna have to quit drinking coffee! And I love coffee!"

13. "I think I may have loved you, but I just  need to let it go. So, that's it, I guess. Um, I hope you're good. I want you  to be good, and, um, okay, so, goodbye."

14. "Did you do something slutty?"

15. "I'll eat to that."

16. "Oh my god, he kissed me." 

17. "Are you ever gonna ask me out? You flirt with me. You act like you like me."

18. "That okay, there's nothing to see. Name1's in a Speedo, Name2's in a skirt, Name3's in assless chaps." "Oh my God, stop! I'm never gonna be able to close my eyes again."

19. "Hey, I have an idea! Why don't you just pretend we did and go around acting really immature. Oh wait..."

20. "We need perspective." "We need therapy."

21. "What do you mean what am I doing? I'm ranting! You should recognize it, I learned it from you."

22. "You'll find someone else." "What if there is no one else?" "Then you'll get some cats."

23. "So you mean someone broke into our house, went past our TV, our stereo and our jewelry, then headed straight for the booster club cashbox, took $18 and left the rest?"

24. "They haven't had any cocktails yet." "Really?" "Oh yeah, when they start having cocktails we're gonna have to hide you."

25. "Hey, I haven't been dressed by a bird since I was two."

26. "Oh my God, just eat the burger already!"

27. "You need to start napping in the afternoons."

28. "Would you really feel guilty?"

29. "Which means you lied about why you came over."

30. "You're squirming. I've never seen you squirm. It's entertaining."

31. "But then you guys talked and eventually, time went by, and now you love him."

32. "Please, don't walk away like that!"

33. "Name, how much do you like this girl/boy?" "Do what you gotta do, Name."

34. "Hey, I got your note." "Yeah, well, putting it in the mallomars was a pretty safe bet."

35.*Rory, holding burger with two hands, puts her pinky up.* "Being a lady is hard."

36. "There's more of them!" "Name, the flowers on the wallpaper are not growing or reproducing."

37. "Okay, our house is burning down, and you can save the cake or me. What do you choose?"

38. "I need you to be serious here." "You're wearing a newspaper on your head and you want me to be serious?"

39. "I have multiple personalities, it might be one of me."

40. "My sister recognized you from the pictures in my box." "In what box?" "The box of stuff I have of us. Pictures and letters and everything I got from you." "You have a Name box?"

41. "Don't take this the wrong way, but get out."

42. "Just making an observation." "Great. We'll build a dome over you and jam a telescope in your head."

43. "You can't just say a normal sentence right? Just 'Hey, lets talk' is too dull for you?"

44. "So, what time does the judgmental express arrive?" "Grandma gets here at noon."

45. "You whine, you complain, you act like a child." "I do not." "I had to pay you five bucks once so you wouldn't go in sweats."

46. "Ladies and gentlemen, the drama king and queen of *Place*."

47. "What, are you afraid?" "Of going into a strange city with two guys I don't know? Yeah!"

48. "I want a pet." "You have me!"

49. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

50. "Do you have any idea how many people you've hurt? What is wrong with you? Forget it, I wouldn't expect you to understand."

51. "How many languages can you say "none of your business" in?"

52. "You did not." "I did too!" "You did not, because you are not stupid! Slimey and weasily yes, but stupid no."

53. "Nothing happened! We fell asleep!"

54. "I got kissed! And I shoplifted!"

55. "The cops shut down an eight year old's birthday party?" "And arrested the clown."

56. "Name! Who's your friend?" "I don't know, but this is Name."

57. "And just what is wrong with you? You already have everything! What the hell is wrong with you that you have this constant need to be the biggest jerk in the entire world?"

58. "Would you like me to drive so you can continue your diatribe?"

59. "It's not that bad." "Do you want a mirror?" "I'm taking it off."

60. "You're feeling pretty good about yourself right now, aren't you?"

61. "You're happy." "Yeah." "Did you do something slutty?"

62. "A little nervous breakdown can really work wonders for a girl/boy."

63. "Did you hear what she called us? 'Adorable.' She called us an adorable couple."

64. "God! You are like a pop-up book from hell!"

65. "Why doesn't he like me?" *Crying on the floor.*

66. "Can't you shut up for five seconds? Thank you."

67. "I cannot do this alone."

68. "I'm madly in love with you." "Well, good luck with that."

69. "Why did you come here?" "Because you didn't say goodbye."

70. *Hangover.* "Ugh, I need a taco."

First row – Guard Staff Sergeant, VN Stepanova: 20 kills, Guard Sgt JP Belousova: 80 kills, Guard Sgt AE Vinogradova: 83 kills.

Second row – Guard Lieutenant EK Zhibovskaya: 24 kills, Guard Sgt KF Marinkin: 79 kills, Guard Sgt OS Marenkina: 70 kills.

