Madonna, Elton John, Enrique Iglesias & More

Why Guy Ritchie? According to this, Madonna said seeing Guy Ritchie's chest was the major reason why she is now with her husband of some years. I tried to google the internet for a photo of Guy Ritchie's chest. No luck. Anyone else has that luck? At least, I saw Ben Moore's sexy chest.

Payback Is Bitch! 13 months ago, Elton John engaged in a foul-mouthed tirade on Madonna after she was chosen as Best Live Act on some music awards. last night, Madonna made fun of Elton John's fake hairpiece on ITV1.

That Is So Cute, Enrique! I do not care much for Enrique Iglesias. I personally thought he is just another pretty boy. Until I came across this article -- I thought it was brave of him to talk about this -- I like men who has average or small dicks. I noticed that men with big cocks tend to be arrogant and cocky, but when it is time to play, they often perform badly. I feel they are so limited in their own manner. I preferred guys who improvise with what they have on their bodies. I noticed that these guys who has average or small dicks tend to overcompensate their performances in bed.

Do Not Fuck With Gays! Or you can get killed. And the gay victims may never get charged at all. Lucas Dawson of Philadelphia was charged with manslaughter after he killed a gay basher who atacked him in Philadelphia few days ago. The judge threw out the manslaughter charge because what Lucas did was based on self-defense. Good. This sends a message to gay bashers, you can die for nothing.

Just Got JSA #78 & #79 Finally, I get to read Mordru's rampage after being freed from the Rock of Eternity. But some strange things occur in the last page of JSA #79, Mordru was blasted from behind as he turned only to see an apparition-like occupying the helmet and artifacts of Doctor Fate. The message at the end of the page reads: "Read for the shocking conclusion to Fate's struggles with Mordru." I suspect Mordru is going to be the rightful owner of Doctor Fate -- or kill Nabu in the process before being displaced in the future where he is to menace the Legion of Super-Heroes in another book. Only time will tell.

Ahh!

Cheers,

R-

Happy Birthday To Me!

Aww, Cute Puppy! Bizarre but yet so cute! I'm sure this dog is going to be expensive of four puppies.

Vote for Lee Trevathan! Once again, the Metro Weekly (MW) is doing its fifth annual thing on its website: To select the Nightlife Coverboy of the Year. Please vote for a certain friend of ours, David T. -- also known as Lee Trevathan. Lee is Deaf and well known in many circles. Either way, let's support him just because he's Deaf. I'm sick of hearing men winning the Coverboy of the Year each year.

Remember Representative Don Sherwood? The Conservative pig who also cheated on his wife for many years was busted by DC Metropolitan Police last year in September, 2004 when the woman complained to the cops that Don Sherwood was beating up on her. AS of now, Don Sherwood is paying her to keep things quiet. Typical conservative pig. Don claimed that he's for family values and he cheated on his wife -- It is sad that there are people like Don Sherwood who used the family values to attack others but he does not practice it as well.

What About DeafSurvivors? You know, when I learned that McWeenie set up a blog called "DeafSurvivors", I actually grinned. McWeenie wrote, "This is a blog dedicated to help deaf and hard of hearing people find each other and provide emergency info after catastrophic events such as Hurricane Katrina." -- I was skeptical by his claims to be genuine. Know why?

Because I was certain that it was short-lived. He was just hyped with Katrina's aftermath. He does not follow up on anything else after Katrina. He does not cover the recent tornado incident in Evansville, floods in New England states or even the massive earthquake in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India (I'm sure many Deafies are there!) ... the blog basically died on its own because he is not covering anything else other than Katrina & Rita.

And I was right after all. Wanna wage a bet that McWeenie will update an article or two in the next 24 to 48 hours just to refute what I said? His last posting on that DeafSurvivors was on October 18, it was about to sign up on its frappr! map in order to identify where you are. That's it. Pathetic, is it?

Bruce Heffernan Can Do Me Anyday! I always laughed each time I read this. The way he talked about it is so funny. The Onion rocks!

Last Night At BARCODE: I went to a gay bar in Downtown Richmond to celebrate my birthday with my two sisters and Darren Schledt. He looks good as usual. I had a good time at the bar. Shortly, I recognized Sean Lewis, a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter on WWBT 12 in Richmond, with another guy in the bar, apparently, he came in to pick a young fellow and departed with him. I wonder if he is out at his workplace -- especially with the fact that the state of Virginia is conservative with laws that permitted the companies to fire gays.

