| //final decision |
[06 Dec 2006|08:16pm] |
so, i've accepted the full-time graphic design position with NAD.
i start the first week of january. i get my own office.
i get to redesign every single thing. and design new things.
phew.
D.C., here i come.
... and here's to new beginnings.
. . .
you have no idea how much i'll miss you guys.
there's this postsecret card i saved from the site.
[EDIT: here it is]
...the best i could ever ask for.
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| //deafhood rediscovered. |
[17 Oct 2006|05:15am] |
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it's hard for me to put in words how i feel about the whole gallaudet thing but i'm going to try. i've been quiet for a while now, listening to and reading up on both sides of the story.
in the beginning, when i first heard about the whole thing... my inital reaction was: oh god. stupid gallaudetians. just give her a chance and see what happens.
that was me up until a week or so ago.
the more i read up on it, the more i heard about it... something inside of me stirred.
it was subtle at the beginning but then i suddenly knew how i felt. it was something i have not felt in a long, long time. it was foreign at first but then once i embraced the feeling, it was like coming home again.
i'm welling up as i write this.
first, some background information. i was born hearing, became deaf at three. english was my first language, then S.E.E. that's signed exact english. then P.S.E./A.S.L. came into the picture but not until i was 13. every year from 2 years old to 16, i had speech therapy. my family is hearing and i love them dearly but i was often a victim of the dining table syndrome. i went to both mainstream and deaf school. i am a lover of the english language. i write poetry. but i am also a lover of A.S.L. they are both beautiful languages and should be regarded as such.
during my years at a deaf school, i was a militant Deaf. i disliked and often made fun of oral/H.O.H. people. i was so, so proud.
then i came to RIT. my first year, i tried with some other people to set up a club where A.S.L. could truly be embraced and preserved. needless to say, it wasn't a success. the NTID community wasn't for it. for the first time in my life, being Deaf was not accepted or even encouraged. over time, that pride faded away. i no longer felt Deaf and my attention slowly shifted to trying to fit in a hearing world.
and then this protest happened.
i watched a short video by mosdeux and it had this Deaf boy signing. in that moment, i saw who i used to be.
in short... i'm supporting the gallaudet movement because i don't want any Deaf children to forget who they are. that there is a place where it is okay, perfectly okay, to be proud to be Deaf. no one should take that away from anybody.
all of this isn't even a third of what i want to say but it'll have to do for now.
. . .
"be the change you wish to see in the world." - gandhi
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[02 May 2006|06:48am] |
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all i have to say is this:
:)
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| //the blondest moment of my life, today |
[16 Apr 2006|12:46am] |
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stranger in moscow - michael jackson |
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i was telling a friend about what happened today
and realized i should share the story with my loyal readers/viewers.
this is, by far, the blondest moment of my life.
i am still beyond embarassed
and laughing out of shock
about what happened.
. . .
simpasaplant: jesse came into my room
simpasaplant: this afternoon
simpasaplant: and he dumped honey (the orange tabby) near my chair
simpasaplant: and i glanced quickly at her and from my perspective looked like she was holding a toy in her mouth
simpasaplant: so i was thinking, aw how cute
simpasaplant: and proceed to grab the toy
simpasaplant: i wasn't really looking at her
simpasaplant: and was just swinging the toy back and forth
simpasaplant: and noticed she was swaying with it
simpasaplant: and i laughed and told jesse
simpasaplant: that she's just like a dog
simpasaplant: stubborn, holding onto the toy with teeth
simpasaplant: and i kept swaying the toy back and forth wildly
simpasaplant: and was thinking to myself oh my god what a stubborn cat
simpasaplant: and it took jesse a while to realize i had the situation in a completely distorted perspective
simpasaplant: and he was telling me to stop
simpasaplant: and i was all "?"
simpasaplant: and told me to look
simpasaplant: and i realized that he put the toy around her neck
note: honey is fine.
immediately after realizing what i did,
i dove for her and made sure she was okay and all.
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| //valentine's day |
[15 Feb 2006|03:48am] |
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yes, another one of those valentine's day posts.
half-assedly watching friends.
napping together.
late night food shopping.
chocolate covered strawberries.
explaining the differences in rice.
teaching how to get chocolate off plates.
looking at childhood pictures.
hearing stories.
telling stories.
laughters.
recalling old games which leads to
ordering over 1,000 pogs on ebay.
going to the bathroom three times, sick = not fun
the almost full moon.
clear sky, not too cold.
talking about travelling.
getting free food.
giving a chocolate kiss.
talking about poetry.
leaving at 3 in the morning.
i couldn't have asked for a better night.
