Day Three of Training
Ok I admit this now. I’m at this point I am whining. I’m not sure if I’ve already mentioned this but I bought a bottle of rum to take with me to my training session. I put it in a flask Saturday night. A few hours later I saw that the flask had leaked out a little less than half of my pint of Rum. Well at this point I’m almost out of rum. I could very easily finish it off tonight. There’s not a liquor store in this city. I may be able to buy beer or wine I hope so.
Tonight I went out to dinner with 7 of my classmates. To say that I was bored was kind of an understatement. One woman pretty much took over the conversation and she was, well how can I put it, let me give you some examples, she called a remote control a “clicker”, she asked if we wanted to go to the “theater” tomorrow, (she meant the movies), and the biggest thing she actually said this in a conversation “I was speaking with this client and she was the nicest colored person.” I actually assumed that I misunderstood what she said but another classmate brought her to task and she asked me and the other Black woman if we were offended. I said that I was just a little shocked that people still used that term. She didn’t seem to have any shame or embarrassment, she said that she was a girl from the country, which to me, is not an excuse. When she said that hadn’t seen broccoli until she was 22 years old I was pretty much through and dieing for a drink but since no one at my table ordered anything besides water or sweet tea (I was the renegade who ordered Diet Coke).
I went to the mall today and even though it was very small and the anchor malls were JC Penny’s and Belks, I saw a couple of guys who I assumed were Gay. I actually think I saw a Lesbian couple and a Black Gay couple. They were all very young. There are times that I wonder what life would have been like for me if I could have been open when I was very young. I guess it’s easier now even in a town like this but then I wonder if they’re open or just obvious.
Ok, I’m jumping around but I don’t always get this “outing” thing. In some instances I think it’s appropriate i.e. Jeff Gannon, Ken Mehlman and honestly those still kind of bother me a little but as Click towleroad stated, what’s the point of outing an American Idol contestant. Who really cares and what’s the point. If he’s Gay, which it seems like he is, does it really matter? Like my dream husband Anderson Cooper is it really any of our business?
I guess I’m going to finish my bottle of Rum. This trip has made me realize how much I like being home. I just heard that Johnny Cochran died today. Even though I felt OJ was guilty and didn’t understand how Mr. Cochran could defend him I had read many years ago how Mr. Cochran did so many cases pro-bono. Cases that I’d never heard of because they weren’t important to the media. He will be missed.
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