What About Facundo Montenegro?

It was reported to me today that Facundo Montenegro, MFA -- he used to be the adjunct professor at the Department of Television, Film and Photography at Gallaudet, now the whole department is shuffled into something else -- has died of Lung Cancer.

This was a certain surprise for me and it may break few's hearts like Ryan Commerson and Allison Aubrecht -- in fact, it was he who inspired them to do something about the audism that occurs at Gallaudet and beyond Gallaudet. Despite the fact that he can hear, he was the instrumental figure that pushed for the production of Audism Unveiled.

I never took classes under Facundo Montenegro. From what I knew, he was quite popular figure with his students. But yes, Facundo and I talked once in a while. In fact, there was this legendary tale that a certain fellow caused me, Helmuth Boy and Jacques Girl to score one of the most embarrassing moments in our lives.

What happened is that there was a subtitled film sponsored by Reel Affirmations at Lincoln Theater. It was sold out. Helmuth Boy was determined to get in, one way or other. We met a well-known local boy by the name of Robert Mason who led us to someone who works within the theater.

Some miscommunication occurred from that point, the guy pulled me, Jacques Girl and Helmuth Boy into the theater -- led us to the backstage, told us to wait as we watched the seats being filled up to 1,500. Among the 1,500 was Facundo Montenegro.

Suddenly, this fellow who runs the theater pushed me, Helmuth Boy and Jacques Girl onto the stage in front of 1,500 spectators to give few words about the film. I realized at that point, this fellow thought we were some kind of contributors that financed this fucking film.

I stammered. Helmuth Boy smiled and said, "HELLO! MY NAME IS MARK HELMUTH AND I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THE FILM!" to the audience without an interpreter. Then he raised his hands to wave as in applauding -- then 3,000 hands waved back at us. I stammered like Hell. Jacques Girl crept back into the backstage. Suffice to say, I nearly pissed in my pants.

Apparently this fellow who runs the theater realized that something did not transpire well, he turned the stage floor off. After the lights glared on our eyes, it was all pitch black. Needless to say, Mark fell off the stage by accident. I had to vamoose to the bathroom because I was laughing hysterically and crying so hard.

Few friends of mine, including Erin Wilkinson, was in the balcony area when they saw us on the stage and could not believe it. In fact, one of our hearing friends heard my voice via the microphone -- then he turned to see me on the stage, he was horrified and baffled to understand why I'm there onstage. I was the closest to the microphone. I stammered.

The next day, Facundo Montenegro caught me at Ely Center and said, "What the heck were you doing on the stage last night?!"

I told him all about it. He smiled like Hell.

Bon voyage, Facundo!

Cheers,

R-

P.S. Check for Jenna Bush's thingie (Not Safe at work). Bleargh.

Thoughts for the Day

Sore, Sore and Sore! Whew! I just noticed something today. The pounds that I lifted at the gym has increased tremendously in the last 4 weeks. From measly 25 lbs to 55 lbs. The trainer said that I should expect to see changes in me within 2 to 3 weeks. I can't wait! But today, my upper body is fucked up! I used to hate feeling sore. But for the first time in eons, I enjoy it. I know it will lead me to the one I wanted all along.

The Story of Brokeback Mountain: I caved in and read the story of Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx which was printed in The New Yorker. Thanks to DowntownLad's entry, I finally got to read it. I liked the story. It is only 17-pages long. It was kinda sad but I gotta admit that Annie Proulx wrote very well. The idea of her writing a sex scene is odd, but reading what she described -- it made me spring a boner.

Ennis ran full throttle on all roads whether fence mending or money spending, and he wanted none of it when Jack seized his left hand and brought it to his erect cock. Ennis jerked his hand away as though he'd touch fire, got to his knees, unbuckled his belt, shoved his pants down, hauled Jack onto all fours, and, with the help of the clear slick and a little spit, entered him, nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed. They went at it in silence except for a few sharp intakes of breath and Jack's choked "Gun's going off," then out, down, and asleep.

Whew! That was hot one.