Know what? Some people would be pissed off if I outed him -- I really do not care. I knew of many Deaf persons trying to get a job at these local TV stations ... they routinely get dismissed without getting a chance to work in a place like this. My sole experience in television field is the non-profit organization at PBS. But for companies that are not "non-profit", I never had an experience. You do not know how MANY times I applied for a job position with the local news stations all over the country. No luck.

Why? Because when they see "deaf" on my resume, they discretely removed the resume into the trash bin, and they will claim that my experiences were not "sufficient" -- actually, they prevented me from getting that in the first place. They blatantly discriminated me and many others who wanted to work in the local news stations for years. I feel that they probably felt threatened by the fact that we can do the job -- so they kept us at bay for years. And you wonder why Gallaudet University has dropped the Television field to major in, it is because no hearie company would hire anyone who is Deaf -- yes, you can say that my first degree was completely useless. I'm being forced to find work associated with Deaf peers.

Why do you think many Deaf people worked at deaf schools, government services, deaf non-profit organizations? It is because they had no choice -- the hearing peers simply do not want us.

So do I care if Sean Lewis is being OUTed? No, not really.

UVa To Play Richmond: On December 18, 2005, Virginia Cavaliers will play Richmond Spiders at Robins Center. Know what it means? I will personally haul my parents to the game just because I wanted them to see why I loved the Cavaliers. I know my mother would whine about it but guess what?

I'll still badger, beg, whine and even pull her to the game so that she can attend her first-ever collegiate basketball game. I do not think my parents has ever done such a thing in their lives. Since they are retired, why not make their lives more interesting by coming to a game like that? I'm sure they'll enjoy it eventually.

I look forward to that day, I know it will be a hassle to convince my parents just to enjoy ONE game but it will be worth the time and energy.

Birthday Boy: Did you know that I turned 32 today? My parents also got married on November 9 ... 43 years ago. Mom told me on the way to the restaurant to celebrate my birthday and their anniversary -- she said that I was the easiest one to bore out of six siblings. I was eager to get out of her womb. She said Dad drove to the hospital pretty so fast. In fact, she said that she was supposed to be placed in the delivery room which is downstairs but they decided to move her in a room on the first floor because my head was already sticking out. And voila, I was delivered just like that. She described the whole scene to me even if I do not want to know but she just wanted me to know. It was interesting.

Oh, yeah, had a good dinner with my parents and all that.

Happy 43rd, Mom & Dad. Thanks for the dinner. Love you both, even if you're crazy. Sorry if I drive you nuts as well. But that s life, right?

Cheers,

R-

The Aftermath of Virginia Governor Race

Since I'm in Virginia, I get an opportunity to observe the race for Virginia's Governor. Democrat Tim Kaine ultimately won the election over Republican Jerry Kilgore, 52% to 46%. This is one of the costliest election ever in the state of Virginia, both spent millions of dollars in order to win the election.

This sends a virtual message to the ordinary citizens of Virginia -- you cannot be Governor unless you have money. People in trailer parks cannot run for this position. An urban guy in Jackson Ward cannot run for this position. Rural residents in Big Stone Gap can not run for this position. As you can see this, only well-to-do families can apply. This means what? The democracy that we had preserved for the last 200 years is in shambles. It does not work. Why do you think we have many disillusioned citizens who did not vote?

According to the census information on its website, Virginia has 7,459,827 residents as of 2004. Only 1,976,813 voted in this election. 24.6% of the state population is under 18, I am not good with statistics. Subtract the current population with 24.6%, you still have about 5 million left to vote. But Only less than 2 million voted.

In order to make democracy work, each person should have a fair competition. But these days, you only need to outspend the money in order to beat the others. Never mind the fact that your messages are better than this person, if this person has money, you will lose. Period.

However, with Tim Kaine winning the state election, I'm relieved in a way because Tim Kaine is supportive of keeping my alma mater in one place even though his comments do not make a huge impact on the idiots in the state's Department of Education. And one place is none other than Staunton!

By preventing Jerry Kilgore from winning the election, the state also sent the message to neo-cons that they have had enough of their antics. The conservatives pigs had been so intent on destroying Tim Kaine's integrity throughout the election by bombarding the advertisements on televisions, radios and mail campaigns to the voters. I find it appalling. Kaine was intent on delivering the message of what he wants to do for the state, the conservatives attempted to derail about his faith, his personal issues et al.

