Inspiration

I'm watching "Julie and Julia" for the third time in two months right now.

This movie makes me happy.  If you haven't watched it, I really recommend that you do.  For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, the movie is about Julie Powell who cooks and blogs her way through Julia Child's cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".  It's funny and sweet and is an all around great movie/true story. 

The cooking part isn't the inspiration that I was talking about.  For those of you who really know me, you're aware of the fact that I have no cooking ability what-so-ever.  I've set the fire alarm off in my house when there was absolutely nothing in the pan that was on the stove.  What the heck!?!  Luckily moving out has strengthened my cooking skills a tiny bit.  Having Corinne around a lot helps too.  We try to cook dinner together as much as possible.

The inspiration here is Julie Powell's determination to write and blog no matter what.  "Tomorrow, we begin again. Isn't that always the way?," she states at the end of her post on September 2, 2002 (that was also the day she ate her first egg!).  She was married, had a full time job, and still managed to blog almost every day.  That's dedication right?


I need that same dedication.  I love to write.  I'm taking 4 writing classes this semester which makes my heart happy.  Last Thursday, I had two classes and in both of them all we had to do was write about whatever we wanted.  Time flew and before I knew it class was over and it was time to go.  Honestly I wish every college class could be that way.  


So I'm going to strive to blog more.  You might get some random class assignment retyped or an original work that's all this blog's very own, who knows.  I'm just going to write.  Like Julie Powell.  Maybe one day they'll make a movie out of it....ha!

Here's Julie Powell's blog in case you're curious about reading it.  Try and read along while watching the movie and find the actual day they're portraying.  It's pretty fun. (Disclaimer:  Although there's literally next to no cussing in the movie, Julie has a bit of a mouth on her in her actual blog.)


Happy reading!