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I want to start off by saying my TikTok fyp has just been FILLED with Gilmore Girls related things today! They were all about the set that's at the Warner Bros Studio Tour and it looks SO COOL. I saw that Luke, Mrs. Kim, and even Miss Patty were there at one point! I'm definitely not jealous of all these people who get to experience it, nope not at all. Also it's apparently, it's the 25th year anniversary of the show? My mind feels so blown by that fact!! Like, has that much time really passed?? MAN, I feel old. ANYWAYS, I wanted to mention that because it had reminded me of you! 🫶🏻

As someone who also loves nature, I totally get where you're coming from!! Green is such a calming color, especially when you're standing somewhere outside and all you can see is green because it's in the grass and the trees. It's like the color is a blanket wrapping you in a sense of peace that you can lose when life gets you busy. Getting a chance to slow down and breathe while out in nature is always relaxing, even if you only get to do it for a moment!

OMG REALLY? I feel like I don't really meet a lot of people whose favorite color is blue, so this is just AMAZING!! 🩵 That blue icing is so beautiful it reminds me so much of the night sky (which I also love to look at)!!!💙 But, it's also got me thinking of your next question, which is: If you could create a new holiday treat what would it be? It can be a candy, dessert, or whatever you prefer!

Sending you lots of blue and cookies! and maybe even... some blue cookies? 💙🩵🌊💎🌌❄️🍪

☃️🎄 HELLO-HO-HO DEAR DEER !!! ❤️ How have you been? I'm sorry I kept your message unanswered for a couple days. I've had some annoying stuff going on and had to deal with that... which, as you can see from my greetings, has impoverished my sense of humor LOL I'll fix that! :)

Aww it was so heartwarming and sweet of you to mention it reminded you of me! 🥺🫶🏻🫂 And YES! Last October was the 25th anniversary! I don't feel all those years on me 'cause Gilmore Girls started airing in my country a couple years later than its original US release... BUT STILL- sooooo manyyyyy yearsssss I grew up with that show, I am forever intertwined with it, I was raised by Lorelai Gilmore!!! LMAO

I am ENAMORED with the color blue, each and every shade of it! Unfortunately, just like you, I've met very few people who like blue and/or whose favorite color is blue BUT guess what... The two other people I know in real life whose favorite color is blue are... MY TWO BEST FRIENDS! 🤩🩵💙 And the funny thing is, we realized it YEARS in the friendship! So so many years into it, in fact, that it's almost comically embarrassing. About the friend I've known longer 'cause we went to high school together, I've realized it THIS VERY YEAR because I was crafting her birthday present and it involved some paint on some part of it, which I wanted to be in her favorite color... until I realized that, well... what's her favorite color? LMAO so I brutally blatantly Just Asked Her and we found out we both love blue. The other one is less iconic but still worth telling you: we were walking around, very random, dull moment, and it had just stopped raining, so there was a rainbow in the sky, which she spotted first. And then she told me how when she was in elementary school she had a group of friends which consisted of exactly 7 people. So they chose one color in the rainbow each and the other people called them their color, you know? So I asked her, What'd YOU choose? And she said, Blue. And I said, Why blue? And she said, 'Cause it's my favorite color! Very plain and simple story, but I found it cute!! 🥺🐟💎☄️🌊❄️

Oooh speaking of blue and cookies, I could make BLUEBERRY COOKIES or muffins or so BUT I feel like that's more of a summer dessert, don't you think? 🫐🍪 For this question, I gotta change color and land on orange! I love pumpkin and I love tangerines! So, I would probably make pumpkin-carrot pie with some cinnamon and coat it in dark chocolate! My favorite dessert EVER 🥧🎃🥕🍫 But I would make it for the first part of the holidays, when it's still autumn and Christmas is in the air but hasn't actually materialized yet, you know? INSTEAD, when Christmas IS here and winter has come, I'd go straight to tangerines! I once tried these YUMMY tangerine + brown sugar tarts and they tasted AMAZING so I'd try to recreate those! Otherwise, since the Mediterranean is a very nice boy whose climate allows it, I'd make tangerine (or any citrus, really) sorbet!!! OMG now I want all of these! 🤤😋

Sending some more blue although my mouth is now craving orange LMAO 🫶🏻🩵💙

I agree completely!! Allowing yourself to feel happiness in even the little things makes life so much more enjoyable! Especially when you're an adult and life start to feel more mundane. Being able to find some sort of positivity, even if it's in something so simple can make all the difference!

