The first time I watched Gilmore Girls, I was curled up in my dorm room with autumn misty rain falling outside. It was my first semester of college, and my room was decorated with twinkling string lights and autumn leaves I had pressed and collected. Life was bright and new and at the same time, homey. After a few episodes of Gilmore Girls, my sense of homey-ness had extended to Stars Hollow. When I think of Gilmore Girls, I think of that fall - but Gilmore Girls has left its own mark on my life. Since that first fall day of meeting the Gilmores, everyday life has never been the same, and from it I have found...

1.Several new ways to order coffee

2. The addition of "danish day" to my life

"Danish day, the happiest of all days."

3. A revolution in the celebration of Thanksgiving

4. Alternate purposes for deviled eggs

5. A deep seated, if misplaced, belief in the power of dessert to alleviate all awkwardness

6. A growing certainty that the best moments of life occur in costume

7. A mistrust of deer...

8. ...and swans.

9. Faith in the romance of snow

10. New appreciation for the romance of gnomes

11. Rory Gilmore's "polite-yet-confrontational" skills

12. A new awareness of the deficiency of troubadours in my life