There is always a first

This is my first blog. patting self on back for taking another step towards the future I wonder what new and interesting lessons I am going to learn from such a feat. I actually feel a bit of pressure to make this "good" but then reality kicks in and I realize that it really doesn't matter. It is what it is. Take it or leave it.

I am sitting here at my desk overhearing a conversation regarding "gays". GASP! Why is this conversation happening? Because of the simple fact that my desk is close to another department that consists of close-minded individuals who think they know it all, done it all, heard it all...you get the point.
"I had some gay friends in college."
"One of the bridesmaids in my wedding was a lesbian but didn't know it yet"
"A woman asked me if I was a lesbian!"
"Gay is disgusting!"
"I almost experimented one time but I was really, really drunk."
"A person makes the choice to be out of the norm."
Well, you know what? I do not feel that it is appropriate to discuss other folks sexuality while you are at work. Especially when you have conversations that are very loud and easily overheard by some that would take offense to what you are saying.

Just in case you can't tell from the picture, the staircase appears to be going up and down all at the same time.

This is a great start to a discussion on racism and stereotyping. It doesn't matter to me if you are gay, a lesbian, brown, purple, or blue. What matters to me is what is in a person's heart. If you are a good person (to me) than who am I to judge you based on your appearance or sexual preference? I only see people. I don't see "gays", "blacks", "jews", etc. I only wish more people could understand that none of those things really matter in the grand scheme of things. Something that has been getting to me lately has been the reversal of racism. I am really struggling with this one. I am sure that you have seen the email, supposedly from Bill Cosby, saying that it is racist of the "black" community to basically gang up against the "white" community. It is ok to have the NAACP, BET television, and all of the other race-based organizations. But, if the "whites" would start WET (white entertainment television?) or anything like that it would be racist. Why do we still need these organizations? I know that we needed them before, during, and after the Civil Rights Movement, but why do we still need them almost 30 years later? Why are people still so close-minded when it comes to this? Maybe I feel this way because I don't see the discrimination every day like some do, but I just wish I understood more about why people feel the way that they do. I am not going to apologize, nor do I think anyone else should either, for something that my ancestors did. Therefore, I do not think that someone should hold something against me or feel that I / the World should apologize for something that my ancestors did. I do not owe you anything. The world does not owe you anything. What's done is done. Wrongs have been righted. (or at least close to it)

I could ramble on more, but I think I need to stop on this topic and possible re-visit it in the future.