May 25, 2005

• Today at work, we had a pie day. They were giving us free slices of pie
  from Baker’s Square. I really wanted blueberry, but they didn’t have
  any, so I settled for the next best thing………cherry! The rest of
  the day, I had Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” stuck in my head. I know its
  awful, and a very sexist song, but I used to love it when I was in high
  school. Its nostalgic (spelling please). Man, what an awful, awful
  song, though. Just sit and read the lyrics sometime.

  They also had a raffle. They gave away lots of free stuff. I, of
  course, did not win a damn thing. My company always has raffles when we
  do things, and I don’t ever win shit. Yet, this one girl who has only
  been there a couple of months has won things twice. They were even
  giving away pies. I did not win, but happened to be in the right place
  (the breakroom) at the right time (4 in the PM) to get a free cherry
  pie. All I did was ask if they had any slices of pie left. They offered
  me a cherry pie. I accepted.

  I went to see Crash with Josh tonight. The movie was good. It really
  makes you think. Its frustrating, though. Race relations in this
  country………..no, in this world………are sad. I know we have
  come a long, long way, and although the movie does over-do some of it
  for dramatic effect, it still rings true and we still need to work on
  race relations. Its hard, because that is my big cause. The big thing I
  care about and what bothers me. I just wish more people thought the way
  I do (damn, that sounds really self-centered and stuck up), because we
  can sure use it. All people of all races need to stop seeing color and
  instead “picture the world without any color.” The biggest problem is
  still between blacks and whites. Too many whites believe that racism
  doesn’t exist. Too many blacks play the race card too often and see
  race in everything. There needs to be a middle ground. Racism is
  obvious sometimes. In other cases, it does not exist. Blacks need to
  understand that accusing somebody of racism, when it is not racism, can
  do more harm than they can ever imagine. On the other hand, when whites
  ignore racism, it complicates things and makes black lose faith in
  whites.

  Still, I don’t want to be one of those people that talks about it and
  offers no solutions. The way to lessen racism, is for people to learn
  more about each other. I feel, the root of all racism is fear. Fear of
  the unknown. If everybody just took the time to know and learn about
  others, they will see that we are not too different, and that we are
  actually a lot like each other. Others have a bad experience with other
  races, and it sours them. They have to allow themselves to realize that
  it just a couple of bad apples, which each race has. If they don’t get
  over that, they have kids and pass their racist views and thoughts onto
  a whole new generation, and that is how the seeds of racism are
  planted. Even so, if you are the child of a racist, ultimately, its up
  to you to overcome those thoughts and views and judge each people based
  on their character and not their color, religion, sexual orientation,
  age, or sex.

  I just saw Reggie Miller on Letterman. Now, I used to HATE reggie back
  in the Bulls glory days. But, since then, he has actually grown on me
  to the point where he might be one of my all time favs. What can I say,
  the guy is a class act, and his kind will be missed by the NBA.

  I bit the inside of my bottom lip Sunday, and of course, what do you
  think happens, I keep biting the same area over and over. Fucking teeth!

  • 12:26 am
  • 2 Comments