Jay and Julie & Julia

I almost forgot that I promised to blog something when I finally saw the movie that sort of back-handedly inspired me to do this project - Julie & Julia (now available on DVD and Blu-Ray from Sony Pictures). When I started this project I mentioned that I'd heard of the movie and the story behind it, but hadn't seen it (Blogging my way back to comics) - now I have and thought I should comment.

First off, I guess I should say I really enjoyed it. Sometimes I can be such a "girl" and actually enjoy the occassional "chick flick." This was one of them. I really empathized with Julie Powell, working a sort of thankless job in post-9/11 New York City and wanting to be creative. Unlike Julie, I'm not really a frustrated writer, but I have other creative talents that I haven't been using, so I completely understand her.

I didn't really empathize initially with the Julia Childs character, but I liked her relationship with her husband and I'm a big fan of Stanley Tucci anyway. What I could absolutely respect about her, though, was the fact that she wanted to do SOMETHING with her days, instead of the nothing that was expected of a typical housewife of her period. I want to do SOMETHING myself.

So, I found myself captivated with these women as Netflix streamed me their stories.

I have to say that I haven't been as dedicated or tenacious as these women when it comes to writing this blog. Julie wrote and cooked every day. EPIC FAIL for me. I do read every day, just not comics, and not the X-Men. I've decided I will be better about this and will commit to at least one post each week. Yeah, each week. I know I'd never do one each day. While I'm saying one a week, I'm hoping to have more then that.

Now, unlike Julie's goal to cook every recipe in one year - I'm just going to keep writing. Heck, Marvel is still producing like 10 X-Men-related books each month. I'll have enough to write about for the rest of my life and MORE! Lately, I've really picked up steam on this little project and I've really enjoyed reading and writing about the last few issues. I've peeked ahead a bit and I'm very excited about what's coming up too! I can see the foundations of MY X-Men being laid here.

While I may not have to de-bone an entire duck, I do worry that there will be some spin-offs and storylines that will be about as savory as the removed entrails, but I will handle them and write about them and tell you what part they play or where they went wrong in the overall Universe of the X-Men.

And unlike the ladies in the film, I don't expect to get hundreds or thousands of readers, publish a book of my blogs, write my story and sell the movie rights to Disney (but I'd take a job offer!) - I just want to have some fun, spark some thoughts (and maybe discussion), and cook my way through one of the most popular comic book series of all time.

Thanks for joining me!