10.13.05 Tidbits

Ballroom?! A friend gave me the link to Gallaudet Homecoming Weekend. I checked it out. Then I glanced at the word that made me cringe the most: Ballroom.

According to dictionary.com, a ballroom is:

n. A large room for dancing

I repeatedly told many people that it is a fucking room! It is a fucking room! The proper word is Ball!!

n. A formal gathering for social dancing.

So if you want to call this event, it is supposed to be Xotic Ball, not Xotic Ballroom! Get this right just for once! Argh!! This is the word that demonized me for years at Gallaudet. And today, they're still calling it Ballroom?!

Did You See Kung Fu Hustle? I cried so hard. That movie is so hilarious. The snappy words and body language on each other throughout the film were so funny that I could not stop howl with heavy fits of laughters. It was entertaining to watch the Landlady doing these acts and yet, still maintained that damned cigarette in her mouth! It was crazy film.

What made me feel good about the movie is that during the film, there was a deaf female character that showed up in the film and was ganged up by not-so-nice hearing boys -- unfortunately for us, the Chinese referred her as "mute" -- which the hearing boy tried to rescue but was beaten and urinated by these boys. The Deaf female immediately liked this guy -- the beaten boy fled the scene afterwards. Years later, she found him. It was so cool to see a hero going out with a deaf woman.

UP next is ... "A Lot Like Love" performed by Ashton Kutcher and none other than my dear friend, Tyrone Giordano!

I Must Talk About Sex, Right? Reports are streaming out of Minneapolis that the professional football players up to 25 players engaged in a raucous party that involved masturbation, oral sex et al -- the party was supposed to last 3 hours but it was cut short when the crew members freaked out when the party became out of control -- now, people are not asking why but they wanted to know who's who attended the party ... !

UPenn Athlete Dead: Today, Kyle Ambrogi, U of Penn football player, committed suicide after a long period of depression. It was said that many knew that he had the problems with depression. Well, I suspected it has something to do with ...

Well, I was in a chat room filled with men. I saw one screenname that says: UPenn Closeted Athlete ISO Friends -- I'll see if it is still there. If not, it has to be Kyle.

Is this common? Unfortunately, yes.

R-

Boy, Dr. Zager Is Hot!

Today, I went to see the doctor for some check-up with my "ears" because the last time I had the audiology test was in '91. That is 14 years ago.

So off to see Dr. Zager, I drove through the rainy streets to that specific location. I hate the feeling of Audiology Clinic, really! It is so creepy. These attitudes on these receptionists' face reads: "Let me fix you up!"

My left ankle is still sore from turning it over last Sunday evening. So I limped a little and reached the front desk. I picked the pen out of its penholder thing, I asked for the paper pad. The receptionist at the front desk seems to be in her 60s or so, she tried to use her voice to talk. I shook my head and said in gesture to indicate that I want a paper pad. She declined and she pulled the file and showed me the name of someone else. I shook my head and rolled my eyes. She went to get another file then did the same thing. I nodded that it was mine. She gestured me to sit down. I sighed and asked for the paper pad in gesture, she shook her head and pointed to the chair behind me.

I signed so fast that she'll never forget it -- "SOMEBODY SHOULD PUT A HOLE IN YOUR FUCKING FACE!" All the time, I was smiling like nothing happened.

I'm sure she will never figure out what I said to her face. Then I sat and waited for the "appointed hour".

Then I was led to the room. Waited. Waited. Then Dr. Zager came in, I was bit startled. He smiled. He tried to speak. He's very young. Very cute. Very masculine. And has brown hair. Has glasses. I quickly scoped out his hands to see if there is a committment ring. Nope at all. He looks like my close friend! He laughed when I said no to some questions related to speech/hearing. He asked me why I was jumpy. I told him that it's creepy to look at him because he reminded me of Todd Newman, really. He laughed out loud.

