RubberBuzz || Akron Unleashed: Davie G. Vs The Gilmore Girls

10.04.2005

Davie G. Vs The Gilmore Girls

Finally, a legitimate reason to bring up the Gilmore Girls! Back in season two of Gilmore Girls, Rory decided to join The Franklin, the school newspaper of the fictitious school Chilton. For her first piece, Rory's nemesis, Paris, assigns her the most boring story ever: the repaving of the school parking lot. She turned that mundane event and turned it into, let me see if I can get the quote right, "a bittersweet piece about how everyone and everything becomes obsolete."

Much like the fictitious Rory, the real Davie G. has done something quite similar. He turned a story about the Indians losing into a wonderful story about believing in and supporting your kids. Even though one of the lowercase g's had made him an unlucky friendship bracelet that would doom the Indians, he stayed strong and didn't remove the cursed string.

I thought again about cutting off the bracelet before it was too late. But I couldn't.

Long before the emotional spikes of the last couple of weeks, this had become one of my favorite Indians teams ever. This season had such a dramatic arc. We watched individual players, the manager and the whole organization grow and change, the way we watch our own children, amazed at how much they evolve over the course of six months.

So I watched Sunday, turning the bracelet slowly in my fingers, as they lost the final game and their season died.

Rather than cut it off, I'll probably wear this green-and-red band until the strings fray and fall away. It reminds me how much this season was like watching one of my own children. One of the defining aspects of parenthood is putting faith in a child you know is going to fail. Because if they don't have you, they don't have anyone.

Sorry, but I'm going to have to disagree. If the kids don't have you, they have plenty of drugs, booze and strangers to keep 'em company!

The BJ :: Season falls with a twist of the wrist

(joe :: Davie G. Vs The Gilmore Girls)

Home :: Food :: Booze
Caffeine :: Shopping :: Arts
Events Calendar