The Dangers of Truth or Dare?

See the picture? These are my wild friends from college, they are all from Arkansas, Norway, The Netherlands, Canada, Arizona and Virginia.

One day, we were very bored at Gallaudet and wanted to get out and mellow at some coffeehouse. We decided to head down to DuPont Circle to loiter at Soho Coffee & Tea. At this particular table, one thing led to the other, most of us laughed and cracked a lot of funny stories.

Suddenly, Spillers challenged us to play the truth or dare. We took it. Big mistake.

It became a huge show at Soho to a point where other tables around us were staring at us in anticipation of what we plan to do.

Spillers dared me to kiss a cute guy that he liked who was sitting at another table (in fact, it was he who took the picture of this). And I won the dare. I dared Roz to play the lame game that many of you did as a kid with paper, u know, with the numbers and the secrets behind the numbers -- I dared her to join the group of hearing gay men and play with them for few minutes. She did.

Then Berna did the worst thing -- Berna dared Rob over something which Rob enthusiastically accepted the challenge ... and he walked to the corner of the P Street and 23 Street NW as I turned to see lots of hearing patrons standing on chairs, trying to see what Rob is up to.

Rob hailed down a cab, and got in the right side of the cab and hopped out of the cab on the left side of the cab then walked back to Soho, leaving the cab driver screaming obscenities at him. Soho patrons were in awe of Rob as my friends cheered him on.

That's my pals from college.

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I guess I am bitter and angry person like others claimed me to be. Oy vey.

Again, Deaflympics Tidbits

This will continue until January 16, 2005. So I occasionally will mention about Deaflympics and its events. So some of you who are not interested in sports, there are always other entries to read, right?

Men's Hammer Throw: A friend of mine, Ryan Kelly of Wisconsin won the Silver Medal. Congratulations!! Ryan, you deserved this! You worked hard for the opportunity and I'm happy for you!

Ryan Kelly in Action

Men's Basketball: USA routed Turkey, 116-50. Next!

Women's Soccer: USA continued its hot streak as it routed Australia, 6-0.

Women's Volleyball: Since they lost to Japan, 3-1 -- they are playing for Bronze Medal sooner or later.

To Katie Prins: Just a friendly correction -- there is no country named Taipei. Taipei is the Capital City of Taiwan! And another correction -- you boasted that USA Men's Basketball team never lost in Deaflympics. That is not true. They lost the first game in 1940s or so when it was first played, but from there -- the USA Men's Basketball team hadn't lose a game in years. As for USA Women's Basketball team, they are undefeated in Deaflympics since its first game.

To McCock: Wahhhh! The rule is that the players has to be 55-decibels or above in order to participate in the Deaflympics competition -- don't like it? Go and watch the Olympics. Nobody wanted to hear your cries about the IDC's rules.

Donalda Ammons is now the President of CISS

Donald Tropp

What Happened In Melbourne?

With Ronda Jo Miller, Jenny Cooper, Stacy Nowak, Laurie Anderson, Krystle Berrigan, Priscilla Biskupiak, Dyan Kovacs and Pia Marie Paulone, one would expect the USA Women's Volleyball team to dominate the sport in Deaflympics this year.

After leading 2-0 versus Japan four years ago in Rome, Japan went on a frantic run to shock the USA gals and won the gold medal. This time, I expected the powerful but angry team to dominate the sport completely.

Well, Japan handed USA a loss, 3-1.

What gives? I have a theory but with Rayni reading this as a Hooter, this may be not the grandest idea to spew a conspiracy theory. ;-)

And what baffled me the most is ... Valerie Trofimenkoff. She is on the roster for USA, despite the fact that she is from Mississiauga, Ontario -- last time I checked the map, Ontario is in Canada.

Inquiring mind(s) wants to know.
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Hot Teams To Watch Out In Deaflympics

WOMEN'S SOCCER: USA seemed to follow the pattern of hearing USA Women's Soccer team as they became the hottest team to watch during the Deaflympics after a 4-1 rout of Russia. Here is the great picture. Especially the athletic girl's hair frozen in the air -- such a gorgeous picture.

Celebrating the win over Russia

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: USA faced Japan and wasted them away in their sleep, 98-41. Next!

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Bring 'em on!

The Cavaliers kept on proving me wrong. They are now 12-3, riding on a 8-game winning streak after posting two important road wins at Wake Forest and at Georgia Tech. They also handed Georgia Tech its lowest offensive output in Division I history.

Up next is No. 1 Duke Blue Devils in Charlottesville. Payback is a bitch, Barry Uhrman.

Reading Debbie's comments in the The Daily Progress brought me the goosebumps but a chilly warning to the damned Duke loyalists as she said:

"It is a great opportunity for us on Friday night, I hope we get a lot of fans out there on Friday night. We need the entire Cavalier Nation to fill University Hall for us, because we are going to get them this time."

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A Message to Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II, you are in no position to decide about the gay rights. You are supposed to be celibate. And the worst part is that you are supposed to be dead a while ago. So drop dead already.

Sincerely,

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Armstrong Williams and Bush

Where art thou, Bush? Why are you hiding behind this growing scandal?

Armstrong Williams, the conservative columnist who was fired after the press learned that he accepted $240,000 from the Bush Administration to promote the "No Child Left Behind" program that Bush supported which, in reality, is disaster in the making for the Americans.

There is a law that does not allow the White House to do the propaganda on subjects like NCLB program, but that does not stop and Bush from breaking the law.

Not only that, it was also revealed that Armstrong Williams, himself an African American, criticized the former President of NAACP for sexual harrassments. Well, well, you know the rules -- when you pointed your finger at someone else, there are three fingers pointing back at you! It turned out that Armstrong himself settled his own sexual harassment lawsuit right before he attacked on the NAACP!

To amuse myself even more with the plight of the conservative columnist Armstrong Williams, Armstrong was a conservative who supported the conservative senator Trent Lott who said that homosexuals should be treated like those who have a problem with "alcohol ... or sex addiction ... or kleptomaniacs." In other words, Armstrong was pretty much anti-gay.

Wanna know about his sexual harassment settlement? He sexually harassed a male trainer. That does not mean anything else, really? Well, there are two other male persons who also claimed that the conservative Armstrong Williams also harassed them. That makes three men that accused Armstrong Williams.

I told you so. Conservatives are often hypocrites, they often think of themselves -- greed. Anything to pull people's lives down in order to be part of the status quo. The invisible status quo that we knew are there but they always denied it from day one.

