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?

R-

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,

R-

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.

R-

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.

R-

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".

R-

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,

R-

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!

R-