JakeD is still getting over walking pneumonia and I am (hopefully) getting over this fucking cold soon. We ventured out to the Toyota dealership this weekend for an oil change and hung out while it was being done. We joked around with one of the workers there (who was black). He was really nice and tried pushing the mechanics who were working on our car to finish faster. An older man arrived to pick up his car wearing a UCLA teeshirt. Even though the sleeves weren't that long he tried rolling them over to give some sort of half assed muscle shirt look. Plus, it showed his tats. The Toyota worker greeted the man and mentioned his UCLA shirt. The guy responded with, "Yeah! You probably went to the University of South Central, right?" The only sounds were jaws dropping on the ground. I told JakeD to cover his UCLA jersey that he was wearing as I stared at the man in utter disbelief. The Toyota guy politely said no and the guy's car arrived. POS beat up blue car. Fitting...

The ignorance of people never ceases to amaze me. They scream to the heavens about racial profiling in the police force, yet our society is one of it's biggest offenders. I'd be lying if I said I never did it. But the difference is acknowledging it and realizing that it's wrong.

And by 'kingdom' I mean 'older one bedroom apartment with three cats, a recuperating blonde and a grumpy Texan'. What's up with all the hatred? Recently I got hate mail for being Jewish and a dear friend got attacked for being gay. Religion and sexuality are NOT contagious. If it's not for you then just move along. Jeesh. For some reason people feel the need to attack what they don't understand. To those people: You have no idea what you're missing. Do not fear the unknown. Learn from it. Respect it. Maybe... just maybe you'll walk away learning something about yourself. Not that you're a Jewish gay man... but someone who's able to talk to people without feeling threatened. That's a good thing.

Politics... Ahhh, the pandoras box. The Pink Rocks video that I linked a while back is still getting insane hits from Stumble Upon. Hate it. Love it. Just talk about it. People on both sides are meshing it up. The one thing I always laugh about is how personal people get when they talk politics. If I don't like the President I'm a Liberal. A traitor. The insults start flying. You can agree that people like their meat cooked differently, but their political choices had damn well better be the same. Why? We are told to question our leaders. That doesn't mean 'as long as they are not your choices'. Instead of insults and attacks you should be supporting them. We have freedoms. These freedoms are slowly slipping away because people are so afraid evolving that they would rather vote for someone who doesn't give a damn than someone who can lead us forward. You're going to look pretty foolish in that cave in a couple of years. I'm just saying...

Once again my open mind is dented by hatred. A minister in Iran states Jews created Tom and Jerry as a PR stunt. I never thought of mice as a derogatory term. Then again I used to have one as a pet. How a simple cartoon changed into some devious plot is beyond me. It's like they were trying to brainstorm on ways to bring hatred back in the news and had a mental block.

I don't hate by race or religion. For the most part I don't 'hate' at all. I have friends from all walks of life that became close because of who they where inside. That's what matters. Have you ever met someone online and they turned out to be completely different than what you thought? Did that change your feelings for them? Sometimes I wish the world would go blind. Imagine not knowing who you were talking to. Would you welcome the conversation... or fear the chance it might be one of *them*?