Now on other hand, what does it has to do with Bush except that his office paid $240,000 to Armstrong Williams to promote the NCLB? Well, there is. Who benefits directly from the No Child Left Behind program? GW Bush's brother, Neil Bush. He founded a software company that helps students to prepare for the comprehensive tests required under the NCLB program.

See? Corruption reigns.

Remember the Clinton Era where the Republicans were harsh on Bill Clinton with Whitewater Scandal that amounted to nothing. Making a mountain out of hill has been the Republicans' theme during Clinton Era. Now with the conflict of interest and propaganda issues within the White House, where is the call for impeachment?

UPDATE: White House claimed that Armstrong Williams was an "isolated incident", reported by FOXNews. Actually, who really believes in FOXNews? They were busted several times for altering the information at times. Sorry I do not believe anything that comes out of White House and FOXNews. As always, McCock is an idiot. Why does he bothers to read a liberal blog?

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Few Interesting Tidbits about Deaflympics

FAVORITISM IN TEAM HANDBALL? Is it only me but I noticed the pattern of selective players from the same cycle of friends. If you look at the current roster, its Rome roster and its Copenhagen roster and observed who's who -- you'll notice that the majority (perhaps 80%) of the players hung out with each other on a daily basis.

RUSSIAN DISQUALIFIED! One Russian wrestler was disqualified after he was discovered to be hearing. What the fuck?

USA MEN'S BASKETBALL: USA 77, Lithuania 72. USA 102, Ukraine 74.

That's it for the day, folks!

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One Interesting Tidbit

As some of you already knew that I read stuff on the subway train everyday to kill the time while I get to work or home. I am almost done with "Only in New York" Q&A Book about New York's Oddest Mysteries.

There is one Q&A that I thought is interesting for everyone else.

Q. A doctor once identified an affliction he called "Newyorkitis." What was it?

A. Dr. John H. Girdner listed the telltale symptons: "haste, rudeness, restlessness, arrogance, contemptuousness, excitability, anxiety, pursuit of novelty and of grandeur, pretensions of omniscience, and therefore prescience, which of course undermines any pleasure taken in novelty." His book, Newyorkitis, was published in New York in 1901. Girdner studied medicine at New York University. He was a close friend of William Jennings Bryan and President Grover Cleveland, according to his first cousin, James Madison Girdner, who set down a family history in 1911. The cousin wrote that John Girdner was "a profilic writer on medical and social subjects," and more important, the author of a "tongue-in-cheek book, 'Newyorkitis', satirizing the provincialism of life in New York."

Girdner was not the first to note the debilitating effects of city living. In 1869, a New York neurologist, Dr. George M. Beard, described a psychological condition he called "neuraesthenia," which resulted in fatigue, anxiety, lassitude, irritability, hypochondria, "brain collapse" and other forms of "elementary insanity."

In 1881, he published American Nervousness, Its Causes and Consequences and named the five elements of modern culture that were enfeebling the country's urban elite: "steam power; the periodical press, the telegraph, the sciences and the mental activity of women." Beard wrote: "When civilization, plus these five factors, invades any nation, it must carry nervousness and nervous diseases with it."


Ain't this very interesting? I think I have it.

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A Politically Incorrect Joke

Did you hear about the Polish Terrorists? They raided the Special Olympics!

That was funny one, thanks to a certain friend of mine. Not sure if he wanted to be mentioned by that.

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An Update About VSDB

A nice editorial by Staunton News-Leader, a local newspaper in Staunton, Virginia -- in the central part of Shenandoah Valley in the western part of Virginia where I grew up. It is about my alma mater, VSDB.

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Southern Baptists, Virginians and South Dakotans Are Nuts

How can one be excited with 150,000 deaths in tsunami-related countries? Only X-ians would.

Read this quote:

In Andhra Pradesh, India, a plan is developing to build "Christian communities" to replace destroyed seashore villages. In a dispatch that the evangelical group Focus on the Family posted on its Family.org Web site, James Rebbavarapu of India Christian Ministries said a team of U.S. engineers had agreed to help design villages of up to 400 homes each, "with a church building in the center of them."

Isn't this sick? Of course, I always knew all along that the X-ians look at this as opportunity to convert and pressure people of all faiths that Christianity is the way to go. They will do anything to prove that Tsunami was an act by God to show his Love for the deaths of 150,000 and the opportunity to sow the discord by converting the masses into christianity.

When we pledged the aid to help out with the masses, it is to prevent diseases from going amok, to prevent more deaths, to rebuild their lives -- why did the X-ians has to meddle with its faith in this aid?

Why do you think the Muslims hated the X-ians so much? Because the X-ians always said that they are right, and everyone else is wrong.

Shame on filthy X-ians.

If you miscarriage in Virgina and did not notify the cops within 12 hours, you will be jailed for a year and fined $2,500 for "failure to report a fetal death". That shall happen when HB1677 becomes the law in Virginia. Only the X-ians would think that this is sensible law.

And to my dear Rayni, what's up with the nuts running amok in South Dakota? You must be proud of your adopted state! Will the CSD support this amendment to discriminate against us? If so, we should organize the nationwide boycott of CSD to destroy its empire because of its lackadaisal response to the homophobic amendment.

UPDATE: One commentator mentioned on another blog that if a hurricane hits a village in Florida, let's get Hindu missionary to convert the village in Florida! That is how it should run like that.

Cheers,

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Sunday Night Is The Night

Lately, I enjoyed staying at home on Sunday nights just to watch the shows on the tube more than any night of the week. With The Simpsons, Malcolm in the Middle, Boston Legal, Desperate Housewives and 24 -- who needs the cable?!

I finally got to watch 24 tonight after reading DowntownLad's comments, the show is intense but I hate the two-screen format because it confused the hell out of me with the captions -- I just wish they do not do that frequently.

I got to watch Desperate Housewives, Bree is coming out of her shell and her bratty children needs to be whacked from ruining her life. At first, I thought Bree was nuts, but it appears that she is not -- at least, not in this situation where she is now dealing with.

After that, I got to watch Boston Legal, which is the spinoff of The Practice of some sorts. Actually, all actors on The Practice was fired or let go except for James Spader, whose his character moved on to another upscale law firm with William Shatner.

James Spader's character, Alan Shore has a dark sense of humor that strikes the chord with my intuitions. For instance, when his secretary confronted him about the phone call, "I got a call from someone else who found us in the Yellow Pages and he said he committed a serious crime and needed to speak with a lawyer."

Alan's first reaction was not about the serious crime, but ... "We advertised in the Yellow Pages?"

