The Help Movie Review

THE HELP BOOK COVER WRITTEN BY: KATHRYN STOCKETT

The beautiful cast of "The Help" left to right Viola Davis, Bryce Howard Dallas
Emma Stone, and Octavia Spencer

The defining moment the last good-bye of the two main characters

THE HELP MOVIE POSTER (AUGUST 2011)

Inspirational...Phenomenal...Wise...You feel the soul of that time period. It tugs immediately at your heart like a slow, strumming guitar.


Picture 1963...during the twentieth century in Mississippi its surrounded around All American upper class families and they have African-American maids coming to raise their children. Yet there's a twist to the story they are allowed to raise their children they can be doting, loving, attentive, affectionate, and compassionate. They can build their self-esteem and also give them the proper care they need...yet there's one thing they aren't allowed to use the restrooms of the employers. They are permitted to go to what is known as a potterpotty today.
They are treated like second class citizens but they're primarily the ones responisble for raising the children of these people.

That's the part of the story where a young, aspiring journalist named, Skeeter who decides to give the maids a chance to share their story. I loved this part because this really made me see that at that time it was about taking risks, being bold, you needed powerful leaders to get to where you wanted to be and so you can have a chance to prove you deserve more, equality was what our leaders fought for at the time. I loved Skeeter's character cause I saw a bit of her spirit in myself too. She reminded me a lot of where I would like to be in my life.

At the same time she showed and proved that women like that are what make America what it is today having the freedom to your own life, your own career, you become you're own person.  That was inspirational. The other characters Aibileen, Minnie, Celia, and Hilly were all full of richness and very well written characters. I loved Mae Mobley the adorable little girl who is taken care of by Aibileen such an adorable little child. She made me lose it in the movie theater in one part of the movie. So be ready for kleenex.

Aside from just everything put together it appears each character was written perfectly, a rich story was being told, and the people who played each character were played well in each of their roles.
I loved the backstory and the setting as well because you feel like you know them in a way too.

Heartwarming it pulled at my heart strings and I cried a bit because on a personal level it warms your heart the story, what they went through, the history, the struggle of racism, civil rights, and social class too. 

HBS's rate (Honey Brown Sugar's rate for "The Help" five stars) We may see an Oscar nomination in the future. I hope so it was that good.

Go see it and take your mothers, girlfriends, wives, sisters, cousins to see it and do a ladies luncheon and get a slice of Chocolate pie lol!!! Inside joke.

Natural Surprise Disasters make an impact

YEAH I REALLY SURVIVED IT =)!!!!!

I heard about the storm before it even came along I heard a woman talking about the weather being bad and I remembered thinking what will happen now we just survived the earthquake of course we can survive the rest of the situation. One lyric from a well known song "Firework" I was watching the video I love the song, the message, and the artist who produced and wrote it too 2011 VMA winner and pop singer, Katy Perry made a powerful message to me the other day "After a hurricane comes a rainbow"....and just like that after 48 hours of strong, powerful winds, and monsoon rains pouring down all over the east coast. Turned into one of the most beautiful days I saw in Washington. I happened to leave Friday because I knew in my heart I did not want to get stuck. Also listening to the mayor made a huge impact on me. I knew the best thing follow your instinct and do what is right for survival.
 One thing you realize is you can survive anything when you pay attention, you realize your a person, you ask for help from those you love, and you stay close to them you can manage to get through anything. I also realized that I am not scared of any natural disaster that it didn't terrify me because being a born New Yorker/ Jersey Girl you realize that you can face anything. I have pretty much been able to do anything and manage to realize there really is a purpose for everything. Everything has its own time....everything comes when its supposed to happen. You cannot control everything you just put your skills to the test and manage to get through anything. I am realizing that these things can be put to use for every day life. You have to always focus on what is really important....try to remember there are other people who need you too out there. People need each other as well especially in times of stress it is absolutely nothig wrong with showing vulnerability and showing your true emotion too. These two natural disasters made me see the real impact of God pretty much....how everything is really out of our control in the end. He's doing this all for his master plan as well.

