Who Is Jade?

A certain friend of mine requested me to post this up to encourage people to check out Jade's stuff. I certainly agreed with Sarah. I already met Jade several times, she is very laid-back and easy to converse with. Despite the successes with her films, it does not stop her from socializing with her true roots in New York.

It is time that we demonstrate some kind of support for people like Jade.

Cheers,

R-

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JADE, A Film Producer/Director/Entrepreneur

Jade, my dear friend, is well on her way up in the film industry.

See, over the past year, she's been invited to and accepted into a number of film festivals, had a film premiere, and attended events including but not limited to:

* Pan African Film Festival (California)
* Deaf Filmmakers Panel (California)
* PAFF Night of Tribute (California)
* BioPic Premiere in Los Angeles
* San Francisco Film Festival (California)
* Tampa International Deaf Film Festival (Florida)
* National Black Deaf Advocates Conference (Florida)
* South Street Seaport Deaf Fest (NYC)
* NYU Entrepreneuership Conference (NYC)
* DCTV Collaboration Project


This summer, the Director Guild of America (DGA) invited Jade to join their prestigious union membership. What a honor that she was being recognized in the Hollywood and Independent mainstream film industry as a director! DGA provides East and West coast union membership supports to independent directors in their efforts to get their films made, distributed and exhibited.

More events, film festivals and events are coming up during the 2005-2006 year. It'll be kicked off with Jade's 40th Birthday Bash, also known as the CINEMATIC LIMELIGHT OF JADE. What's more is that JADE FILMS is where the passion of words are turned into action. She sure has been active as an independent filmmaker during the past 15 years! She doesn't just talk the talk; she walks her talk and walks the walk. She's walking and working hard on her way up.

Now, do you wonder who Jade is and what her background is?

Here's her bio from her www.jadefilm.com website:

ANN MARIE “JADE” BRYAN
Filmmaker/Owner/Entrepreneur

Ann Marie studied film at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where she earned the distinction of being the first DEAF African American woman to graduate with a B.F.A. degree in 1993 in filmmaking to date. After being turned down a thousand times for jobs in the Film/Television industry, film submission rejections and failed to get Hollywood and the mainstream to hear her ideas because of their fear and lack of exposures associating with her disability (deafness,) she formed her own production companies.

Ann Marie has been in the filmmaking business for more than 12 years. Her mission is to eventually develop a prestigious role in network television using her directing/writing background and develops a market with stories about Deaf and Hard of Hearing people of colors. Ann Marie considers herself an entrepreneur who aims to entertain and educate people about our culture. For more information about Jade’s work, you may go to her website: www.jadefilm.com and view her extensive curriculum vitae (CV) in the Bio section.


Jade has put together a great well-rounded JADE FILMS management team. The team consists of:

* Jade (Filmmaker/Owner/Entrepreneur)
* Sarah Pack (Consultant/Public Relations)
* Guthrie Nutter (Business/Creative Development Consultant)
* Bonnie Kaplan (Business/Development Consultant)
* Allon Yomtov (Financial Consultant)
* Andrew Bryan (Technical Consultant)
* Maleni Chaitoo (Artistic Associate/Assistant)
* Zachary Handler (Administration Consultant)
* Patricia Ordonez (Consultant/Associate)
* Sofia Normatov-Seitchik (Consultant/Business Associate)


JADE FILMS offer products and services. All funds go to DeafVision Filmworks, Inc, a non-profit organization. All films were produced, written, directed and edited by Jade.

Products for sale include:

* Passion of Words Turning into Action: A Black Deaf Filmmaker's Journey (Documentary/Biography/Education/Film History)

A semi-autobiography film featuring interviews, student films, behind the scenes productions, personal video diaries about being a struggling filmmaker, production experience and professional production clips and more.

* Listen to the Hands of our People (Documentary/Education)

An award-winning documentary about seven H.I.V. positive Deaf and Hard of Hearing people living with AIDS. They talk about coping with fears, fears of dying, being alone and accepting it.

* On and Off Stage: The Bruce Hlibok Story (Documentary)

A documentary story about a frustrated Deaf theater artist who claimed fame on Broadway at such a young age until illness cut his acting and writing careet short. He was also a misunderstood and controversial artist.

* Cutting the Edge of a Free Bird (Short Film)

A short film about a confused Deaf lesbian high school girl struggling to decide between a deaf and hearing colleges while her Deaf mother tries to make her life like her own.


To view trailers and photo albums, go to: http://homepage.mac.com/jade14/iMovieTheater19.html

* Jade's BioPic
* SOMALIA
* Behind-the-Scenes
* Listen to the Hands of Our People
* The Bruce Hlibok Story
* Free Bird
* 9/11: Fear in Silence
* PAFF Film Festival
* Half and Half Studio
* PAFF Night of Tribute
* Deaf Filmmakers Panel
* LA Premiere of Jade's BioPic
* San Francisco Film Festival
* Productive Year 2004-2005
* Tampa Film Deaf Festival
* NBDA CONFERENCE


Services offered through JADE FILMS include:

* Video equipment rental (for your presentation needs, editing, video production)
* Tutoring
* Consultation
* Videography


When you support JADE FILMS through donations (online, by mail, or in person), all funds go to DeafVision Filmworks, Inc, a non-profit organization. All films were produced, written, directed and edited by Jade. And, the money goes back into the community at large and carrying out Jade's visions and missions through her film work.

We, as a community, colleagues, friends, business partners, consultants, associates, studens, and acquaintances, need to support JADE FILMS, DeafVision Filmworks, Inc, and Jade as the only Black Deaf Independent Filmmaker known in America. Let's show our support through emails, buying her products (films), checking her website regularly for updates and the latest news, and recognizing her accomplishments. When she accomplishes, she also makes a step forward not only for herself but also for the deaf community at large.


Jade Films, LLC (pending)
PO Box 1276
Cathedral Station
New York, NY 10025
www.jadefilm.com

Contact Information
Phone/Fax: 212. 665.9668
Business AIM: Jadefilms77
Business email: jade@jadefilm.com

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R-

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Gotti Brothers & Colin Farrell

Gotti Brothers: When I heard of a reality show on Victoria Gotti and her three sons: Carmine, Frankie and John. My eyes rolled. But when I finally got a glimpse of them on TV recently. These boys are quite handful for Victoria -- I cannot handle these pesky but yet hot guys. Carmine's eyes are hot, Frankie is so sensitive, and John being macho is so cute -- but together, they make things more volatile than necessary.

But either way, it is fun watching them whining. Especially when Victoria ordered her boys to go fishing and camping -- the boys, perhaps sensed that their metrosexuality image is being threatened, barked viciously with lots of profane words that makes me laugh so hard. But as always, Mama Gotti wins. Off they go ...

I do not think I would want to date these three guys but I would fuck Frankie if given an opportunity! I'm not sure how old these boys are -- if they are underage, my immediate reaction would be: SEE YA LATER! Victoria Gotti is a mother I'd love to have -- I mean, it would make my life ... so convenient, really.

Colin Farrell! God, I hate Colin -- actually, I love Colin so much -- I want to fuck him a thousand and one! But he is so fucking cockteaser. He, like me, loves sex. It is in our nature to enjoy sex and so on. I finally saw Alexander tonight where Colin Farrell flashed his ass several times, and him making out with three men ... that was hot. But the film really sucked.

The battle scenes were pretty lethargic at times. I'm like, 'Okay, next!' when they showed excessive gore of violence -- it is annoying that you can see Hephaistion's love for Alexander (and vice versa) on the film but ... not much was touched. Probably because they were afraid of offending people who thinks being gay is bad.

Hephaistion, performed by Jared Leto, his devotion to Alexander was plainly hot. I was hoping for one final, massive tongue-in-tongue kiss -- but that was not to be.

Hell, I can dream, can I?

Time to chase after that Blevins guy. He's mine. Men, can't live or without them. Especially hearing ones. But with Blevins, I'd do everything from the top to the bottom. And he shall scream when I'm done with him.

Cheers,

R-

Lebaneses, Bitch Session And Few Ramblings!

Two Deaf Lebanese Killed Hearies: As Sophia Castillo on The Golden Girls once said to Rose Nylund, "She is Lebanese!" In Albquerque, two Deaf women were arrested for domestic violence and they were linked to the hit-and-run that resulted in 5 dead hearing folks on Interstate 15 just a mile inside California from Nevada's border last year, though. Why Lebanese? You figure it out, honey. If you're that smart. Ain't my place to describe what it is to you.

Bitch Session X Is Coming Up This Weekend: You know the drill. But let's be funnier and nicer a little -- after all, the heatwave is not in. Be creative and cute.