That really strikes the chord with me. Alan Shore is similar to what I do in life, unfortunately some people perceived me to be pessimistic, bitter or whatever they wanted to call it -- I think it was not the case. Maybe my "dark comedic" was too strong for many people to handle.

James Spader as stoic Alan Shore and another gorgeous lawyer

Later in the show, I was drinking a soda when Alan discovered that the client's mother was still alive on the floor, he said to the client, "Call an ambulance, not the cops. Your mother is still alive unless if you want to take the skillet and finish her, then call the cops instead."

Gee, Alan do remind me of myself sometimes.

Why did not they cast me instead of James Spader?

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SBNY = WHORES

If you tell a straight girl that she is a whore, she'll work up in a frenzy to defend herself.

If you tell a lesbian that she is a whore, she'll beat up to a pulp.

If you tell a straight man that he's a whore, he'll deny but secretly grinned at the thought of being called as a whore.

If you tell a gay man that he's a whore, he is extremely proud of it and boasted about it.

Sometimes, I wonder why I have to endure these fags at times?!

Last night, I went to SBNY with Surdus -- SBNY is pretty famous with gay visitors or residents as Splash Bar of New York. They underwent a renovation recently -- it was my first time to see the renovated SBNY, especially in the basement.

I was not impressed. The truth is that I was disgusted. The basement area was designed to encourage the behavior engaged in sex. Hell, the patrons by the counter can watch the murky urinals right across the bar and you could see two persons doing things in a stall -- and it is not one stall. About 10 of urinal stalls are by the bar with the murky windows so that people in the bar can watch what the men are doing.

You think it's all? Go to the left side of the bathroom -- you'll step in a total blackout open-view of urinal stalls which is *not* used at all.

Suffice to say, I kept on seeing guys jerking, sucking and groping in open view. Gay men lacked dignity for themselves. But that does not matter to them -- they cared only to get laid.

Whoopee.

Really, I was pissed off at a hearie who shoved me in the line to pick up my coat, he yelled at me then pulled his friend who was behind me -- apparently, he was trying to talk to me from behind (Hello, I'm Deaf) -- and he decided to take things in his hands and shoved me aside.

I shoved him back -- he yelled at me, I issued the middle finger at him..

That was a minor fraction of the time I spent at SBNY. Tried to tolerate dealing with Polish folks who kept on talking with us in broken English -- very difficult to understand. The management cannot deny that sexual activity did not happen -- it is in open view for the world to see. I'll bet you a dollar or two that if someone busted them for illicit sexual activity, the SBNY management will say that nothing of this sort ever happened.

Seeing the basement was a testament to where gay men are in this society. Guys and gals, don't trust men. They are truly pigs. Or dogs. Oh, yeah, most SBNY patrons are pretty bois, twinks, Abercrappie & Bitch type -- these stuff that always go to work out in NYSC, David Barton Gym or whatever it is called for 30 minutes per day but spent 2.5 hours in the shower area.

Gay men, you embarrass me sometimes. Get a fucking room.

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Sigh, I Pity Thee

To Kaftan Boy: My dear little boy, when I emailed you about the jersey shirt that you wore -- I was not bitter as you like to assume. I was merely disappointed with your ideals that you'd idolize a homophobic person. It is akin to idolize a rapist in Kobe Bryant. No difference, really. And you never responded. Such a bitter little boy, it took awhile for you to talk about it -- but to a wrong person. Learn to talk with me about it. It is no secret that I have friends on left, enemies on right -- and it is no secret that I also have friends in the middle. It is something that you, Kraftan Boy, do not want to acknowledge. Suit yourself.

To WILD4SURFING: I grew up in Hopewell, Virginia -- if you look at the map closely, there is Fort Lee nearby. There is several naval bases less than an hour away. I know what I'm talking about. And hell, I have three sisters whom I had to endure watching the soldiers on heat chasing after them. And trust me, the majority of 'em are ... what? Please write it down again? Speak slowly. What a fuck! They are idiots to start with. Good enough for some officers to tell them to shoot and pick up the carcasses. That's it.

And to that Stupid-But-Saved Girl: Yes, Virginia, there is a word for Baloney, you dumbfuck.

The whole point with my December 21st, 2004 entry was to instigate an interesting debate about this, that and there -- who gives a fuck about your daily stories in your household? I don't care if you got a letter from your aunt who has a gallstone! I do not give a fuck if your daughter had a diarrhea today! I do not give a fuck if your husband did not get hard-on today for you! I do not give a fuck if you got a menopause today! I chose you, WILD4SURFING, because you fit in the classic image: Conservative and religious nut. That's all. That's it.

Oooh, I'm scared that you're running to your friends who are in the Marines.

Tell me to get out of this country? Fuck you, this is my country. I want you to get out of here. I want you to sink in the fucking ocean. I am exercising my rights to speak my thoughts. If you whine, that is your fucking problem.

And Kraft Boy, too.

And guys, guys -- get a clue: My comments do not mean that I am bitter, angry man. It has nothing to do with it at all -- but like McFly once said, you guys only wanted to label me as a bitter, angry man as the means for you to feel better and look down at someone else who challenged you -- in her words, what an intellectual masturbation for you to use.

I'm done with your cries, rantings -- Kraft Boy and WildNSlut, you guys are pathetic.

To coin my good friend's phrase: SYL!

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Curious About Deaflympics?

If you are curious about the happenstances from Australian's perspective on 2005 Deaflympics, herself from Melbourne -- check Miss Delectable out for any interesting scoops within the biggest sporting event to hit in Melbourne in years.

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What Do I Think Of Anonymous comments?

Coward. Stupid. Bitter. Loser. And afraid of me. Guess what? You're still like that. Get yourself together and sport a gut to say it in my face or use your name. Or otherwise, I'll always win the arguments -- I'll always crush, manipulate and delete your comments.

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What Kind of Blogger am I?

You Are a Snarky Blogger!

You've got a razor sharp wit that bloggers are secretly scared of. And that's why they read your posts as often as they can!

What kind of blogger are you?

News Blah, Really

MIKEY WANTS YOU TO KNOW: Mikey IMmed me from Los Angeles to tell me to check out the article in NYPOST.com. I checked and was bit amused -- at least, Deaf 1, Hearing O.

DID YOU KNOW: My former roommate fed her housecat the uncooked pasta. One morning, I saw her struggling to eat the uncooked pasta. Not something that I would do to my own cat.