Content Issues and Review should be "Life Issues and Review"

I am doing a very fun temp job right now where I get to help build a website. I was thinking about something so funny that is rather serious at work...but I thought let's apply it to life though. What if we had a thing called Life Issues and Review....where you can have a website that allowed you a chart you put a box where your issue is...then someone reviews it and they put the day they reviewed your issue. You discuss how you feel and it's just simple. I wish someone had a Life Issues and Review website it would be so simple because this is one way human beings can communicate. They can talk again and they have a chance to really discuss what they want, what they need, and helps build their character. You become a stronger, wiser, and smarter person too. 

I would love a Life Issues and Review...we review the issue and then, discuss, and figure out what would make you or possessed you to come up with that decision as well. So we will see. Maybe that's something the next genius, self-help guru can come up with too. Just give me 50 percent of the profit though cause it is my idea you know. =)

Hearing all these love songs everywhere.....

I hear all these love songs everywhere....I constantly think of this person and it makes me smile.
I love when I get that feeling it reminds me of the first time I fell in love with someone a long time ago.
The feeling you get of wanting to be around just them all the time.


Following them like a precocious little child wanting to get your attention and time.
I hear these love songs and instantly return to this place of just being happy genuinely happy. All the romantic ideas come back, all the fantasies in my mind start to come to life, all the dreams I begin to imagine of that person and I make me realize there is a possibility and this could really happen. 


I love how there is still a lot I have not experienced yet and I am nearing 25....Like having my first real valentine (lol) I know crazy isn't it...lol...This special person will be my 1st valentine lol =)


Having this person really be in my life and get to know the real me. 


There's a lot to learn about me I come with layers lol...and you better be ready. 


The love songs I hear make me want to be silly, run and go behind this person. Grinning from ear to ear just happy. Dress up and put on my flyest outfit. This person makes me want to be better, want to be wiser, makes me want to become a better person for some strange reason. 

How can I be so infatuated and I have not had a proper date with you yet? It makes me wonder....is it just I am ready fall in love. Am I ready to actually start singing these love songs to you. =)

A brief timeline of my life in New York

There's a young lady out there who has really been inspiring me behind the scenes and she really has been making me love writing and the power to just express yourself. It's bringing me back to another place in my life.
This past weekend I was in New York getting my passport...It's so funny because as I am standing there looking at my documents. I notice several things. One thing I immediately notice is the fact that I see on my birth certificate the day I was born, the place I was born, and then of course my name. Life is strangely funny in certain ways. It's almost like I was supposed to be in New York all along. It's so funny....there are many things that could have stopped me or prevented me from being in New York but for some reason it always works out in my favor. Is it because I was born in New York perhaps? Does the city somehow know I am here when I am....it's funny.

As I am looking at my documents, observing this large empty post office that could be filled with tons of people inside but only just about eight or nine people behind me. I notice all these little kids around me restless playing and waiting for their parents to get their passports too. Then I see on my passport how the first time I got my passport I was fourteen years old. I remember that day well actually I was with my mom and we happened to be around the same area as her job.

So we got my passport ready because that year I was heading to the Bahamas with her old friend and her daughter. There certain things in your life you don't forget. I remember I was about to transfer to a new high school because I wanted to go to school to in New York.

I made this decision to leave the school I was at, all my best friends, who I never forgot but I left it for New York. Do I regret it no...not at all. New York changed me completely.

I loved being there and I have not one regret it has changed me but I never forgot where I lived, where I came from or any of those things.

There's a quote from one of my favorite celebrities that says" The things that we love stay with us and remain close in our hearts"-Josephine Baker. I love that quote because it's so true I have had a lot that has always remained in my heart. New York is part of that.

So back to the passport though...

I looked at the year and saw it was 2001 when i got my passport....it would expire in 2006 and it took me 5 years to get my passport renewed again which is hilarious...a whole decade to get my passport renewed because my life has been that busy.

