Julie and Julia

I find it sort of ironic that the week I start blogging is the week that I watch this movie. I watched by myself while the rest of the team was at Hebrew Class since is was definitely a chick flick.. Interesting study of people. That seems to be my "thing" lately. People and relationships and how they perceive themselves intrigues me. I am pretty easy to understand, mainly because I think I'm missing that filter on my mind that says you really don't need to share that with people. Also because it is way to much work to be complicated and my squirrelly brain just can't do that.

So here is this lady who is in search of "herself" and discovers "herself" while cooking. I find it odd that never once is God mentioned. He is the only one who can reveal who you are to yourself. The character in the movie seemed pretty shallow. I did like that the men in this story were strong and smart while being supportive of the women they loved. Hate it when movies make strong men stupid or smart men androgynous, but that is a whole other blog. The acting was superb, the story was just so so for me. Meryl Streep did an awesome job on Julia!

There is also the whole idea of blogging communities that makes me think too. Even though there are more people than ever on this earth and studies show we spend less time at home, we don't seem to be connecting with each other. We don't get to know our neighbors and we live away from family members. We are no longer loyal to the same stores every week, always looking for the bargain that will help save a few more cents. For most, church (for those who even bother to go) is an hour once a week. When do we get to know people? Blogging lets me feel like I am meeting new people and getting to know them a little better. Facebook is the same for me, letting me keep up and feel connected to people that I may never talk to or only see occasionally. I need to remember to not obsess though and keep those that are really near most important. Lucky for me I do have a lot of those kind of people.