TENNESSEE VS. CONNECTICUT: Both women's basketball teams are the top-notch programs in the nation, its roster filled with High School All-Americans and each team still managed to find a way to *lose* three games before playing against each other today. Oh, yeah, Tennessee won 68-67 today over Connecticut. Geno Auriemma's 4 National Championship rings were stolen in Hartford.

FLYING WOMAN: Last night, I was walking to 145 Street subway station on Broadway, mind my own business -- then I felt a thunderous crash, I saw a woman flying on 149 Street intersection. It was bit confusing as I saw a car crashing on the protective shield for the center of the road -- but how the flying woman gets in the picture? I'm not certain. All I saw was a flying woman, then the cops arrived in seconds and quickly blocked us from viewing whether if she died or not. Only in New York, I guess.

MEN IN THE ARMED FORCES ARE DUMB: Apparently, I read Shane's tidbits and it was mind-boggling to believe that the Armed Forces would pursue something like this!

SMART TRIBES: In Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the government officials talked with the leaders of reclusive tribes whose all members survived the wrath of Tsunami, the leaders said that *all* members survived. The government officials asked how they did it? They declined to share the information and requested them to leave. Some stuff are made to be kept secret. Smart ones.

GIVE ME SNOW OR GIVE ME DEATH: Frankly, I'm sick of rains. It rained too frequently lately in Manhattan. I'm ready for some slushy snow already.

Cheers,

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In South Carolina ...

Last week, Mark paged me and asked me if I remembered the funny situation in South Carolina -- there were few, I asked him to elaborate. He said, "The cashier where we got the gas! And Erin is laughing at this right now." I burst laughing out loud. I remembered.

At the time, Mark paged me -- he was in Albuquerque with Erin, another great friend of mine. I was in Philadelphia when Mark reminded me of the "gas attendant" incident.

Two years ago, few months before I left for New York, it was Gallaudet's spring break -- I was working at an agency, Mark pleaded me to go with him to Atlanta and maybe to Myrtle Beach? I could not but eventually, Mark convinced me to go. I managed to get my boss to believe me that a relative of mine died in Atlanta. So off to Atlanta.

It was fun. Lots of drama in Durham and Atlanta. Then on the way to Myrtle Beach -- we stopped for gas in South Carolina near Augusta, Georgia. At that time, the papers were talking about Bush's ultimatum for Saddam Hussein, and that Congress approved Bush to use the Armed Forces to attack Iraq. The deadline passed, but nobody knew when Bush will order to strike. It was very tense moment for the world, I guess.

Mark and I stared at the white trash girl who worked as a cashier in a convenience store while we filled the rental car with gas, Mark asked me to ask her what she thinks of the whole Iraqi situation. I wrote on a napkin and hesitated to give it to her. Mark took it from me and passed it to her. She reads it carefully. Then stared at me, then Mark. Then wrote down.

We were expecting to read what she thinks of the situation -- but this was not what we expected.

"We must support Bush's decisions. He is our President."

Mark burst out laughing. I shot back, "Do you have a brain of your own?" Then we left the store.

All the way to Myrtle Beach, Mark and I would chat about things then added, "We must support Bush's decision. He is our President." We'd use her comments everywhere we talked, food, ocean, hotel, traffic -- we'd say "We must support ..."

Even at a restaurant, the waitress would be perplexed when Mark said, "We must support Bush's decision. He is our President!!!" in ASL to the waitress. I'd try to suppress my giggles.

That's how crazy we were during the break.

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The First Two Days of Deaflympics

Proud Melbourne




This is the tradition among the countries to trade their country flags right after winning the medals to foster a goodwill among the deaf people and to take their own souvenirs back home.
G'Day,

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Miscellaneous Tidbits

2005 DEAFLYMPICS UPDATE: In Men's Basketball, USA 102, Greece 88. In Women's Basketball, USA 99, New Zealand 36 and USA 92, Lithuania 61 (For your information, USA Deaf WBB team has never lost a game since its beginning -- and Sweden is aiming to change that). In Men's Volleyball (where there are many, many cute guys to drool over), USA lost to Germany 3-0, but regrouped to beat Russia 3-0.

2005 DEAFLYMPICS TIDBITS: My hearing friend who lives about 50 kilometers (40 miles? I'm not good with mathematics, really) from Melbourne told me that the city of Melbourne is making the Deaflympics biggest thing to hit in Melbourne in years and the media down under is paying attention to a great deal of details. That is fantastic! When will the American media pick it up?!

AN ODD SIGN: In Philadelphia, Jason and I drove to Downtown and yakked about various things -- suddenly, we saw the huge billboard that reads: I HATE STEVEN SINGER!! That was all. Anyone knew about it? I'm baffled by that billboard and wondered if someone personally paid for the advertisement. Any clue?

VIRGINIA WINS: Virginia Cavaliers WBB team finally picked up a win in a "close game" -- in the past, they succumbed when it was very close repeatedly -- thus, got a nickname for Virginia Chokers -- they beat Wake Forest in an overtime, 85-83.

3 THREE TOP 10 VICTIMS: Can you name the Coach that led THREE schools to the Final Four, in Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball? Well, there is *none* in Men's Basketball but one in Women's Basketball -- her name is C. Vivian Stringer of Rutgers. She led Cheyney State, Iowa and Rutgers to the Final Four appearances. Impressive. But not impressive like she did in the last two weeks when she managed to beat No. 6 Tennessee 65-51, then travelled to beat No. 4 Texas 51-47 then came back home to host No. 1 Louisiana State and pulled the red carpet with an upset win, 51-49. You go girl, Viv!

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Zoe Finally Popped Out of Chlms' Uterus!

Congratulations, Chlms and Jonathan.

Love you both, and now Zoe.



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Let Me See ...

Let me think a little.

Alberto Gonzales wrote the memorandum on how to bypass the laws to torture the suspects when he was the Counsel at White House. The result is that we got the embarrassing scandals with Abu Ghraib and Gitmo Bay (where the Pentagon suggested to imprison the suspects for the duration of their lives without a trial) ...

And now Gonzales said he does not approve of torture techniques before the hearing in Congress.

How can one write something to approve the torture techniques then later, disavow it?

Isn't that a case of flip-flop? Of course it is.

What a Republican classic.

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Snapshots of 2005 Deaflympics

I think it is necessary to leave this entry without words except for the snapshots. Some pics are simply awesome.



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2005 Deaflympics!

Congratulations to Aussies for hosting the 2005 Deaflympics in Melbourne! The Opening Ceremonies looked so good and organized, unlike the one in Rome '01 that was ran by hearing people. What a disastrous result!

