Finally, that "continued" part.

The majority of my life, recently, has been consumed by working at Sephora, performing with the NY Dinner Theatre, and being a part of my church.
I was pretty excited when I got to go to a friend's birthday party on Saturday Dec. 1. It was a welcome change of pace; my friend Paul's Birthday. I went to college with Paul and he now lives in Harlem. At the party I got to see my friend David from UE as well. It was so great to see those guys again. It's been a long time since we all hung out. Paul's party was crazy. I met a lot of new people and danced like it was going out of style.

When I finally headed home from the party I was out just in time to see the first snowfall of the season. It was beautiful! The night was so peaceful and the snow looked so pretty. By the time I got back to Astoria the snow was really beginning to accumulate on the ground so I got to be the first to make footprints in the snow. That made my week.
Sunday I went to church at Apostles then hung out with my friend Courtney. We ate lunch at the "Green

Kitchen" near church then went down to Union Square. There is a holiday bazaar on the south side of the square with all sorts of art and random gift ideas. Courtney and I walked around and checked out the vendors. It reminded me a lot of Portland's Saturday Market. I saw a ton of great gifts but, much like PDX's Sat. Market, everything was a little out of my price range. It was really fun to look though. I'm always impressed by the original artwork I see at those type of things.
After we bummed around the market for a while, Courtney and I went and saw the movie "Enchanted." I thought it was cute. The theater was packed but I still enjoyed the movie. Not sure if it quite lives up to the hype but that's just my opinion. Far be it from me to rain on Disney's most recent princess parade.

As for the rest of the week, I worked with the exception of a few highlights: On Wednesday night, (12/5), I auditioned for a play called 36:24:36. It's about how body image is being skewed and handled by society today. The audition went well and I ended up getting a callback.

On Thursday, (12/6), I had my last meeting with my Community Group that met up to read "Mere Christianity" by CS Lewis. We wrapped up our discussion of the book and I have a great sense of accomplishment. That book is quite a challenge.

This week I got a Christmas present in the mail from my parents. They sent me a new camera so I can actually show instead of just tell! I'm so thankful for it and I will try to keep put more pictures on here.

The pictures in this post are ones I took with a disposable camera I bought because I was tired of not having a camera. The quality is obviously not too great but at least you get the idea. The picture above is of my community group. From left to right it's me, Cassie, Deirdre, Caleb, Brian, and Charles. They've become good friends of mine and I'm glad you get to finally see them. Oh, the cat in the picture is Deirdre's new kitten, Loki. He's adorable and has a hilarious personality. In our last meeting he slept between the couch cushions while we hung out. We had to be careful where we sat on the couch.

On Saturday 12/8 I had a performance of "Let's Kill the Boss" in Long Island with the dinner theater. It was at a banquet hall called Tivoli Terrace. The show was packed and the hall reminded me of something from "The Wedding Singer." It was due for a makeover. I had a great time with the cast, again. They crack me up.

On Sunday I was on the Load-In team at church. The sermon was on "spending less" and I appreciated hearing it. I'm finally trying to set up a good budget for myself here in the city.

After church I went straight to work. After work I decorated our apartment for Christmas! My parents sent us a tree and some lights and ornaments so we had fun setting that up. Our apartment is so cozy now. I'm so glad it's up to the season.

I better go for now but I'll leave you with some more photos from my disposable camera: There is a picture of a really pretty tree that's on the upper east side at 59th street between 3rd and Lex. A picture of my bedroom (I still haven't decided what I'm going to put on the walls). There's a picture of the view from my bedroom window. At night you can see the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building and it's a beautiful view. I also put a random shot of my street and the street sign marking my street. that's called wasting film. haha. I hate to do it again but, too be continued...