Then we resumed back to this professional thing. Dr. Zager asked me if I can speak -- I laughed and said, "Only in one language -- gibberish." He chuckled and instructed me to go downstairs to have my audiology tests.

Blah, blah. My last time in '91, my left ear's db was 45. My other ear was 95. Today, they told me that both ears are way over 110 db. Yes, you got it! I'm DEAF as can be.

At first, I asked the Audiologist to tell me what dbs for my ears? She said to talk with Dr. Zager. Then Dr. Zager seemed to be "sad" and wrote down that my ears are now profoundly Deaf. I smiled like Hell. He looked at me as if I was nuts.

Little did he knew ...

for I am the Deaf Gay Militant.

Hear me roar. And I will never hear you roar!

Cheers,

R-

10.12.05 Tidbits

JetBlue & AirTran Are Cool: These companies are making it easy on our budget to fly around. I can just pay $59 to fly to Richmond from New York via JetBlue. I can just pay another $49 from Philadelphia to Richmond via AirTran. Maybe Chinatown Bus Services will be no more for me. Hell, they said that it'll cost $25 from New York to Boston! Not bad.

DeafAmerica! Do your part! This is extremely cool. Hat tip to McFly!

Rene Portland Is Homophobe: 15 years ago in March, 1990. Unranked James Madison Dukes came to State College to play No. 1 Penn State Lions in front of sold-out crowd. Penn State opened with a 24-9 lead, but the Dukes kept on hanging around 'til the half, 41-29. Then in the second half, the Dukes roared to the greatest upset in history of the NCAA Tournament, knocked No. 1 Penn State 73-71 out of the NCAA Tournament in the first round.

Meanwhile, there was a small protest outside of Penn State's gymnasium against whom? Rene Portland. Because she made a comment to the local newspaper that she does not permit Lesbians to remain on her team. Shortly, Rene recanted and apologized. But the game overshadowed the protest 15 years ago. I always suspected that Rene is homophobic, even as of now. I knew of a PSU fan who claimed that Rene changed.

Last season, after Penn State lost to Liberty in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, she dismissed Jennifer Harris from the team. Jennifer Harris transferred to James Madison and has to sit out for a year in order to play on another team as per by the NCAA rules. Why was she dismissed from the team? Because Jennifer is Lesbian. Now the National Center for Lesbian Rights is doing something about it.

Shame on Rene.

R-

Dull Day, Is It?

Today is very dull day, I thought I'd entertain you with three things:

This picture -- I found it on in my picture box -- and I decided to match them around and play with the photo shop -- these pictures were taken in Seattle at some Mexican restaurant. Click on the picture to enlarge if you want to.

Jason, Phil, Mark, Merritt, Toby and Manny

On another hand, the UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund dedicated to advance humanity by working with the youth of Today, posed an advertisement that received lots of attention amongst the bystanders in Paris, France. Apparently, the UNICEF tried to reach the bystanders that wars destroyed people's lives. And I saw the poster -- I really loved it. Click the picture to enlarge.


Youw, the village of Smurfs has only one female and the rest are males. And the males sleep together. Think about it.

Now on the last thing, my sister had an entry that brought some memory of mine with Mom's cat named Garland. Garland is perhaps our family's favorite cat of many -- Homegirl ranked very close with Garland these days. When Garland died, Lily was so upset that she used the drawing to counsel herself. Check the entry of my sister's blog. Oh, yeah, be sure to view the trailer of Lily's drawing as well.

Cheers,

R-

Tidbits for 11th of October

Curiosity Killed The Cat, Of Course! Frances was curious. And curiosity swallowed Frances.

Gallaudet News: All day long, I was paged by about 7 or 8 different persons telling me that Gallaudet has had enough of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity's antics so far -- many of 'em said the fraternity is officially suspended, inactive or closed down for good. Maybe Scott Bradley has something to do with it -- jumping out of 3rd floor from the Chapter room, running from the DPS like an illegal immigrant did when they run across Rio Grande River last week.

