above all have a good time!

while in DC earlier this year i saw julia child's kitchen. it was kind of a cool place and really more than anything, i enjoyed some of the quotes they had listed for her. ABOVE ALL HAVE A GOOD TIME! is the one i needed more that anything because i really don't seem to enjoy my time in the kitchen, but the quote that amused me more than anything was I'M A KNIFE FREAK and now i know that they weren't stainless steel. after having "one of those days" i found myself discussing my current diet with my dietitian, she recommended 2 things: good quality dark chocolate and JULIE AND JULIA. it sounded like a viable recommendation so i went along with it. after a quick trip to good earth, we each walked into the movie theater with a bar of dark chocolate with cacao and chili pepper. i've never had a better combination.
about julie: i'm inspired to cook and to blog. i can relate to the late-20-something-year-old holding down a second-rate job that is paying the bills, cobb salad lunches (however mine seem to come more in the form of jamba juice and ice cream runs), and the simple life leaving her yearning for a deadline and not knowing exactly how to go about it.
about julia: i knew absolutely nothing about her story before the movie, but it fascinates me. good for her. heels, cooking school, rejections, mccarthy trials, and all...that woman needed a change and made her own opportunities.
i'd like to think it inspired a change in my life. we tried for an impulse buy at barnes and noble, but it was not to be...no MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING was not to be found and secretly i was glad. (i'm not so sure that i'm really into french cooking and i don't want to go through 368 recipes in 365 days). i did find something similar-JULIA'S KITCHEN WISDOM: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking. i considered that a worthy substitution. i'm okay with JUST the essentials. perhaps one day, i'll bone a duck, but i don't know that i see that in the near future. my first goal is ABOVE ALL HAVE A GOOD TIME! and i plan on taking it one step at a time. wish me luck!