Thursday, July 16, 2009

Check out my new post on the fbomb!

http://thefbomb.org/2009/07/sonia-sotomayor/

It's about Sonia Sotomayor - take a peek!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

SNL bit in my head all week award goes to...

WHAT'S YOUR SITUATION feat. Jonah Hill!

Seriously. All week, I've had this skit pop into my head everytime I say the word "situation", which is more than you would think ('what do we do about this ___ situation?' 'let's get that situation sorted out,' etc.). And then I want to start recreating it for whoever I'm talking to. But if they don't get the joke, I'll just look (a) creepy for asking them what's your situation in a kinda seductive-kinda not tone and (b) weird in general.

Regardless, watch & enjoy.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Meryl Streep, Julia Child, and the general mess of things in my head







So today, I woke up at 7:10 AM to take a quick shower and begin the 5 hour trek to Ithaca, NY for a weeklong Italian cooking class/family vacation-reunion-type-thing. On the way up, between eating 3 delicious PB&J (cold, but after they had already been toasted - DELICIOUS. THANKS GRANDMA!) I started reading the book Julie & Julia (by Julie Powell) for a number of reasons.
1. The premise itself sounded interesting.
2. It's the basis for the new Meryl Streep movie, and she is my IDOL (no, really, I LOVE her. And not just because she shares a name with my mom. More on that later).
3. It was only $7.99 at Borders (actually, $6.99 with my Borders Reward card, courtesy of my roommate, Katie. Thanks, Boo!), and had a rave review from Entertainment Weekly on the cover, and they are my popular culture gurus and I trust them entirely.
4. Let's just face facts here: it was picked up to be a movie. And that usually means that, although the movie itself may not always match the book (case en point: 98% of movies based off of books), the book itself is pretty freaking good and has some sort of a following, so there's always SOMEone after the book is finished who is willing to discuss it with you.
5. I'm taking a cooking class this week. It's about cooking. BADA BING BADA BOOM.

Regardless of my reasons, it's a freaking fantastic book. Well written, moves quickly - heck, I know I'm a fast reader, but I'm still astonished that I managed to finish 215/390 pages through just reading in the car and in the few off moments I got throughout the day.

So why am I telling you all this? Because - bear with me, I know what you all are thinking - Julia Child was (a) AWESOME and (b) quite the independent woman.

She was a spy for the OSS during World War II in Europe, and met her husband by simply being herself. She was fearless, outgoing - everything a nice housewife is generally speaking not "supposed" to be in the 1940's. She thought and spoke for herself, and went to cooking school in france not to become a famous chef, but to cook for her husband - but not because he was making her, because she WANTED to. And then she went on and created a HUGE career for herself so late in life, after she got out of cooking school!

And as for Meryl Streep - she's one of the greatest actresses of our time, and takes on some of the most impressive roles - but always ones where the women she plays are strong, independent, and most of all, relatable. Because after all, aren't those qualities we all strive for within ourselves?

Julie & Julia. read the book, then see the movie when it's out in theatres Aug 7 - I sure hope it's even half as good as the book, and gives the same message!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Check out my new blog post on The F Bomb!

http://thefbomb.org/2009/07/a-persepolis-reality/

Take a look at my debut blog post on The F Bomb - and give the site lots of traffic, while you're at it - today is it's launch!