Feeding Your Soul

How long do you hang on to the memory of a deceased loved one? In the book, it was 13 years; the movie was only 5 but that is 5 years of hanging on too long. The movie is Charlie St. Cloud starring Zac Efron. For 5 years Charlie holds onto his younger brother who died in a car accident while Charlie was driving. For 5 years, Charlie plays catch everyday at sunset with the ghost of his brother and his own life gets put on hold. That life included a boating/racing scholarship to Stanford and an amazing future in the racing world. But he gave all of that up for a promise he made to his little brother. Then (as per most stories like this) a girl who is another boat racer walks into Charlie’s life and he has to choose between the promise he made to Sam and possibly the woman of his dreams. Letting go is probably one of the hardest things to do, especially when you have to let go of someone that you hold dear and don’t want to forget about.   The predicament here is that no matter what ...

Hello Everyone! I have been slacking big time on my blogging duties so I apologize. I know you love to read about all that I am reading, watching, playing, etc.  Well, I have good news for you all! I am in the midst of finishing my 11th book on my list of 26 to read in 2011 and I am finally seeing a new movie this week so keep a look out for that review (guesses on which movie are welcome!) I also have been busy because I recently got engaged at the beginning of June so I have been busy planning and imagining what my wedding will be like. It is very exciting! So keep a look out in the next week or so for at least 1 new post about either the book or the movie I am going to see. I will get back on track....I promise!

So this new post is going to be short and sweet but I just saw the trailer for the new Footloose and I loved the first one but this one is going to be good too! Go to movies.yahoo.com or imdb.com and check out the trailer and let me know what you think. Can't wait !  :)

You decide to take a trip to a far off destination. Let’s say Venice, Italy. You meet a strange and exotic woman on the train from Paris and you immediately become attached to her. You say goodbye to her on the train and expect to never see her again, a chance encounter. When you step off the train, you are surprised to hear the mysterious woman calling your name to join her on her boat to the island and hotel.   You think nothing of it and decide to go because there is something about this woman that you can’t put your finger on but you want to learn more.   From there, all hell breaks loose with bullets flying at you, boat chases in the canal and getting arrested and sold to a Russian who you have never met before. And it all started with one woman.   So sets the scene of Johnny Depp as The Tourist and Angelina Jolie as the mysterious woman whom Depp cannot get away from, even if he wanted to. Depp stares as a math teacher from the states on vacation to Venice by himse...

I thought I would take this time to reflect on my New Year’s Resolutions that I made 5 ½ months ago and see how far I have come. And to make sure I am keeping on track. To remind everyone (and myself) below are my 7 resolutions: 1.    Try and eat at home 5 days a week 2.    Cardio at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes or more 3.    Eat some type of salad at least 3 days a week (can be a salad for lunch, dinner or side salad with dinner) 4.    Limit alcoholic beverages during the week. 5.    Read at least 26 books (1 every 2 weeks) 6.    Blog at least once a week 7.    Keep writing my stories. #1 – Eating at Home.   Over the past 5 ½ months I would say I have done about an 85% on my resolutions. I know that I have not eaten at home 5 days a week every week and that is something that has haltered my weight loss considerably. However, when I do go out I don’t get my usual carbs. I try to go for chicken or...

 Truth, lies, love, loss, words and judgment. Those are just a few things that Isabel Dalhousie ponders and struggles to understand throughout the 5 th book in the Isabel Dalhousie series by Alexander McCall Smith.   The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday follows Isabel through her relationship with her much younger boyfriend Jamie, their son Charlie, her niece Cat and the newest moral and philosophical dilemma of her life – trying to figure out if a well-renowned doctor was really at fault for a patient’s death in his clinical trial. It might not seem that much of a dilemma to the average reader but to the reader who has followed Isabel from the first book, The Sunday Philosophy Club , it is one that she feels morally obligated to be involved in simply because she was asked. Isabel Dalhousie is a 40-something philosopher, editor of the Review for Applied Ethics journal, mother, girlfriend, aunt and as some say, meddler. She loves to be involved in things that have absolutely nothing...

Finding a strong female lead for any movie is tough. Finding a strong female lead for an edge-of-your-seat action movie is even tougher. But the executives in charge of Salt found that in Angelina Jolie.   In a movie originally written for Tom Cruise, the producers had Jolie read and decided to change the entire story around to focus on a female CIA agent accused of being a Russian spy.   One great characteristic of Jolie is that she is versatile – she can change roles, characters, anything in a heartbeat and make you believe that this is who she really is. That is a trait of a great actor. In Salt , Jolie jumps between the vulnerable Evelyn Salt, to the mysterious Evelyn Salt back to the vulnerable Evelyn Salt all in one scene. The audience has no idea which way is up or down. They are taken on a roller coaster ride of adrenaline and better yet, emotion with Evelyn Salt that you begin to feel for her no matter what situation she somehow gets involved in. To catch up those w...