monkey see, monkey do.

last saturday night i was watching gilmore girls (started from season one ever since we talked about our favorite shows in class...bad idea because i'm constantly not wanting to do my homework...) and i was particularly noticing how lorelai and rory eat. one of the episodes was about them having a saturday movie night (watching willy wonka and the chocolate factory, of course) and they had to go to the market to get the essentials to go along with their pizza: huge marshmallows, licorice, jelly beans, chocolate kisses, peanut butter, cookie dough, and fun dip. this is only one example of the eating habits of lorelai and rory. they eat at luke's daily, lorelai drinks more coffee than imaginable, cheeseburgers and cheese fries are considered their "usual" and somehow the two of them are still fit and normal sized. i assume they don't exercise because it's never talked about. so how do they still look the way they do? i found myself craving food and eating an absurd amount of it during the 2 episodes that i watched that night (after 10 pm-possibly contributing to my sleeping problems). i wasn't even hungry but i couldn't stop stuffing my face. it kind of got to me and i found myself wishing i could eat like they do and not feel yucky or have to run 5 miles to work it off. probably not the most positive effect this particular piece of media is having on me. i will cancel it out by reading a few quotes from the brethren about true beauty and my divine nature. that ought to do the trick, right? i hope i'm the only one slowly getting trapped by media's portrayal of the woman's body and health, but if i'm not (and my guts telling me i'm not) maybe a reminder would be beneficial to us all. 

don't worry, a post dedicated wholly to stephanie nielson is next.