For Julie

Recently, I got a book from my non-local library which is in the town I used to live in after having moved nearly two months ago. This summer I'm excited for the Meryl Streep/Amy Adams movie Julie & Julia. So the book I got is Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes in one Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell. I already read the first chapter whereas Julie basically introduced herself and her husband. When her husband, Eric, said she should write a blog, I read that Julie didn't know what a blog is. And neither did I until today.

To me, I think the book is going to be about how Julie managed her marriage by cooking from Julia Child's book Mastering the Art if French Cooking. I like cooking sometimes, but only for leisure. I'm avoiding restaurant jobs. And when I cook, people rave about what I make and I don't want them to. Basically what I did was just put a whole bunch of ingredients together. Everyone else does that.

I'm kind of excited to see what Julie has to say in her book. I only got the introduction and how she found out what a blog was. And that inspired me to start this one, as I just learned what a blog was. And every keeps saying "You should start a blog" and I'm like "OK" even though I have no idea what they're talking about. I just know Academy Award winner Diablo Cody wrote one before Juno.

As I write this blog some more, I'm going to explain what I read and how I felt of each chapter in Julie's book. (Julie, if you're reading this, then a big thank you for you.) Think of it as the Cary/Julie project. Writing and comparing (or contrasting) our thoughts and opinions. I even wrote a pitch to a film I might end up writing soon.

It's actually called Just Like Julia Child. It's about this man named Howard Gold. Howard is like Mr. Mom. His wife, Joanne works as a journalist, and he just has a part-time job in a camera store (not to be confused with working in Photography). Joanne gets promoted to where she works longer hours, and prefers that Howard has dinner already made when she gets home. When Joanne shows him the cookbooks, he finds one of Julia Child's. He begins to make Julia's meals every day when Joanne comes home and she begins raving about it. When Joane decides to have a dinner party, she asks if Howard could make a few of Julia's dishes to serve at the dinner party. One of the guests is Joanne's friend, Nathan Billiam. Nathan is a restaurateur and is crazy about Howard's cooking that he asks if Howard would be the head chef. Howard decides to do it, and brings in much more money to support Joanne.

As it's only a pitch, that's about as much details as I can give. As I write films, more, I begin to imagine who'd be good for these parts, so I can give them to my mentor for ideas of who to cast. (See my "Introduction" post.)

And if Just Like Julia Child was written, filmed, produced, etc., it might sound something that Julie Powell would enjoy. Julie might even enjoy my future blog posts about what I have to say about her book.

-Cary