I am the child of Generation X. I may be the only Deaf person of GenX that has not visited DisneyWorld or Disneyland.
There you got it. That is the confession I am making at this point. My parents juggled with six children could not afford to take the family to DisneyWorld plus hotel, transportation and food.
We merely went to Busch Gardens' The Old Country, Paramount Kings Dominion and several Six Flags amusement parks.
My siblings, Hedy, Gary and Lily finally visited the elusive DisneyWorld while I simply never did. Even worse, nearly all of my friends went to DisneyWorld or Disneyland at one point -- you will be so Americanized if you visit at least one Disney-owned park. But I did not even to visit one.
My cousins went to DisneyWorld as well.
Chlms & Jon went to DisneyWorld with Zoe, not only that her in-laws worked at DisneyWorld. I did not even visit the place.
I had an online chat with PJ who recently went on a vacation with his daughter and wife to DisneyWorld. I still had not visited DisneyWorld!
Few friends from Florida lived near Orlando. I still had not capitalized to check out the DisneyWorld!
Even the worst part is that Manny's mother works at DisneyWorld -- Manny did not offer me the pass to get in the park! What a frugal. Haha. Actually, I'm lying -- his mother and I never met but she gave Manny a gift for me for X-Mas which is nice of her to do that.
The whole point is that ... everyone after Generation X seems to have some kind of requirements that I did not know -- you gotta visit DisneyWorld or you are not just an ordinary American. I guess that makes me non-conformist at its best, eh?
Cheers,
R-
Monday, August 08, 2005
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Peter Jennings 1938 - 2005 - UPDATE
When I grew up, I rarely watched the NBCNEWS and CBSNEWS mainly because they are not captioned. Peter Jennings and his ABCNEWS was the first national news that has the 30-minute captioning for Deaf people and others who needed to read in order to follow up with the current events.
By leaping the giant step in live captioning, it became a model for others to follow up the stanrdards. CNN, Headline News, FoxNews, MSNBC, CNBC, CBSNEWS and NBCNEWS plus hundreds of local TV stations are now captioned. It is not an option, it is a requirement.
Peter Jennings was heavy smoker, he died of Lung Cancer at 67.
An interesting tidbit about Peter Jennings' ABCNEWS during his tenure, Greg Hlibok, one of four Deaf President Now Movement leaders at Gallaudet, was the first Deaf person to be named on ABCNEWS' Person of the Week. If it was not for The Washington Post and the ABCNEWS, the attention that DPN Protest would not have evolve into the national spotlight.
Plus, Ted Koppel's NIGHTLINE which hosted the debate between Elisabeth Zinser, Greg Hlibok (with female voice interpreter) and Marlee Matlin (with male voice interpreter) that ended up on a sour note. During the hour-long of NIGHTLINE, Hlibok was impressive to a point where Elizabeth Zinser decided to resign, according to The Week The World Heard Gallaudet by Jack Gannon.
Either way, Peter Jennings' persistent attention to the DPN during the week of March, 1988 inadvertently helped us to achieve the goals tremendously in breaking barriers for Deaf people and other minority groups.
Not only that, I recalled seeing Peter Jennings during the Gallaudet Commencement in 1991. He was quite nice, from what I was told by others.
You know, if not for Peter Jennings and ABCNEWS' WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, my parents probably will pick up the current events only on the newspapers. I mean, they probably will not know if Los Angeles was gone in the massive quake until the next morning!
How awful is that?! With the live captions, it makes our accessibility easier and possible.
Godspeed, Peter Jennings.
R-
UPDATE: It is tragic to demonstrate how stupid McWeenie is when he wrote on his blog about Peter Jennings, I do not want to link to that blogsite so I'm going to quote what he said:
What?! Is this 'tard thing to say?! Peter was heavy smoker all of his adult life until 20 years ago in 1985 then he resumed again after 9/11. Lung Cancer probably was building up from the decades of heavy smoking, it was not 9/11 that did the deed, idiot! Common sense dictated that the lung cancer itself must have a long-term abuse for decades, not one day of current events that triggered his cancer!
I think it is important to remind how idiotic these wanna-be bloggers want to put stuff on the Internet!
By leaping the giant step in live captioning, it became a model for others to follow up the stanrdards. CNN, Headline News, FoxNews, MSNBC, CNBC, CBSNEWS and NBCNEWS plus hundreds of local TV stations are now captioned. It is not an option, it is a requirement.
Peter Jennings was heavy smoker, he died of Lung Cancer at 67.