IE Sucks, Period! I already got 4 emails from different readers who complained that they cannot read my blog from AOL's browser and Internet Explorer -- I suggest Firefox! Go to www.mozilla.org and download Firefox! You see, Firefox is pals with Google.com, Google owns blogger.com where my blog is. Naturally, Internet Explorer is owned by Microsoft, they regarded Google as a threat. Probably has something to do with the programs that enabled others to fuck up when they come to my blogsite. I hadn't changed a thing on my blog from day one. I only updated. It is probably some "technical stuff" between these two corporations. So take my advice, fuck Internet Explorer.

Ack! At Least, This Guy Has Guts! This is definitely disgusting and weird. What was HE thinking when he entered the store, Dollar General with that color on his face?

Watch Out For That Bum! I knew it would happen like this. When the needs needed to be addressed by the White House Administration to deal with, they probably dispatch the different departments to change the subject by scaring the concerned people about this, that and there.

Now when Cindy Sheehan firmly trashed GW Bush's compassion -- and Lance probably sharing the performance-enhancing drugs with GW Bush when he visited him at Crawford Ranch, the Attorney General has issued the warning that the terrorists may pose as vagrants bums in order to survey the areas to plan the terrorist attacks.

Baloney! Next time, they will say that the terrorists will pose as senior citizens in order to survey the hospitals and bomb one as well. At least, it will piss AARP off in that route if they go this way.

It'd be hilarious if someone kaboom the White House -- at least, this time, no Dolly Madison will have the time to save anything out of that building.

Whee! It Must Be Nightmare for 'em! According to this research, none of them feels pain so let's start abort some more today!

Anyone Pity Sen. Jim Thune? Certainly not me. If Tom Daschle did not lose to Jim Thune, Tom probably will save Ellsworth Air Force Base like he did 10 years ago. Jim Thune's inexperience may explode in his face as he cannot save 6,000 civilian jobs in western South Dakota. At least, Jim Thune can brag that he is a true Conservative who wants less government (meaning less jobs) for civilians to work.

Cheers,

R-

8.23.05 Tidbits

Where Are You, Tom Osborne? Several years ago, one Women's Basketball player accused Lawrence Phillips, a popular football hero at U of Nebraska Cornhuskers, of sexually assaulting her. Drama ensued. The female player was eventually pushed out of school and left the women's basketball program in shambles because nobody wanted to go to a school that completely devoted only to football but not others. Tom Osborne used to coach football team who won several national championships at Nebraska. He was vocal supporter of Lawrence Phillips when he was accused of sexually assaulting a women's basketball player.

Today, Tom Osborne is the conservative Republican Congressman. What about Lawrence Phillips? Obviously, Tom Osborne is supportive of persons who abused women when winning comes to him. He does not care if it is right or wrong, as long as it benefits himself. Lawrence helped him to win the games, that's what it counted the most. Typical of conservative Republican.

Another conservative Republican Spewing Dumb Rhetoric: Pat Robertson, a filthy conservative, dirty Republican and wacko Xian, mentioned the death threat on Venzuelan's President Hugo Chavez. That man is nuts. This will prompt Chavez to say, "See? See? They wanted me dead!"

Perhaps, we need to pray bit harder so that Robertson can drop dead as soon as can be. Just to preserve our image in the western hemisphere.

Certain Form of Behavior That Annoys Me: You know, few certain things that annoyed me the most about gay men in general -- they tend to be superficial about almost everything. Today, Gus and I observed a gay couple standing in the doorway, making out with each other -- it was obvious that they wanted to express their "feelings" for each other in front of others. I'm OK with it. But in the doorway where people needs to exit the building?

I personally suspect that they did it just to mask their insecurities by proving to the world that they are "taken". This is one of reasons I really miss New York. Gay men in New York do not do that crap. They are on another level above the "rest". I like it -- so in few weeks, I'm off to New York to play around. To see old friends. To reunite some pals.

It will be great!

Cheers,

R-

My Fabulous Friend Has A Fabulous Idea!

I was horrified when I saw this clip -- and told a close friend about it. In a way, I am not surprised it happened in Oakland, California.

My close friend snapped, "Why not send those guys to iraqi to finish the war?"

What a fucking fabulous idea, honey!

R-

Ummm! Breyer Is Delicious?

Ice Cream Is The USA's Favorite Snack: Sorry, Kyle, I'm eating Breyer's Ice Cream, not your boyfriend! Eating Chocolate Chip Ice Cream can be so bliss sometimes. I'm not quite fond of Baskins & Robbins, they are so ... yesterday.

I prefer Ben & Jerry's. I like Haagen & Dazs. I also like Breyers' Ice Cream. Last night, I was watching the History of Ice Cream on PBS. Very interesting. It mentioned that the United States is the most consumption of Ice Cream in the world -- enough to fill Grand Canyons each year. It mentioned that before Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington whom loved Ice Cream, the ice cream were solely reserved for "the very rich" people in Europe but thanks to Quakers, they found a way to bring Ice Cream to the mass. The rest is history.

Naturally, I went out to buy a box of Breyers' Chocolate Chip Ice Cream.

Harmless tidbit: Did you know that I despised Chocolate Ice Cream?! I really FORBIT it! It tasted awful.

What Kind Of Mood Am I In? I'm like this gal on the left. I simply do not care about anything else.

You may click on the picture to read the dialogues. It does not mean that I'm in a funk or depressed. It is just Sunday ... Sundays and Mondays tend to be barf day for me. I rather to be drunk on these days than to stay home, really!

On another thought, I'd LOVE to see something like this picture on your right to happen in this town or New York. That would be a sight to behold! Wait a minute, maybe it DID happen before!

An Old Friend Called: Last night, someone called me by videophone, interrupting me from watching Colin Farrell's performance on Saturday Night Live. You know me, I spring a fast boner for a guy like Colin Farrell. I so want to fuck him like crazy! However, I was delighted to reunite with an old friend of mine whom I hadn't seen in 4 years. She and I chatted for more than 3 hours.

That is one thing I really *hated* the most about the videophones, time flew so fast when you're chatting on that medium. And I mentioned that the arrangement where my videophone is set up in the office area is pretty weird. You see, I am right next to the window which overlooks a busy highway. And I have the flatscreen widescreen TV linked to Sorenson stuff. So you could say that I sit pretty close to the wall. Any car would drive by and thought I was talking to the wall. It is travesty, really, for my image. Hell, I have an image to maintain! ;-)

The 3-hour long conversation embarked upon some sensitive subjects that also touched on the blogging business of mine. When we talked about it, it made me realize about few certain things. Perhaps in time, you can figure out I meant by that.

Who Am I?: First and foremost of all, I am RT. I represent myself. I do not represent Deaf Community. Madonna represents herself, not the world, her gender or anything else. Just the way I like it to be. I am proud to be Deaf. I have nothing to hide about my feelings for cocks and manly asses. Some perceived me to be somewhat Militant because I do not hide who I am nor feels about -- there is nothing wrong with who I am. Instead of being quiet, I embrace these that made me who I am today. Thus, that's why I described myself as Deaf Gay Militant. If you have a problem with it, simply click "X" somewhere on your screen. I do not take things in a literal manner. Only you do that, I just provide amusing entertainment for others to enjoy and/or bicker about. Dig what I say?

Happy Birthday: Happy Birthday to three persons I adored the most:

Sarah Pack, Jennifer Perlis and Merritt Holloway. Happy Birthday, guys! Merritt, you are SO going to die of being tickled pink when you get something from me in the mail.

Cheers,

R-

Whaddyathink?

When I was in middle school, Mom told me that Abby Van Buren's sister is Ann Landers. I thought she was full of shit. Later, Abby and Ann mentioned that they are indeed sisters. In fact, they are more than sisters -- they are identical twins.

I normally (routinely?) read their articles for years in Richmond Times-Dispatch, Staunton News-Leader and The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia). Either Ann or Abby was trying to be sweet by giving out different advice to the readers, but they really suck.

I prefer Dan Savage because he is brutally honest and cut to the chase. If one is cheating, he will say it out right on the spot that one is cheating, period. That's why I stopped reading Ann and/or Abby ever since.

Because of someone, I stumbled upon this article by Abby Van Buren ... I'll leave you guys to decide, mainly because I want to see your true colors. So fire away ...

Neighbor's gay banner causes alarm
DEAR ABBY
Universal Press Syndicate

Q: I live in a family-oriented neighborhood. My next-door neighbor flies his gay pride flag in his front yard. Because we have a lot of families with young children who do not need to be subjected to that kind of thing, I have asked him numerous times to remove it.

His response is, it's a free country and he does not subject anybody to his lifestyle.

I strongly feel that in a neighborhood devoted to children's morals and the way life should be, he should not be allowed to have that flag in his front yard. I threatened to call the police.What should I do?

RIGHTEOUS in New Castle, Pa.

Dear Righteous:

A: First of all, calm down. Your neighbor is hurting no one, and "young children" will not understand the flag. Unless there are restrictions in your neighborhood governing the display of flags, your neighbor has a right to hoist his banner.

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Whaddyathink?