I even learned the sign name for Melbourne. "M" in fingerspelling then use "M" across the chin as if you were signing "lying" or that Milwaukee sign.

For results out of 2005 Deaflympics in Melbourne, you can access for the latest information:

• 2005Deaflympics.com
  
• Deafnation.com
  
• Deaflympics.com
  
• usdeafsports.com
  

One more thing: $810 million from Australia for the Tsunami relief?! Australia has only 25 million inhabitants on its continent, the United States has about 260 million and pledged for $350 million. I'm speechless with Australia's generosity and Bush's stingy of $10,000 donation.

G'day,

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Carpe Diem!

There were 2 hostages sitting in their chairs by one side of the dining table. On other side of the dining table consisted of 4 villains standing next to each other, staring at the hostages. One of them muttered, "We should kill them now."

One villain muttered, "Calm down, time is not now. It shall happen when they arrive."

Meanwhile in another dimension, two heroic characters were fighting their way out of the dimension and suddenly, they saw the light at the top of the darkness. Two characters raced to reach for the light in high speed, when they approached the light, it was a hole into the dining room with a dining table divided between the two hostages and four villains.

When two characters emerged from the darkness, one shouted, "Wait!"

But it was too late as four villains knew that they arrived as they went ahead to attack two hostages across the dining table.

Why did I mention this? I am like four villains, I seize the moment to attack whether if one pleads to stop or at least, wait ... they gotta deal with the outcome of this situation. I will just go after the objection, but I do not hide from it, I do it in front of others. And when I am done with it, people will see that there is a lesson out of this -- an explanation do not always work all the time. Sometimes, people asked for it and I shall deliver the blow. They shall have to pick up the pieces on their own. Their shattered mirrors, that is.

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Sports & Chlms

GET OUT OF HER UTERUS ALREADY: Chlms is in the hospital, trying to pop the infant out. She is due on January 1st but is not ready to emerge into big, bad world. But don't worry. I'm sure Chlms, Jon, the Abrams ... ahem, and the Gay families will be ready to nurture the girl. Plus me. I'm bit distracted at work because I'm dying to know what is happening in Phoenix as of now.

The Abrams Heard Me: Had a conversation with Chlms via Sorenson. Discovered that her parents were with her in time for the birth. So I asked 'em to turn the volumes up so that I can yell at the Abrams that I'm in the house. Sure enough, her parents came to the screen and babbled a little. They looked good as ever. Living in the countryside has advantages, though.

Boorish: I'm not happy that Southern Cal won the BCS National Championship. Last night, I watched the game and was turned off by USC's boorish fans and players. It was a lopsided win, obviously but that does not stop the USC players from tackling the opponents then stand up above the losing opponent as if he's better than him. A bit of jeer from the USC player to the OU player was not necessary. Basically, when they were up by 35, I changed the channels because I cannot stand watching USC's boorish behaviors.

It Begins: Today in Melbourne, the opening ceremonies of Deaflympics has started. And there is not a single information in the mainstreaming media. The only time I heard anything about Deaflympics was in USA TODAY when the Games were in Copenhagen, Denmark. It mentioned that a Deaf Russian athlete was decapitated when he sticked his head out of the 2-story bus to view the scenic while the bus goes under a low bridge. That was the only tidbit I ever got from the mainstreaming media in years. Gee, thanks, USA TODAY. For any updates with the results of the Deaflympics, one may check this out at usadsf.org -- it mentioned that the www.usdeafsports.org will enable the updates but it's not there. Good luck in finding sufficient information other than the decapitation.

Virginia Now 10-3: Debbie Ryan, still smarting from last season's dismal record at 13-16 is doing well this year at 10-3. This Thursday and Sunday will prove to be an ultimate test for the Cavaliers as they will play at Wake Forest and host No. 3 Duke. My pick? 11-4.

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Bush Does Care!

Bush does care but he hasn't make a donation to the Tsunami relief as of January 4, 2004 -- 9 days later and still counting. Stay tuned.

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Wanna His E-Mail Address?

Want to get in touch with the Pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps?

fphelps44@yahoo.com

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X-ians Do Not Practice What They Preach

Falwell probably ministered the X-ians to donate $ for the tsunami relief efforts ... to his church where he will mismanage the $$ to enrich himself. Like many X-ian ministers & pastors.

It was reported that Sandra Bullock donated $1 million and Leonardo DiCaprio donated a large sum of money to the UNICEF with a specifc request -- that his money goes to the area where he acted in "The Beach".

I wondered if any prominent X-ian nuts and the conservatives make an effort to do something?

And to read Fred Phelps' crusade against gays, I am wondering about the big-time pastors and ministers' lackadaisal efforts to silence Fred ... apparently, they do not.

It is funny ... people love to be quick and accuse me and others of being hypocrites, but when one pointed their finger, their three fingers pointed back at them. Well, where is their W.W.J.D.? Of course, it is not What Would Jesus Do? It is more of "What Would Jenna Drink?"

What was Bush's first reaction about the Tsunami? Thanks, BartCop!

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Virginia Is For Haters

I'm from Virginia. I'm not proud of it. Virginia was the state that actively prosecuted the interracial relationships until the Supreme Court took the case called Loving versus Virginia. It nixed the state law that outlawed the interracial relationships. And today, Virginians do not learn a lesson or two from this particular activity as they continued to ban the gay marriage as well as some provisions not to recognize the civil unions, parental rights and so on.

Is this what we wanted in a concept of "family values"? Apparently, it is in Virginia. Not only that, they also wanted to legislate the bill that will propel the license plates to have the gold ring on a red heart as a symbol of its "traditional marriage" ... sort of to identify themselves that they are for traditional marriage. In other words, it is a way to heckle at people who are not allowed to marry whoever they wanted.

Shame on Virginia -- yes, I will travel to visit the family. But that is it. I will not shop a thing from that state. Too fucking bad.

I think Deaf gay people in the District should do the same. Don't shop at Pentagon City Mall, don't shop at Tyson Corner. Don't dine in the area. Let's punish the conservative state for their homophobic beliefs. Oh, yeah, firebomb some churches as well, will you? ;-)

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Bush & India & Phelps

After the lazy 72-hours on Bush's part, people across the world looked down at the United States for being stingy and lackadaisal response.

Even when the Tsunami occurred, NY POST did not make it a front page. Its front page featured the damaged SuperModel who weathered through the Tsunami and came out alive with broken pelvis. The Czech Model got the whole attention while millions of people were largely ignored last week on Monday.

