Be Proud of Yourself!

Laurent Clerc died on July 18, 1869. That is roughly 136 years ago. It is no question that in 15 years, his death will be 150th Anniversary. Of course, I'll be there to honor this magnificent man of our history in the making.

Laurent Clerc, the First Deaf Teacher FOR the Deaf
Don't let it be ... a period of mourning! Let it be the period of celebration. If not for Laurent Clerc, where will we be? Let's face this .. we won't be here without this man, Laurent Clerc.

It is too bad that not many people in this world outside of "Deaf World" gets to appreciate a person like Laurent Clerc.

Look at this website, Washington & Lee University. Let's be serious -- George Washington *never* met Robert Lee and yet, they got named to the same university! And yet, our own fucking university preferred a fucking hearing guy over a deaf guy -- let's be fucking realistic -- do you truly think Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet would be successful without Laurent Clerc?

Two words: Fat chance.

How do we change this? Let's use this as an example ...

This Is The Place To Celebrate!

Why did I choose this picture? This was taken from a Broadway play called "RENT" -- which hits my chord at some point, but the idea remains the same, we are to celebrate who we are! Fuck the world and step outside and holler that you're fucking Deaf as can be!

Cheers!

R-

Pictorial Galore!

Don't lie. Who shopped at JcPenney? I do not shop them -- actually, I probably bought some stuff twice or thrice in ten years from that store.

But I have a pop quiz for you. I'm going to post a picture of the first, original store of JcPenney in North America -- your duty is to find where it is located at. No cheating via the websites. I know the answer because I was there! In fact, I stood outside of my car and watched the area. I snapped the picture and grinned at the idea that this original building of JcPenney is right next to "Triangle Club" in midst of NOWHERESVILLE!

Can you identify the town? Each time I looked at the photo -- I always stared at that bar on the right? The population of the town is ... 2,567.

And yet, JcPenney conquered the fucking world!

Enough With JcPenney Shit: Next with this picture, willja?

Well, this picture is very interesting. Erik and I accomodated with Erik's aunt to Coral Gables, just south of Miami -- and she ordered us to step backwards into the grounds that is very ... wet. In fact, when I smiled, I can feel my feet sinking. And Erik was putting on his best smile because we were sinking so fast. Lucky for his aunt, she flashed this great picture before we ran off from that site.

Cool, is it?

Oh, by the way, the picture is ... about 9 years ago. How sad, is it? I miss Erik very much. Even if we had arguments, I love him. He has to be the most funniest person I ever hung out with. Sigh.

Cheers,

R-

The Origins of Mordru

When I was 8, Amethyst was "officially" killed by DC Comics because she was too "much" for them to handle -- after all, she is powerful than Superman or Green Lantern and she is only female! That does not sit well with the majority of readers who are ... male.

But the storyline was not done. So Keith Giffen, thank God that he has the sense of finalizing things on his end, tied her with a comic book series called Legion of Super-Heroes to ensure that Amethyst will never be forgotten. How? In LSH series, there are many planets that became the charter members of United Planets, among them are The Sorcerers' World. Keith went on to explain that 1,000 years in the past, The Sorcerers' World was ... Gemworld.

However, Mordru was a thorn on LSH's list for years but he never managed to cross into the current era to wreck the universe as destined. Until Keith did the trick -- he introduced the origins of Mordru in ... Gemworld. How?

Amethyst's ex flame, Lord Topax had a son named Prince Wrynn. That boy wanted to taste the brunt of darkling powers. The omnipotent beings known as the Lords of Chaos granted his wish -- by doing that, Prince Wrynn's soul was destroyed in the process. The new entity replaced the body -- who else? Mordru!

By tying Mordru with Gemworld, Amethyst's existence will not be forgotten -- or my tattoo, at least!

Mordru failed to conquer Amethyst. By failing to do so, Amethyst savagely punished him by burying him alive for a thousand years. Mordru is an omnipotent being, he does not like to be restrained ... in fact, being restrained to a body is pretty much tasteless for him. In other words, he is claustrophobic -- the only way to stop him is to bury him alive, that would shut his mind down immediately.