OMG YES!!! You picked some of her best mashups!! Seriously!! I remember watching the show on a grainy livestream when she did I hate it here x the lakes and absolutely lost my mind (in a good way)!!! The mashups that were just GUT WRENCHING always just hit different in an ironically perfect kind of way.

I totally get what you mean! That's such a unique way of looking at the two songs, and I love it! If anything, it makes perfect sense considering that the song Peter is referencing Peter Pan and even though he's technically "real" in his story, he definitely gives off imaginary friend vibes. I mean, Wendy had to let go of him in order to grow up, which is very reminiscent of growing up and letting go of your child-like imagination. And seven being a song about growing up in it of itself makes it work perfectly with Peter! Looks like we got another deliciously gut-wrenching mashup on our hands! I absolutely love her folklore dress! That was hands down my favorite outfit from hers on the whole tour so I would let her wear it during the acoustic set just to see her in it more! And it would be so perfect for that mashup! Like she's a memory that isn't complete because some of the pieces of it are missing, so she's "blank" because of it. Or we could take some creative liberty and say the white represents a translucent color which definitely helps with the ghost/angel/mythological creature vibes!

Speaking of color... My next question for you is: Which of the traditional Christmas colors (red, green, or white) would you choose to describe yourself and why?

Thank you!! My favorite color is blue so receiving that color as a gift means everything to me!!! It's hard for me to not be happy when I see the color blue, so I'm glad it's spreading positive vibes to more people than just me!! I'm sending you a rainbow for some luck and good vibes! 🌈🫂✨

HELLO-HO-HO!!! ☃️🎄🎁

I'm feeling better, thanks! 🫶🏻 And YES!!! YOU. GET. IT. YESSS!!! You definitely get what I'm saying! About everything, really! From the mashups to the DRESS (!!!) and her surprise songs ✨

Oooh nice question! The moment I first read it, my mind went immediately to GREEN GREEN IT'S GREEN CHOOSE GREEN IT'S DEFINITELY GREEN YOU ARE GREEN. And I must say that I am, indeed, a Green. Although I did try to take my time with my answer in order to find ways in which I could also be a red and/or a white. Let me just say, it all still added up to Green LOL but it was fun!! So thank you for asking!

I'm Green because emerald green was a color that fascinated me a lot as a kid, I'd be completely enchanted by it like someone had put a spell on me or something LOL I'm Green because whenever I feel detached from my Self or whenever I feel like my body has entered Autopilot Mode to function in society and I no longer feel in touch with my being a Human Being, a Living Thing, all I always do is, looking out the window or looking around as if I'm searching for something very vital, like some air to breathe. And whenever I see a tree, a fragment of a hill, some grass, anything green, I'd breathe again. I don't know, it's like a personal reminder that bigger things still exist and that nature is always here. Yeah, I'm a Nature Girly, I just love her, I'd catch myself contemplating her a lot and get "distracted" from those mundane social obligations one has in their life! 🌿

And because of the precise reasons why I'm Green, my favorite color is blue, too!!!! 🩵💙 THIS IS SO CUTE!!! It's so lovely to find another thing we have in common and both love!! 🥺🐬🌊❄️

I'm taking all of your rainbow very gladly! And I'm sending back much more blueeee

That is such a beautiful way to look at embroidery, and you are absolutely correct! It's so interesting looking at some of the first projects I've done and realizing just how much I've grown since then. Both in the craft and as a person. They're like a leaf that's fallen from the tree that is yourself and it reminds you of the growth you experienced in that season of life.

