I was just reading мебелиthis review of the SATC movie and found myself thinking, “Am I the only woman on Earth that does not have the smallest desire to see this movie?”

Background: I loved the series. Both D and I watched it religiously. Though toward the end, it started to wear on me. Maybe something changed when Carrie started having an affair with (a married) Big while she was with Aidan. Whatever the reason, I wasn’t heartbroken when the series finally ended. I was actually pleased with how they closed the story up.

Now, four years later, the movie is finally out. Eh. My interest is long gone. I’ve gone through some personal changes that instead of fawning over Carrie’s shopping sprees, I find it all quite shallow and materialistic. Maybe it’s woman’s fantasy, but I guess not this one’s. Since so much of SATC revolves around fashion and shopping, it now holds as much interest for me as picking lint out of my pocket.

To each her own. The only reason I’m bothered by this is because there seems to be this feeling of: if you’re a woman, you will FLOVE the SATC movie. I’m not trying to break the mold, I just hate being restricted to such confined quarters.

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Looks like Marc Franics and Nick Francis’ documentary about the unfair and unjust coffee industry is coming to PBS on April 10, 2007.

Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil.

But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields.

Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. As his farmers strive to harvest some of the highest quality coffee beans on the international market, Tadesse travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price.

Against the backdrop of Tadesse’s journey to London and Seattle, the enormous power of the multinational players that dominate the world’s coffee trade becomes apparent. New York commodity traders, the international coffee exchanges, and the double dealings of trade ministers at the World Trade Organisation reveal the many challenges Tadesse faces in his quest for a long term solution for his farmers.

Check out Black Gold: The Official Movie Site and PBS’ site for more information.

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