(Re) Chic

Today Megan (my cousin) took me to Julie & Julia (we got in free because she works there). It was a really good movie, which made me happy because I had heard some people hadn't liked it and thought it was a slow movie, but I loved it. If you haven't seen the movie the basic premise is that Julie (Powell, the author of the book the movie is based from) works her way through Julia (Childs, the world renowned cook) cookbook. She gives herself 365 days and there were 540-ish recipes in the cookbook. She then wrote a blog about it, which became really famous, she was offered book deals, etc. But the point of the movie was that she decided to do something, gave herself a deadline, accomplished it, and it changed her life. So, when I came home I was 1. Hungry (I can't watch food and not want to eat...its the reason I can't watch the food network) 2. Inspired...I decided to cook something...experimentally too. I made soup that I used canned chicken noodle soup and s...

In a bout of depression (see former post) I didn't go to my internship today. I laid around all day (I did not shower, or get dressed, or go out of the apartment) I picked up a book I had bought the other day....and I read the whole thing today. Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach. Part of me really wishes that I would have read this book before my trip to Europe, not for the destinations she went to...but for the insight she provided from the experience of traveling alone. Now granted, I wasn't truly traveling alone I was with 25 other Ohio State University students going to class and goofing off and not learning a bit of french. But in looking back at it I really didn't make the connections one usually would while traveling with other people, so in an essence, I was traveling alone. In the last pages of the book Steinbach quotes another travel writer, Freya Stark, who wrote memoirs as she traveled through the Middle East (during a time when women NEVER traveled alone...

So there was a Twitter blackout yesterday. For those of you who don't know what Twitter is its a social media that allows people to "tweet" 140 character messages that people who "follow" them can read. It is essentially micro-blogging that allows you to update your followers on what you're doing at any given moment in time. Twitter blacked out yesterday, and the social media world FREAKED OUT! Ok, I have a Twitter, and a facebook. And I love them (especially facebook as ashamed as I am to admit that) but I did NOT "feel naked" or "disconnected" or "Lost in the world" because Twitter was blacked out and facebook was having so many glitches it wasn't worth using for several hours until they sorted things out. I was fine, I turned facebook off, stopped sending stupid bumper stickers and "creeping" on people and went over to my friend Andrew's house where we listened to a favorite CD of mine (I'd for...

This is a picture I took of Sainte Chappelle in Paris. Not only do I like how its romantic feel goes along with les pensees du Madame Bovary but I also really like this photograph, its an illustration of the best trip of my life. What does everyone think?

I just finished reading Madame Bovary which has been cited as one of the best modern novels ever written. I was thinking a lot about Emma and about her delusions throughout the novel. She truly suffers from Bovarysme, which was of course named after her. She dreams for something that is completely unattainable, some glamorous life that doesn't exist in real life. However, I think that while Emma's actions in the novel were completely contemptable especially in her treatment of Charles I feel as if everyone has these sorts of delusions in their life. For example, why do romance novels sell thousands of copies of books that are not even a truly good quality: because women love the beautiful idea of true love and passion. Sweetest Day and Valentine's day make intense amounts of money because romanticism and the idea that a woman can be "swept off her feet" and Emma prescribes to this theory throughout the novel looking for a handsome young man who she could be passio...

I was going to grab the last novel I read to do for this exercise. But since my GRE book is in my hand why not. Page 123, 5th sentence, and the next 3 after that. Well, since there aren't really sentences on this page, I'll just give the 5th question on the page, haha. 95. The passage state that organic solidarity predominates in societies with relatively high levels of intragroup dissimilarity because A. it enbables individual differences to be minimized B. it causes socities to become more highly specialized, thus aiding industrialization C. individuals who engage in highly specialized activities must rely on others to ensure that their basic needs are met D. these societies are at greater risk of being affected by social stressors E. these societies are more likely to engage in shared activities and values I know you didn't read the passage, but for the record, the answer is C. I'm also supposed to tag 5 people, so if you're reading this, and haven't done i...

This was bound to happen It was just a matter of time This town is just too small for Us to really say goodbye You're smiling that smile that You get when you're nervous Like you don't quite know what to do But this is me you're talking to This is me you're talking to I've heard you met somebody It didn't take you very long And I'll admit it isn't easy Knowing you've moved on But I can see how you could make any woman Fall deep in love with you This is me you're talking to Me, the one who really knows you Me, the one whose heart you've broken Me, the one who was still hopin' You might be missing me We don't have to do this We don't have to act like friends As much as I would love to I really just don't think I can You don't have to tell me that you really love me After all we have been through 'Cause this is me you're talking to Me, the one who really knows you Me, the one whose heart you've broken Me, the ...