Yes!! All the songs you chose are just perfect! If folklore and evermore are sisters, then evermore is definitely the oldest (oh the irony since evermore is technically the youngest!) daughter who was forced to grow up fast and in return, has matured so much because of it. while folklore is more hopeful and somewhat naive, evermore is more sensible and grounded. folklore is hopeful that the love of their life will find their way back to her, meanwhile evermore has accepted the fact that said love is probably not going to come back and is willing to move on from that, even if that means she's alone. So, YES, associating it with loneliness and a lost childhood totally makes sense! You don't get to mature that quickly without losing a part of yourself. And I feel like all these songs encapsulate that in their own ways!

Since we last spoke the new Eras Tour movie and the documentary have been released, and it's got me feeling a little nostalgic! So, my question this time is: What is your dream surprise song mashup? Is it one that already exists or sadly did it not become a reality? If so, would you like it to performed on the piano or guitar? AND what acoustic dress would you want Taylor to wear for this mashup?

I'm glad you're starting to feel at least a little better. It always sucks when you're sick, especially when it lasts for multiple days at a time. I'm sending even more love and some tea your way! 🫶🏻🫂

❤️🎄☃️ HELLO-HO-HO!!! Sorry it took so long to reply, I got sick again (or shall I admit, I didn't take good care of my body last time and I put it out of the house to deal with The Elements prematurely)

Your leaf imagery got me teary, it's so beautiful and so so true! 🥺 Also YES I understand your little bursts of joy, it feels like you're a kid again and I LOVE how that childish excitement feels like!!! ('cause in my humble opinion it's not supposed to stay buried in childhood! It's amazing to feel little bursts of joy for little and simple things through your adult life, you know?)

Anywayyyy, the list of mashups I loved is LONG. I'm talking grocery-store-list-when-you-havent-been-to-the-market-in-weeks-because-you've-been-extra-busy-and-have-been-living-on-Air-and-Love kind of long! SO. I've narrowed it down (sadly) to:

The Black Dog x Haunted -> these songs have always given me a vibe of self-exorcism of pain and the fact that she did put them in a mashup >>>

Robin x Never Grow Up -> do I even need to elaborate on this? I mean- I'M SITTING ON THE FLOOR OF MY OWN APARTMENT IN A FAR AWAY CITY AND IM CRYING WITH LITTLE-ME PICS SCATTERED ALL AROUND, or something close to this but less dramatic lol

It’s Nice to Have a Friend x Dorothea -> because I've always associated both these songs with childhood/adolescence friendship that isn't completely dead in your adult life but it's also just Not The Same, you know

You’re On Your Own, Kid x Long Live -> it got me so emotional and it made me feel a deep connection like a very long thread that tied all of us together all across the world

Carolina x no body, no crime -> I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT CAROLINA IS ESTE'S GHOST FOR YEARS!!! SINCE CAROLINA CAME OUT!!! AND THE FACT THAT SHE DID SING SUCH A MASHUP JUST MADE ME FEEL LIKE, "SEE? I WAS RIGHT! TAYLOR TOLD ME SO HERSELF!"

I hate it here x the lakes -> such. a. genial. pairing !!! (And also: same, Taylor... Same)

Bonus mashup (because she didn't do it and I would've loved it if she did): seven x Peter !!! For some reason, I've always felt like seven is a song about an imaginary friend rather than a long-lost childhood friend, whose name and features Taylor can't recall when she's an adult because they were, in fact, a figment of her imagination. Peter feels the same to me! 'You said you'd come and get me but you were 25' hits and hurts so badly when considered within the dynamics of the relationship between a child and their imaginary friend once they've grown up. I don't know if it makes any sense to you and I don't know how to explain it in a better way :/ I hope it doesn't sound too crazy! Anyway, I know it wouldn't be part of the folklore set BUT the white folklore dress would be the perfect one to perform this mashup in! Taylor looks ethereal in that dress, like she's a ghost or an angel or both and she's definitely something evanescent, you know? Like, she looks like a mythological creature, or someone who's made of air rather than actual flesh. Which I find perfect to stage and perform something as fleeting as an adult recalling their childhood imaginary friend!

Also, everything is blue because I'm feeling blue today. Like, literally. I'm actually feeling like the color blue. So take it as it is please 😂🩵