He prefers to conquer everything and to remake it in his image. Let's face this -- Mordru is not even a human -- he was never born therefore he will never die. He is not a human at all. He is pure chronal energy infused with magic.

I like Mordru because he is pretty arrogant, funny, hilarious and tough guy to deal with. One guy complained, "Do you love to hear yourself talk that much, Mordru?"

Mordru shot back, "But talk is merely the bedfellow of my actions!" Then he blasted the complainant down just like that. That is my style. Just like me.

As an avid fan of comic books, I was bit annoyed that the Joker, Lex Luthor and few others that does not possess any powers beyond their intelligence and yet, they got more attention from the mainstream press ... Mordru's status was nonexistant. Honest to God, if Mordru faced Joker, he'd wipe him off the map before anyone could even blink an eye!

Thanks to a certain writer who loved Amethyst, he brought Mordru into the current storyline by infusing him into a comic book called JSA, ever since, he is doing great!

My dear friend confirmed that he bought JSA #78 and will deliver it to me by tomorrow when I meet him at a certain coffeehouse in Philadelphia, you don't know how excited I am to see Mordru to emerge from the fucking prison called the Rock of Eternity!

Mordru fucking rules!

Oh, yeah, Stephen Sadowski drew Mordru very well. I should find him and buy him a dinner or two in New York sooner or later!

Cheers,

R-

Move Over, Brady Bunch!

Not a long time ago, I mentioned about Mom & Dad ... and that The Brady Bunch has nothing to compete with my family. I thought it was time for me to post the picture of my family in general. The pictures were taken in '96. That is nearly 10 years ago. Go figure. Most of us aged a little but you get the picture!

Enjoy.



I should mention that the top two on both sides are CODAs, the rest are Deaf. For hearing people that does not know what CODA stands for, it means Children of Deaf Adults.

This is one of several entries that I will post the pictures in few hours. Hopefully, you guys will enjoy this ... after all, you have the privilege to make fun of me in the process.

Yeah, Mom's birthday occurs today on 9th of October. Happy birthday, you douchebag.

Cheers,

R-

Interlude Along With Tidbits

Last night, Mundey hosted a nice Halloween party. I had a good time. One thing that made me wince is that a certain fellow that I never liked was there. I was being cordial and all that, but he remained defiant. I told him to tell his sister that I said congratulations for her promotion as the Acting Principal at MSSD. He chortled something to an effect to acknowledge that he still regarded me as his enemy.

Whatever he wants to make himself feel better -- someone needs to prescribe him stronger doses of Ritalin.

Too bad, PJ left earlier and he won something from the raffle contest. But he has to be present in order to pick up. If PJ was there, he would be the only white person to pick up something from more than 15 prizes. Yes, nearly all of them were won by Latinos or African Americans! I blew about $10 on it and won nothing! :-(

And the bizarre part about the last prize, the DVD player, Kevin had an idea -- to dwindle down to 3 lucky tickets. Then someone has to pick two out of 3. Then in the last round, if someone pulled this particular ticket of two, that particular ticket is not the winner but the loser!

So you can see the sudden confusion when Jorge found his name to be the one that pulled out first -- he cheered while everyone said, "NO NO YOU LOST!"

Suffice to say, Jorge was pretty down on this afterwards.

Food? Lots of food were provided -- I had a good time partyin' with new faces and old faces.

Oh, yeah, Chris Cowden was there as usual. I mean, let's face this -- if Kevin Mundey dies, Chris Cowden will find a way to accomodate him somewhere in the afterlife, really. Of course, I'm joking but people knew that if Kevin is there, Chris has to be there. Case closed.

For two days in a row, the area has been drenched with the Remnants of Tammy. It is nice climate to mellow and catch up on lots of things around the apartment.

