You Say Its Your Birthday!!

This weekend my gorgeous sister Bekah came to visit from Salt Lake City. We had a fun weekend. She came in on Thursday eve and although I had to work on Friday, she made herself at home by going down to the Beach. We went on Friday to Indian food at Bombay in Ontario, and then went to Smogdance, the poor man's Sundance ,in Pomona. There was a film Andrea, my roommate, and I were interested in seeing. The short was called the "Constant Process" It is documentary by an LDS man Douglas Hunter, about Susan Russell, a lesbian Episcopalean priest. I felt myself nodding and my heart beating faster in recognition of the truth of Christ's teachings to love one another, which is really the message I took from the documentary. I wished that more of Douglas Hunter's perspective was in the documentary, this was not included at all. As an LDS person still struggling with how I feel on the whole Prop 8 thing, I am interested in hearing perspectives from other LDS people, and I think his perspective would have been a peculiar one, seeing as he has been able to spark up a friendship with this priest. Maybe we'll hear more from him. The next day, we got to go see our brother Josh and his wife Kelly. They happened to be in Simi Valley this weekend,so we opted to drive to see them. It was awesome to see them. That night my roommates took me out, not sure of where we were going, as it was a surprise for my birthday. We drove down to...L.A...and went to a place that I've wanted to go, the Bonaventure Hotel...up at the top...went there to watch the sunset and have some appetizers and drinks. It was amazing. It is a revolving restaurant, so in an hours time you are able to see all of the L.A. valley. I loved it. It was really surreal to be surrounded by these awesome friends and my sister. It's been 3 years since i moved here to California, and seriously my life has opened up. I have had so many experiences that I had asked for and prayed for. I am loving living here. And love the fact that I can be in L.A. for my birthday. We then went to a little dive restaurant called the Redwood Bar and Grill, which had a pirate theme. Very cool. I loved every minute of it. Happy Birthday to Me!! This next year is going to be great.