And to say that the Xian conservatives are to be the most compassionate of all? Please. They are vicious. Malicious. Evil. But the greatest problem is that they do not see themselves as evil, they see themselves as doing something good for their faith.

I think the brighter days are coming along, for the state of Virginia. In time, with better educational system for all, Virginians will get to expel these wackos to the state hospitals or church wards for all I care.

It is interesting to note that the most rural areas or towns that has been hijacked by neocons voted for Kilgore, but the cities with large numbers of educated persons with major universities tend to vote for Kaine.

Let's examine the counties of Virginia:

Rockingham County: The county itself is very rural, Xian-oriented -- 65% voted for Kilgore. But its major town, Harrisonburg, is also home to James Madison University and Eastern Mennonite University, has 50% for Kaine!

Augusta County: This is the county that I practically grew up in. Staunton and Waynesboro are two incorporated towns within Augusta County. The county, like Rockingham, is very Xian-oriented with plenty scores of uneducated folks lying in the countryside. 66% voted for Kilgore, while Staunton had Kaine winning at 49%.

Roanoke County: This county is close to Lynchburg, home of that Xian scumbag, Rev. Jerry Falwell. Not surprising, the county has 52% for Kilgore but the city of Roanoke overwhelmingly voted for Kaine at 61%.

Wise County: This county is by the border of Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains where my father was born and raised in. The county overwhelmingly voted for Kilgore at 61%.

Campbell County: This is interesting -- this is the county where the infamous Rev. Jerry Falwell resided in Lynchburg. As predicted, the county favored for Kilgore at 61% but the city of Lynchburg probably pissed Rev. Jerry Falwell as it pulled for Kaine at 50% to Kilgore's 46%.

Albermarle County: The home of Charlottesville, the University of Virginia and Monticello! Of course, the liberalism and higher educated folks of the town and county were in favor of Kaine by large margins. Both the county and city, as expected, destroyed Kilgore's chances.

Richmond, Chesterfield and Henrico: The Richmond Metropolitan Area is divided into 2/3, really. Chesterfield, home to plenty of conservatives pigs who does not like to change things as is, was for Kilgore with 53%. But Richmond and Henrico County overwhelmingly in favor of Kaine with 76% and 53%.

What About NOVA?: Fairfax and Alexandria Counties and the city of Arlington picked Kaine in a rout, 60%, 74% and 71%.

Virginia Beach?: Home to the conservative pig, Pat Robertson -- won for Kilgore 49%.

As you can see the pattern after each county/city -- the cities with better education, schools and et al tend to vote for Tim Kaine. What's left of Virginia in its countryside went for Jerry Kilgore. In other words, educated people voted for Kaine, uneducated people voted for Kilgore. Conservatives often reigns with people who are misguided on everything else.

On another note about voting machines in Virginia, this is alarming but worth the time to check out. We need a paper trail in order to prevent the corruptions. The point is that these new computers does not have a paper trail for us to follow up on the recounts. Most of the voting machines are owned by companies that donated heavily to the pro-Republican organizations. Despite the fact that the Democrats won the state, the whole point is that there is a possible corruption coming out of voting machines if there is *no* paper trail to follow up in the long run. Use your common sense.

Good riddance, Republicans.

Cheers,

R-

11.8.05 Tidbits

About Time The Post Tackled This! It is about time that The Washington Post finally had an article on Crystal Meth and its impact on gay people in the District. Again, the picture should depict the worst side of Crystal Meth, they chose the pretty boy to do the trick. Think it will discourage gay men from using Crystal Meth? Hat tip to Christian for the link.

No, It Was Not Meth Lab! Apparently, cats did this.

Double Standards! It is full of shit. In Minneapolis, the Minnesota Vikings football players were exposed by its local news that they engaged in a massive orgy on a boat. What did the NFL do about it? They did not suspend the players, they merely investigated. The cops did not arrest the folks that were involved on the boat. Blah, blah. But in Tampa, two NFL cheerleaders engaged one-on-one fuck in the woman's bathroom at a bar, caused the long wait for others patrons to use the bathroom -- making other patrons pissed off and engaged in physical fight. Result is what? The Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were subsequently arrested for assault, sex in public place and they were swiftly removed from the cheerleading squad. You do not see that with men, but you do see that in women. For further information on the whole drama thing, click this. Hat tip to PJ.

