As anyone who has not been living under a rock recently knows, The Gilmore girls, Lorelai and Rory are reprising their roles in the new mini-series "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life." I have never watched the entire series start to finish. I only caught the random episodes that were on ABC Family when I was having a lazy weekend. Considering many of my weekends were lazy ones, I am quite sure I have seen all 154 episodes, but since they were out of order, I have no idea what actually happens to the Gilmore girls. The new episodes will be released on the 25th of November, otherwise known as Black Friday. That means I have exactly 16 days to watch every single episode to accurately celebrate what I now dub Gilmore Friday. I have officially watched 26 episodes since yesterday. Actually writing that is making me painfully aware that I have a problem.
Point of the matter is that, as I was rounding out season one last night, ordering a whole pizza for myself and putting off the many responsibilities I have, I realized the name for my strange behavior. Or rather, Michel said it in the first season finale: Love, Daisies and Troubadours. Lorelai's definition of ennui, a lazy, soon-to-be out of work, French concierge who won't answer the phone, is not far off. Ennui is a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
Don't get me wrong, I have been thoroughly occupied and excited by Gilmore Girls, it is still streaming as I write this, but I put off everything else i had to do. I sincerely struggled to split the screen and write this.
So, to myself, and anyone else binge-watching and ignoring all responsibilities,
You have a life to get back to.
This may seem obvious but ennui is like a trance. I don't quite know when it started but all of the sudden I had done nothing else but watch 1,170 minutes of GIlmore Girls. 19.5 hours. I sicken myself.
Remember your goals and get back to achieving them.
Sometimes, it is true, you just need to take a day to do nothing. You have to stop it at one day, though. I was just about ready to shirk all of the things that I have to do, school work, clean my room, do laundry or buy groceries. One cannot live on pizza alone, though I sure as hell wish I could,
Get responsibilities out of the way and go and do something fun. Or finish watching Gilmore Girls. Really it is your perogative.