McWeenie Is At It Again! He just wrote an entry, criticized DPN Movement and according to what he said, he claimed to be there. He probably was hiding in his bedroom, terrified that someone would beat up on him. Good. And no, I ain't link to him because his blog is not worth the shit to check out.

Earthquake Is Natural! Millions of years ago, India was aligned with Africa but it breaks and move slowly northward while Asia moves westward. Suddenly, it collided. And that is why we have the highest mountains in the world that can be found in China, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan! Each year, the tectonic plate pushed India against Asia an inch or two, forcing the Asia ground to go up. No, it is not the sign of EndTimes as you wish!

Oh, By The Way ...: Sodom and Gomorrah probably was not destroyed by God or whatever people wanted you to believe. Some theorized that the cities were sitting on a fault that also has natural gas under the cities. Of course, when the earthquake struck, the ground grinds, and you get BOOMs! I agreed with that theory. If homosexuality is the reason why they destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, how come Lot fucked his daughters right after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah? Think about it! (slap your head!)

On Comedy Channel ... : I enjoyed watching SOUTHPARK and INSOMNIAC at times. During an episode of INSOMNIAC in New Orleans, the host gets to ride with the officials in shooting the nutrias in the canal system. I was puzzled. What the fuck is Nutria? It turns out to be a rodent that is very destructive to the Wetlands of Louisiana. It originated from South America. So they used the shotgun to blast the Nutrias in the darkness. It was weird watching the host laughing out of his mind when the official blasted the Nutrias to smithereens.

Anything That Window Media Owned Sucks! Window Media owned Washington Blade and New York Blade. I cannot stand Chris Crain, first and foremost of all. He thinks he's above anyone else. I snickered when some Moroccans plummeted him in Amsterdam. Chris Crain refused to admit that Ken Mehlman is faggot. Chris Crain hired Jeff Gannon to be the Columnist for Washington Blade. I'm like, "Gross, shoot him already!"

Anyway, Washington Blade annoucned the winners for Bars/Clubs in DC, this time they got readers to vote and the editors to pick:

BEST DANCE CLUB

READERS: Apex
Not surprsing, I like Apex on Thursdays.

EDITORS: VelvetNation
Of course, what is there to do except to pop X and snort Tina?

NEIGHBORHOOD PUB

READERS: JR.’s
Please. Get. A. Clue. This is the bar where guys acted like men but when something funny happened, they shrieks like a girl! A HUGE turn-off!

EDITORS: Duplex Diner
WTF????

HAPPY HOUR

READERS: Halo
Of course, I love Halo! No smoking, motherfuckers!

EDITORS: 30 Degrees
Eww. This is dark, boring with anal retentive bartenders!

PLACE TO MEET MEN

READERS: Cobalt
Yeah, that is probably the easiest way to get hit by HIV Poz guys in that bar, though.

EDITORS: D.C. Eagle
Sleazy but fun. Fisting in this bar is like ... buying a carton of cigarettes, really

MOST INTERESTING/ DIVERSE CROWD

READERS: Halo
Of course it is!

EDITORS: Fuego
Can't say much about this bar because I never went!

Now with New York Blade's Best Gay 2005:

Hottest Neighborhood
Staff pick: Hell’s Kitchen
Very true. That's where Sarah, Kaybee and few others lived -- no fair, you fakey whore bitches! But I preferred East Village, though.

Reader pick: Chelsea
The readers must be on Tina or something.

Best Dance Club
Staff and reader pick: Roxy
That is bullshit -- I really *hated* Roxy! It is annoying place to hang out. I prefer The Rambles!

Best Men’s Bar
Staff pick: Gym Sports Bar
Really? Gym Sports Bar is nice, but I preferred The Cock, Nowhere Bar and The Urge.

Reader pick: Eagle, 554 W. 28 St., 646-473-1866, www.eagle.com
WTF????

