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Today, December 27, it is my birthday!!! Tatiana's birthday. She thought about celebrating with afternoon tea at The Four Seasons but Tatiana has been harboring a cold and decided to postpone the tea, she LOVES afternoon tea though! But tea with a runny nose, no.
So instead she curled up on the couch with a hot drink, some pastries, magazines and a movie, Eastern Promises , it was good. And it brought up a subject that Tatiana feels very strongly for. The kidnapping of young girls and forcing them into prostitution, this goes on, even in Las Vegas! Tatiana would really like to make a difference in this matter.
Today Benazir Bhutto got assassinated and with her many more people died. This is crazy, this world is just too violent. Really, Tatiana thinks that Bhutto should had left Pakistan after the first attempt to kill her happened a few months ago, over 100 people died in that bombing. It was just unsafe and putting others at risk. And now she is gone. There is no good reasoning behind this.
A few days ago, a tiger at the San Francisco zoo attacked a few people and killed a young boy. Horrible. The tigers name was Tatiana. So sad. Tatiana the beautiful tiger had displayed some similar behavior in the past.
Tatiana thinks that there is less need for zoos nowadays, you can watch animals on tv or online. A zoo is like a prison whether we want to realize it or not and most animals are probably unhappy there.
Well.....it is still Tatiana's birthday......she is wishing for another year of health and positive developments......



Photo by Barry Gallegos.

Tatiana has been running around like a crazy chicken today, she is, like many, caught up in the Holiday rush. She is dropping of Christmas presents to friends and she also wants to get some presents, for a boy and a girl, and drop them off at a place for kids that don't get presents. She is also taking some dog food to two different animal shelters, the dogs need food.
Last night the motor in her heater unit went out, it got pretty cold. Tatiana cuddled close to Chhaya all night. Later today the maintenance people will come over and fix it.
It has been non stop since returning to Vegas.
Tatiana also stocked up on some pierogies and kielbasa from the Polish deli.
Very yummu.
Well, Happy Holidays to all of you! Wishing you all the best!
Hugs.......Tatiana!

Last day, only a few fleeting hours until Tatiana has to return to Vegas. 😥
She knows that she will miss Anchorage.
She will miss L'Aroma cafe where she has been eating every day, super yummy!
They have the best sandwiches, Greek salads, pastries and Russian tea cookies, and the iced vanilla lattes are sooo good. The Borders here in Anchorage has a fireplace!
Every Borders should have one. And she will miss her turn on the stage at the Alaskan Bush Company. But she will have time to squeeze in some more stages tonight before the flight. Come see that famous grizzly!!!
Many hugs to all of you that she met during her stay! See you soon again!
XXXOOOXXX

Tatiana only has a few more days left in Anchorage before she has to return to Las Vegas. You know YOU NEED to see her at the Alaskan Bush Company before she leaves, otherwise you will regret it!
She is planning on returning here sometimes next year for a longer stay.

While working Tatiana met many young guys, soldiers, that recently returned from Irak or other places. Some of them wore silver bracelets around their wrists, in memory of a fallen friend. Actually Tatiana saw way too many of these bracelets. A few times she almost cried while talking to the soldiers. She hopes that none of them have to go back to any kind of war, she hopes all wars can end everywhere in the world. It is just not right. Not here, not "over there", nowhere.
People don't belong somewhere killing each other, we should do other things.
Remember when you used to wish for PEACE ON EARTH as a child, at least Tatiana did. Well that's topping her Christmas list this year.
She hopes that she can dare to believe in meliorism. If not that, what else can we look forward to? This is not a critique to any soldiers. Tatiana's heart goes out to everyone of them. But Tatiana is against war. There must be another solution......

sapphire was dead tonite even though it was the last day of NFR

Julia's been thinking of starting a support group for people are victims of meaningless drama.

who needs the details? it's maybe like reading someone else's diary....they wont know you ever did it, but what would happen if you found a resaon to be mad about? your significant other cheated on you? do you wish you never kept reading?

sometimes there is no going back, and the past can hurt people in ways that aren't forgotten.

everyone has their story to tell , and Julia is no stranger to being lied to or manipulated.

do we feel bad for people going through bad times? a little bit, but not too much because it's not that rare.

suffering is normal, part of living.


(Written by Julia).

On a happier note, Julia went to a concert at the Joint in the Hard Rock on Tuesday night!

The band was ' Angels and Airwaves'. If you remember Blink 182, Angels and Airwaves is the lead singer Tom (from Blink) 's new band.

Julia went with her friends Darrin and Tessa from San Diego, and it was super fun.

Everyone agreed that the sound quality was awful, and the band should def travel with a much better sound tech.

Aside from that, it was a good show. If you are or were a fan of Blink 182 , Julia thinks you would enjoy Angels and Airwaves.

After the show, Julia, Darrin, and Tessa ventured down to the New York bar ( a small local bar near paradise and flamingo) for some food and fun.

The New York bar has a pizza place attached where you can get italian food sometimes, and no one ever knows when they will be open.

Spaghetti and meatballs were had by all, and Julia and Tessa played some old 90's songs on the jukebox that annoyed most of the patrons.

Staind (it's been awhile), Blink 182, Radiohead, etc.

Tessa and Darrin had to leave, but they will return in a few weeks. Darrin is in a really good band called Sic Waiting, and they will be doing a show at the Double Down soon.



**Tool is also playing here in Vegas, two nights in a row and they are both sold out. Tool is a great band, and Julia was lucky enough to have seen them do a show up in Reno a few years ago. Too bad she has to work tonight, because Tool sounds much more interesting.***


Who knows? Perhaps Tool will be bored after their show and decide they want to check out Sapphire......

(Written by Julia).