Cheers,

R-

8.19.05 Tidbits

Maybe It was Not The Cats! Check this out. It brought a chuckle out of me. Hat tip to Philip who sent me the link a long time ago.

Pet Contest! Perlis suggested to me via the email that I have an entry once a month that focuses on our readers' pets. I think it is wonderful idea. What do you think of her idea? I probably will post 5 pictures per entry once a month. The deadline is September 1st. It will be posted sometimes on the first weekend of the month. Fire away and email me at Ridor9th@gmail.com

Washington Blade Fell To Its New Low: Chris Crain, the Editor of Washington Blade, has stooped to a new low -- by hiring a prostitute to write the columns for the magazine. This particular former prostitute who once worked in White House, Jeff Gannon / Jim Guckert, is now penning for Washington Blade. This just proved what I always said all along -- that Washington Blade is irrelevant paper to start with.

Writings On The Stall: When you go to the public bathroom to crap or to piss, do not lie to me that you do cruise the toilet stalls for some funny comments. I do. I love the one where it tells you to read the comments near the floor -- when you had to leave the toilet a little to bend down to read the tiny words -- the comments read, "Watch where you piss." Stuff like that made my day. Hat tip to Philip for the link.

Another Boy Scout To Be Reviled: This guy was an official of local Lutheran Church, active in the Boy Scouts and was married to a woman with few kids. And managed to find the time to fuck, kill and abuse women in different places including at his church. The BTK Killer, done by Dennis Rader of Wichita -- the same town where one of my LW3 compatriots hailed from -- was sentenced to 10 life sentences in the prison, he'll never see his freedom. But remember one thing -- he commented, "People will say that I'm not a Christian, but I believe I am."

Remember, it is between God and Dennis, not James Dobson or any Christian can judge Dennis' actions. But the point remains the same -- he's part of Boy Scouts. Another reason to keep away from these bad news group.

Guess Sex Is Rampant In Poland: A friend of mine from Riverside, California emailed me that his friend snapped this picture in Warsaw, Poland. The poster was issued on the exterior wall of the phone booth.

Apparently, sex do happens frequently in the phone booths. How typical of Polish folks. Did you know that this is the same town that condemned gay pride marches. Maybe it has something to do with this. Any further information on this amusing picture will be appreciated.

Another Idiotic Quote by GW Bush: "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." —George W. Bush, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003

Another Idiotic Quote by Pat Robertson: "The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians."
-- Pat Robertson, fundraising letter, 1992

Gay Day at Phillies Game Marred by Anti-Gay Folks: In Philadelphia, there was a baseball game that hosted the Gay Community Night. Thousands of fans, including gay fans, came to watch the game. Michael Marcavage, the founder of RepentAmerica, has the right to protest his anti-gay rhetoric but why must he choose the same date on that particular night? Michael Marcavage and his cronies seemed to follow the gay people where they go. Protested at different places where gay events took place, the protests became a form of harrassment.

They can protest on any date but why did they choose this particular date just to antagonize the good gay people who came to enjoy the game? I am willing to bet you a dollar or two that Greg, the loony Xian prick on Rhymes With Right, would dispute that it is not a form of harassment. If it is not harassment, then it is stalking.

Michael Marcavage, your message does not work -- get a life. Go and flip some burgers, please.

But He Is Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel! If this guy really hated GW Bush, you think he is the *only* one in the Armed Forces that hated GW Bush? Trust me, there are many. I already met some soldiers who rolled their eyes at the mention of GW Bush. It is that bad.

An Update with Mordru The Terrible: Mordru will not make its first appearance in JSA #79, in fact, he will show up in JSA #78 -- the last time he made such an appearance was in #51 when he was imprisoned in the Rock of Eternity. According to DC Comics, here is the hint:

A DAY OF VENGEANCE tie-in! The JSA desperately seeks Dr. Fate to help them find the missing Jakeem and Thunderbolt. Meanwhile, as the Spectre's rampage continues, the team's greatest enemy has found the opening he needs to destroy the JSA once and for all!

Again, Mordru rocks!
I think I said it enough for the day.

Cheers,

R-

Run For Your Lives!

I just realized something. I was horrified at this particular thought of mine -- it is Summer 2005 -- which means what? Next summer is Summer 2006 -- this implied that the 15th Anniversary of my high school graduation is looming closer than I thought. I graduated in 1991.



Yes, My Class of '91 is bit odd. I am one of only two Caucasians. I am one of only two students that went to college and completed as well. IN fact, among the 78% of 11-member in the Class of '91 are African Americans, making it the most dominant minority group in school history, I believe. Yes, my class numbered is only 11. Thus, the graduation ceremony was very cute and brief.

From the left to right on the top row ...

Loretta: The most laziest athletic player in the school history, this girl once scored 37 points out of 39 points in a shocking upset over South Carolina School for the Deaf. She is indeed the most laziest student I ever had witnessed. The tricks that I learned how to bullshit throughout the college years can be traced to Loretta. Loretta was quite fond of James Madison University Women's Basketball because she used to have a mentor in Sydney Beasley and Floretta Jackson, both excelled playing basketball. Flo and Sydney called her "Lolo" which Loretta adopted for the rest of her high school years. In fact, Loretta and I was classmates, she's indded smart but simply refused to do anything farther than completing the high school diploma. What a waste.

Illia: Idiot.

Steven: Idiot -- took him like 15 years to complete his years at a deaf school. Don't know if he's alive or not. You simply cannot communicate with him. It's kinda sad.

Jerod: He used to harass me over the years but when I get out of high school years, he and I became friends. He's nice fellow. Lives in Charlottesville -- always managed to update me with the information related to Virginia Basketball and Football.

Keresha: This girl is fucking narcissitic. Cannot blame her -- because when she was a kid, she had a teeth that resembled a rabbit's teeth. Everyone signed "K" by her teeth. What a torture. Over the time, she transformed ... last time, I heard, she is popping several babies. C'est la vie.

Second row from the left to the right:

William: Simply an idiot guy to deal with. Perhaps the best memory of my times with William was when I decided to pull down the fire alarm in Darden Hall, William accused Branham for doing it -- I chose not to say anything about it. Brandham was furious that he was accused by William. Branham grabbed William and threw William into the wall -- created a massive hole in the wall, much to my astonishment. Needless to say, I never confessed.

Serena: Sweet gal from Petersburg -- that girl cannot fucking shut up. Always has questions to pop about anything. If the cat decide to crap on this particular plant, she'll ask why it did that! Just. Fucking. SHUT. UP. Dunno whatever happened to her -- she deserved a decent boy, I'm serious about that.

Herbert: Perhaps the most successful story associated with "heterosexual conformity" has to be this guy -- he was all onto Stephanie for years and years. Last time I heard, he married and owned her.

Woodson: Just another idiot that cannot really sign effectively -- which is tragedy by itself. Case closed.

Jia: My classmate of 7 years, my lone rivalry over the years -- went to Gallaudet with me. Graduated before I did. Last time, I heard, lived in Los Angeles but someone said he's back in Virginia. I'm not sure any longer. We had our ups and downs throughout the years at VSDB. Too bad, we were, perhaps, the only ones that could stimulate each other throughout the years at VSDB.

What about me? You read my blog. I'm going through some parenthesis. Some change, I reckon. On another hand, I'd love to escort Anna Nicole Smith to the Class Reunion if there is one.

I hate to admit that I may be the only guy in the group that looked "hot" in some ways. Oy vey!

Mom and Dad told me that VSDB had some sort of reunion gathering for all classes last weekend, nearly 400 people showed up. Nice, nice. I guess next year, I gotta show up -- I'd love to bring Joe Blevins or Anna Nicole Smith to be my escort to these reunions.

AT least, I have a year to work out somehow a plan. Any ideas?

Cheers,

R-

Hawai'i & Autism

As Usual, Demmonds Is An Idiot: Michael Demmonds was alarmed to learn that Hawai'i is pushing for an exclusive government for its original inhabitants other than caucasians, which the Akaka Bill can help the Hawai'ian Islands to secede from the United States if they wanted to without firing a shot.

The Americans came to Hawai'ian islands and overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and stripped her of her monarchy duties, oppressed the Hawai'ians Natives for years. IN addition, the Americans also seized the property of Pearl Harbor for the United States to occupy and provide the means for the whites to suppress the Natives.

It was mentioned in many books and yes, in one show on PBS a while ago which I mentioned about 4 months ago.

For years, the Hawai'ians Natives were relegated to second-class citizens while the Americans stole the businesses with the help of American Armed Forces sitting in Pearl Harbor. In fact, it was proven that the US Armed Forces refused to work with the Natives for any businesses, only with the Caucasians (which the Natives called Haoles) for decades.

And today, Hawaii is pushing for the Akaka Bill that will "sanction the creation of a racially exclusive government by and for Native Hawaiians who satisfy a blood test."

It is about time that the islands returned to their rule, not the ones that stole the islands from its Natives.