Third row – Guard Lieutenant NP Belobrova: 70 kills, Lieutenant N. Lobkovsky: 89 kills, Guard Lieutenant VI Artamonova: 89 kills, Guard Staff Sergeant MG Zubchenko: 83 kills.

Forth row – Guard Sergeant, NP Obukhova: 64 kills, Guard Sergeant, AR Belyakova 24 kills.

She was one of the deadliest snipers of World War II, and is regarded as one of the deadliest snipers of all time. Over the course of one year (June 1941-June 1942) she racked up a count of 309 kills, 36 of which were enemy snipers. Her prescence in the picture alone would have brought the total number of kills from 755 to 1064.

WHAT SOME PEOPLE DONT REALIZE IS THAT GILMORE GIRLS HAS SO REALLY GOOD QUOTES

EXAMPLES INCLUDE

The whole Paul thing made me cringe so badly. How can you regularly forget your boyfriend's existence?! Why would anyone date someone who keeps forgetting their entire existence for almost three years and then just randomly dump them over a text one day?! Why did Lorelai act like Rory's behavior is okay? Even when Rory acknowledged that she's treating him badly, Lorelai would say something like: "Oh no, he's just not right for you, don't worry about it." Like how can she string him along like that for so long with so little remorse?! If this was gender-flipped it would definitely NOT fly.

Why are Luke and Lorelai so afraid to tell each other things? Why are they so bad at communicating? How come they aren't even married? I mean they got engaged back in 2005, had their house renovated, set a date and everyhing. I get that the whole April thing messed it up but that was years ago. Nothing is standing in their way now, so why don't they finally tie the knot when they both want to? Also the way Luke acted at that fertility clinic made me cringe so hard. Luke had always wanted to start a family with Lorelai, so it's totally out of character for him to act that way.

That being said their impromptu wedding was beautiful. The decorations were stunning, they all looked so happy and I loved the fact that they chose the same song that had played at Liz and TJ's wedding! However I wish Jess was Luke's best man instead of Lane. Why wasn't he invited to the wedding at all? I don't mean the impromptu one, I mean the real one. I also kinda wish we got to see a sequence of their official wedding with Emily being proud of her daughter.

I hate how little we got to see some of the characters. Lane was barely there, Sookie only had one cameo, Paris was only in two episodes, same as Jess, despite the fact that the trailer made it seem like he was there much more. Some characters weren't even there at all! Like Madaleine and Louise. Why weren't they at the alumni day at Chilton? What about Dave? What had happened to him? Had he fallen off tjr face of the earth completely? I'd so much rather any of these characters had been given more screen time than watch that awful musical anf scenes of Lorelai and Rory making fun of fat people at the pool.

The jokes about child labor were so bad! Not funny at all, more sad than funny and it just made the girls look bad.

Anyway, I loved how they included Jason 'Digger' Stiles. And the Dean cameo. It was so refreshing to see their ex come back after years but not be pining for them. They both looked so over it which is very realistic. I mean it's been years. Everyone moves on eventually. Honestly, the Dean-Rory run in at Doose's in Fall is probably my favorite Rory and Dean moment.

I'm still not sure what to make of the way Jess looked at Rory through that window at the end of Fall. I think it was supposed to indicate that he still loves her and wants her back but it just seems a little far-fetched. It could also mean that he looks back at their times together fondly, but then he turns away and leaves, which means that moves on because the moment has already passed and the magic is not there anymore. That makes much more sense to me because nothing about their previous encounters is very romantic. Their banter at the gazette is more friendly. Maybe that look doesn't mean that he loves her and wants to marry her and raise her and Logan's baby like most GG fans think. Maybe it's closure.

Also I don't think that's a good way to end a story. First of all, it's a cliffhanger. You shouldn't end your story at a cliffhanger. And second, why did Rory have to be so selfish and randomly drop this huge bomb on her mother's wedding? Couldn't she think of a better time? I mean I get that ASP can end her story any way she wants, but I would end it differently.

A man in his 60’s comes up to me at the desk. He says “Why did you dye your hair?” [my hair is purple by-the-by] and at first I thought “Oh geese, Boomer doesn’t approve of unconventional hair”

Well I very openly explained to him that I did it because- hair dye is cheaper than therapy. He laughed and said:

“The reason I ask is because I see many young people dying their hair, and I was curious if it was some sort of uniformed statement. See I went to highschool during the Vietnam war…and if you went to war you had to get the buzz cut, that was just what had to happen. So, if you were in highschool, people against the war would grow their hair out as a way to visually protest the war. Well I Had long hair, but my dad was a World War Two vet, so he didn’t want his son to protest the military—well then mom cut my hair and gave me the worst haircut that had ever been given, my back looked like an inverted pyramid! —-

Next day at school two kids, both bigger than me were trying to shove me into a locker. They didn’t like my hair and they were beating me up for it. and this really big guy-he’d just moved to the area and I barely said two words to the guy- he comes up and says “Two on one? That’s not fair… . Which one wants to fight me?” And he and I were best friends after that.