A really good blog entry coming later, but first, I must commentate on “The Big One”.

1) Nutty Kirk decides to not sort the mail until he gets to a mailbox. That’s pretty redundant, as he might find something from another house way after. Rory has to wait for her mail, until later, poor girl. I hate waiting for the mail.
2) The girls head to Luke’s and Lane can’t help tapping her sticks. Lorelai has allergies (ah, story of my life)… and Lorelai is upset about the new menus, because the other menus had her name on each one. And the choices are different… all because of Nicole… evil, evil, evil Nicole. I hate her. (“She’s got you menu-whipped!”) Luke’s reaction to it all is so priceless. He will never figure her out.
3) Brad’s back! And the Chilton celebration is coming, and of course Paris is going to enter… and apparently the teacher can read minds, or rather, Madeline should know it’s a common thought. Duh!
4) Sookie’s food is terrible, it tastes sewer-y… which I didn’t know was an adjective until I watched this show. I suppose anything can be an adjective if you add “y” to it… anyway, Lorelai tastes it and realizes that Sookie’s taste is off. Because she’s pregnant! Yay!
5) Paris attempts to intimidate everyone in the contest, and I would have been scared of her. Why Rory isn’t scared of her, I don’t know. I admire that.
6) Lorelai goes to Doose’s, where Kirk is not sorting the mail, causing complete havoc and chaos. And we all know that no one cares that the mail is government property! Duh! And Lorelai meets up with Max. Who is just… I don’t like him, okay? I’m feeling the same way about him as I do about Nicole, Jason, Alex, Christopher… gah!
7) Lorelai shows up at Friday Night Dinner, sans Emily, because three strokes have occurred in the DAR in the last week. That’s scary. Richard seems to believe that someone else will answer the phone, but duh, he’s the only one! Lorelai tries to drop hints that she saw Max… and she finally spills it to Rory. Don’t question yourself, Lorelai! Duh!
8) Lorelai plays a phone trick on Richard, because he’s running around the house like a chicken with his head cut off. I’ve done that before.
9) Headmaster Charleston calls to inform Paris and Rory that there are now two winners, much to the surprise of Rory and Paris. I didn’t think Chilton was so fancy as to have three way calling! Paris goes over the house, and tells Rory that she slept with Jamie. And she asks Rory’s opinion, and Lorelai walks in on Rory saying the right thing at the right time. All’s well that ends well, it seems…
10) Lorelai talks to Max about what happened, and Lorelai ends up kissing him, throwing her all off. Rory starts the speech because Paris isn’t able to function. She looks terrible. Finally, she admits to the world that 1) She didn’t get into Harvard, and 2) She slept with Jamie. How nice and C-span appropriate.
11) The girls get home and pull out Rory’s three big envelopes! Rory’s so lucky she got them all at the same time, first of all, and second, she’s so lucky she got all big envelopes! That’s so cool!

Later,

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