The former Senators from Washington and Colorado claimed that the "steal" of islands from the Natives were falsely accused. But the problem is that it was already proven many times in the past. They wrote:

The U.S. Constitution scrupulously protects the liberties and freedom of Native Hawaiians. It always will. Native Hawaiians have never been treated as less than equal by the U.S. Their economic success matches that of non-Native Hawaiians. Intermarriage is the norm. Sen. Inouye himself boasted in 1994 that Hawaii was "one of the greatest examples of a multiethnic society living in relative peace." In other words, e pluribus unum is a formula that works. We should not destroy it.

That is the problem. They assumed that the Constitution actually protected the Natives. Actually between 1893 to 1950s, the Natives were largely outcasted as second class citizens and abused by the sailors, caucasians and people who claimed to do good for them. Yes, today, it is multiethnic society but do you keep the stolen goods? No, you do not. You return it. Hawai'ian islands were *stolen* from the Natives by the Americans. The right thing is to give it back and let the Natives decide whether to remain with the United States or not. It is their legitimate right.

Shame On Loews Cineplex! In Wallkill, New York -- a 7 years old autistic kid had a good time watching the movie, March of the Penguins. The manager of the theater felt that the kid laughed too loud for the movie and had the kid removed from the theater! How great is it? Typical hearie dumbfuck. Another reason to wipe 'em out as deserved.

Update: Beth was furious about this and mentioned that we should call and lambast them for doing this to the kid. I thought she was right so I decided to make a videophone call to the Manager of Loews Theater at Galleria in Crystal Run and gave him the piece of my mind. I said, "Is this the manager?"

The person nodded. I fired back, "I am calling to let you know that I am displeased to learn about your actions with the 7 years old who is autistic -- as Deaf person, I find your actions deplorable and shameful. You should be ashamed of yourself for doing that to a kid who clearly enjoyed the movie. I hope you'll be fired eventually."

Suffice to say, the manager was speechless as I hung up on him. Let's call and maul them out for doing this -- here is the number: 845-695-1724

Cheers,

R-

Does It Annoys You When They Say ... ?

"This corporation is an equal employment opportunity."

What a fucking lie. God, I hate hearing people sometimes!

R-

Best Advertisement for Madrid's WFD 2007 Conference!

This is magnificent.

The advertisement from the Confederación Estatal de Personas Sordas (CNSE) for the bid to host the World Federation of the Deaf Congress in Madrid, Spain in 2007 was simply mind-blowing one. The CNSE in Spain is the same concept of what we have in our country for National Association of the Deaf (NAD).

However, I received an email from Dylan who tends to send me junk emails of sorts from time to time. Not that I complain, though. Then I saw this. I was impressed. I then forwarded it to Sarah and Philip, both were impressed. If both are impressed, it is time to share this with the world as well.

IN a way, I am hoping that hearing people, by reading my blog, will realize that anything is possible, even with computer animation.

Before some people exclaimed that the signs are not American Sign Language -- of course, it is not. Since it is related to the World Federation of the Deaf Congress which attracted the cooperation of many countries' national associations of the Deaf in terms of human rights, it must provide the basic but yet equal signs that can be understood by many peers, if not all, thus that is where the universal signs come in.

Here is the instruction to check the fantastic film, click this link. It will lead you into rapidshare webhosting website, scroll down until you see the Select your download: -- of course, we are that cheap -- so click "free".

Then wait until it tells you to go ahead. Check this out. My salute to CNSE for the outstanding advertisement for the WFD.

Of course, I'm tempted to head eastward to Madrid for WFD 2007. How can one not be tempted after seeing this stuff? Well done, Deaf Spaniards!

Hat Tip to Magatsu and Philip for the help to find the webhosting for this advertisement. Without his help, this will not be possible.

Update: I got an email from someone who is involved with WFD who was delighted to see that I mentioned about this -- he provided me the simple link to the advertisement on their website -- less complicated, though.
Cheers,

R-

Age Does Not Matter ... Or Does It?

Kevin McCaul's entry caught my attention and I had to talk about this -- in United Kingdom, a 31 years old man married 70 years old woman. And both are Deaf. The article can be found in this website, hat tip to Kevin McCaul.

Come to think of this, I once played with a guy who was 66 years old. I'm telling you, he surely can dominate me in bed. I was stunned at the ferocity of his enthusiasm. I was whimpering as he totally chewed me in and out.

You know the cliche -- when you get older, you gain more experiences. This certainly applied to me when I had an one-night stand with the theater manager in New York two years ago.

Judging the small picture, the lady does not have a sagging face like Jane Norman -- praise to the Lord! I can imagine what she might look like when you slip under her face -- all of her face sagged off her face. Not all 70 years old women are like that, though.

Of course I digress merely to gross you out with the vivid imagination of what it is like to be under Jane. And the worst part is that she is not even 70.

Maybe it is love. Maybe it is maternal love. Maybe it is ... money as usual? Just like Anna Nicole Smith and her deceased 91 years old husband. Hell, if Anna Nicole Smith can do it, so can Edna Townsend.

Double cheers to Edna Townsend and Simon Martin!

Deaf Does Porn? Actually, no. You can tell that it was ASL students -- decidedly awful at what they do. But nevertheless, when you enter the website, look for preview. It is not WORK SAFE!

When a friend showed it to me, I had to take a timeout because I cannot stop laughing my head off.

Cheers,

R-

Few Things About Sho Stern

Some of you may know that Sho Stern, a certain fellow that I hung out at Gallaudet at times, who has appeared in several shows such as Off Centre, The Division, Boston Public, Providence, Justice, Threat Matrix and The Last Shot.

Currently, she is slated to star in Showtime's newest provocative TV drama called WEEDS where she will play as a deaf girlfriend to someone else.

Carrie IMmed me to check this out -- I squealed when I saw this -- I do not like it. I think it is disgusting. Hahaha. Enjoy.

Cheers,

R-

No. 1 In Deaf Culture Category

Of Course I am No. 1! I stumbled upon this QuackTrack website, the world's largest browsable blog index, and discovered that I'm ranked No. 1 in Deaf Culture's category. Among the list included No. 11 goes to Beth's HearingPeopleSuck.blogspot.com. Interesting stuff!

iRage In Richmond: Good thing Mom did not select to go because she would be trampled and more after viewing the pictures on Timesdispatch.com and Nbc12.com -- what a drama for a piece of trash. Merritt said to me via the videophone, "Did you notice something? Only minority groups and trailer trash folks came for it."

I grinned and said, "But of course!"

Just saw that Matt Drudge also reported about the iRage Drama today on its website.

Did You Ever Watch Beautiful Thing? For more than 10th time in my lifetime, I get to watch Beautiful Thing, a British film about two gay teenagers who fell in love with each other and remarkably ended the film on a positive note, which is very rare to say at least. Who cannot love Leah, Ste and Jamie's gorgeous African American dropout neighbor?

I love when the mother muttered to Jamie, "All the time I tried to protect you from things like this and I did not know that you and Ste were doing seventy minus one in the bedroom!" Priceless.

It was always nice to watch this film because frankly, I'm sick of watching gay films that often ended with deaths, be it from HIV/AIDS, suicide or gay-bashing. If you hadn't seen this British film, it is great. I get to figure out the UK's slangs like slag, pissed, flat (duh!), slapper ... it is great stuff to watch.

Speaking of Gay Films: Perhaps the most daring film of 2005 has to be yet-to-be-released called Brokeback Mountain, a love story between two cowboys in Wyoming ranch set in 1963. Perhaps the best part of the whole thing is that it is produced by Ang Lee, and the two gay cowboys will be performed by Heath Ledger (!!) and Jake Gyllenhaal (?!).

According to the information that streamed out of this production is that Heath and Jake did engage in several steamy scenes (!!). According to some information, it is marketed towards women (which is why they hired Heath and Jake to woo women) and gays to see the film.

This is the film I will hope to be captioned or I'll be so pissed off. I have no innovative to be patient for months! I want to spring a boner in the movie theater! I want to slip my arm around the shoulders of Stupid Hearie in a movie theater, not at home.

Truer Words Were Never Spoken!: I found this on DeafScribe. So very true.

Cheers,

R-

Another Day With Dealing Crap

Today I got an IM from Ted Sims, an obvious idiot fella from Jacksonville, IL who was upset about the posting that I made in 2004 which a friend from Illinois passed it to me to warn others of Ted's illicit behavior.

Ted attempted to intimidate me via the IM which I think is hysterical at times.

Enjoy!