There Was One, Now There Are Two! Remember the last entry I talked about having a blog that dedicated to disparage who I am. I just learned that there is another new blogsite called I Hate Ridor, created none other than Amy Kurz also known as Kurzetard of Tampa, Florida. This woman is psycho! I once met her at Gallaudet and always thought she was wacko. But I kept it to myself because it is polite thing to do. But after I left Gallaudet (I only knew her for a semester), she actually thought she's my best friend. She ain't.

Later, she insisted that I am her best friend despite the fact that we hadn't talked in years! I made it clear that she was never my best friend. It appears that on her blogsite, she still THINKS I'm her best friend. Kurzetard, get this through to your brain if you have one -- you ain't my best friend. You're fucking nuts. Go and fuck your mini-schnauzer dogs for all I care.

I Dare You To ...: This happened in Jacksonville, Florida. And Christopher Lemay is cute, I think.

According to Times-Dispatch: Stephen B. Johnson was inadvertently pushed out of the closet -- for years, he was openly gay only to his friends but not to professionals. That is until the newspaper exposed him. According to The Washington Blade, someone who is close with Stephen B. Johnson retaliated on him by telling the information to the newspaper. I guess it is typical of gay men to do that, eh?

Ford Backpedals! Ford Company has announced that they will not fold to the demands of American Family Association and will remain to advertise and sponsor gay-related newspapers and communities. Good.

Someone Please ... Will anyone else bomb Syrians? I mean, they bombed Lebanon too many times! What they needed is a payback.

Cheers,

R-

Tuesday the 13th Tidbits

This Is Hot! It'd be heaven for many gay guys to watch these four players in action.

Bad News For Lee Trevathan: A dear friend of mine, Lee Trevathan, did not make it to the Top Three for MetroWeekly's Coverboy of the Year. But look at the bright side, he was in Top Ten.

My Workout Regimen? My trainer insisted that I start to work out 3 times per week because I hadn't been doing a workout in years. But after three weeks, it has been changed from 3 days to 5 days. I expected that I'll be exhausted and sore in days to come. In time, I should see some changes in my body.

There is a framed with some wise comments from the owner of the gym regarding our appearances. I cannot quote the exact comments but it was saying that if we have a great body, we should not brag it to others. Basically, the keyword is humility. As for me, the goal is to get healthy, to look good and to feel good about myself. I am also aware that even when I lost pounds, people will still complain about the way I look. Either way, they will always complain. So do I care? No, not really.

Brokeback Mountain Captioned or Subtitled? This is getting frustrating for me. As the film continues to pile up on the raves from many critics regardig two cowboys in love with each other, the film has been released to the limited theaters. Which means what? The chances of seeing the film on a big screen is very remote. I had been trying to find information on this film being subtitled, captioned or even rear view captioned! NO luck. Of course, I knew better than that. Even in 2005, they fucking still ignored us. They will make subtitles for foreigners, but not for their own Americans! How great is this?!

On related note: The Xians organization, Focus on the Family, claimed that the film is not successful because it only produced less than $600,000 on opening night. That was misleading information. Actually, they made $544,549 in FIVE THEATERS! And the film will be expanded to include more cities across the nation. And the Xians are squirming in their seats ... stay tuned.

So-Called Built Tough Ford Caves In: Another Xian organization, American Family Association, announced the victory of convincing the automobile company, Ford Company to stop advertising and sponsoring events associated with gay communities. The same nutty Xian organization is also the responsible ones that intimidated the stores, Target, from selling the morning-after pills for women! This is the same organization that is still attempting to stop the Food & Drug Administration from approving a vaccine that was already tested 100 percent safe to prevent two strains of HPV viruses. This vaccine would have saved thousands of women's lives. In other words, these nutty Xians who supported the American Family Association are murderers, hateful bigots and you tell me that I was too harsh on Xians?!

Rocco And I? For some months, I enjoyed reading Rocco's blogsite called I Probably Hate You -- his blog is funny, vicious and all that. Rocco is very opinionated person. He is not perfect guy. But he has a heart. And his own mind that is considered to be lethal. He often fired some snappy comments that offended, pissed and enraged some gay people.

He is not the best looking guy in the world. But he has a heart. He has a cadre of loyal friends around him. As you can see the picture of Rocco (in yellow shirt) being playful with his teammate, he plays on gay rugby team in New York.

But not everything is good. Rocco also has a stalker who sets up a blog to discredit, taunt and offend Rocco on every turn. The stalker also attempts to tarnish his reputation as well.

