Hey ya'll
So another week has passed. Since I last blogged. We're knee deep into the holidays here and I am definitely feeling the spirit. I had a little get together and made eggnog, peach cobbler and pumpkin soup and invited ppl to trim my tree! I had a ball with folks. Everyone ended up bringing something with them and I have leftovers for days!!!! lol. Feels just like home. My neighbor was also having a little gathering so ppl were popping back and forth from both. It was a really great night. As the week went on there was just plenty of work and not a lot else. Then I brought the weekend in with a fun night out! We went to this restaurant that I'm still not sure how I feel about. It has a lot of Christian symbols taken and made fun of. I was told about it before I went so I guess I could've opted not to go, but I did. Most of it didn't offend me. But there was one piece that made me quite uncomfortable. It was a painting of the last supper and one of the disciples was giving Jesus head........ I mean I guess it can be taken as funny, but at the same time it is offensive and kinda unnecessary. I don't understand why ppl feel the need to make fun of other ppls beliefs. If I started making fun of atheists and agnostics ppl would label me crazy or stupid. We are all expected to be tolerant of almost everyone for everything but no one is taught to be tolerant of Christians.... it's a double standard I deal with all the time. I love my faith and my beliefs but I don't feel like I need to condemn or make fun of anyone else to do that. For some reason though, ppl often feel the need to condemn and poke fun and Christians and our faith system.... aw well. Not like I can't handle it. Don't know if I'll go back to that restaurant... It just kinda stayed on my mind. But it was my choice to be there...... the food was good though.....lol....... What do ya'll think? Think I'm over reacting? Under reacting?.....
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So it's been about a week since my last post. I had thanksgiving dinner here at my apartment with some of the other performers who live here. We had good food. It was very close to home! We did it potluck style and everyone chipped in something. Even those who couldn't really cook brought snacks or something. It was great. I loved the fact that those of us who were American got to share our holiday with those who were Australian, Japanese, Canadian, Russian, and English. It was a lot of fun. Although no one went over the history of the pilgrims and indians, we did go around the table and say what we were thankful for. Which was great. With so much gratitude in one room you just have to smile and be thankful yourself! After thanksgiving dinner I spent the rest of the week working on two things 1) working out to make sure I don't pack on too many holiday pounds (a few are to be expected, we're all human) and 2) rehearsing for an event I would be performing in. The rehearsal process was kinda crazy and a lot of things went wrong. One of my dancers pulled out, my choreographer got sick, a background singer pulled out and I kept changing people around. It was hard to get fill ins at the last minute but by the grace of God, everything came together! The show was a lot of fun. There was my number which was a performance of my song "Hold On" off of the 'Songs from my breakup' album, and there was a group number that included most of the female performers in the show. The events purpose was to raise money for a single mothers group here in Osaka. It felt really good to be a part of something giving to the community I've been living in and that has given so much to me. I had a great night and video footage will be coming soon! Hope you're all well......
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