FORDRTS: FUCK U!
Ridor9th: what?
Ridor9th: What is your problem?
FORDRTS: Yeah! I want KICK ur ass!
Ridor9th: You must be so desperate to wait for me to show up online
Ridor9th: Aww, I'm so scared. How may I help you?
FORDRTS: Oh yeah u better be scared if u know who I am..
Ridor9th: Then tell me
FORDRTS: Help me? Scoofs! Loser!
FORDRTS: Kiss my ass!
FORDRTS: U raped 2 girls in colorado..
Ridor9th: What? I am gay. I dont do women.
FORDRTS: BULLSHIT!
FORDRTS: Gay people will do anything!
Ridor9th: ROTFLMAO -- I'll copy and paste what you said
FORDRTS: Cuz they are sick people..
FORDRTS: GO AHEAD!
Ridor9th: Whatever you say, I do not touch chopped liver but do you think you'll understand what it means? No. Typical coward
FORDRTS: U will never scared me...
Ridor9th: Speak properly, you coward
FORDRTS: Oh ha! U don't even know me or confront me if it's reality..u coward!
Ridor9th: do u know what a coward means?
FORDRTS: Look who is talking? Loser!
Ridor9th: TELL Me who you are -- I'll kick your breeder ass --
FORDRTS: Gay people are sick..
Ridor9th: Heterosexuals are sick
FORDRTS: Lolol! Yeah! Ted Sims!
Ridor9th: Who is Ted Sims? I have no idea who Ted Sims is
FORDRTS: Give me ur address and I will stop by and put cork in ur asshole!
FORDRTS: And tennis ball in ur mouth..
Ridor9th: Sure I will --
FORDRTS: Huh?
FORDRTS: Lololol...gay guy from colorado...
Ridor9th: u're simply a buffoon to start with -- you think I'm from Colorado?
FORDRTS: I think? Read my language,bonk ur head! I know u are from colorado!
Ridor9th: Get this through your fucking skull -- I am in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- I do not live in Colorado -- the last time I visited was in 2001 -- so fuck you, you dumbfuck.
Ridor9th: Go back to school and re-educate yourself, you dumbfuck.
Ridor9th: Show your real name and I'll kick your fucking ass, you stupid prick.
FORDRTS: Please? Kiss my black ass!
FORDRTS: I think u are no body!
Ridor9th: good for you
Ridor9th: bye
Ridor9th: you're coward that u hide behind your fake name -- tell me who u are so i'll kick ur black ass -- better yet, I'll print what you said on my blog.
Ridor9th: do u know what a blog is?
FORDRTS: Blog is for gay people's sexuality thing..stupid!
Ridor9th: u're definitely idiot
Ridor9th: bye
FORDRTS: Kick my ass? Lol! I'm football player..
FORDRTS: Loser!
Ridor9th: oooh, i'm so scared. Fuck me, fuck my ass, fuck me!
FORDRTS: Lolol! It won't work! U moron!
Ridor9th: Of course it wont work -- you're pathetic -- ever heard of sarcasm, idiot. Tell me your name, I dare you.
FORDRTS: Lolololol! I'm laughing so hard!
Ridor9th: you are emotional fucked up
Ridor9th: as well as mental fuck up -- go to state hospital
FORDRTS: Cuz I'm normal human being,not U! Sicko!
Ridor9th: Who wants to be normal, you're wacko -- quit stalking me, Ted Sims from Jacksonville, Illinois.

These are one of many common stuff that I deal with idiotic people from time to time. I thought you guys need to see the truth.

Cheers,

R-

This, That & There

Kurzetard Still Malicious: Ever notice that Kurzetard gets the kick out of making bogus comments on ratemy########.com just to defame others' professionalism at times without leaving her name? Grow up a spine and get a life, bitch.

$50 iBook = Chaos! Mom attempted to go to the Richmond International Raceway to buy one iBook for me but she backed out after seeing the Breaking News on local channels that there were thousands of people waiting for 1,100 iBooks since 1:30 AM, parked outside of the Raceway. According to the reports, more than 12,000 converged and the stampede was on -- suddenly, 6 people were injured. Mom, not in her best health, is in no condition to compete with these folks who probably had a run at Pamplona Bull Run at all.

$67.10 -- Only $32.90 To Go! As expected, with Cindy Sheehan's vigil at Crawford Ranch, which GW Bush regarded it as a threat to its national security has caused the gas prices to climb for the last two weeks. Only $32.90 left to reach the ultimate $100 a barrel, it may sound impossible a while ago but not today, it can happen one way or other. About Cindy thing, of course, I'm joking if you do not get the gist of it.

On another note, a certain fellow gave me his answer when I asked him what he thinks of gas prices climbing up these days? His answer was, "Good! They gotta pay high to pollute the environment." Come to think of it over the time, I am inclined to agree with Jon.

We cannot stop polluting Gaea but we can simply reduce polluting the world.

Conservative Republicans Showing Its Ugly Heads: In Crawford, Texas -- GW Bush is steadfastly resisting the popularity of Cindy Sheehan despite the repeated assaults by Conservative & Republican bloggers who regarded Sheehan's antics as the ultimate that could decimate GW Bush's "noble (gagging) intentions" about the wars.

If he truly wanted to sacrifice something, send his fucking slutty daughters, Barbara and Jenna Bush to Iraq and pull their legs up in the air and start a business somehow! On second thought, throw in GW Bush's Momma as well because some brave soldiers has a fetish for old, sagging breasts and vagina to hump.

It was reported that a neighbor of GW Bush, probably his conservative friend plowed and destroyed nearly 1,000 white crosses that were laid by Sheehan in memory of the soldiers who died for nothing in Iraq.

Many people claimed that we fought for their freedoms. That was not the original intention, folks. We went there not to free them. We went there to stop Saddam because our government claimed that he has weapons of mass destruction. Do not try to change the topics.

Filthy Conservative & Lyin' Republican Bloggers are amazing -- they seemed to find ways to add the stories to make the fight for Iraq as a noble duty to be proud of -- to provide freedoms for others.

If that is the case, let's free Tibet of China's controls, let's free Zimbabwe of Mugabe's controls, let's free North Korea of Kim Jong IL, let's free Maynmar of militaristic dictatorships. Their arguments are not valid, folks. If these bloggers are proud of this, then by God, go and fight. Quit blogging -- go to Iraq and write us a letter, honey. Of course, they will lie their way around. As usual.

The whole point is that ... if they want to promote democracy and freedom, send their own kids. Don't use poor people's children. Quit advertising in housing projects, quit preying on poor college students ... these are not simply right.

Michael Lucas & Cliff Rhodes: Soon, I have to buy some of them. Cliff is a "friend-blogger" whom I talked to several times via the emails. Now he's a porn star. It is bit weird for my taste -- but at the age of 50, he's hot. And Michael Lucas is very popular figure in New York. I heard, heard, heard and heard about him. But I'm not crazy about his speciality but from what I learned, it has evolved into butch men which caught my eye. So naturally, I'm going to check Derrick Hanson out. My god, I'm talking about the names of porn stars, for God's sake. I used not to care about the names as long as it does the trick for me. But now, I just mentioned the names that I wanted to check out. God, must be my age or something.

The Roast of PamL.A. Last Sunday night, I got to watch ComedyCentral's Roast of Pamela Lee Anderson. It was amazingly good. I laughed, laughed and laughed until the end. I was surprised that Bea Arthur, who portrayed as Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls, is close friends with PamLA. Naturally, the jokes often revolved around PamLA's boobs, her sex videos with Tommy Lee which Bea Arthur joked, "That thing has an elbow, Tommy Lee!" And Tommy Lee was a good sport -- he even grabbed Andy Dick's cock when he baited him to coop a feel. Tommy is hot. PamLA was simply gorgeous.

Lisa Lampanelli was correct that PamLA was the responsible for the successes of Baywatch TV series -- it was not David Hasselhoff. It was PamLA's boobs, simply put, she exclaimed.

I felt bad for Courtney Love as Jimmy Kimmel goes on to bombard her with crude jokes about her drug addiction -- but Courtney Love took it in good stride. Pretty impressive. I'd go flip out just like that.

There are several encores of that show on ComedyCentral, try to see it for yourself.

Cheers,

R-

God Hates Boy Scouts & Others

Remember God Killing Boy Scouts? Here is a great article by Karel of Advocate.com -- Perhaps, it will send some kind of message -- where nothing happened in Chelsea, Castro, WeHo, Dupont Circle and Boystown while there are many happenstances in other places.

Heterosexual Bachelor Of The Year: Obviously, this is sick guy.

Time To Buy JSA #79! Dylan forwarded me the message and of course, I'm so thrilled -- read the message:

A DAY OF VENGEANCE tie-in! Amid the ruins of Dr. Fate's tower, one half of the JSA fight for their lives against Mordru, free from his imprisonment in the Rock of Eternity. Meanwhile, the rest of the JSA battle to save the Fifth Dimension from the iron grip of...Jakeem Thunder!

As you can see, Mordru rocks!

Whoa! Take It Easy, Skippy! When I got home from The Lark, the oldest gay bar in the state of Pennsylvania, my shirt and flip-flop shoes were hidden away by Skippy, my roommate's dog, mainly because he was mad at me for leaving him home. Gus smiled and said, "About time, he is doing this to your stuff, not to my stuff!" AT that moment, I really want Lambykins' gorgeous cat's offspring so that it can attack the dogs for me. I so want one, Jason. Okay?

