change the world

"Julie & Julia"
movie
Delightful: rented last Fri. night, and played over and over through weekend, while doing things -- experiencing parts of it, a little at a time.
A beautiful movie! France! The food! The people -- very funny; very gentle, tender humor. A sexy, happy movie with
Passion For Doing Something
as its theme.
------------------ Yesterday, writing here, was thinking of advice they used to give on Being Successful: dress the part; work overtime; bleh-bleh-bleh-blah; (now have job where boss insists you Leave On Time. Extra effort, or time, is NOT wanted; I see others Zoom out of here, must follow that example.)

The advice Julia Child might give on Being Successful would be: follow your passion; do what you love; live your enthusiasm.

She was the star of "The French Chef" in the Sixties, and author of Mastering The Art Of French Cooking. She found an enthusiasm and love for French cooking, and then wanted to share that with Everyone.
She's like, "We're going to finish writing our cookbook (700 pages!), get it published, and change the world."

["Change the world." : ) Just listened to an interview with Henry Kissinger. Maybe that's what his international diplomacy needed: more quiche lorraine.]
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The movie's "Julie" character is a contemporary-era fan of Julia, and sets her goal: to cook her way through Mastering The Art, in one year. (I expected 365 days, 365 recipes, but it's about 540 recipes.) That's more complex cooking than I'd want to sign on for, but -- good for her!
She says, "It's good for me to have short-term goals." She cooks it all, and writes about it in a blog.

At the beginning of the movie, the Julie character tells her husband, "Ritual Cobb Salad lunch tomorrow. Dreading, dreading, dreading."
At lunch the next day, it's Julie and three other women. The waiter comes; the ladies order:
"Cobb Salad, no blue cheese."
"Cobb Salad, no beets."
"Cobb Salad, no bacon."
"Cobb Salad, no eggs."
----------------- an Upscale Career Woman "Rap"

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