Philosophy of Perception

I just remembered I had this thing today. Hmm. Anyway, as some people can attest I’ve been in a pretty crappy mood. I’m not going to go into full details on the off chance that someone this is actually related to finds this but suffice to say that I’m in a bad mood because of an incident at work. And it’s all that pregnant guy’s fault. What pregnant guy, you ask? Well this guy: http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52947.asp

Now I made an innocent comment to one of my co-workers that it seems mighty suspicious that this guy was having a press conference on April 1st. Historically, that’s just not been the day you want to come out and have people take you seriously. It would be nice if it was true but I’m just too much of a skeptic to believe I guess. I’m not denying the possibility of a trans-gender person having a child. What I’m skeptical about is whether that is the case here. There are too many red flags in this case.

Well anyway, my real problem is that this comment led to an utterly unneeded debate between myself and another co-worker. I don’t really know what set him off, nor do I care to explore at this point. It took every bit of my energy not to start screaming at him right then and there. Somehow from my comment he gathered that I was prejudiced against trans gendered people just because I said this guy might be lying. I might be acting overly sensitive (it tends to happen) but that really pissed me off. I try my best to always keep an open mind and I pride myself on being tolerant to everyone. So when someone calls me prejudiced, especially when its not true, I get mad. I tried to step back and examine my own comments thinking that maybe I was just misconstruing my own words, but no, the co-worker I had originally directed the comment to was backing me and explaining my point to the other guy. But he still swore I was being prejudiced.

Sigh. Like I said, it’s probably me being overly sensitive but I just wasn’t expecting that. After the commute from hell this morning, ongoing drama with ACS and my job, I just wasn’t in the mood to deal with that. Especially not from someone I had considered to be a friend. I guess that’s what I get for trying to be nice. I think I’ll just stick to my supervisor’s advice and keep to myself. It makes it easier for everyone.

But enough of my whining, I finally cracked and decided that I need to waste some money. I mean I got this job and have yet to splurge on anything totally and utterly ridiculous. So I did. Today at 2:30 (shortly after the above incident), I purchased a brand new iPod Touch. It’s expensive but so totally worth it (I think). And according to Apple, they’ve already shipped it, so I should have it by tomorrow. Yayness! Sorry, but I’m one of those people that shop when they’re upset. And that iPod went miles in improving my mood. If not for that I would have been kicking people while on the train this evening. And there are still laws against that… stupid laws.

And there you have it. That was my day. I got yelled at about a pregnant man that may or may not be real and bought a terribly expensive mp3 player that I will love more than my cat chances are. Somehow it all balances out to be a slightly average day.