tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post4261402040279293473..comments2024-03-10T06:07:53.511-07:00Comments on Crazy in Suburbia: The Expensive, Unattainable Lie that is Eat Pray LoveMartha Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-77472402730141418072010-11-18T15:38:46.007-08:002010-11-18T15:38:46.007-08:00Kudos on this post--you are right in my opinion. P...Kudos on this post--you are right in my opinion. Priv-lit is a kind of distracting addiction. I loved reading EPL, but only as a fun, 'fictional' read.Valnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-22917090213882124812010-08-31T21:21:22.777-07:002010-08-31T21:21:22.777-07:00well, uhm she did choose to visit those countries ...well, uhm she did choose to visit those countries because they all started with "I".. it is clearly acknowledged. Frankly, I admire the honesty of this "I" over the sanctimonious and monotonous "for the kids" rhetoric <br />I liked the book the eat and pray but was bored by love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-59199142453853150742010-08-28T15:32:25.962-07:002010-08-28T15:32:25.962-07:00I am making a career transition soon and have pond...I am making a career transition soon and have pondered the idea of some kind of self exploration.<br /><br />I too have a family, a marriage, a home, and many other things to look after. I just cannot envision a self indulgent day doing anything for me other than furthering my deficit in keeping all of these things in the air.<br /><br />However, a day of service seems intriguing. I always get a DumbAsBrickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369303748430626782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-69912089104633585172010-08-27T08:54:05.030-07:002010-08-27T08:54:05.030-07:00Cutting for Stone is a great book.
Enjoy!
DSCutting for Stone is a great book.<br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br />DSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-5300396117835757422010-08-26T11:00:43.853-07:002010-08-26T11:00:43.853-07:00Funny, our book club (this month: Cutting for Sto...Funny, our book club (this month: Cutting for Stone) segued into this very conversation. Only one of us had read the book (she liked it) but several of us were skeptical of the feasibility for us regular folk who couldn't swing the "time" for self-exploration let alone the "cost" of the trip. <br /><br />I've no desire to see the movie or read the book but I can see pablo2825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-12891100601971240352010-08-25T22:37:41.262-07:002010-08-25T22:37:41.262-07:00I'm with you. Didn't read the book, won...I'm with you. Didn't read the book, won't see the movie. Total narcissistic baloney. Casting Julia Robers just proves it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-69093654538744966862010-08-25T14:09:45.569-07:002010-08-25T14:09:45.569-07:00The movie was boring. It was not entertaining, no...The movie was boring. It was not entertaining, nor did it offer any honest spiritual/emotional growth. These things take hard work, and are not solved by pulling a "geographic". It pretended to be something it was not, and it may do harm to those who believe it.<br /><br />DSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-1487355716947809932010-08-25T13:26:22.261-07:002010-08-25T13:26:22.261-07:00Between this post and others I've read in the ...Between this post and others I've read in the past, such as the complaints about extra-large homes, I'm curious: What bothers you so much about the success of others? It's a serious question and I could guess at a hundred answers, but I'd like to hear where you're coming from. I would think it's a dream of *most* people to make a lot of money so that they can travel the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-21652742895798073302010-08-24T20:35:19.897-07:002010-08-24T20:35:19.897-07:00Its cool to bash a movie you didnt like. I didnt s...Its cool to bash a movie you didnt like. I didnt see it and wouldn't likely be drawn to watch it if it was on tv for free. But I guess I recognize that things made in Hollywood with "a" list stars are made to make money not teach lessons. Next you will be shocked that "pretty woman" and more to the point "sex and the city", were total bs too.<br /><br />Most farewellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-28541386220375503502010-08-24T13:52:47.466-07:002010-08-24T13:52:47.466-07:00Privileged people can do whatever the hell they wa...Privileged people can do whatever the hell they want, and write about it and try to market it as somehow this great universal, profound event. Oprah does it all the time.<br /><br />And people like me are free to say they are full of crap, and who gives a who know what, and Elizabeth/Julia's search for paradise has absolutely nothing to do with the struggles of most human beings. Certainly Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-9665701185119118812010-08-24T12:03:36.899-07:002010-08-24T12:03:36.899-07:00I’m not sure I understand your point. Are privile...I’m not sure I understand your point. Are privileged people not allowed to have times of self-discovery and then write about them? Can transformation only occur if the experience is paid for with someone’s own money? Are there no universal themes in this narrative (love, forgiveness, courage, etc.) that are relatable by people of different means? And, anyway, isn’t half the fun in movies Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-31252766804272783182010-08-24T10:49:54.144-07:002010-08-24T10:49:54.144-07:00Screw Eat, Pray, Love. I know someone who just br...Screw Eat, Pray, Love. I know someone who just broke up with her boyfriend and took off to a women's surf camp in Costa Rica to "think". What a poser. Back to the laundry and then to my computer for a freelance gig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com