6 Soldiers Charged with Rape: So much for our noble men in the Armed Forces -- what a Sempfer Fi!

Oral Surgery: Today, went to see the dentist to get the answers about my teeth. The dentist confirmed that I did not floss enough. That is entirely true. I really hated to floss -- because when I try to use the floss, I always did it too hard to a point where my gums bled. So fuck it.

The main reason why I went to see the dentist is because at the end of my left tooth, there is some kind of pain on my gum -- it turns out that the tiny wisdom was colliding against the muscle in the back. And the Dentist said that this required the oral surgery to remove this tooth. The appointment is November 15th at 10 AM. I guess after that, I'll be able to kiss well from now on.

Know what I look forward to? Painkillers. That is what gets me going. The painkillers always made me dream so well to a point where I imagine what it is like to rule the universe and so on.

Mainly, the dentist said that they'll have to extract my left, lower wisdom teeth so that the muscle can be "free" to press on that spot. If I eat chicken or steak, it often found its way to that particular tooth where it gets stuck between the muscle and tooth -- result is that it drives me nuts.

Oh, yes, that is the picture of my teeth.

Sonny No More Xanga! Now my good friend, Sonny Wasilowski of Macon, Georgia has decided to set up his blogsite dedicated to deaf-related activism which I think is excellent thing to do in the long run. Look for his link on your right side.

Definitely Morbid: In Brisbane, Australia, men will do anything, really.

Remember Caleb? Remember the mysterious guy in the basement in a show called Desperate Housewives whose we learned that his name is Caleb? The actor, Page Kennedy, was fired for "improper conduct". I'm curious about this one.

For The First Time ...: A victim killed a gay basher. Good for him! About time if you ask me. I never heard of an incident where a gay guy gets to defend themselves to a point where others died in gay bashing incident.

Gallaudet Volleyball In NCAAs: No. 4 Gallaudet will square off against No. 5 Notre Dame (MD) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. If they win this game, they advance to the second round versus No. 1 Juniata College. Congrats to the ladies -- good luck! For the information, go to this.

Am heading out to BarCode tonight to celebrate someone's birthday. That guy will be 32 tomorrow. Go figure.

Cheers,

R-

Tidbits for Monday the 7th

Instead of NFL Players ...: You get to see two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders doing the job in some bar's bathroom in Tampa. Someone called them "LWOD" -- Lesbian While On Drunk.

Brokeback Mountain For Oscars?: Even Madonna said that the film was shocking and brave. And now the Academy Awards are saying that the film may go all the way to win the Best Picture just to rub in redstaters' faces. I say go for it!

Few Words For Someone: For your information, the New York Times and many big cities newspapers did not lose the readerships due to the inaccuracies that they made -- it is because people has shifted their attention onto the Internet where they can access the media for free. It is not all about you as you wish it to be.

For Banjo: People continues to fail in understanding the issues surrounding the District of Columbia. Unlike many cities, the District cannot expand its boundary line to keep up with the population growth. The city eventually grew so large that the majority of the District is now considered as an urban setting. And the crime rate, of course, is misleading at times. Banjo, get off from the computer and TV and visit the District. Don't rely on your friends for information. It indicated that you're speculating things as it is.

District has its flaws, but guess what? In my ten years of living in the District, not a day has passed that I even got robbed or ambushed. Know why? Because I have common sense to use the means to go out as can be. I don't cower just because the city is so bad. So lame, so coward and so stupid. I even went out to 7-11 at 4 AM with my friends. How terrible is that?! Well, there are always 5 police cars next to 7-11 store most of the times, so there!

Statistics are misleading, m'dear. If you include the population outside of the District with the city itself, the crime rate would plummet just like that. Washington, DC is not the perfect city but it has one of the nation's best Deaf Communities -- way better than yours, Banjo, anyday -- which is why you're always glued on to your TV screen or computer monitor all the time.

A Message from the Provost: Hat tip to Michelley. Thanks, hon!

From: Jane Fernandes < jane.fernandes@gallaudet.edu >
To: Jane Fernandes
Subject: Update on Recent Incidents
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 12:05:26 -0500

The purpose of this email is to update you on the University's response to the recent incidents involving student conduct.

GoalPost Incident
Thirty students have been charged by the University with disorderly conduct and destruction of University property. These charges will be handled through the Judicial Affairs Office and sanctions willbe issued to each student found responsible. During the goalpost incident, several false fire alarms were pulled. The
University offered a $300 reward for information leading to the identification of the perpetrators. As a result, two students, and possibly a third, will be charged with pulling a false fire alarm.

