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An ear for an eye.

Yesterday afternoon I made my way to Richmond hill's Silver city to see the new Katy Perry movie. I promised myself that I would see it on Thursday, the day it came out, but I wasn't expecting to spend as much time at home with my brother James who is home for several days from Montreal. Thursday was a pretty interesting day as I got allot of time to sit and talk with my mother and my brother. It was hot outside as you may well know, and I wore sunscreen for the first time in many years. As time went by and as the conversation got deeper and more meaningful, my mom prepared the steaks to barbecue as my dad came home from work. The meal was great, but I had the feeling that there was more to say but left after an after dinner conversation and sat in front of the television.

As the rest of my family came inside the house, they made their way to the other TV room and started to discuss plans for Saturday and Sunday (which is tomorrow) to travel to Stratford Ontario to see a play, Shakespeare I believe, I failed to ask them if this was the season of the Stratford festival, which I remember ever so dimly from my time in college training to be a musical theatre actor. Those days are long gone. I do believe they asked me to go, and I would of really loved to see some theatre entertainment, but I don't believe I could of standed the approx, 2 hour drive with people who think I am crazy because I go to church every Sunday and actually serve as a leader in my church.

I got to see the Katy Perry movie yesterday, and she reminded me of the desire I had when I attended Sheridan college, before I gave up the theatre. I gave up the theatre not because I didn't like it anymore, I gave it up not because I wasn't strong enough, I simply grew out of it. I grew into something new and that something new was my faith in Christianity. I remember praying a simple prayer asking God to forgive me of all of my sins, and inviting Jesus Christ to be the ruler of my life at 21 years of age. I was born again. This was the reason I was interested in seeing the Katy Perry movie. We both share a love for music and performance, and she came from a evangelical ( really pentecostal) family.

I wanted to hear her story, without prejudice and why she became a musician. I related to her story in a vague sort of way, but I fully enjoyed the movie.

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