Get Out of the Norm

Meryl Streep and Amy Adams star in the movie Julie and Julia. It is the latest script written by Nora Ephron.  I took a front row seat on opening day.  I love to cook myself and was looking forward to learning more about Julia Child.  Of course, Meryl was magnificant as Julia and we were captivated while she was on screen.  Her accent, look and vibrant love for cooking were inspiring as was her marriage to Paul Child, played by Stanely Tucci.  Amy Adams was not so fortunate.  Her character lacked the charisma Julia did and I found myself bored early on.  The movie could have been more interesting and done just as well only focusing on Julia Child. Most of of my generation have certainly heard of Julia but were unaware of her biography.  I brought my 19 year old daughter along because she had never heard of her.  I figured she was a role model worth knowing.  She lead an interesting life and didn’t even start cooking until after she was 40.  That was inspiring to a 48 year old facing empty nest syndrome!  Meanwhile, Stanely Tucci held his own along side Meryl.  Julia’s whit and charm melted even the french.  Her determination and ability to laugh at mistakes made cooks everywhere ready to tackle a harder recipe. 

The character Julie was also inspired by Julia and decided to cook her way through Juila’s “Master french cooking” cook book.  She was unfulfilled in her dead end job and had quit writing which was her true passion.  She decided to make all 547 recipies of Julia’s in one year.  She blogs the experience; thus, getting back to writing.  Her husband supports in the beginning but becomes irratated with all her self involvement.  Her mother, performance only by phone by Mary Kay Place, is a riot.  Overeall though, Julie can not captivate the way Julia can. 

Although I enjoy Nora’s writing, there were some inconsistencies.  Perhaps it was for laughs,  but Julie’s best friend tells her she is a bitch. That really was not Julie’s character.  Also, Julia was charaterized as this generous over the top individual, yet we are informed she is neither impressed nor interested in Julie’s attempt to cook her recipes and blog the experience.  That was inconsistent with her character and ended the movie for me on a bad note.  On a personal note, I did not appreciate the standard liberal knock at Republicans pointed in one scene.  It was unessassary and not funny.  Most of the audience didn’t laugh and Nora only showed her political bias.  Hollywood should recognize Republicans are half of the population and we pay for movie tickets too!

Overall I give this movie a 7.  Most performances are strong.  The movie was a little long mostly when Julie was on screen.  The food looked delicious and made me apprecaite a good dish even more.  I left the theatre hungry salivating for some of that French Stew.  There were a couple of morals but the one I left with as most important was you can never use too much butter! 

The arrogance of this administration is beyond the pale. Obama is the one who has manufactured statistics and facts since day one. His election was never a mandate yet we have been lead to believe over and over again that it was. Right now, the left has a bogus advertisement stating just that. The FACT is he did not win by a mandate but a minor margin. He lives in a world of fantasy where logic, facts and realty play no part. What is a larger concern is our media and people that refuse to see or report the FACTS.

His surprise at the grass roots movement is astounding. Mostly because we have been told since day one this man is a genius. Not only is this man not a genius, but he can not stand sturdy on his quick sand rhetoric. This government is becoming creepy. I can think of no other word that would describe the turn of events during Town Hall meetings. Peolsi has stated as a fact that the “angry mob” were seen carrying swastikas and the White House is telling the Democrats to go out and “punch back twice as hard.” This is how our government is talking about it’s citizens? Sounds like fascism to me. The White House is encouraging our elected officials to fight back instead of listening to their constituents. The state run media happily obeys and reports town hall meetings as manufactured mobs. This is an outrage!

We can no longer dismiss the fascist regime that seems to be emerging. They want a single party state. They want to cram their ideology down our throats case in point Obama care. They have no interest in WE THE PEOPLE only interest in we the government. He does not want to lead a Republic he wants to empower government. He is not concerned about the rights availed to us by the Constitution. He has already trampled on it with bail outs, taking over the private sector and paying off the Unions. We are in a grave situation here in the United States. It is mostly perpetrated by our government. Those we voted in to protect our laws and our citizens are attacking us! We will not be silenced. Anyone who is still more concerned about touting the party line than its country really needs to do a fact check. There are no facts in this administration only fabricated words and numbers. Obama has helped no one and his actions and the real FACTS show this to be true. I have learned to expect the opposite of whatever this man says. He is the consummate liar and by that judgement I stand. This system is broken and corrupt. Is it beyond repair? We can not let them quiet the drum that is beating ever loudly. This country is what we will fight for not a party and not a President. Mr. President this is MY country and you will not silence me!

I am not a big fan of the bachelor shows but the new installment is called More to Love. We see big size women competeing for a big sized man. I was really glad we were finally going to see some larger women on the screen looking for true love. In support, I decided to watch it. Thus far, it has been disappointing. Instead of seeing empowered women who love and accept themsleves we see mostly insecure girls, a lot of crying and the hoping someone else will accept them so they can feel better about themselves. Here is a clue you need to love and accept yourself first!

