Yesterday, I watched the movie Julie & Julia at home. I did not have any idea of what the movie was before watching it except that Amy Rose (as Julie Powell) and Meryll Streep (as Julia Child) were starring in the movie. Of course, I could have searched for the story on the Internet. Good thing I did not have an internet connection at that time. There was a problem with the LAN cables we have here at home. And so, the element of surprise was still in-tact while watching the movie.
Not having an internet connection was in-fact the reason why I had to watch a movie in the first place since I don’t have anything else to do without being “online”. I did try reading the TIME Magazine Special Double Issue which I borrowed from my brother but I wasn’t really enjoying it that much. So, I had to resort to watching a movie. And I have chosen the movie Julie & Julia for no particular reason at all.
While watching, I was amazed to know that Julie was a blogger and that the movie was based on her true story and of Julia Child, an author and a cook. I was eager to see Julie’s actual blog featured in the movie which she wrote to document her progress on a challenge she put on herself, to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
But then again, I did not have an internet connection last night so I had no other choice but to wait ’till our home network was fixed. I slept early hoping that the next day the network problem will be fixed.
And yes, our home network was fixed this morning. I just had to connect and disconnect some cables, turn on and off some devices, a sort of trial and error process.
I was able to visit Julie Powell’s blog featured in the movie entitled THE JULIE/JULIA PROJECT.
Julie started her blog on the THE JULIE/JULIA PROJECT on August of 2002, her first blog was on the 25th. Her last entry on this blog entry was on the 13th of October, 2004.
If you intend to visit THE JULIE/JULIA PROJECT, you can start reading her entries from the very beginning or start from the last ones.
Since she stopped writing at THE JULIE/JULIA PROJECT, Julie now maintains a blog entitled WHAT COULD HAPPEN? where she started writing on August of 2005 and continues to write until now.
I’ll be reading her 2 blogs hoping to get to know more about her, get a glimpse of her experiences and learn from her as a blogger. I am hoping I could find what I love and blog about it just as she did on THE JULIE/JULIA PROJECT which I think was marvelous!
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Thanks, thats quite useful to know! I admit I’m a bit useless in the kitchen, but I’m trying my best to learn. Admitting is the first step to recovery right!!? I promised to cook something for my wife this weekend for the first time – very exciting! I found some simple recipes at this site, seems to be designed exactly for me, which is fantastic! Anyway, thanks for your tips, I’ll be sure to bookmark this site to read more later.