It seemed to me that Bush responded better when he is pushed into a corner or bit of flabbergasted when people pinned him down. I thought it was outstanding for him to bring in two former Presidents to lead the relief fundraising efforts for Tsunami victims. It is bit hypocrite of Bush to do that a week after his Administration attacked Bill Clinton for voicing his opinions and suddenly, brought him on the board to help out with the relief efforts. Either way, it is good for us and the world -- as well as for some people like McCock.

Some people were appalled and upset with India when it declined the relief efforts for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It declined for a good reason. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are home to several endangered tribes that do not have the contacts with the civilized world. It is better to leave them alone to sustain itself in the process.

The folks in India said that the tribes probably have a better relationship with mother nature to a point where they can read the animals' behaviors very well and fled to the high grounds when the tsunami rolled by the islands. The Indian Government said that they sent the relief helicopter to drop the food/medicines if necessary to the islands only to be confronted with bows and arrows from the islands.

Apparently, the Indian Government was doing it in the best interests for the tribes and for the lives of people who is working with the relief efforts. In all, I "giveittoyou" India for its sensible decision.

ASL TERM: To understand what "giveittoyou" means in ASL translation, use "x" in fingerspelling then put "x" on your chest to the direction of the person you aim to.

There it goes again! Pastor Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church issued a statement thanking God for 3,000 Dead Americans in the tsunami-stricken countries. As one commentator named Richard J. Palmer eloquently mentioned, "This man is evil incarnate and should have been certified years ago. However, he does represent a huge section of American society, some shocked by his outspokenness, others disgusted by his statements, and a lot of others silently applauding him because the Bible for them says that he is right..ergo, a hero."

Care to defend yourself on this subject, Jeff?

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Fuck You, 2004!

I nearly died of heavy laughter after reading this entry. Thanks, Jeff. FYI, my name is Ricky Taylor -- good luck in finding me! It appears that we have similar views in a lot of things.

I always thought when Roger Kesller laughed, his face morphed into a mouse.

After reading that -- I decided to make one of my own.

News of the Year:

1. Tsunami
2. The Election
3. Iraqi & al-Qaeda & Zarqawi
4. Gay Marriage
5. The Murder of Tallie by Chris Lambert

Stupid News of the Year:

1. Wardrobe Malfunction
2. Scott Peterson
3. Mary Cheney Is A Cuntlicker

Hunk of the Year:

1. Colin Farrell
2. Geno Auriemma
3. DowntownLad
4. Alexander Abenchuchan
5. Billy of Wet Dreaming

Eww! of the Year:

1. McCock
2. Amy Kurz and her kids
3. Dick Cheney
4. Dan Gurley
5. Ed Schrock

Stuff That I Wanted To Forget ... of the Year:

1. Virginia women's basketball team's dismal season at 13-16
2. Virginia football lost to Fresno State in an overtime
3. Taurasi & UConn
4. Bush's Win

Bitches That You Wanted To Slap ... of the Year:

1. Barbara Bush
2. Jenna Bush
3. Britney Spears
4. Ann Coultier

Best Memorable Hangouts of the Year:

1. Rico, Yassine, Imel and I at Triple XXX in The Hole
2. Web, Benis, Surdus and I at Triple XXX in The Hole
3. Mark, Manny, Surdus, Merritt and I at Big Gulp at The Hole
4. Carrie, Perlis and I at Big Gulp at The Hole
5. Benis, Surdus, Cyn and I routed the other hearing team by 359 points at Faggot Feud in XL Bar in front of a huge crowd.
   

Best Fuck of the Year:

1. A former hockey player
2. A Princeton Professor
3. A liberal orthodox Jew from Israel

My hopes for 2005:

1. Save $
2. Go to New Hampshire, Boston, Provincetown and Maine -- yeah, Cincinnati, too
   
3. Go to RAD Conference in DC.
4. Go to Phoenix to coddle my fag hag's infant
5. Lose more pounds
6. Buy new clothes
7. Visit some places in Queens
8. Visit Staten Island Club of the Deaf
9. Yeah, build a relationship with a certain person
10. Re-design this blog

Cheers to 2005,

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Where Are You?

Remember I complained about the X-ians and conservatives' behavior towards the different groups that won't conform to their beliefs -- they often attacked us while the "tolerant" conservatives and X-ians stood idle and did nothing.

Later, I branded them altogether as a scum, dirty, filthy group -- I killed two birds with one gunshot. Some X-ians and conservatives whined that I was not fair.

Well, Fred Phelps, the Pastor of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas -- the same person who designed Godhatesfags.com and celebrated the death of Matthew Shepard -- Fred is an evangelical Baptist who barked against the gays relentlessly.

Maybe Fred had a bad experience at a local adult bookstore in Topeka where a cute boi rejected him of his looks. Maybe that is what makes him mad and target us from day one. When Fred issued a press statement attacking, ridiculing and bashing on gay people, what did Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Pope John Paul II and many others did?

They did nothing. They muted. They allowed Fred Phelps to clamor his hatred. They allowed him to travel to the places to mock at people.

Where were the X-ians and conservatives' compassion in stopping him? Why must it be us and the Liberals to stand up and fight them while the conservatives and X-ians stood idle and probably winked and cheered at Fred for doing this.

This week, Fred issued a press statement praising God for killing 2,000 Swedes in Tsunami-stricken areas because they encourage "sodomy" in Sweden.

Where are you, the stupid X-ian pricks? Why are you being so quiet and not doing something about it? So typical of you -- why do you think I decided to brand you in that manner? You are all the same, X-ians and conservatives.

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An Orgy Of the Nativity

Last night, I mingled in the party -- one thing led to the other. I saw the cute Nativity that Gus made on the table with Baby Jesus, Joseph, so-called Virgin Mary, 3 Wise Men, one Angel, 2 camels, one donkey and one lamb.

I decided to re-arrange the miniature dolls so that everyone including Baby Jesus was engaging in a massive orgy. When I was done with it, I was proud of my work -- it included homosexuality, heterosexuality and yeah, bestiality.

So I walked away and observed some guests who wandered into the room and saw the Nativity and shrieked repeatedly throughout the night. It was badly hilarious to see gay men shrieking.

Then when it was 10 seconds away from the stroke of midnight, we all huddled -- about 15 gay men, one straight man, one straight woman and two lesbians. All deaf except for one. It was down to one second, I tried to raise my champagne, but it was knocked up in the sky by Mickey -- the champagne splashed on the lone straight man -- suddenly, one lesbian lost control of her champagne and splased on the same straight man -- one guy shoved another gay guy who spilled the champagne on the same straight man. All in all, the straight man was the only person who got drenched with champagne.