Todd Bertuzzi Deserved Second Chance? Fuck you, Todd. You do not deserve a second chance if Steve Moore cannot play at all. Let me whack your spine out and I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself, you dumbfuck. Stop using the media to ask for "forgiveness" and a second chance to prove yourself -- I hope Steve Moore will sue you to mlik your money 'til you disappear off the planet. What an asshole!

God, Please Terminate Larry King! I cannot stand Larry King! I hate "Larry King Live"! No captions! This show has to get with the program. It is tragic that the popular show on CNN is not even captioned.

Natalee Holloway Over-Exposed by FOX NEWS: According to the statistics, CNN mentioned Natalee 75 times, MSNBC 145 and FOX NEWS 434 times! Goes on to tell you something -- if it was a black woman who got lost, FOX NEWS ignored her. But if she is white, pretty cheerleader -- like any Republican, FOX NEWS is onto her.

Cheers,

R-

No More Deaf Peddlers?

I thought this was funny to see.

Enjoy!




Thanks to the fella who chose to be Anonymous, you know who you are!

Cheers,

R-

To Ponder Your Own Thoughts

Remember The BlackList Interpreters? After some heavy thoughts about it, I have decided to go ahead with this. After consulting with several professional interpreters and professional advocators who complained that the interpreters, indeed, has their own list which they used to deny the ASL transliterators from getting the jobs as deserved. And that many interpreters pulled each other in order to get the jobs they wanted for more money.

NO, I will not put the names of interpreters on the blacklist just because s/he is not pretty, or anything very silly. It has to do with how they handle the job in a professional manner. For instance, some interpreters cannot read fingerspelling at a persistent rate. Some interpreters simply cannot sign well. Some interpreters refused to sign offensive words just because they do not like it and did not want to interpret these words. Some interpreters attempted to take over the conversation and manhandle the whole thing. These stuff do happen all the time, some interpreters argued that RID has its rules but do they enforce? They can demote their certificates and all that crap, but not many organizations, agencies and or businesses would care because they are concerned about hiring the cheap interpreters.

These stuff has to stop somewhere else.

Ben Moore has developed a website where you can rate the interpreters -- aww. That is nice. But we need to have a formidable reputation that can shatter one's illusions of getting away with everything. Hence, the Blacklisted Interpreters will start as soon as can be. I have several persons ready to compile the names and information in major cities such as Washington, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area.

Your Own Interpretation: Of course, there are people that annoyed me to no end. Some people managed to attack me by creating bogus blogs, using the anonymous names to berate me, creating false stories just to derail who I am. If they truly have a problem -- I dare them to face me in person. Of course, they won't. Because they knew I'd bury them just easy as committing a sin. For people who are bitter about me, these are for you -- enjoy!




The panels were written by Keith Giffen and artwork by Esteban Maroto -- great stuff to be made.

My detractors, face me and eat shit.

Confidential to A Woman at CSD-Fremont: Arrested for DUI? Gee whiz, at least, you're human as of now.

Cheers,

R-

To Amuse Y'All Part 2

I had been travelling to many states, I crossed the country back and forth twice. Where do I think has the intersection that impressed the heck out of me when I first saw it? It has to be biggest, wildest and tallest intersection -- you swear that they probably built these for no particular reason other than to make it convenient for the drivers to go around.

The best intersection, in my opinion, goes to the Interstate 105 & 110 in Los Angeles. When I first saw it, I was horrified at the magnitude of that intersection. One leg of the intersection goes as high as ten stories high! IN fact, when I realized that the exit I had to use goes on that leg and I drove on the overpass, I breathed and thought, "What if the earthquake occurs right now, will I be tossed over the overpass bridge?"

But I found out that in California, they designed one-leg per platform for the bridge to allow it to swing back and forth without causing the damages. But I wonder whether if it will also prevent the speeding cars from flipping over the overpass bridges as well? Naturally, I slowed down and became intrigued with the mess of overpasses -- it is easy to take a wrong one and you're done deal. See you in San Diego or in Riverside, really!

Here is the picture of the best intersection I ever had saw in my lifetime! Dig it for yourelf. Boucher and Silas, agree with this?


R-

To Amuse Y'All

I look forward to the day Gallaudet gets rid of that building. That place is an embarrassing testament to many of us.

R-

8.13.05 Tidbits

Waterfall Discovered: In Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in Northern California just around Mt. Shasta, the park officials discovered the hidden waterfalls which managed to avoid the detection of NPS for 40 years. Nice to know that there are stuff like this out there.

Bitch Session: Guys and gals, from now on, I'll screen the emails. You have to make comments that appears to be funny, satirical and either, offensive and compliment. You just cannot be just offenisve or insulting. You may coax something funny to shoot others down. Don't be malicious. Some readers wanted to read and say, "85! 85! 85!" -- you know in ASL, when you read something surprising or shocking, you say "85" right next to your forehead. Hat tip to Rayni for the use of "85" term.

There Is A Place Called Temple: Yesterday, I went to Temple University in Philadelphia to meet with a certain fellow whom I had not seen in years. It was nice to see PJ once again. Basically, he filled me what I needed to do in order to get my dream up and running.

Temple University is an urban university, just like Southern Cal and Gallaudet -- you know the classic boxed-in campus with a fence between the campus and the urban area. IN fact, Temple is beautiful. The Liacouras Center is beautiful gymnasium. That is where Dawn Staley gets to coach her teams. You can see the picture of Dawn dribbling on my picture list on your right -- the one with VIRGINIA uniform. Dawn Staley is the legendary figure in Virginia and most loved figure in Philadelphia. There is seven-story mural of Dawn Staley on 8th Street and Market Street. I have to go there to get the picture of that.

Suffice to say, there may be new developments with me in time which I do not want to address -- if things go well, I would DIE for a chance to work, study and learn from Dawn!

Married Woman Hits On Me: Last night, I stopped by Frank's Pub for one drink. There was this woman in her late 40s or early 50s, she attempted to talk with me while I was playing a video game. She said that there is a guy stalking her. She wanted me to act like she's my girl. I froze.

Then sure enough, the guy left the bar. I was relieved. AS I was ready to go home, she offered me a ride home. I declined because I knew she wanted something more than that. She asked me to walk down to her car just to make sure that there is no particular man waiting to hit on her. I nodded, because it is the right thing to do. She told me that she's married. O-kay. Sure enough, there was this guy who wanted her, he was waiting for her outside. But nothing happened, I guess, because I was there. Then I bid her good bye. She pulled me against her and kissed me. I was thinking, "This is getting weird."

I pulled off and said good bye. I turned and walked home in a record time. Unbelieveable.

Earth.Google.Com Is Amazing: I heard about it a while ago, then Burke showed it to me. I was impressed. It is difficult to explain how it works. Then for a while, I kinda forgot about it until Cucci from Los Angeles mentioned about it -- I went back to that site and downloaded it so that I can drool at how it works. Trust me, it is amazing. Check it out.

Cheers,

R-

75K Done, Up Next is 100K!

75,000 Has Been Crossed: Sometimes last night at 1:30 AM, someone in Montreal, Quebec visited the blog and became the 75,000th victim since mid-September. I started to blog in September, 2003 but did not add the site meter until last year. At first, it was slow -- but now it is averaging 2,500 visits and 5,600 views per week. Not bad, though.

Carrie Has Vanished! Last week, I finally got in touch with Carrie who told me that she has been vacationing in Maui. Maui?! Yep, that Hawai'ian island. Carrie, I'm still waiting for these X-Mas pictures that you took when you were here with me and Perlis!

Dan Savage: I forgot to mention that Andrew Sullivan, the conservative Republican HIV+ barebacker out of Provincetown who always asked people to donate money on his blog, has invited Dan Savage to pen in for his blogsite this week. This is remarkable because Andrew is conservative Republican, Dan Savage is liberal as things come by. Dan Savage is famous for issuing advices related to sex issues. I read his sex articles because it is funny, educational and yes, I learned some stuff out of it. Now Andrew's blog is more lively and funny, which I cannot say the same thing for Andrew Sullivan himself.

Dave Chappelle Rocks: Last night, I could not stop laughing. You know how they say, laughter is the best medication. Dave may be the funniest comedian I had seen in years. I understand why he signed with ComedyCentral channel for some millions of dollars to continue his comedical career. If you did not get to see it, try it. You'll be pleased with how he says things about ourselves -- unless you're a prick and cannot read the captions very well, then don't bother to watch.