An interesting tidbit about Peter Jennings' ABCNEWS during his tenure, Greg Hlibok, one of four Deaf President Now Movement leaders at Gallaudet, was the first Deaf person to be named on ABCNEWS' Person of the Week. If it was not for The Washington Post and the ABCNEWS, the attention that DPN Protest would not have evolve into the national spotlight.
Plus, Ted Koppel's NIGHTLINE which hosted the debate between Elisabeth Zinser, Greg Hlibok (with female voice interpreter) and Marlee Matlin (with male voice interpreter) that ended up on a sour note. During the hour-long of NIGHTLINE, Hlibok was impressive to a point where Elizabeth Zinser decided to resign, according to The Week The World Heard Gallaudet by Jack Gannon.
Either way, Peter Jennings' persistent attention to the DPN during the week of March, 1988 inadvertently helped us to achieve the goals tremendously in breaking barriers for Deaf people and other minority groups.
Not only that, I recalled seeing Peter Jennings during the Gallaudet Commencement in 1991. He was quite nice, from what I was told by others.
You know, if not for Peter Jennings and ABCNEWS' WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, my parents probably will pick up the current events only on the newspapers. I mean, they probably will not know if Los Angeles was gone in the massive quake until the next morning!
How awful is that?! With the live captions, it makes our accessibility easier and possible.
Godspeed, Peter Jennings.
R-
UPDATE: It is tragic to demonstrate how stupid McWeenie is when he wrote on his blog about Peter Jennings, I do not want to link to that blogsite so I'm going to quote what he said:
Peter Jennings dies at age 67 in his home from lung cancer. He was an admitted smoker and smoked over 9/11.
Did 9/11 event ultimately put a path to his fateful destiny?
What?! Is this 'tard thing to say?! Peter was heavy smoker all of his adult life until 20 years ago in 1985 then he resumed again after 9/11. Lung Cancer probably was building up from the decades of heavy smoking, it was not 9/11 that did the deed, idiot! Common sense dictated that the lung cancer itself must have a long-term abuse for decades, not one day of current events that triggered his cancer!
I think it is important to remind how idiotic these wanna-be bloggers want to put stuff on the Internet!
8.7.05 Tidbits
A Friend Asked Me A Question: A friend asked me about the $7,890,477,420,684.06 deficit which the United States Government owed. In other words, it is $7.8 trillion dollars in debt that our government had on their hands. My friend asked, "To whom do we owe?" I was not sure. I checked around -- I was bit amused, 40 percent of the debt goes back to our government -- in other words, we owed it to our own government! AS for sixty percent of the debt, the foreign investors, banks, insurance companies and private entities. I'd like to know who incorporated the sixty percent of the debt. My bet is that many of them are from Saudi Arabia.
AMERICAblog's Michael of New York Got It Right: Michael wrote this entry and added that GW "Bush must be thinking, 'How Quaint!'". He is absolutely right. Yes, the UK is swift in arresting people who were suspected related to the terrorist bombings. The UK is also swift in charging them with offenses and provide the due process in timely manner. We have hundreds of suspects in our country, Cuba, Afghanistan, Iraq and many more that has been detained for years without being charged at all. By itself, the UK is more civilized and reasonable than we are. To have courage, we have to do the right thing. That is to charge the suspects with an offense and provide the due process under the law. Period.
Another Boy Scout Incident: God must have a bad bone with Boy Scouts! I just read an email from a friend of mine who forwarded the article about the Salt Lake City Boy Scout who went missing last year and presumed to be dead. The family decided to organize a search for his remains but failed to find after three days. The family decided not to do it again. Ahh, well.
SCOTUS Appointee Roberts' Adoption Background: Many Conservatives are in uproar after learning that New York Times has been looking into SCOTUS Appointee John Roberts' adoption records. John Roberts adopted two children. When I first learned of this, I thought it was no big deal. But when the Conservatives said that it is invasion of privacy, something was wrong with the picture. My guts were trying to tell me that they were full of shit. But I could not pinpoint on why my feelings did this until I read this entry by DowntownLad. Bingo! DowntownLad is absolutely correct in this manner. Not only that, there are evidence that some adoptions were done illegally, especially with the families that has money, prestige and power. I do not see any reason not to check around the adoption records.
After all, they demanded the information about President Clinton's penis during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. What is the difference in this manner? Absolutely nothing, really. Appointee John Roberts is now a public figure, subjected to deal with this. If he has nothing to hide, then he is good to go.