I used to diet on 1500 calories, worked out like a mad woman and would lose a large amount of weight. Ineveitably, I would gain it back. In my 40’s after a serious illness, I gained a ton of weight. NO matter how I tried to diet, I just could not do it. I then found the group overcoming overeating. This was the beginning of my healing. It is an excellent thought system and I urge everyone to check it out. I don’t agree with every single thing they recommend but it really turned the tide for me. God being the Great King He is, He knew I needed another healing not a weight loss. So, my 40’s was about me learning to love myself as is. Also, learning to deal with my food addictions like binging. Instead of hiding my food, I brought it out in the open. You should have seen my husband’s face the first time I drug out a whole cake and started eating! It was a hoot and soo liberating. No more hiding my secret addiction. I don’t eat whole cakes anymore and that was part of my healing. This love for myself became the real me not one contigent on my numbers.

My personal goal is doing portions, keeping up with my excercise and not using food to fill up my void. Do I fall from this direction yea I sure do. More often then not though I stay on it. If I lose weight great, if I don’t I won’t lose sleep over it. I don’t have any health problems so my curves are not a health threat. Government is trying to create this idea that all those with any fat on them pose health problems. It is a load of crap. There are many curvy women who have perfect heatlh stats and dont’ need to lose weight for health. I am not suggesting if you are morbidly obese you should not lose weight. What I am saying is we must work on the inside before we see something different on the outside. I am also saying we are all indviduals built differently. We are not all one size nor are we suppose to be!

We have been brainwashed in this society and told if we don’t look like hollywood beauties we are ugly. I argue you are not allowed to feel good about yourself if you are large in this country. It is better to be a smoker or hooked on heroine then be heavy. Look at Anna Nicole Smith. This society is obsessed by size. . More to Love has missed the point. I want to see large women in charge. I want to see us women loving ourselves as we are right now. This journey is personal but we also have some things in common.

We should be willing to change the climate in this country about size. Instead of feeling bad about who we are, we need to say no to the outrageous bias. I make no apologies for who I am and yes I feel good just like this. I am healthy and I am no size 2. There are many of us curvey women that are doing just fine. I was hoping More to Love would show that side of the story. Instead we see a lot of 20 something women who are unhappy with their size and they lack acceptance of self and project that on to society.

I can not take it anymore! I can not believe the propaganda of this administration. We have the likes of Barbara Boxer attacking Americans for showing up at Town Hall meetings outraged over 8 months of illegal maneuvers by Obama and his Hench men. Hey Barbara WE ARE THE PEOPLE, we are not Obama’s sycophants. Our constitution was written to limit government and you all have taken it upon yourselves to trample on our freedoms. You bet people are showing up at Town Hall meetings angry. Why wouldn’t we be angry at an administration that is trying to take away our rights and give all power to the government? All the while raping us of our hard work by stealing our money and giving it to the Unions and others who are owed for Obama’s election. You have forgotten you represent us we don’t represent you. We could care less if our uprising hurts this President or any President. This country is not about the President and what he wants. This country is about the people and its majority. Americans have no interest in helping Obama corrupt this system worse then it already is. He has showed himself to be nothing but a liar and a coward. This is not what geniuses or true leaders are made of. He can’t tell the truth because his idea of Utopia would sink like the Titanic. Next we have Linda Douglas, the communications director for the White House, attacking Drudge and its reporting on Obama’s his health care plans. The Drudge ran a video of Obama admitting he wants a one payer system run by the government. We are also privy to a speech Barack gave back in 2002 showing his true ideology. Linda Douglas spends several minutes trying to down play the report and refutes its facts. Linda, we see Barack’s mouth moving and we hear him clearly. We don’t need your explanation of what he really said. Although Bill Maher would disagree, we are not that stupid. Then we have Robert Gibbs who spends half his time giggling when a real question comes his way. Being the spokesman for Obama he thwarted the Town Hall meetings as an angry mob. He also insisted that these people were loaded on buses by the Insurance companies as a scam. After I was done being stunned by this description, I just started laughing. These people are unraveling before our eyes. They can’t tell a fact, a truth or understand what is happening around them. They have misjudged the American people. This country was founded by men who risked their lives for FREEDOM. They created the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence so that government could not over power the people. We love our country and the families that made it possible for the United States to come into being. Barack Obama and his Chicago style corrupt politics is no match for the true American. I am appalled at the length this government has gone to lie, cheat and steal its way to the top. There were a few of us that were always awake but now we have company. Obama your time is running out. You are no match for the American heart and way of life. We understand this country is much more then a party affiliation. We ARE THE PEOPLE! We will not give up our rights, our health care, our freedoms , our law or our religion for anyone. Certainly not for someone who has no regard for the Constitution or the people it is suppose to preserve. This is called an Uprising Obama you were born to lose this fight!