MamaandtheCity

As I mentioned earlier I just finished this book by RobinSharma.   It was excellent.  Easy to read and understand,  didn’t sound hoaky like some other inspirational books have a tendency of doing.

One of my favourite chapters in the book is how important it is to screen the information we allow ourselves to be surrounded by.  As much as we try to avoid putting toxins into our body we should be just as selective about the toxins we let into our brains.  That includes screening the types of books we read, the tv we watch, the websites we visit and even the people we associate with.

Junk TV and gossip is to the brain what junk food is to the body – damaging, useless and produces negative results.  When we read books its not only what we get out of the books that is important but what the books get out of us.  I thought that was really cool.

So Robin recommends that we carefully screen what we allow into our psyche and that we spend the first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes of every day in quiet peaceful thought and reflection.  It’s a really nice book if your looking for a life lift or pick me up.  And who can’t use that once in a while.

MATC

As everyone is undoubtedly aware SATC opened on Friday so my sister and I went to the matinee show to beat the Friday night rush.  Being big fans of the show we were very excited, and we were not the only ones!  Ladies in heels, men dressed to the nines lined up to get good seats, as did we (although our dress code was much more casual).

And so it began, lots of excitement and energy in the theater, it was clear these were die hard fans.

The movie was off to a great start introducing the characters and recapping where we left them 4 years earliers when the show ended.  It was great to see the girls again after 4 years!  The fashion looked amazing and we were off… or so I thought.

It quickly turned very dramatic and took a sad turn, for what seemed like the rest of the movie, without a high enough resolve to lift it back up.  Where was the fun?  Where was the spark, the witty and clever dialogue we loved from the show.  Where were the smart one liners from Carrie, the risque sex scenes from Samantha, the cynnicism of Miranda?  And most of all, where was Carries column?  She didn’t use her computer for writing at all through the movie, even though she was supposed to be writing her fourth book. 

It seemed like the fashion trumped the story lines being brough to the forefront every chance they got, plugging name brands of hand bags, dresses and cars all throughout the movie.

The conclusion was predictable and ended the way I thought it would but still didn’t leave me with that feeling I used to get when watching the show.  No memorable lines, no touching moments, no tear jerkers that left me reminiscing about the movie and wanting to see it again.

Although I was slightly dissappointed at the end it was still fun to revisit the characters I spent 6 years watching in my late 20’s.  They’re familiar and although predictable still exciting and fun to be around… just like best friends.

xo

MATC