GW Bush, Send Your Kids To War! GW Bush claimed to feel sadness for the parents of dead soldiers. Prove it. None of his clan served in the United States Armed Forces. When a mother asked to see GW Bush in Crawford, Texas about her feelings related to the war, she was denied and kept at bay by the secret service agents. Bush's associates talked to the mother and expressed GW Bush's "sorrow". What the fuck?
Was it me who read a recent article where GW Bush said he is looking forward to go back home on a vacation and to re-connect with the folks in Texas? Oh, he meant to re-connect with HIS people?
The mother of a dead soldier claimed that the secret service agent made an indirect threat that they may be hit by the agents' cars on the highway where the mother stood outside and refused to leave until she sees GW Bush. As usual, the agents denied.
UPDATE: According to DailyKos, Cindy Sheehan, the mother of dead soldier, was informed by the secret service that on Thursday, she is a threat to the national security and will be arrested if she kept on coming back for a meeting with GW Bush. Check this link.
Schuylkill River Trail: There is a trail along the Schuylkill River from Norristown to Philadelphia which is 10.5 miles long. Since I hadn't ride a bicycle in five years, I wonder if it is unwise to take a morning cycle to Downtown for a guy who hasn't ride a bicycle in years. The trail is not hilly, it's pretty much level al the way to Downtown. Feedback?!
Cool, cool and cool! Remember this entry I talked about my houseparent at deaf school whom I enjoyed immensely? I was told by another friend of mine that this particular family that Kathy Hughes often mentioned to me during my times at VSDB about their organic food. The family sets up its own website so that others can purchase via the Internet. I think it is absolutely wonderful. Thanks to Sonny for the hat tip.
Cheers,
R-
AMERICAblog's Michael of New York Got It Right: Michael wrote this entry and added that GW "Bush must be thinking, 'How Quaint!'". He is absolutely right. Yes, the UK is swift in arresting people who were suspected related to the terrorist bombings. The UK is also swift in charging them with offenses and provide the due process in timely manner. We have hundreds of suspects in our country, Cuba, Afghanistan, Iraq and many more that has been detained for years without being charged at all. By itself, the UK is more civilized and reasonable than we are. To have courage, we have to do the right thing. That is to charge the suspects with an offense and provide the due process under the law. Period.
Another Boy Scout Incident: God must have a bad bone with Boy Scouts! I just read an email from a friend of mine who forwarded the article about the Salt Lake City Boy Scout who went missing last year and presumed to be dead. The family decided to organize a search for his remains but failed to find after three days. The family decided not to do it again. Ahh, well.
SCOTUS Appointee Roberts' Adoption Background: Many Conservatives are in uproar after learning that New York Times has been looking into SCOTUS Appointee John Roberts' adoption records. John Roberts adopted two children. When I first learned of this, I thought it was no big deal. But when the Conservatives said that it is invasion of privacy, something was wrong with the picture. My guts were trying to tell me that they were full of shit. But I could not pinpoint on why my feelings did this until I read this entry by DowntownLad. Bingo! DowntownLad is absolutely correct in this manner. Not only that, there are evidence that some adoptions were done illegally, especially with the families that has money, prestige and power. I do not see any reason not to check around the adoption records.
After all, they demanded the information about President Clinton's penis during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. What is the difference in this manner? Absolutely nothing, really. Appointee John Roberts is now a public figure, subjected to deal with this. If he has nothing to hide, then he is good to go.
GW Bush, Send Your Kids To War! GW Bush claimed to feel sadness for the parents of dead soldiers. Prove it. None of his clan served in the United States Armed Forces. When a mother asked to see GW Bush in Crawford, Texas about her feelings related to the war, she was denied and kept at bay by the secret service agents. Bush's associates talked to the mother and expressed GW Bush's "sorrow". What the fuck?
Was it me who read a recent article where GW Bush said he is looking forward to go back home on a vacation and to re-connect with the folks in Texas? Oh, he meant to re-connect with HIS people?
The mother of a dead soldier claimed that the secret service agent made an indirect threat that they may be hit by the agents' cars on the highway where the mother stood outside and refused to leave until she sees GW Bush. As usual, the agents denied.
UPDATE: According to DailyKos, Cindy Sheehan, the mother of dead soldier, was informed by the secret service that on Thursday, she is a threat to the national security and will be arrested if she kept on coming back for a meeting with GW Bush. Check this link.