What a fun night.

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You Know ...

I bet you that you guys did not know what a Tsunami meant before the 26th of December, 2004.

You guys probably called these "high waves".

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From Philadelphia With Love

It appeared that Philadelphia's Deaf Gay Community has plenty of drama in the last few weeks and it has been, I was told, accelerating to a point that when one screams, 'FIRE!' -- Hell shall break loose.

I suspect that it will happen during the New Year's Eve at a private party in Norristown. My friend snickered and said, "You know, we'll enjoy the drama tonight because I already issued invitations and received the confirmation from different people that hated each other -- they'll be here tonight."

My eyes widened, "Holy shit -- pass me the bag of popcorn, will you?"

We laughed.

And Jason mentioned that there was an article in a magazine that tells the readers how to "smooth-talk with a deaf dude" -- I was intrigued. Then his partner interrupted, "The worst thing is that it mentioned one Deaf person from Philadelphia, Kev -- I know him from PSD. I always suspected he's gay but he always denied -- he's married to a woman and has 2 kids. Somehow, I confronted the couple that Kev was mentioned in this magazine -- all Hell broke loose as his wife accused me of trying to "out" Kev."

"But Kev was mentioned in the magazine before you talked to 'em?" I asked while he nodded. "Then the secret is out, this delusional woman needs to wake up."

His name is Kevin Steffy. Kevin, you are a loser for not being honest with your wife and continues to brainwash her. Tsk tsk.

Oh, the article is amusing, funny and interesting. It can be found in INSTINCT Magazine January 2005 titled "Signing Out" on page 54 (3 pages). In other words, I is the VEE VEE at the article!

One shameful thing is that they did not interview moi, the one and only MOTHERFUCKING DEAF GAY MILITANT TERRORIST, THE EMPRESS by any means!

Happy New Year! I'm gonna shower and dress up a little then be amused with the performance tonight. Oh, yeah -- Alcohol will be involved so it is bound that someone will lose control and start the temper tantrums.

But nothing to do with me at all! I'll laugh hysterically and be the peace meditator. Yeah, right.

Cheers,

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Where Are You, Greg Crane?

When I first met Greg in Fremont, Califunny -- it was in Spring, 1988. Nearly 20 years ago!! I went to CSD-F (for hearies, CSD-F is California School f/t Deaf at Fremont) for Jr. NAD Convention. I had a great time in Bay Area.

One funny moment -- my sister, Lily, Marshall (Ugh! I swear you guys will vomit if you saw him!), Mr. Marzolf and I flew from Dulles International to San Jose -- it was our first time ever (except for Mr. Marzolf), of course -- we were goofy teenagers ... and incredibly dumb. But not dumber like Marshall.

Anyway, my sister is a skilled artist. She and I threw in our stuff for the national competition sponsored by Jr. NAD few weeks before that. But I digress. Back on the airplane en route to Denver. Lily and Marshall split in a row far away from me and Mr. Marzolf. As the plane was steady flowing westward, Mr. Marzolf and I chatted about various things. Suddenly, the flight attendant stared at me and Mr. Marzolf, then stared at the napkin. And smiled with a glee. And tapped Mr. Marzolf for his attention.

Mr. Marzolf is Deaf, like me. We were baffled and asked her what's wrong? She showed the napkin to us. It was a portrait of Mr. Marzolf's face, drew by my sister. Then the flight attendant pointed to the row where my sister and Marshall was sitting. Mr. Marzolf got up and said, "What's wrong? Why did you draw that?"

Lily responded, "The flight attendant don't know your name so I drew to call you over!" Mike said, "You can wander around the plane when it is in the air but not descending or ascending!" We did not know. Like I said, we were dumb teenagers.

Then Lily retorted, "Marshall claimed that this plane flew 65 MPH, is he lying?"

I nearly shot my snot out of my nose -- I was kneeling on the chair staring over the rows to catch what Lily said with her signs. I choked, guffawed and slipped back on the seat.

Mr. Marzolf stared but did not respond and said, "Marshall, this is pointless and idiotic conversation -- that does not warrant anything for you to use the flight attendant to call my attention to prove the point that the speed is 65 MPH. It goes over 400 MPH."

Marshall shot back, "But we have the national speed limit at 65 MPH!!"

Mr. Marzolf said, "I'm not going to talk about it with you now." He slipped back to his seat.

Later during the week at Jr. NAD Convention -- I met a charming fellow named Greg Crane. He and I became inseparable and I was incredibly infatuated with him. At that time, I did not know he was gay as well. I found about that he's gay ... few years later. Sometimes I wonder if I should make a bold move on him when we were in Fremont. Sometimes I attempted to locate him but it was very difficult thing to do so.

Greg and me at 13
I know that he was raised in Seattle, Washington. He was few years older than I am. But what impressed me the most was he came and introduced himself to me. To a freshman who is pretty much new to the Deaf elitism in Fremont, that is remarkable feat, though. The day that we spent together in Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz Island -- we were in a group, but Greg and I were on each other. It was nice while it lasted. Later, don't laugh. A fucking sea gull dumped a fucking shit on my shoulder. I was distraught with embarrassment, not from everyone else -- but Greg. Greg was so nice. He said, "That is great! It means a good luck for you."

Later in the evening in Fremont, I won the 1st place in Short Story at Jr. NAD while my sister cinchly picked up the 1st place in Art.

It has been nearly 20 years since I saw Greg. I want to see him again. I do. Maybe for a quickie, yeah. He's cute. Can't help it.

Help!

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Finally, She Has It

Debbie Ryan

Congratulations, Coach Ryan!

After the 98-52 win over James Madison, Coach Ryan became the 11th coach to reach the 600-win plateau and only 5th coach to do the feat at one school.

James Madison is the school that once pulled the collegiate women's basketball sport's greatest upset in the tournament by beating Virginia 71-62 in 1986. Ever since, Virginia hasn't permitted James Madison to post a win against the Cavaliers.


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Yes, We Are Stingy, So Says the NY Times

New York Times wrote the editorial that captured my attention and it should serve a lesson to the people who coddled Bush and his cronies. McCock, read and weep.

You might need to register in order to read the article.

The Bush Adminstration, Powell and Bush, has no right to attack Jan Engeland regarding his comment about the Americans being stingy. Because we truly are.

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Wal-Mart In Red State

One good reason why I think the folks in Red States are barbaric. I never liked Wal-Mart. Firebomb 'em, I say.

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Be Creative! Use Your Imagination!

