Thanksgiving came and went. But I don't think I stopped and found time to be really thankful. It was probably one of the most enjoyable thanksgivings I've had. On thursday my cousins came over and we ate some Nigerian cuisine (I hate Thanksgiving food) and hung out. I really enjoyed that because they are my family! It was nice to be able to spend time with my immediate and extended family. I can't wait till everyone comes home for Christmas.
Then 2 of my Stanford friends came to visit. That was so refreshing. I don't think i've laughed so much since August. I enjoy being able to talk about everything, nothing and most of all laugh a lot. Later on in the day a couple that works with AIA came over for dinner. Both of them were in Kazakhstan a few months before i got there and One of them spent two years as a STINTer in Krygystan. What a small world.
Another thing I'm really thankful for is the return of my Passion CD. I miss Praise and Worship so much. I have decided that I like songs which consist of more than a Chorus. Anyways one day i came home early, cranked up the volume and just blasted it and danced all over the living room. I thought to myself this is the life! I just need times like this once in awhile because i'm so unmusical I start forgetting song lyrics and music so then I'm reduced to singing the same thing, which bores me so I stop singing totally. In order to avoid that, I need to find a church with an off the hook worship team (they songs I like) or buy a lot of worship CDs.
I guess i'm starting to feel special because 3 people who have thoughts pages mentioned me on their web page. Since i don't really talk to two of them it's absolutely amazes me that they chose to say hi to me. I really like their thoughts. Don't know why- I guess it's just cool to see how other people's minds work.
I love Christian music. Most of the time. But for 2+ years i have been dissatisfied with the Christian music station. Everything they plays sounds very, very similar to me. I know for a fact that there is a wide diversity of music available, yet they continue to play the same style of music day in, day out. It's probably why i don't really like the Wow (I ordered Wow worship cuz it seems different) series. These artists will be on there every year: Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Twila Paris, Steven Curtis Chapman, Point of Grace, dc Talk and your token Anointed or BeBe and Cece Winans song. I don't understand what they mean by the 30 most popular Christian songs. Cuz Kirk Franklin & God's Property (or was it the Family?) went Platinum yet there isn't one song from that Album on any Wow CD. Instead they come up with Wow Gospel for all the black artists. I would really like to see a Wow CD or and Christian music stations that incorporated the different styles of music. The other solution is for me to start a Christian Rap/ Hip Hop R&B station. On a positive note, some artists from the "gospel" camp got with the "contemporary Christians" and created and Album called Bridges. I hope to listen to it one day.