And the week was looking up at the beginning. My boss informed me that I was getting a raise, starting this week, which will allow me to purchase that shiny new x800 graphics card I've been drooling over. Happiness continued when I was informed that I didn't have any permanent knee damage, and that I should be skiing again towards the end of the season. Things between Merna and I even going well, and I was looking forward to spending a day with Saint, because we haven't been seeing much of each other lately.

And now I'm an hour into god-only-knows long argument with The Artist, and while we go back and forth, Merna grows more worried that she is the cause. The problem here is, that we long ago drifted away from the original subject of the argument, and now our contradictory views of the Way Things Work are at odds. These unsolvable arguments of differing prospective are especially tiring, I find.

What do you do when there are two different realities?

Reality one: The message that you mean is all that matters. People should know what you mean and understand it. Anything said in jest should be given no weight whatsoever, and arguments between two people should not mean anything to other people. Things are only connected with each other if an effort to connect them is made.

Reality two: The message that you mean is all that matters. But tread carefully, for misinterpretation runs rampant in our world. Jests should be made carefully, for feelings are easily bruised. And everything is connected, if you want it to be or not.

So, any thoughts?