And yeah, the computer is back to normal. I managed to correct everything -- yes, I can access gmail or even porn websites. Whew. In fact, I called the Hewlett&Packard to talk about the computer issues via the videophone relay service -- guess who popped up as my VP interpreter? Chris Owens of Glimpse! At first, I recognized him and he grinned and after taking care of the issues, I get to chat with him about Beth. Nothing serious. But Chris is looking good -- too bad, on my end, I was not in mood to look "nice" for the VP, though. But it was good to see your face, Chris!

Few tidbits to check out:
GW Bush Is Demented: It was reported that several leaders from the Middle East said that GW Bush personally told them that God told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. Blah, blah. Sounds like a classic delusional Xian, is it? Since I'm on this subject, read this article by Bill Gallagher. It is interesting stuff. Hell, I'll throw in some more as well.

Wake Up, Xian Freaks! Know what annoys me the most? Xians tried to use the current events to argue that the EndTimes are coming. Actually, it is absurd. Earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes are very normal. These happened all over the place but for thousands of years, we do not know about 'em because we lacked the means to communicate. Today, we can report of a murder in Perth, Australia just like that. So this planet is not dead. It is very active. It has been moving its tectonic plate all over the world. Sometimes it is that strong, sometimes it is not that strong.

So when Pakistan got a 7.6 richter scale jolt today that resulted in thousands of deaths, don't be surprised to hear from Xians who will say, "See? It is very soon. Something will happen."

How do I respond to these ignorants? Of course, I smile and left them alone to their own imaginations. Better that way, I guess.

I'm out.

Cheers,

R-

AIM, Mundey & Bradley

Rainy, Rainy Day! What a perfect setting for my mood today. After doing the daily sit-ups, I screamed with gibberish sounds at Roxy for trying to eat out of trash can. Then I tried to be "Mama" by shouting unverified sounds at Roxy -- you could see her closing her eyes as to say, "Okay, tone down the barbaric voice!"

Then I realized that my lower torso is very stiff, not from screaming obscenities at Roxy, but from doing the sit-ups every morning and night. I guess that is good sign. Can you imagine RT with 6 abs on his chest? Perhaps ...

I am glancing at the weather outside. It is gloomy, rainy -- exact what Philadelphia needed. Philadelphia has been very dry in the last 30 days.

AIM Is Back, but Very Spotty! My AIM is back. But it is very spotty. I'm good at doing things but with technical? Then I really needed Shannon or Christian to do the tricks. I'm not good with technical problems. If I suddenly signed off from AIM in the midst of conversation, it is technical problem, nothing personal.

What's Up With This, Scott? 4 years ago at Gallaudet, I was off from my duty as Resident Advisor and stood outside of Benson Hall Circle with Mark and Keith, chatting away about almost everything. Suddenly, a car pulled up. About 6 people came out -- I tried to greet Scott Bradley but he was furious. I noticed that other guys were in state of daze or shock. I noticed some scratches on their arms. I asked them what happened? One muttered that they just abandoned a jeep that crashed into some property not far from Gallaudet.

Of course, I was curious -- we zoomed and checked it out -- it was not bad, but the jeep got stuck when the huge fence literally wrapped itself on it.

Next day, Scott seemed to be back to normal and acted if it's no big deal. Impressive attitude. I like Scott. He is fun guy to hang out sometimes, really.

I got two sources from Gallaudet that indicated Scott was up to something once again -- The information mentioned that Scott Bradley jumped out of third floor building to avoid getting caught by the campus security. Scott, first of all, you aren't Superman! Second of all, many wanted to know why you did that?!

Getting Ready for Mundey's Party: The Halloween Party hosted by Kevin Mundey should be very interesting. I heard that Carl Way will be there. Guaranteed to have a drama to flare at the party. PJ said that few years ago, the same party had an incident related to the gunfire. But the party has been relocated to another place, though.

Either way, the party should be very interesting for me to observe but never to interfere ...

Cheers,

R-

Bad News Is Forthcoming!

