JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Why would heads of other artists’ productions companies insist on spending time at our club? I don’t know about you, but I find this odd. Why aren’t they at the club of the artists they represent? Live Music Bar JET has been open for over eleven years. Now that JET is in the production stage of the new CD and the Music Town project is on its way, all of these seldomly seen people start showing-up at the club regularly. Why?

Most people would agree humor and laughter are important. At the same time, there are many types of humor. Do you believe one can tell a lot about the nature of other people’s characters by what they find humorous?

Money and fame might bring power and status, but do they bring heart and class? How do your children react to your choices?

What have you, as an individual, contributed in the past 10 years? 5 years? lately?

There is a saying “If you don’t want to hear the answer, don’t ask the question.” If answers are forthcoming and honest, then could it be said that those who do not ask questions or do not want questions asked are not willing to face the answers?

Being just a wife with virtually no background in business or political science formal educations, sometimes the ironies of life can raise interesting questions. Such as, how is a hostile takeover of one business by another business group different than “civilized” warfare? Whereas a business is equivalent to an independent country, the CEO equivalent to the leader of a country, the Board of Directors being a War Panel, chief investors being officers, average investors being citizens, and customers being tourists.

What is it with a culture that can’t stand to see two people who are in love and happy being with one another and with their lives? Is it that the people of that culture are so miserable in their own lives that they can’t stand to see anyone else happy?

In social psychology we learned that no act of altruism is done without some form of reward resulting, albeit some motives for reward are more obvious than others. Americans have the saying “Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing.” Is there a similar phrase in the local dialect?

Do you believe one can understand another’s values by observing behaviors towards other things in the environment?