Gilmore Girls: KirkWatch 2004

Thanks to the magic of Netflix, I've been watching Gilmore Girls Season One on DVD lately -- so far, I've watched the first two disks, and am waiting for the rest. I have been especially interested in the evolution of Kirk as a character. The actor who plays Kirk, Sean Gunn, appears a couple of episodes in as Mick, the guy who shows up to install DSL in Lorelai's household. He exhibits none of the qualities associated with Kirk, most especially Kirk's aggressive eccentricity. Then Mr. Gunn appears an episode or two later, as a swan wrangler for a wedding at the inn. Although he interacts with Lorelai, there is no acknowledgement that this is the same guy who tried to install high-speed internet at her house. A couple episodes later, Mr. Gunn re-appears as the assistant-manager (I think) of the grocery where Dean works -- named Kirk. No indication that he has ever, at any point in his life, installed DSL or wrangled swans. He berates Miss Patty for putting produce in her mouth, and later must beg her forgiveness at the wake for Cinnamon the Cat. While this is, undoubtedly, Kirk, he still doesn't exhibit the weirdness that will reach its peak in that painfully funny black-and-white movie he made, where he spends most of it dancing to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "White Lines". I'm laughing just thinking about it! I think the use of the actor in a variety of secondary background roles have contributed to that other Kirk attribute: his apparent inability to maintain employment for any length of time. As I continue to receive the discs in the mail, I will keep you abreast of the further evolution of Kirk.

It's nice to wake up in the morning and find a nice e-mail. It's like starting the day right. Not like when you wake up and find that the people trying to get you to ENHANCE YOUR MANHOOD have found a chink in the armor of your e-mail filter. My manhood needs no enhancement, thank you very much.

Song: "The Once Over Twice" by X.