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| //friends; the wine of life |
[26 Nov 2005|05:12am] |
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one of the most important lessons
i learned this recent quarter
was that i should show appreciation more.
tonight, i felt it was time for me to reflect back,
go through some pictures, and think about each person,
and how each one made a difference in my life
or why I value the friendship.
so, this will be a collaboration of pictures
and most importantly, words of gratitude.
this entry is a tribute to my friends
or people that have made a difference in my life,
and hopefully, i in theirs.
( a plethora of pictures and sappy text )
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| //the weekend in a nutshell |
[13 Nov 2005|01:20pm] |
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none because my ipod broke :( |
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doves' bake sale.
a surprise visit from the bff.
new lil sister + old lil sisters = one big happy family.
getting stuffed at the potluck.
food coma.
sharing spoons.
macgregor's.
winning two games of pool.
madonna sing-alongs.
indian food and catching up.
realizing your friends know you more than you think.
@#*$^# cuuuuute monkey at the reptile shop.
knowing a bit more about reptiles than necessary.
the realistic fake tarantula.
dinner and wine.
watching the wizard of oz.
discussing judy garland's life.
chicago sing-alongs.
sasha's bash.
memorable bathroom moments.
jellyfish slaps.
going through a forest of a kitchen to uncover a treasure.
laughters.
i couldn't ask for anything more.
. . .
by the way, ariel...
you'll be sorely missed.
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[15 Dec 2004|01:11am] |
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| 100 goals i'd like to accomplish |
[22 Dec 2003|06:03pm] |
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(i could only come up with 84... when i get 16 more, i'll post it.)
1. Get a labret piercing
2. Get a vagina piercing
3. Buy an Armani outfit
4. Visit England, especially London
5. See the pyramids
6. Backpack Europe for three months
7. Get a barcode tattoo
8. Learn French
9. Learn Spanish
10. Peace Corps (or VSO) for two years
11. Read the entire dictionary in a full day
12. Visit Africa
13. Visit South America
14. Visit Asian countries (China, Korea, Vietnam, etc,...)
15. Visit Japan (one of the design capitals of the world!)
16. Build and own a house by the beach
17. Have one of my advertisements/design on a building or something in Times Square
18. Write and direct a play
19. Paint a self-portrait
20. Tour the Amazon Rainforest
21. Swim the Great Barrier Reef in Australia
22. Engage in a threesome
23. Engage in an orgy
24. Live in NYC for a couple of years
25. Live in Seattle for a couple of years
26. Live in Portland for a couple of years
27. Live in Boston for a couple of years
28. Live in San Francisco for a couple of years
29. Settle down in England
30. Own a beagle, basset hound and a dachsund
31. Learn how to make my own spaghetti sauce
32. Make my own kite and spend the day flying it
33. Make my own chessboard
34. Earn 50,000+ a year at a job I absolutely love
35. Have a child
36. Create my own soup recipe
37. Learn how to make baklavas
38. Visit India
39. Get a book of poetry/semi autobiography/art book published
40. Outward Bound twice; one backpacking, one sailing.
41. Meet Madonna
42. Learn sculpting
43. Spend one week homeless with no money; learn how to survive in a city like Portland
44. Bowl drunk with a bunch of friends
45. Run through a cornfield
46. Spend the entire day on a green hill, lying on a blanket, reading a good book
47. Own a boat - nothing too fancy
48. Go on a cruise
49. Get a MFA in Graphic Design or something similar
50. Get a PhD/doctorate/whatever if possible.
51. Own a business
52. Work in the film industry, somehow - maybe design movie posters or DVD menus
53. Create a computer game
54. Write and direct a film
55. Try LSD at least once
56. Visit Amsterdam
57. Attend and graduate from a culinary arts school
58. Get a certificate in Business
59. Purchase a Cel of Tom and Jerry
60. Own seats from an old movie theater, or bowling seats
61. Learn Origami
62. Create my own board game
63. Reserve a billboard - have it say "Think about love."
64. Own a painting by Salvador Dali
65. Live to see the day where there'll be flying cars
66. Go to Disney World
67. Have a garden similar to the garden from the movie "The Secret Garden"
68. Have a willow tree in the backyard
69. Write and illustrate a children's book
70. Live to see the day when the quality of the education for the deaf has increased tremenously
71. Visit all 50 states
72. Learn how to snowboard
73. Live in an eco-village for at least a year
74. Be a vegan for at least 5 years
75. Learn how to grow marijuana
76. Ice-sculpt
77. Sky-dive
78. Parasailing
79. Have sex in an elevator
80. Write a musical
81. Try pure absinthe
82. See Zuman in Las Vegas
83. Swim with the dolphins
84. Pet a seal lion
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