What makes me cringe the most is seeing people reading other blogs then go back to their blogs and steal the subject and whine. It says a lot about their lack of imagination and creativity, really.

It is amusing to read some people who perceived me to be angry person. But the problem is that I am not even angry at all. I just rolled my eyes, flinched my facial expression, expressed my disgust but be angry at little stupid things that Amy Kurz would try to play around? Please. I don't need that. She has two strange kids that nobody wanted to tell it to her face that their kids are dofus bags.

Honestly, who would wear blue tie while wearing the brown suit? The pic is so ... unattractive, scary, prick, ghastly that tells the story of McCock -- a bitter man who feels that being Hard of Hearing is better than being Deaf.

These people amused me from time to time. But I do not appreciate for McCock to come to my blog and read and go back to his blog and whine about the issues I wrote -- if he has the guts, comment on it on my blog -- otherwise, make his own issues. Stop being a copycat. No wonder you do not have many readers these days.

Pitiful characters, they are. And yet, I won't be surprised that few people will wail and say that I'm bitter as well because I lashed out at them. Again, it is not true nor the case. The whole point is ... I'm annoyed at their lack of imagination and creativity.

All they do is whine. Cry. Pout. There is no balance of everything on McCock's Blog.

Three words: Get a life.

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VIP Lounge?

First impressions are important. The Bush Administration and the US Government are being perceived by foreigners and Americans as insensitive.

There was an American who said that she was unable to find the American booth where many countries set up the booths in the airport. She looked around for 3 hours and found the Americans in the VIP Lounge. Her hotel was destroyed, her passport was obviously swept into the sea. The Americans insisted that she produce a passport and pay for the pictures -- in the hour of need. These Americans need to be fired, immediately.

Bush was in Crawford on a vacation, doing nothing but jerking off while many leaders across the world addressed the Indian Ocean epic disaster. Even Bill Clinton made few words on BBC, the Bush Administration officials were quick to criticize Bill.

Stop criticizing Bill Clinton, he is free to say whatever he wants -- but for you, as the representative of this country, DO SOMETHING.

Hundreds of Americans are missing. The Bush Administration downplayed that it is matter of them not getting in touch with the proper authorities -- is this the most idiotic response? The American already mentioned that she looked for three hours to find the American consulate who berated her to pay for the passport, despite the fact that many people might lose ATM cards, important documentations in the disaster.

Bush seemed to be flabbergasted with the fact that people are looking at him to say something. He decided to speak publicly from his ranch. A symbol of his arrogance (My home is clean and pretty, unlike yours!). Anyway, he will address the media right after the meeting with the National Security Council. He probably will accuse al-Qaeda of causing an earthquake and killed more than 80,000 people (still counting the deaths).

The whole point is that Bush acted too late, too slow and too little ... don't wait.

We cannot afford to wait and assess or people whose lives are devastated will resent us and their anger on us for lackadaisal efforts can aid the Al-Qaeda in the long run. If we did make a haste effort to reach the people who needed the aid, they will have a faith in the American dream. But we were too slow, and now they are doubting us of our sincerity and concerns.

We failed at making a good impression. We are darned good at saying "Oh, I'm sorry and I hope you'll be OK." but we really suck in reaching out and do something.

Perhaps, when a tsunami struck the United States -- these countries reserve the right to turn their backs on us.

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A Joke

Found this on Craigslist.org by a friend which made me giggle.

Necrophilia is ETHICAL and REASONABLE! Join Necrophiliacs Against Cremation today!

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Only $15 Million -- What A Stingy!

When 9/11 happened, more than 2,500 people were dead. People poured in with money that totaled more than several billion dollars. What a noble deed.

When the Tsunami strucked 11 countries and killed 52,000 (and still counting more) and more people will die because of diseases, many generations are wiped out in these countries -- its impact is immense greater than the 9/11 Tragedy ... the United States Government acted quickly to give $15 million.

They were quick enough to spend billions of dollars on the War on Iraq, terrorism but only $15 million for the devastated places?

Again, again and again -- what a typical Republican administration.

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Firebomb This!

There was a controversy in New Zealand regarding the Civil Union Bill which many conservatives and X-ians opposed with a fierce attitude.

Then they decided to firebomb the popular gay club in Downtown Auckland, destroyed the whole she-bang thing for the community to enjoy.

How nice of X-ians & conservatives!

Pink Zealanders, don't be so passive! Firebomb their churches as well, Pink Zealanders!!

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Gays (And Yamka) Have A Problem!

Just read the article on 365gay.com about the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its President, Gordon B. Hinckley (Is he related to that John Hinckley, the wacko shooter now imprisoned in St. Elizabeth's Hospital for shooting now dead-President Reagan??) spoke to Larry King on CNN's Larry King Live.

"We love these people and try to work with them and help them. We know they have a problem. We want to help them solve that problem."

He was talking about gays having a problem. He's nuts. Just typical X-ian. Next!


Who's Yamka? My niece by my sister's name. I was startled when my sister named her Yamka. Being an Irish/Scottish, that is bit odd name to start with. Lily said that Yamka means to blossom in Indian word. I rolled my eyes. And shot back: "Sistah, you know that she will have to deal with people calling her Yams on or around November and many people will mistook her to be oriental or African American!"

Yamka can use her middle name if she wants to, Lily said.

*rolling my eyes*

Fine with me, only time will tell, right?

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New Year's Eve?

Some people asked me what I'll do for New Year's Eve? Of course, I'll partyin'. But not in New York City.

After experiencing the Triple XXX Party at The Hole last year, I do not think I want to undergo another wild party ever in a long time. It was nice to make out with a recurring actor on a television program last year and all that stuff that happened in The Hole. But frankly, I'm 31! I'm not 40! I'm not 21!

A friend invited me to spend the time with him and his friends ... in Norristown. A town outside of Philadelphia. Of course, on Thursday night, I'll hook up on NJ TRANSIT and head down to Trenton, NJ then switch to SEPTA to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station and switch to some train en route to Norristown. Or Jason will pick me up in Trenton or Philadelphia. Or whatever.

But one thing that guaranteed the most is that I'll have a good time -- but I also will relax a lot.

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Pretty Girl and Geek Guy

Today on the subway, I stared at a couple with two children. The mother is young and yet, so gorgeous. I mean, she is way gorgeous than anyone else on the subway. The father was more of a geek with glasses. And the kids are just cute and adorable. They bicker and tease each other well as the parents stared at each other -- you could see the rapport between the pretty girl and geek guy without them talking at all.

I guess, gorgeous and geek do combine well.

And you wonder why I like geek men?

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