This reminds me of my stalker who is operating a blog solely against me, trying to defame me with inaccurate information, false ideas and to ruin my reputation.

After seeing Rocco dealing with this crap, I felt much better. In fact, I felt flattered that there is someone else out there that wants to talk about me. Trying so hard to discredit me at every turn. Go ahead and do it. What you try to do will only make me stronger than ever. Just like Rocco.

Rocco, you rock!

Virginia Cavaliers Update: At 5-1, the Cavaliers will visit the Spiders here in Richmond on Sunday at 2 PM. I'm going to haul my parents to the game so that they will see why I am a fan of Virginia Cavaliers for the last 18 years.

When I was at Gallaudet, I occasionally took friends to Charlottesville, College Park, Morgantown and few places where the Virginia Cavaliers squared off against different teams. Suffice to say, many friends enjoyed themselves, I hoped.

They get to see the real side of me that was not often demonstrated in public. My friends who witnessed me at these games, you are free to describe how I behaved at these games.

Ooh. As for Chlms, my fag hag from Phoenix, Arizona, many years -- since '91 -- 14 years! My god! Christie, whom I affectionately called her as Chlms, and I first met when I barged in Cogswell Hall and I saw her walking on the second floor, I noticed that she looked like someone else that played for Virginia Cavaliers.

I exclaimed to her that she reminded me of Tammi Reiss (pictured on your right). She was perplexed then quickly dismissed me. And even today, I showed the pictures to her, she still dismissed the similar looks. Tammi Reiss played for four years with Dawn Staley at Virginia and they did it very well.

Ever since, Chlms and I became good friends, despite the fact that I probably gave her few ulcers. She did the same, though.

Anyway, it'll be my first time to see the Cavaliers play up front in 2 years. The last time I saw the Cavaliers play was in New York when they played Long Island. Needless to say, the Cavaliers routed Long Island.

Cheers,

R-

Mondays Suck, Especially in Winters!

Tookie Williams To Be Executed Tonight! I'm not a fan of Death Penalty but guess what? I am not passionate enough to care about Death Penalty to whine about it. But this is interesting. Tookie is scheduled to die tonight. It may set off the riots in Los Angeles. Or it may not. Why? Because he is the founder of LA Crips, a well-known violent gang in Los Angeles.

Once Again, Ty Giordano In Press: My dear friend, Ty Giordano, was mentioned in EntertainmentWeekly No. 853 December 9, 2005 on Page 37. It talked about his character being deaf and gay and that his character was in an interracial relationship with African-American man -- these three punches could make people talk about it. Perhaps it will, perhaps it won't. Only time will tell.

Wow! This Must Be So Good Christian Way! An anti-gay organization, Focus on the Family, based out of Colorado Springs, Colorado -- spreadheaded by Dr. James Dobson who once accused the Spongebob Squarepants of being gay. However, I was alerted to this article which nearly made me shot my snots out of my nose.

Apparently, a teenager wrote a letter to Dr. James Dobson about his struggles with homosexuality. Dr. Dobson responded back that he was touched by this teenager's struggles with homosexuality and went on to quote an anti-gay doctor to help this poor little teenager to deal with his homsexuality, check this:

Meanwhile, the boy's father has to do his part. He needs to mirror and affirm his son's maleness. He can play rough-and-tumble games with his son, in ways that are decidedly different from the games he would play with a little girl. He can help his son learn to throw and catch a ball. He can teach him to pound a square wooden peg into a square hole in a pegboard. He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger.

Boy, that is SO pervert of Dr. James Dobson to make a suggestion. His organization, Focus on the Family, is heavily pro-Xian group that contributed heavily to defame gays in general.

Any Suggestions About 2005 Deaf Blog Awards? You're more than welcome to email me at ridor9th@gmail.com

Israel & Iran? What do I make out of this? Israel reserved the right to defend itself after hearing the repeated threats by the President of Iran regarding wiping the nation of Israel off the map. If Israel bombed Iran's nuclear power plants, I would not complain of that at all. In fact, go for it. Iran has changed a lot in the last 25 years but is it good enough? No. So go ahead, Israelis.

