Pestimonies,character actors and the grass isn't greener on the other side

I remember back home when I would be in an matatu during rush hour traffic when once this lady sitting next to me turned to me and asked me if I was saved.At this point I knew it was a case of damned if I do and damned if I don't.If I said yes, she would want me to share and if I said no, she may want to give me her testimony.To save time I went with "no."What happened is that she told me what had been going on in her life and from what she told me, the hand of God seemed completely absent (yes I know God acts in hidden ways too, so shut up!), so from then on I began to refer to these long winded accounts as pestimonies (due to being pestered).It seems some christian folk are ashamed of their pestimonies and decided to walk in sin for sometime so they can claim how God delivered them from sin.After all if you were born in a christian household and never strayed, your testimoney may seem like pestimoney.

Have you ever watched a movie and seen this dude who seems to be an extra or have very small often repetitive movies in many movies that you watch?This dude is either a thug or some other sort of bad guy.These character acters always have you scratching your head saying, "it's that guy!Whatsisname??" Well people there's a book appropriately titled, Hey!It's that guy! I intend to get myself a copy as soon as I have some stray bucks lying around.

I read this great post from one my fave blogs.The post is called the Grass is not greener on the other side...

I have alot of friends of different races and nationalities, and when the topic comes to women, there is always this "the grass is greener" over there mentality.
For instance, alot of my white friends prefer Asian women, they all have yellow fever. The reason they give? They are more feminine, gentle and lady like.
It's kind of funny to see a once beer drinking, chicken wing-loving former frat boy all of a sudden get into anime, weird Japanese RPG games and want to quit his job to move to Japan to become an English teacher because they just love "Asian Culture". That's nonsense, it's just a smokescreen for easy access to Asian pussy, which is their sole driving force.
I've gotten a few guys to admit that it was indeed the reason for their interest in Asian culture.
Alot of my black friends, prefer white women, the reason? They say that white women are not as aggressive and hard to handle like black women.That sure looks true from where I am!
My Asian friends tell me they can't get dates with Asian women because they all want white guys. They also say they can't get dates with white and latina women because they don't like them and they in general do not want to date black women.Poor dudes, they always seem to
lose!
My hispanic friends don't care, as long as she's ready, willing and able...isn't that right Ricky? {inside joke}
My opinion? Women are women. I've dated women from different ethnicities, and other than their ethnicity, it was pretty much the same thing. The grass ain't greener on the other side. Women act how society dictates they act.If you remove a woman from the society that makes her act in the way that made her desirable to you and bring her to the culture that spawned the women you don't like, it is only a matter of time before she becomes like them.Women adapt very very fast to new cultures so at the end of the day the differences will only be skin deep.

I think that is the same thing that applies to the way some people decided after they have settled in the states for sometime to send for their boyfriends/girlfriends from back home and in many cases things fail to work out.I think the old dynamic that made the relationship work is gone when you go abroad or to cut to the chase, one party grows horns as the saying goes.For you KBW folk out here, if you had an boyfriend /girlfriend you left back home, would you send them a ticket to join you in the States/Europe or would you leave it till you get back home or split up?