On New Year's Eve, we had plans to go to a colleague's party... family friendly, bonfire, children's games, etc. Unfortunately, I had woken up the day before with an extremely sore throat and we cancelled. I was disappointed, as New Years post kid is always a challenge (and not just staying up until midnight); finding a babysitter is impossible and a family oriented party has not come along until now. Which we did not attend.
On the bright side, I had a great time. We drank champagne, perhaps a mistake as I still felt lousy the next day (and day after). We did, however, also watch Julie/Julia, a Nora Ephron movie about Julie Powell and her Julie/Julia project (cooking through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in a year and blogging about it). The movie cuts between scenes of Julie's life in Queens and Julia Child's life in France (where she learned how to cook, and the process through which she wrote her massive cookbook).
I loved the movie, which maybe shows how the suburbs have rotted my previously sophisticated urban movie viewing tastes. (Ok, to be honest, I don't know if I ever had those, but certainly can pretend that I did...). Nora Ephron, as well. Huh.
I loved it for two specific reasons, outside of it being entertaining. 1. The food looked amazing, and I enjoyed how these two women learned how to cook. Learning how to do something new is super cool. 2. I thoroughly enjoyed watching how writing transformed both of their lives. The written word is extremely powerful, and not just for the reader but for the writer. And I guess that is why I enjoy the concept of a blog, and while I am pretty sure only four people have read the Suburban Activist (myself being one of these people, the other three being friends and family) it gives me an opportunity to comment on the extremely bizarre world we live in.
On the bizarre world note, we spent a night at Great Wolf Lodge and loved it. Super fun. Although I couldn't help but wonder why there is any question North Americans are fat. Massive fossil fuel consumption = obesity.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
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