The Effects of Julie and Julia

I am going to lay it out for the world. I, in about thirty minutes, had an epiphany, realized my life dream, began pursuing it, and then was immediately shut down by the world. I'm not even going to deny it- my plan was a little far-fetched. In order to understand why I was shut down, let's backtrack a few hours.

Tonight, I went to see Julie and Julia, and I must warn you. It's going to make you want to start a blog. And so, here I am.






Julie and Julia, for those who haven't seen it, is about a woman- Julie- who writes a blog about her culinary journey. She has 365 days- 1 year- to complete Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which contains 524 recipes. Julie writes a blog everyday, struggles some, but eventually lands a book deal. That's when the epiphany comes. I should write a blog and land a book deal!


I figure how hard can it be? So I think of an intriguing blog idea - comparing historical figures to modern celebrity women. Sounds great, doesn't it? (It's why the title of my blog is entitled "She compared who!?")

Too bad I know nothing, absolutely nothing about history. Sure, I read The Other Boleyn Girl. I know who Anne Frank is. I saw History of the World Part I. But I never really took an interest in history. In fact, I don't even know what does interest me. Sure, I like to write. But what about?

And thus I realize my objective: I need to find out what does interest me. What do I enjoy to write about?

Without further ado, I give myself a time limit (365 days), a solid objective (find what interests me), and the minimum number of blogs that should be posted in a year (365.) If I go on vacation, I'll post more beforehand. Or something like that.

Well, bon voyage for now. Let my interest pilgrimage begin!