Passion Un-dercover Project

Saw a great movie last night. Julia and Julie. Two things I want to address from the movie - passion and aging. First up passion. Julia Child was passionate about french cooking having developed it from living in France with her government employed hubby. She spent over eight years writing and revising her first cook book. As a person who easily passes from one interest to another I can't imagine the passion it would take to keep me on track for that length of time.

The other part Julie's character lacks passion at the start of the movie and is drifting much might I add like me. She's a writer and has completed only half a book which has been rejected by a publisher. She has left the dream and now works in a cubicle. A friend of hers begins a blog and it inspires her to write her own. She decides to cook herself through Julia Child's cook book in 1 year over 500 recipes. She becomes passionate about Julia Child herself. Her blog takes off and sitting in the movie theater watching a movie based on a book that followed her blog's success was pretty cool.

Of course it has to cross your mind the 'what ifs'. What could I blog about which would capture the attention of the masses, would cause a super agent to contact me and allow me to quit my job while I pursued writing full time? I laugh at my wild imagination. First I have nothing to talk about which is that fascinating and second I'm not a great writer. Sigh. I do however need a passion. That will be my project for the next while (until I get bored). I am going to seek with a passion a passion. This will take some strategic thought. How does a person investigate passions? Do you just try something you have an interest in and see if makes you crazy for it? Food for thought - no pun intended after watching Julia Child for two hours. heh

I'm off to a couple plays tonight. Yay me. Maybe theater could be a new passion revived from days past. Hmmmm

Only the shadow knows what lurks behind my un-passionate exterior.

gotta run my thoughts on aging to follow later (oh can't you just wait? pause pause pause NOT)