Schuylkill River Trail: There is a trail along the Schuylkill River from Norristown to Philadelphia which is 10.5 miles long. Since I hadn't ride a bicycle in five years, I wonder if it is unwise to take a morning cycle to Downtown for a guy who hasn't ride a bicycle in years. The trail is not hilly, it's pretty much level al the way to Downtown. Feedback?!
Cool, cool and cool! Remember this entry I talked about my houseparent at deaf school whom I enjoyed immensely? I was told by another friend of mine that this particular family that Kathy Hughes often mentioned to me during my times at VSDB about their organic food. The family sets up its own website so that others can purchase via the Internet. I think it is absolutely wonderful. Thanks to Sonny for the hat tip.
Cheers,
R-
Now This Is One Rabid Sports Nut!
Eggs sent me the email with the link to this article. Being the sports fan of certain teams, I can empathize Chris Offord ... only to an extent.
I personally cannot stand people interrupting me when I am watching Virginia Women's Basketball and Football teams. Just wait until the commercials, please! If Virginia lost a game and you came to me and said, "Good game." -- I will torture you to no end. A loss is always bad. Tell me if you saw the record books that says something like this??
One time back in January, 1991 -- my ex and I went to watch Virginia women play Penn State. UVa was ranked No. 1, Penn State No. 4. In the first half, Penn State roared to a shocking 16-point lead, 42-26. Then Virginia frantically raced back into the game and seized an 1-point lead, 71-70 with 4.8 seconds left. Penn State inbounded the ball and passed to the accursed one, Shelly Caplinger who nailed the 3-pointer at the buzzer to upset No. 1 Virginia, 73-71. I was devastated, pissed off and all these jumbling emotions rolling into me. Never mind, it was the first game that I attended which ended the game at the buzzer.
My ex, Todd did not care much for the game but he was there just to be with me. He said, "Good game." I gave him the stare that freaked him out -- I refused to cuddle, kiss or fuck him for days. He apologized profusely.
Looking back, I was 17! I was a teenager! But the passion is there. Today, I still have my quirks when it comes to Virginia games. Many who knew me in person can confirm this. I grew up a little when it comes to that sport. I will get mad for an hour or two, but after that, I'm OK. Even if a guy asked me to cuddle, I'll not reject it. But I still loathed Connecticut and Tennessee.
So when Chris Offord was watching ESPN and his wife pleaded him to get in bed to cuddle -- he was plainly nuts. What were he thinking?!
I am Scorpio! I love sex. I love to cuddle, kiss and everything! In fact, if someone offers me to cuddle him/her, I will forsake one night of ESPN SportsCenter for that. I guess I was harsh to my ex when I was 17 -- sometimes I laugh at that, sometimes I regret the way I did to him. He did not deserve it at all. I'd give anything to get that kiss and heavy hugs-duty from my ex anyday.
C'est la vie.
R-
I personally cannot stand people interrupting me when I am watching Virginia Women's Basketball and Football teams. Just wait until the commercials, please! If Virginia lost a game and you came to me and said, "Good game." -- I will torture you to no end. A loss is always bad. Tell me if you saw the record books that says something like this??
Harvard: 9/15/00 V. Stanford L 91-90 - Good game
One time back in January, 1991 -- my ex and I went to watch Virginia women play Penn State. UVa was ranked No. 1, Penn State No. 4. In the first half, Penn State roared to a shocking 16-point lead, 42-26. Then Virginia frantically raced back into the game and seized an 1-point lead, 71-70 with 4.8 seconds left. Penn State inbounded the ball and passed to the accursed one, Shelly Caplinger who nailed the 3-pointer at the buzzer to upset No. 1 Virginia, 73-71. I was devastated, pissed off and all these jumbling emotions rolling into me. Never mind, it was the first game that I attended which ended the game at the buzzer.
My ex, Todd did not care much for the game but he was there just to be with me. He said, "Good game." I gave him the stare that freaked him out -- I refused to cuddle, kiss or fuck him for days. He apologized profusely.
Looking back, I was 17! I was a teenager! But the passion is there. Today, I still have my quirks when it comes to Virginia games. Many who knew me in person can confirm this. I grew up a little when it comes to that sport. I will get mad for an hour or two, but after that, I'm OK. Even if a guy asked me to cuddle, I'll not reject it. But I still loathed Connecticut and Tennessee.
So when Chris Offord was watching ESPN and his wife pleaded him to get in bed to cuddle -- he was plainly nuts. What were he thinking?!