Scott Harper Is Village Idiot But ... Scott Harper, 18, is termed as the village idiot when he decided to jump off the upper section of Yankees Stadium and landed on the net which I reported few days ago. Well, there is a picture of him up close -- he's cute. Dreamy but too young. He's the type that I see at The Cock Bar which I can loiter, fuck and dump just like that. *growl*

Which One Are You? Blanche Devereaux, Rose Nylund, Sophia Castillo or Dorothy Zbornak? I'm the classic fag. Any fag loves this show. Sitting in the kitchen at 4 AM with close friends and eating cheesecake, talking about their lives -- listening to Rose's St. Olaf stories, what more do you want? I can relate to Sophia -- her dry, abrasive and blunt sense of humor is duly noted and very familiar with me. In fact, I can watch her and expect her to say something else to subdue everyone else in the room.

Malkin, Drudge, LGF and RWR: When Cindy Sheehan asked for GW Bush to come out of his reclusive Crawford Ranch for few minutes of talk, to have the normal conversation. Show some compassion for the mother of a dead soldier. After all, he is on his 50th vacation in 5 years (10 per years!), he said he wanted a vacation to "reconnect with his folks in Texas" -- this is his chance to be normal and be civilized. Apparently, no. GW Bush dispatched his supporters like Matt "Roehmosexual" Drudge, Michelle "Chink Bitch" Malkin, Little Green Snotballs, that nobody's prick, Rhymes with Right to assault the mother of a dead soldier of her simple request to meet and talk with GW Bush on a casual level.

It is interesting to note that these people did not mention that the secret service agents made an indirect threat that they will arrest the mother because she is the "threat to the national security". Wow, GW Bush is the national figure? Please!

That Roehmosexual, Matt Drudge did this on persistent level, obviously because he regarded her as an annoyance that can bring the downfall of GW Bush's popularity. His current polls are at an all-time low, which is good for me.

That "Chink Bitch" Malkin had the guts to speak for Casey Sheehan, Cindy's dead son -- she said that Casey would be embarrassed of his mother. Excuse me, Michelle, you do not know Casey like Cindy does -- you just write and spew your fucking dumb-ass rhetoric, claiming to speak for people who has nothing to do with you!

As for RWR, he is just an idiot from Texas. Simply put. He claimed that GW Bush did meet Cindy last year. Yes, in front of media! In front of hundreds of persons, but not one on one. Compassion! Compassion! Franklin Delano Roosevelt did it. Abraham Lincoln did it. JFK did it. Bill Clinton attended the dead soldiers' funerals. Did GW Bush? No. GW Bush joked by calling Cindy, "Mom" and even asked his assistant, "Who are they?" -- implied that GW Bush is a buffoon and do not care at all.

GW Bush and his Republican cronies knew the art of media, thanks to the Nixon debacle, to use against the mass. How? To pretend. To stand and pose for 5 minutes so that the pictures can be taken, then when it's over, the families are out due to the "national security". No time for a normal conversation between a true citizen and the nation's President. But he has time to have 50 vacations in 5 years. No conservatives and Republicans will disseminate why GW Bush has 50 vacations in 5 years, but they are willing to destroy the grieving mother of a dead soldier.

How great is it?

R-

Yeah, I Used Craigslist To Score -- Is That Your Problem?

Boohoo! Another idiotic posting by someone else who tried to embarrass me that I used craigslist.org for quick fuck sessions.

The problem is that I already mentioned a long time ago that I used the craigslist.org to play with men because I wanted to. It is convenient. It is quick. It is simple. It is fun. So sue me. Why do you think Craigslist.org is popular these days? It is because people use it as the means to meet, buy and yes, fuck each other.

In fact, several of my friends knew that I routinely post up the advertisements once in a while just to score some fun. I'm not holy man. I am a man with cock. I have the needs. Just ask Char, Sarah, Carrie, Perlis, Beth, Merritt and many more.

This is not a secret that I am ashamed of. In fact, I'm very casual about it. I even told my fraternity brothers about it. I even told close friends about it. It is no big deal, though.

Yes, I did post this up when I was in DC. Why? Because I can. No, if you read carefully, I specifically asked for fuck sessions, not to look for "love". Just to fuck like rabbits.

Here is the posting that someone tried to blackmail me:

Visiting DC -- Husky, Hairy Horny Guy - 31
Reply to: anon-86363502@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-07-23, 5:00AM EDT


I'm 31. i'm not VGL, br/hzl, goatee, husky, hairy, nice cock (I fucked professional hockey player four times!) -- do not measure my cock, you do it yourself -- I fuck you, you suck me. WE grind.

I'm not A&F, pretty boy, boi or twink -- I'm just avg who can fuck.

If you can't, you know the drill.


* this is in or around NE - Gallaudet

And guess what? I fucked three guys through that posting. Very convenient and easy to score. Ain't life great? You should try it sometimes, it is a way to release your stress. That person who hides behind the screen trying to defame my character is bitter, sad -- s/he needs a fuck or two. And yes, it is true that I fucked this hockey player. Of course, I am not at liberty to identify who's who. Hahahaha!

Cheers,

R-

One Step At A Time

It is no secret that many people either loathed or loved me. It is no secret that my blog is perhaps the most watched closely by the ones that loathed me more than the ones that loved me. Why? Perhaps they are intrigued to see what I think, say or deal with things. Perhaps they fail to comprehend what it is like to be me.

Like I cannot comprehend what it is like to be you or someone else. I can comprehend what it is like to be myself. Too bad, English language is not enough for me to express what it is like to be me. Conversely, ASL is not enough as well.

Some thinks that I'm malicious. That is fine with me. Of course, at times, I get annoyed with that perception when people exaggerated and repeated this not for months, but for years! Yes, I have strong opinion, so do you. Or you should be.

It is always blessing to have close friends who endured and weathered through the turbulent moments with me to a point where they now can say, "Oh, that is RT, I'm not worried about it."

There was three or four circles of friends in my lifetime -- perhaps the most eccentric group of all has to be the Legends' Gang. The Legends' Gang was coined by a stupid prick who emailed me and my friends, asking us if s/he could interview us about how they handled me! Of course, all of my friends refused. So we joked and named us the Legends' Gang. Among who's who are:

*drumroll*

Rosalie Harris of Arkansas (now Texas), David Spillers of Arkansas (now Tennessee), Keith Clark of North Carolina, Rico Cokart of The Netherlands, Berna Marthinussen of Norway, Erin Wilkinson of Kansas (now New Mexico), Nina Beems of Arizona and Silas Wagner of Arkansas (now California).

It would not surprise that you would recall seeing us chatting with each other at IHOP or Denny's Restaurant at 4 AM in the morning on a schoolday. Or even saw David pulling Berna's pants down at SoHo for the world to see. Or us arguing with the cops on the top level of parking lot at Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas. Or just sitting in Gallaudet cafeteria talking for 3 hours in the same table. Or me trying to help David vomit the damned thing out at KonTiki Bar in Tucson, Arizona while everyone was too fucked up to take care of themselves. Or me arguing with a cop in DC while 9 of us were crammed in my tiny Ford Escort SE.

One time, we decided to head down to my parents' home for Labor Day Weekend, I knew my parents will say "No!" if I mentioned that 9 of us will come down for the weekend. So I said "4" but told the gang to come along. Two cars carried 9 of us to my parents' home. Suffice to say, Mom could not say "No!" in front of us. To make things fun, Berna, Keith, Rosalie, Nina, Silas along with a friend from Italy never experienced a hurricane or tropical storm before in their lives -- there was a tropical storm rolling in our neighborhood on a Saturday as we went to the water amusement park called Water Country USA in Williamsburg -- less than 10 people came to the park as it rained all day long. Of course, it is water amusement park -- so fucking what?! Water is water, period.

We had a blast time. The worst part is when we went back home for the night, we could feel the rains pelting my head all night long. It was worse than the Chinese water torture! When we went back to Gallaudet campus, many of my friends bragged that they swam while the tropical storm bulldozed around the neighborhoods -- in fact, it was reported that about 5 miles east of the water amusement park, a tornado touched down and obliterated an apartment building.

Europeans never experienced a tropical storm simply because it does not go their way, though. So when Berna and Danielle went back to Europe, they boasted that they weathered a tropical storm at the water amusement park -- let's say, the Europeans were amazed at their guts.

These friends got to know me extremely well to a point where they just nodded and rolled their eyes when people backstabbed or tarred my name. But not Keith, he just chuckled about it then tell me later about it so that I can laugh so hard about it.

Of course, I have many friends that I could list. Beth and I had several amazing stories about this, that and there. Manny and Merritt probably has two or fifteen stories about me. Jason probably has 5 or 20. Friends are great, but there is always that "but".

But I'd like one guy to contend with. I'd like a partner. I'm 31. Everyone has so much to offer for someone to share with. It is human nature to be like that. I want one as well. I want to confide in one person, I want to tell him what I think, feel or whatsoever is on my mind. Of course, I am complicated as things goes. It takes one to know me. Nobody can know me overnight -- I'm sure my friends would vouch that for me as well.