At this time, no one has been expelled or suspended. As stated in the Student Handbook, students found responsible for any violation(s) of the student Code of Conduct may receive sanctions ranging from a disciplinary reprimand to expulsion from the University, depending on the severity of the violation(s).

The University continues to aggressively investigate the entire unfortunate incident. More charges are pending the results of our investigation.

Hyatt Regency
We continue to investigate the embarassing events that took place during Gallaudet University's Homecoming on October 22 at the Hyatt Regency. The Student Body Government hosted the event at the hotel. To their credit, they are taking it very seriously and are meeting with hotel representatives to resolve issues. The Student Body Government is also expected to make charges against students through Judicial Affairs for various infractions that occurred that evening.

There is a town hall meeting at 2:00 pm today in the Foster Auditorium to discuss these events. I hope you will attend.

Jane K. Fernandes

Provost
Gallaudet University

Much ado about nothing, really.

To Mary With Love: To deny a child from playing in any sport at her school for a year just cause you can as a mother is ridiculous and childish thing to do. And you know it, darling.

Tanya Is Retard: My sister in law, Tanya, is one massive douchebag. She is control freak -- she forbade my nephew from playing in any sports, extracurricular activities, or even spending a night at his friends' houses -- or even play at the city park! At the age of 9, boys will be boys.

The best part is that when I attempt to make a suggestion to my older brother, he snapped that I am fag and that I should not say anything about Danny because I just want him to be gay. What the fuck? Billy, that is why you're stuck with your wife -- you're purely an idiot to start with. Danny is going to be reclusive, anti-social and will end up like the infamous guys in Jeffrey Dahmer, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. I felt sorry for the kid. That kid is not even allowed just to be a boy.

Tanya, you are stupid. Had been, has been and always will be. Your eyes reminded me of a fish that died in my mom's aquarium when I was a kid -- bloated, ugly and ... smelly. That is what you are!

I'm afraid to predict that the way things are going, my nephew may be the world's first redneck who is metrosexual someday!

Cheers,

R-

Play The Game: Guess Which One?

Click The Image To Enlarge

Here are two questions:

1. What did these football players attempt to fingerspell?
2. And which of these players turned out to be my father?

No relatives allowed to participate in this game.

Cheers,

R-

Gallaudet Volleyball, 112-2 and Cave Spring

Gallaudet Did It Again: After the football team attained its unthinkable goal of going undefeated at 8-0, the Volleyball team cruised throughout the CAC Tournament to win the Championship and an automatic berth to NCAA Tournament, beating Marymount University 3-1. For further information on this game, you can read here.

In Oklahoma: A high school basketball team massacred another team, 112-2. One Coach said that it was one of the embarrassing games that he ever had coached -- in spite that he was the one on the winning side. Interesting, though.

Laurent vs. Cave Spring: I have nothing against Laurent being built in middle of nowhere in South Dakota. A friend of mine, Sonny mentioned about this on his blogsite which I agreed completely. We do not have to do this from scratch -- there is a town that already has resources which we can pick up and build from there.

That town is none other than Cave Spring, Georgia. That town has only 975 residents as of 2000. Roughly 90 out of 975 are Deaf residents. Cave Spring is also the site of Georgia School for the Deaf.

The resources for Deaf people to pick up is already there for anyone to pick up. Georgia School for the Deaf has two campuses, one is closed -- one is open. But the one that is closed is owned by the city of Cave Spring. Suppose if the residents of Laurent come to Cave Spring instead of building from scratch in some bitter cold Midwest, it would be so easy to replace the town with the majority of Deaf residents.

The town has the bank, restaurants, bed and breakfast inns ... all you need to do is to come in and make yourselves home. Improve the school, add few deaf-owned businesses and boom, you have it. that town also is home to the spring that floated from the mountain into the 1.5 acre pool that shaped like the state of Georgia. I swam in that pool. That pool is going to make your penis disappear or your breasts decrease -- so cold.

Yes, I had been to Cave Spring -- in fact, I stayed in that town for 4 days. Time flew so fast when I was there for my close friend's wedding. It is located about an hour and half south from Chattanooga, Tennessee and 2 hours north of Atlanta. Why do we need to build from scratch at Laurent, South Dakota while we can pick this town up just like that?

For further information on Cave Spring, Georgia, check this link.

Cheers,

R-