I am Scorpio! I love sex. I love to cuddle, kiss and everything! In fact, if someone offers me to cuddle him/her, I will forsake one night of ESPN SportsCenter for that. I guess I was harsh to my ex when I was 17 -- sometimes I laugh at that, sometimes I regret the way I did to him. He did not deserve it at all. I'd give anything to get that kiss and heavy hugs-duty from my ex anyday.
C'est la vie.
R-
An Open Message To Lunatics
Amy Kurz(etard) has been relentless, for months, that I was the owner or AntiAmyKurz.blogspot.com -- the truth is far from that. When I learned of this, I thought it was hilarious. I contributed nothing -- sure, the owners of that blogsite took my words and contents to attack her.
Amy was determined that I was the one who sets it up along with few others. Naturally, I got tired of her rantings and stopped talking about it. But since she decided to set up a new anti-ridor blog (second so far) trying to tar who I am with whatever she can think of. I'm sure most of them are untrue. Amy and I knew each other for only 6 months more than a decade ago and she claimed that I'm her best friend! You decide.
Now, I decided to take the screenshot of my dashboard on blogger.com to prove that I own and operate only ONE blogsite. Two persons other than me already accessed to my blog can verify that I operate only one blog if they want to.
Here is the screenshot. Will it stop Amy from making further accusations? Doubtful.
Cheers,
R-
Amy was determined that I was the one who sets it up along with few others. Naturally, I got tired of her rantings and stopped talking about it. But since she decided to set up a new anti-ridor blog (second so far) trying to tar who I am with whatever she can think of. I'm sure most of them are untrue. Amy and I knew each other for only 6 months more than a decade ago and she claimed that I'm her best friend! You decide.
Now, I decided to take the screenshot of my dashboard on blogger.com to prove that I own and operate only ONE blogsite. Two persons other than me already accessed to my blog can verify that I operate only one blog if they want to.
Here is the screenshot. Will it stop Amy from making further accusations? Doubtful.
Cheers,
R-
Saturday, August 06, 2005
Love This Dialogue!
This can be found in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, as Felicia tried to tell a joke that she believed Bernadette would laugh so hard that her eyelashes will curl itself.
Bernadette slowly stared at Felicia, "Do tell us this hilarious joke, Felicia."
Felicia then said, "There was this Indian tribe named Fukawie, and the son of the Great Indian Chief asked him a question that bothered him -- why is my friend Little Hawk named "Little Hawk" -- ?"
Bernadette shot and interrupted Felicia, "And the father said, 'What do you want to know, Two Dogs Fucking?'"
Priceless dialogue.
R-
Bernadette slowly stared at Felicia, "Do tell us this hilarious joke, Felicia."
Felicia then said, "There was this Indian tribe named Fukawie, and the son of the Great Indian Chief asked him a question that bothered him -- why is my friend Little Hawk named "Little Hawk" -- ?"
Bernadette shot and interrupted Felicia, "And the father said, 'What do you want to know, Two Dogs Fucking?'"
Priceless dialogue.
R-
Gary Hates ...
My brother, Gary and I, as students of VSDB, learned about the drug abuse through its local police department's DARE program, a program pushed by former First Lady Nancy Reagan -- remember the infamous, "Just say No!"
What an idiot.
I heard that the majority of DARE graduates ended up doing the stuff because they knew the names and all that information to get around. Boosted the business as well. I cannot speak for them but I can speak for myself. I think if not for DARE, I would have a hard time finding or identifying what kind of persons to get in touch with to buy something.
Thanks to DARE, I was able to know the ups and downs of drugs.
I think I can speak the same thing about my brother. My brother, at the age of 9, was vehemently against the drugs. You can see the picture of his drawing for The Virginia Guide which was printed in 1985. Such a priceless one. I plan to rub this to his face just for fun.
Please note that today, I still do not understand the piece of art on the top right -- can anyone make a wild guess of what it is?!
So much for the pothead brother I have.
Cheers,
R-
What an idiot.
I heard that the majority of DARE graduates ended up doing the stuff because they knew the names and all that information to get around. Boosted the business as well. I cannot speak for them but I can speak for myself. I think if not for DARE, I would have a hard time finding or identifying what kind of persons to get in touch with to buy something.
Thanks to DARE, I was able to know the ups and downs of drugs.
I think I can speak the same thing about my brother. My brother, at the age of 9, was vehemently against the drugs. You can see the picture of his drawing for The Virginia Guide which was printed in 1985. Such a priceless one. I plan to rub this to his face just for fun.
Please note that today, I still do not understand the piece of art on the top right -- can anyone make a wild guess of what it is?!
So much for the pothead brother I have.
Cheers,
R-
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