To make things worse, it is not easy to date a hearing person. Especially gay hearing man. They seemed to shut down themselves when they perceived me to be "complicated". Ahh. As for Deaf gay men, not many are my type -- that is OK with me but hey, how can you determine that I'm not for you if you do not know me well?

When I see this image of Wally telling his girlfriend, "...one step at a time." -- it strikes a chord with me. In this image (click on the image for a close-up of the image to read the dialogue), Wally West is well-known as Flash, the comic book character, trying to grapple to deal with an ordinary woman whom he loved and wanted to share his world with her. This woman has been trying to understand what it is like to be Flash, she could not. How can Wally make her understand what it is like to be Wally? By including her in his world ... one step at a time.

Of course, I can relate to that. My life is wholly diffrent from many people, but if two feels attracted to each other, give it a shot! You simply cannot say you do not like a person in a matter of minutes or days. The person may drive you nuts at times, but try to understand their backgrounds instead of making damned assumptions of others. The world would be better if people learns to appreciate one's differences ... one step at a time.

To Legends' Gang, thanks for the memories -- let's get together as soon as can be, dahlin'! What about Austin, Texas for New Years Eve 2006 at Roz's place?

Cheers,

R-

Courtesy of Lambykins, Vlog Has Arrived

O what can I say about Jason Lamberton?

We have different sets of beliefs but we are good friends, often joked about things in life. Thanks to a certain girl who coined "Lambykins" for Jon and Jason, it has been stuck with them for some years. Too bad some people out there are not flexible like Jason to deal with me. I'm pretty flexible as things go by but I stick with my ideological beliefs, same thing goes for Jason.

Jason told me that he has been working on this experiment that could change the face of Deaf Blogosphere, never mind the hearie ones, in the immediate future. Blog? No more blog -- enter the vlog -- the Video-log. Why? Because Jason has a point, not many Deaf people liked to read, they liked to watch one talk in American Sign Language. Hence, the video-log.

Jason, today, unveiled perhaps the world's first but certainly not the last vlog. Check this out.

What do I think of it? More power to him. I like to write. I do not think I'll look good on videos, anyway. It is difficult to explain my thoughts in ASL sometimes, sometimes it's difficult to explain things in English, too. But never say never -- I might experiment it when I visit Jason to give it a shot.

Meanwhile, enjoy his vlog. Way to go, Jason.

I must chuckle when Jason attempted to say vlog at first but said b--vlog. Bad habits die hard. What he said about that old arena, I agreed completely!

Cheers,

R-

Dead, Dead and Lucky To Be Alive!

Died Of Exhaustion! In Seoul, South Korea, the 28 years old guy died of exhaustion after playing 49 consecutive hours on the computer game, Starcraft.

Died of Cheerleading Stunt: In Medford, Massachusetts, the 14 years old gal died at the cheerleading practice. She did not break her neck or a leg, just landed chest down on her teammates' arms. Then somehow it got worsened. Dead.

It All Starts With A Dare: 18 years old Scott Harper in Westchester, New York, just outside of New York City, heard the chants in upper section 603: "Stay or jump! Stay or jump! Stay or jump!" Scott decided to jump off the upper section of Yankee Stadium and landed on the safety net which caused more than 50,000 fans to roar with laughter. Apparently, the game was boring, which Char's beloved Yankees lost 2-1 to Chicago White Sox, to a point where Scott Harper decided to enlighten up the mood. Even George Steinbrenner, the owner of Yankees, muttered, "“That was the only exciting thing that happened today,” referring to the stunt that Scott Harper did.

Confidential to That Freak: Thanks for the links, at least, few visits to bolster my blogsite.

Cheers,

R-

Somebody Get Him OFF My TV Set!

At first, I thought it was Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) promoting his book. Honest, I did. But it was not Rick Santorum, it was Kevin Trudeau. It is annoying to click on another channels only to find him talking after the other.

I checked the information and learned that he was banned from appearing on infomercials starting in September, 2004. But he is still around on these informercials.

Kevin and Rick do look alike at first glance. But over the time, you say, "Oh, crap!"

Kevin, get off the TV already.

R-

Few Tidbits and QueerAsFolk!

Another Proof Of Xian Extremists: It happened in the heartland of America -- in Westmont, Illinois. The Xian Extremists do not kill, they torture by harassing others if they do not comply their wishes. Check this out for the proof.

A Soldier Wants To Beat Up On Coward GW Bush! This is interesting stuff. The question is, will this guy be charged for treason against the country for making a threat like that? Probably.

Queer As Folk No More: Several of my straight friends enjoyed watching the soap opera of Queer As Folk where we get to watch Pittsburgh's own Brian Kinney fucking everyone else out of their brains meanwhile we get to love Brian's best friend, Michael Novotny for his laid-back and dreamy attitude. Then we get to wish that our mothers are like Michael's mother, Debbie Novotny. And who does not have a feminine faggot to hound the gang well as can be like Emmett Honeycutt? Of course, there is always this wallpaper guy that feels inferior when he goes to gay bars/clubs in Ted Schmidt.

This drama for Cable TV on Showtime is largely successful. In fact, Showtime said that the ratings showed that the most viewers are heterosexual women who drooled after few characters on QAF. Of course, the heterosexual men who liked heterosexual women had to watch it and ended up being hooked to the drama on that show.

In fact, nearly all of my straight friends already saw at least ONE episode of QAF. I knew of a heterosexual man who purchased *all* seasons of QAF and is enthusiastic about getting the final season.

It was supposed to end after four seasons, but the show was so successful that they extended it for one more year as well as including Rosie O'Donnell to perform in the show.

Last Sunday marked the finale show of QAF on Showtime. Some said it was so-so finale. I'll wait for my heterosexual friend to get the finale season of QAF on DVD and start watching. Know why?

It seemed to me that QAF seems to have bad captions when it is on Showtime Channel, often comes up with jumbled words that I could not decipher. Maybe the Al-Qaeda folks has better way to decode the messages? I have no innovation to be patient with these jumbled captions at all. That's why I rather to wait for the complete sets of QAF DVD seasons.

What do I think of the show? In general, nothing that they did surprise me. What you saw on it, I already go through that. Some as a participant, some as a spectator. 'Nuff said. But they got great actors in Hal Sparks, Peter Paige, Robert Gant and Sharon Gless.

Hal Sparks played as Michael Novotny who is romantic hopeless and was swept by hot, charming man in Ben Bruckner played by Robert Gant. In real life, Hal Sparks is straight single man who could do such a steamy gay sex that I had to mind-control my cock to go down. Later, Hal said that his former girlfriend told him that it'd be hot to see him doing things with guys on television. Hal went ahead. The result is that the QAF has more female straight viewers than any groups!

Debbie Novotny, portrayed by Sharon Gless, is everybody's dream to have that kind of mother. A mother who can love, support and defend you for who you are, not what you are. And be proud of it. In fact, Deb reminded me of Ricky Dockter's mother. I was blunt with him that I was envious of him after seeing his mother on the stage, boasted about his son scoring not one but two ... needless to say, Ricky was all beet red.

Emmett Honeycutt, portrayed by Peter Paige, is the kind of guy that I enjoyed associating with. Why do you think I hang out with Manny, Merritt, Toby, Mikey, Erik to name few? Because they can snap at their will and everything that straight men fought to preserve simply disintegrated.

However, Peter and I once bumped into each other right outside of DC's 30 Degree/Cobalt during the Capital Pride about five years ago. What happened was that I was on AOL Pager arguing with Mikey and Toby, trying to find where they were at that time. Apparently, Paige was talking to someone from behind as he was getting off the stairway as I was trying to reach the stairs to enter the premise, it was a fateful collison. I was jolted by that -- Peter Paige started to say, "I'm sorry!" in voice. My eyes widened and I smiled, I gestured that I'm Deaf. Peter started to sign some words, "ME SORRY, ME NAME PETER."

Really cool to know that Peter Paige can sign some words!

I smiled, "EMMETT ON QAF?"

Peter smiled its famous one for me and nodded -- it was interesting to note that he lacked the gap in his teeth like it was showed on the QAF series. I told him that I do not watch it all the time but I enjoyed his works. Needless to say, my friends rushed outside to meet Peter Paige and took a picture -- I'm sure Toby has the copy of that somewhere else.

Perhaps the most enjoyable segment of all is Emmett's affair with the hunk who played a professional football team. Man, these fuck sessions are hot. You can see the picture of Emmett wearing red tank-top shirt with this hunk. This hunk is to die for.

Perhaps it was fate that I get to visit Toronto for the first time recently where the QAF for the last 5 years has been filmed. Yes, Toronto acted as Pittsburgh on QAF for the last 5 years, especially on Church Street. It was amusing when I walked around Church Street and Yonge Street, I smiled and recalled seeing this, that and there.

It was a good run and bravo to Showtime for doing the bold thing to show the QAF as is without restraint! Of course, some gays will complain that the series is nothing but stereotypical. But who gives a fuck? It is called "entertainment", for the love of God.

Cheers,

R-