Best Party
Staff pick: Alegria
Did not care much for "boi" or "twinks" -- SYL.

Reader pick: Krash Chelsea, 16 W. 22nd St., 646-739-0859
Krash is BOI HEAVEN, so SYL!

Best DJ
Staff pick: JonJon Battles
Yes, JonJon is a dear friend of mine -- he hails from Talladega, Alabama. He can sign very well. He said that he lived few blocks away from Alabama School for the Deaf. He's pretty cool dude. His music is not ... screeching loudly, it is easy on my dead ears, really. He performs at The Rambles on Sundays, at The Cock on Mondays and ... few others that I cannot remember where and when. JonJon Battles treated me like normal which I appreciated very much.

Reader pick: Peter Rauhofer
Who? Toss him out, please!

Best Promoter
Staff pick: John Blair and Mark Nelson
Are you kidding?! Pick Daniel Nardicio! He's the CHAMP!

Reader pick: Mark Nelson
Who?

Best Gym
Staff pick: David Barton Gym
David Barton?! If you want to fuck a guy in the shower room, this it it!

Reader pick: Equinox
Ben Vess and I went to Equinox and by God, I was impressed -- the Internet is in the Gym! And the swimming pool ... it has only ONE lane! But I like it.

Italics are my comments, if you cannot figure it out by now.

Cheers,

R-

Few Things To Point Out ...

Today, I went to OutFest, a gay event that celebrated the National Coming Out Day on October 11, 2005. At some point, the railroad elevated right above many buildings, provided the means to view the skyline of Philadelphia from distance. It also gave you the means to observe the rooftops that people would put on. At an abandoned building, you can see the refrigerator, stove and grocery cart sitting on the rooftop. I wonder what was the purpose of this after all?

I did not really enjoy the OutFest mainly because of few reasons but things like this is normal by any standard, I guess. HOw do I describe the OutFest? Let's imagine "gay pride block party" not during the summertime, but in fall season. No sexy underwears or naked torsos anywhere else. Everyone pretty much wore the casual jeans with sweaters. I saw one trannie with boobs, it was unbelievable huge. In fact, "she" literally bent down her back because her boobs are so enormous. She had the cane to help her move around. Eww.

I twisted my left ankle once again. C'est la vie. Too many people to converge in one setting is not my thing. I think I have claustrophobia when it comes to too many people. Speaking of people, I think New York is still the best in terms of diversity.

Whale Fatterson Is Still Retard: Whale Fatterson on a certain forum claimed that he was the instrument in making me taking "terrorist" off from the line on the top of my blogsite "The world's one and only blog reserved for the legendary Deaf Gay Militant [Terrorist]". If he wants to take the credit for something that is not true at all, then so be it.

Actually, I had a conversation with a hearing friend of mine in New York. He is a blogger as well. He and I had a frank discussion about the prospects of this blog going big-time with huge readership from the Deaf Community in general. He thought it was amusing that I put GDMT on the line, but there was a concern about the new readers coming in, especially with hearing people that might feel threatened by the word. I gave it a consideration and agreed with my friend and took it out.

And Whale Fatterson wanted to take the credit for this? Please. That fat guy claimed that he made a call to the Department of Homeland Security about the so-called "terrorist" comments. Guess what? Obviously, they did not take the fat guy seriously since they never got in touch or check with me at all.

Let's face this, McWeenie and Whale Fatterson, I averaged 320 readers per day, your blogs cannot even hit 50 per day. I provide the best source for others to rely on and laugh. It is entertainment! It is flattering that they came back to read more, poke fun and whine about different issues. But to post on the forum to whine about me is silly. To get the ideas about who I am is silly. To question about the mental status is silly.

Nancy, you do not know who I am. Sherry, to claim that you have gay friends but yet is against gay rights is not compatible at all. It is a fad among the anti-gay fellows to make these ridiculous statements. McWeenie, you think you're competing against me. In fact, I'm 8 times better than you and still growing. Mizhko, you get a life of your own, cease and desist your whiny comments about my blogsite.