The Terror of Gus & Ridor! More than 24 hours has elapsed, some of you may notice that I am not even online at all. Well, something happened last night with this computer. It went out. Thanks to Eric via the videophone, I was able to fix most of things on this computer. What's wrong with this? Let's say ... it was overloaded with lots of things on it ... to a point where I cannot open an application at all. Not even AIM, AOL, Firefox ...

Today, my blood has been boiling all day long as I struggled to figure out what is wrong with this fucking computer. With Eric's tips, I was able to do from scratch. But by gods, I cannot open my gmail account nor AIM at all. So for the time being, my sole communication to the world is handled, believe it or not, through this medium.

So here are few messages for certain few:

PJ, Jason said that he does not have your email address -- he gets off from work at 5 PM, then he will pick me and Gus to head out to the party -- let's just meet at the party, since I could not access the AIM or GMAIL at all. I'm certain we'll have a good time at the party. So see you there along with your wife.

Jonathan, you better get ahold of JSA #78. I'll call you via the videophone on Saturday afternoon to arrange the time for us to meet during or right after the OutFest in Center City on Sunday, all right?

Joey, sorry I could not come back to talk wtih you bit longer on AIM -- but we always find the time to do that eventually.

That's it for now.

Not all Liberals Supported Palestinians: It is stupid of McWeenie to accuse the Liberals of supporting the Palestinians. Newsflash! Some Conservatives supported the Palestinians, so shut the fuck up.

Mordru Is Free! Yesterday afternoon, few hours before the computer kaboomed on us, Dylan IMmed me to let me know that Mordru freed himself in the Rock of Eternity and weakened the Wizard Shazam's magic in order to be vulnerable when The Spectre arrived to take care of him. I actually ordered Dylan to show me the book via the videophone so that I can see what the Wizard Shazam reacted when Mordru emerged from the Rock of Eternity -- Mordru condescendingly mentioned to the Wizard Shazam that he does not conjure magic like the Wizard does, he is pure magic. According to DC Comics' website, here is the line: 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!

Of course, I'm thrilled. Who cannot love to hate Mordru?

19 Operatives Head Out to NYC Subway? According to the media, 19 operatives may target the NYC subway system. That did not surprise me at all. I expected it to happen. Perhaps it shall happen. Perhaps it won't. The worst thing about this is that if the bombings occurred in the subway systems, don't be surprised to see Debra Burlingame along with that gook, Michelle Malkin, trying to close the subway system to memorialize them in the process like they had been doing with the property at World Trade Center.

Debra, along with many conservative pig bloggers, managed to prevent the officials from proceeding to build the Tower at Ground Zero. They will not stop until they make the *whole* property a memorial site -- Hello, this is Lower Manhattan, not a cemetary! This is the world's financial district -- you want a cemetary? You can build one at Staten Island. It is shame that the non-NYC residents has a say in this process that affected none of them at all -- it will only affect the NYC residents, commuters and workers in the long run. The relatives of deceased 9/11 will disappear in 100 years -- in 200 years, the incident on 9/11 probably will become a footnote in world history. So no big deal. By trivializing on this subject repeatedly indicated that the terrorists won.

On a personal note for my dear friends: Perlis, Bianca, Regan, Beth, Sarah, Kaybee, Web, Ben and Corey along with few bloggers like DowntownLad & Joe of CutTheShit -- be wary, be cautious. I want you alive and in one piece. Try to avoid the subway system for few days, willja? And please let me know that you're OK should it happen in the subway, okay? Ben, I know we fought too many times but you know the truth -- we stick together all the time, through good and bad times. Naturally, you're still mine, Ben.

An Update About Taylor Behl: Remember I mentioned few days ago about the missing student at Virginia Commonwealth University which has lots of drama involved. They finally found her decomposed body 50 miles east of Richmond in Mathews County. The cops confirmed that it was her. Now, where is that girl in Aruba? Still swimming?

Ahh, back to fixin' this 'puter -- any volunteers to fix this computer would be appreciated, though.

R-