Santorum Is Finished! And he knew it. The polls in Pennsylvania has been steadily widened between him and his challenger, Bob Casey. Rick Santorum shot his foot out when he wrote his autobiography with a bizarre tale that he took his dead baby home and passed it to their children. Eww. Rick Santorum is conservative Republican who is also Xian. Bleargh.

Anyway, Santorum claimed that people are against him these days. Actually, it was himself that did this.

Remember GW Bush's Katrina Comments? Remember the comments that GW Bush insisted that they will not lose New Orleans. Well, Congress just resisted to pay $32 billion dollars

Last Night ... I was livid that Desperate Housewives was not on at all. Then I stumbled upon PBS, remember ... I'm a fan of these channels: PBS, Discovery Channel, History Channel and National Geographic Channel. They had a program called, The Appalachians. I knew my father would watch it -- mainly because he was practically raised in that. So do I. Shortly, I was stunned to see the panorama view of Powell Valley where my father's family hailed. The panorama view took place on High Knob, just above the valley.


It was nice to see Powell Valley and High Knob being mentioned on that program.

Paramount Pictures Buys DreamWorks SKG: Ahh, for $1.6 billion, Paramount Pictures bought Dreamworks SKG -- expect the local amusement park, Paramount's Kings Dominion to spring new rides associated with War of the Worlds, Shrek, The Ring, Gladiator and yeah, A.I.

Why Deaf People Do Not Like Hospitals: When a friend told me about what happened in the hospital, it made me chuckle a little. It did not shock or surprise me at all. In fact, it is very common that many Deaf patients deals with this crap.

See the black folder? It was placed right next to the hospital bed where my friend laid herself in. In fact, she did not notice the folder until her friend told her to look at what it was written on that folder, right before she was wheeling into the surgery room.

This place happened in the heart of Washington, DC at Washington Hospital Center. AS many of you knew that Washington, DC is also home to one of the nation's largest Deaf Communities!

Here is the next picture.

It is scary to know that the registered nurses cannot spell "deaf" to start with!

Good thing my friend did not freak out before she was wheeling into the surgery room. Probably from the fact that she was used to the idea that the idiotic registered nurses would label Deaf patients as "death" or "dead" patients.

Go figure.

R-

It Is Set -- Check It Out

2005 Deaf Blog Awards

Check it out. Tell me what you think. Feel free to participate in the contest.

Cheers,

R-

12.11.05 Tidbits

Vote for Brat Boy School! Remember the vote occurs once per day! As of Sunday the 11th, My only endorsement, Ethan of Brat Boy School, has taken GayPatriot's place and is now leading as many as 50 votes. If we keep on doing this, he can shock Pam's House Blend who is leading more than 240 votes -- we have 4 days left to do that. Do your part by voting for Brat Boy School on this website.

Dr. I. King Jordan Ain't The Only One: Dr. Elizabeth, who is the current President of Southern Oregon University, will be retired on August 31, 2006. Many of you may remember Dr. Zinser as the first woman to be the President of Gallaudet University and the only President that never stepped on Gallaudet campus. She resigned only after 7 days of an uproar at Gallaudet which we knew as Deaf President Now Movement. Hat tip goes to Gabe. On his blog, there are links to the articles. Check it out.

Well, At First ...: At first, I laughed then thought about this particular article. This is fake article, just like The Onion -- how? Check the facts -- "Still UCSD's only humor newspaper." on the top of the webpage. But words to describe deaf people's sounds are not amusing. I think it is offensive, really. In fact, I think I will be cautious about how I moan when I am around hearing persons! Gee, thanks a lot for making me conscious of my fucking deafie voice. What do you think? Hat tip goes to Deaf258.

RimJob of DailyKos At It Again: Many hearing people continues to wonder in amazement that not many Deaf people are interested in hearing the sounds. I do not give a crap if a bird could tweet or bark. I simply do not have the desire to hear music or shit, but sometimes I wish I could eavesdrop what one is being said to the other on the subway.

Read what RimJob wrote on DailyKos:

I just don't get the "Fat Acceptance" people. It sort of reminds me of the segment of the Deaf community that objects to Cochlear Implants. There are norms to the Human condition. Should people be made fun of if they don't fit that norm? Absolutely not, but it's illogical to argue that a feature that is defective or unhealthy IS normal. Saying that there is nothing wrong with being 300 pounds or not being able to hear, is just distrubing to me. Hearing, and not having a coronary because of being grossly overweight are pretty standard.