To address the "respect" comments that some readers were appalled that I made fun of my parents occasionally on my blog. First of all, they do not respect me as gay man, instead -- they refuse to respect my wishes, they insist to test my beliefs, they push my boundary lines. In turn, why should I even pay an iota of respect for them? I reserve the right to make fun of 'em if I want to. Don't throw hypocrisy in my face.

Ahh, yes, thanks for visiting my blogsite.

I Was Right! Remember what I said about Xians' Doom Crapola? Here is the latest link. Guys, look busy when He comes.

Only 3 Arrested? This is travesty. Beating up on 64 years old drunkard?! C'mon. Only 3? Look at the cop riding on the horse, he was trying to protect his officers by obstructing the view of camcorder. They should arrest and charge everyone else that was involved with this fiasco. This just proved that they are pigs. Never trust a cop at all.

Related to a pig, here is another article where Deaf man was roughed up by cops in Canada.

Hurricane Vince Heading Where? To Portugal and Spain, believe it or not. This is very odd one. Normally, the hurricanes followed the current from east to west like the clockwise, but this one is heading into Portugal. Portugal is battling its worst forest fire in years due to its worst drought ever. With trees dead, having a tropical storm coming in is not going to give Portugal a break, in fact, it will create massive mudslides. Stay tuned, though.

Wow, Gallaudet Is Now 5-0! Gallaudet, under the tutelage of hot coach in Ed Hottle, Gallaudet beats Wesley JV 29-19 to improve the season at 5-0 with 3 games left to go. Not bad for a first-year coach! With the win, the football team is assured of its first winning season in many years.

It is safe to say that at Gallaudet Homecoming Day, people will WATCH the game instead of chatting with friends right next to the Hotchkiss Field. I'm pretty impressed with Ed Hottle. I mean, he got the players to believe that they can win. The scores, I think, proved itself.

And a friend of mine mentioned that Ed Hottle was aware that I wrote several entries about how hot he is. And his response was charming but unexpected. He chortled to his buddy, "Now I got a wife and gay guy that thinks I'm hot, you got any?"

Priceless. Perhaps, for the first time in a long time, Gallaudet has found the gem in Ed Hottle. For a long time, Gallaudet Athletics has been a place where women are champions, but men are pigs. But the trend may have a positive change in the long run for Gallaudet Athletics. Well done, Gallaudet Griddlers!

Update About Our Brave Soldiers! Remember this entry that I wrote few weeks ago. Here is the update of the person who owned the forum that traded nude pictures to the soldiers for dead Iraqis pictures. Sempfer Fi! Not.

Boy George Busted: In New York, Boy George called the cops because his place was burglarized. Then the cops found several grams of coke. Boy George claimed that he hosted lots of friends that come and go, one of them dropped it off or something else. He could be right. Knowing Little Italy, Lower East Side and East Village, getting coke is akin to buy a bottle of Milk, really. I saw him several times in New York bars, he cannot hang out on his own. He must have friends with him all the time. Maybe insecure? Maybe not. Not my type, he happened to be good friends with some friends that I occasionally met for drinks. He made me cringe at times, though.

Stupid Mother Of the Year: In Austin, Darren Gay and Donald Bockman are going to the prison for 6 years. Why? They beat up on a slender gay guy then sexually assaulted him as well. Why did this happen? Darren Gay was furious that this victim made a sexual advance on his younger brother, Glen Gay. The irony part is that Darren and Don used the Bible to pass the judgement, then sexually assaulted him!

And Dawna Gay, the mother of Glen and Darren, said: "This is my beloved son, and know I'm very proud of you."

Dawna Gay wins the Stupid Mother of the Year Award. But that is to be expected from fellas in Texas.

Cheers,

R-

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-