"When I lived as a hearing person, it limited me. When I lived as a Deaf person, it set me free." ~ Philip B. Mecham
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Shoot, the bitch broke her word again!
Okay, here's the story. It was brought to my attention by one of my roommates telling me people in the Deaf community has been saying that it was not true about my exwife's second husband who raped her while they were seniors back in high school. If you are one of those peeps who think it is not true, step back a little bit.
Hello?!?! I would never make such a serious statement like this if it was not true! Back in 1995, I was hanging out with Tim and we were starting to become good friends. When my ex found out about it, she panicked and told me that Tim, her exboyfriend in high school, raped her. Believing her words, it turned me off and I didn't associate myself with him. As I got to know her better before and after our marriage, I noticed small clues and little signs that she wasn't telling me the truth. Of course, I have caught her telling her folks fancy fibs and getting away with it! When I approached her several times on the topic of her past exboyfriends, she told me that she also got forced by another exboyfriend in California. Again, I believed her which I realize now that it was a BIG mistake. About a week before we got married, I was there when she confessed to her mother about Tim raping her in high school. You see? Can I trust her word for it or not? Again, I trusted her as I was blind in love and was supportive of her. She also told a few other Deaf peeps in Arizona about her past with Tim. They all believed her. Well, after a series of fabricated problems, she left me saying 6 things will happen after she divorces me:
- "I will be best friends with my mother again and be closer to her!"
- "I will marry a returned missionary!"
- "I will wait to marry my returned missionary in the temple and not in the church."
- "I will not work as a cosmetologist ever again!"
- "I am going to college and get a degree!"
- "And FUCK UTAH! I am never moving back here again because I hate most of the people here!"
Monday, October 27, 2003
I've been finding cool stuff to add to this page. I finally found a free service that will host the comments you would want to add to the page. It should be easy to use and interact with everyone else now!
Added: BlogOut! You can click on the u sign at the end of the post where you want to add on your comment. It's that easy!
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Monday, October 20, 2003
Someone was asking me where did I learn Photoshop. Basically, I just installed the program and played around with it until I like the images I am making. You can look for more info on how to use the program by going to Google's search and find "photoshop tutorial"!
I use:
http://www.absolutecross.com/
http://spoono.com/
http://www.wastedyouth.org/
http://www.phong.com/
http://www.guistuff.com/
http://robouk.mchost.com/
http://www.eyeball-design.com/
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/
http://www.teamphotoshop.com/
http://deviantart.com/
I use:
http://www.absolutecross.com/
http://spoono.com/
http://www.wastedyouth.org/
http://www.phong.com/
http://www.guistuff.com/
http://robouk.mchost.com/
http://www.eyeball-design.com/
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/
http://www.teamphotoshop.com/
http://deviantart.com/
One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is Deaf and hearing people have a lot of misconceptions of interpreters and their roles on the job. Over the summer, I took an RID approved workshop about interpreting. I learned one main thing: Interpreters ARE underpaid! With or without benefits, they are still underpaid! If interpreters are paid 35 to 50 bucks an hour, they only get to see less than 14 bucks income and profit in return!! They have a lot to worry about, working the right number of hours, making sure the evaluation and licensing fees are paid for, to sign up and pay for the workshops to get the required earned credit units for recertification every two years or so, paying any of the medical bills incurred from interpreting, paying for the gas to travel from one interpreting assignment to another, paying for the parking fees at business or school parking lots.. The list could go on! More than half of what interpreters make goes back to making sure the interpreters themselves are certified. It sure doesn't seem to be fair, but that's the way it is right now. The workshop's presentator researched that if things were fair 100% for interpreters, they would be working the top paying jobs in the world, earning approximately 90 dollars an hour plus benefits! End of the line: Interpreters are underpaid, period. They have every right to bitch and complain about having no benefits or not earning enough income on the job! After I took that workshop, I had better respect for the interpreters and made myself shut up about them complaining about low pay and no benefits.
Imagine them having to work 15 to 25 dollars an hour? Now, that's slavery!
Imagine them having to work 15 to 25 dollars an hour? Now, that's slavery!
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Friday, October 17, 2003
I found these nifty tips on Netscape.com.
Do It Yourself Tips
Kestner suggests the following simple ways to use your own herb garden to add a bit of aromatherapy to your life:
Mix your favorite herbs to create new scent combinations.
Pick a handful of botanicals and put it in your bathwater. Wrap a bunch of clean, fresh herbs -- such as lavender or chamomile -- in a gauze pouch, and drop it in your bath to release the oils in the leaves.
For softly scented linens, toss a gauze pouch of clean herbs in the clothes dryer with an unscented fabric softener sheet.
Thursday, October 16, 2003
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