So when I saw that it made me realize how over a decade how much I accomplished in New York....in 2001 of September I started high school...in 2002...I celebrated my sweet 16 in new york...in 2003 when I turned 17 i celebrated in NY again...in 2004 I graduated from high school at the most well known Cathedral (St. Patrick's Cathedral)...I also began working there....for a year I worked in New York at a radio station...in 2007 I started at Hunter College...in 2010 I would graduate from Hunter College....so it's funny...how things work out in your life...All of these things lined up for you.

I owe this city so much and I have a lot to discuss in 2011...I started my new job...learned how to really work two jobs, I owe this city tremendously and it keeps giving back to me and I to it....so I just want to say keep growing with me New York you and I will stick together. =)

It's funny how your passport and documents can tell you more about yourself than you can actually. 

I believe you're worth it

I was thinking to myself wow.....maybe it's possible all of this has been for a reason in the end. I believe you're worth it. I believe you're different, unique, and special just like every other person on the planet. You've been through happy times and sad times I can see it in your eyes. You have fight in you I see that too. It's not abrasive it's subtle it comes out sometimes. 
You would be worth having around because of your confidence, your intelligence, your energy, and your heart. I have only known you briefly but I know you would be so worth the time and company. 


I know you're worth it cause we have similarities, too much in common yet you'll never know until we actually have a conversation a bit more. 
I believe the person who is worth it is when you take the time to invest in them. Not rushing for just the pleasure of being near them or with them. It's about the inner part of them. 
Some may think I only based or judged my love interests only by sight. I judged far more than that. I judged by character, by personality, by the way they treated me and vice versa. Also by the connection too and I know when someone is worth my time and having. There's a feeling in your gut you get when a person is supposed to be around you.  So I know you're worth it. 

A new journey

I came here to Jersey City, New Jersey when I was ten and half years old in June of 1997. I remember that year and date well because I was just leaving my school. You know how some things stay with you for a long time. I believe the first time I came here I knew I was entering a new beginning, a new opportunity, and a place that literally transformed me into the person I became now.
This is bittersweet for me. When something hits me hard then I know I need to blog about it now. I love my home when I first came here I was so shy, so timid, and afraid of letting go because I didn't know what to expect back then. I didn't realize back then that I had a history with this part of the country. That my history would be the way for me to make it through.

One thing I am right next door to New York where I was born so that was one way to bring me back into feeling comfortable. Also I had people who loved and cared about me long before I even made it there too. I was lost when you're an only child, a little girl, and you're really out of place. You need a lot to keep you motivated and to push you too. I love my neighborhood because it's quiet, comfortable, there is a rich diversity here, full of people from all walks of life. People with stories to tell and so much more. I trust the people enough to know here that I can walk late at night and make it back to my home safe and sound.

I have met so many people here who opened their hearts to me accepted, embraced, and just gave me all of their love too. It's hard because I am usually always down for a new adventure a new challenge. Yet my heart is attached to this house too. I guess because I have grown up so much here it's funny to me some of things I have done. I can laugh at myself like "I did that jesus!"....or I said that whew....I wouldn't say that now would I? Probably not. My heart is really in this home....I tried everything to fight for it....giving up my prized possessions. Yet there's a reason why my mom made this my home. This is my home with her because she gave me everything I possibly needed and more for any occasion. This home has helped heal me, console me, protect me, and even just make me realize how valuable this family is to me and even my friendships too.
There's something that aches a bit maybe it's because I realize that I am taking  a new step into a new place again. I kind of don't care this time a bit cause I've paid my dues plus I am not going to far though either. Yet I love this place so much.
I am going to miss the people who have helped mold me too.
So I am going to say good-bye classy as always and tearfully walk away with my head held high. =(
I am not that little shy girl anymore she's  been gone for  a while actually. She's somewhere hiding....lol. Yet I know I have to move forward....if I don't then I'll never know what's ahead and what's part of my next destiny, my next learning experience, my next life lessons. =)