He was talking about the obese problem and attempted to compare it with people who do not want cochlear implants. Jesus Christ -- i want to slap that boy and tell him, want me to put it on your head and tell me if he likes it! Some deaf people are so desperate to get implants because they want to hear or fit in. That is their right. I have no qualms about it. But to whine that we all should have it just because it will enable us to hear "sounds" is silly, really!

Hearies! Can't live with them. Can't live without them. Hat tip to Deaf258 for the link.

You Know What They Say About Chinese ...: According to this article, China is having the Sex Revolution -- people are fucking like rabbits. Of course, there are consequences to that. C'est la vie! I once fucked a Chinese -- ahh, never mind.

James River Parade of Lights: Last night, I went to Richmond to be part of its James River Parade of Lights -- it was interesting and nice event. About 1,000 spectators were on hand to watch 13 boats filled with lights all over as they flowed down the James River with three police boats escorting them. It was somber event.

I just learned that there is another Chinatown Bus Service from Richmond to New York other than Apexbus.com, I was thrilled because this one provides better schedule than the Apexbus.com -- it is www.easternshuttle.com. Yahoo. At least, there are several options to get back to the City.

The Shockoe Bottom in Downtown Richmond reeks of DC's Georgetown or Philadelphia's South Street. It is nice and cute. They are still debating about putting a minor league baseball stadium in that area -- if it should happen, it'll help the area just like Baltimore's Camden Yard did to the city.

Another Sister Fell For Blogging: My sister, Lily, has succumbed to the blogging fever. She is not profilic with English but she excels in Art. She is adding her artworks on it -- very amusing. You can find her link on the family section.

Oh, By The Way, Here Is Your Body! At the courtesy of GW Bush and Pentagon, here is your son's body -- via the freight. Did not surprise me at all.

Cheers,

R-

Tidbits and The New Banner

REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR BRAT BOY SCHOOL! All you have to do is to cast the vote for Brat Boy School on this link once per day. You can vote for him today, then tomorrow, then Monday until the 15th of December. Ethan of BratBoySchool was down by 150 votes behind FagPatriot, but he is now down by few votes. Good, it is time to push Ethan ahead of accursed FagPatriot and try to beat Pam's House of Blend.

Here Is Two For You! Some of you asked about The Boondocks via the emails to see what happened when the old men went to see Brokeback Mountain. Here are the last two comic strips. Enjoy!

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Dykes on Bikes: You know the lezzies that rode the motorcycles at every gay pride marches, baring their breasts for the sun to glare and burn? In San Francisco, the lezzie group tried to apply for a patent to own the name at the US Patent office, it was denied because the office thought "dykes" were derogatory. But it was done by their own lesbians. So it was reversed recently. Well, they can call themselves Dykes for all I care. Hat tip to Carrie.

Shaq Is Now A Cop: According to this article, he is now the reserve police officer in Miami Beach. He helped to nab two persons who attacked a gay person few months ago. He has my respects. Again, hat tip to Carrie.

Richard Pryor Dead At 65: He died today at the age of 65. He had an illness, Multiple Scelerosis for many years. However, he was a great comedian, always spouting many filthy jokes that makes people cringe and laugh out loud. He once acted in a flick with Gene Wilder called See No Evil, Hear No Evil. He was blind, Gene was deaf. Gene was ineffective as deaf character, but Richard was effective as blind character. I guess, Satan needs a new comedian in Hell as JuneAnn LeFors would say!

Here Is The Banner! I'm working on opening a new blogsite that will cover the nominations and categories for Deaf Blog Awards. But here is the first banner -- many thanks to Jason Wittig for his contributions to the art! This is great! Whaddyathink?



For further information on 2005 Deaf Blog Awards, come back in few days. It'll fly off, I promise you on that.

How Am I? I worked out a lot this week. I feel much invigorated. Much better. Much healthy. Let's see ... I got hit on by not one but three guys in three days. What does it means? And tonight, I'm heading up to James River Boat Parade of Lights -- should be fun and interesting.

Cheers,

R-