I was going through my old poetry nootbook and found that I am missing more than several poems I had written less than 10 years ago! Man, I hope I find them soon! I found another poem and I don't remember if it was written by someone or by me. I won't take credit for it though. It's a good little poem! Here's the poem: unknown.

I found an old poem I had written less than 4 years ago!! Here's the poem: survive.

Craaaaap. I finally found out I am actually down with strep throat for Christmas! It's not fun to be sick during the holidays! :(

I am going to hate this Christmas. I am so damn sick right now, bloody, swollen glands and fever! Blah! But anyways, you have a great Christmas, too!

Yay!! Someone from Colorado is coming here to visit me! I am thrilled!

Stunning Health News About Hot Cocoa Sweet! Hot cocoa really is good for you. Sip a steaming mug of hot cocoa and you'll get more disease-fighting antioxidants per cup than a similar serving of red wine or tea, report researchers from Cornell University. Cocoa's antioxidants are almost two times stronger than red wine, two to three times stronger than green tea, and four to five times stronger than black tea, reports Science Daily. Antioxidants--vitamins C and E and beta carotene--are widely believed to fight cancer, heart disease, and aging. They may even help stave off the memory-robbing Alzheimer's disease. The Cornell study is the most extensive comparison yet of the total antioxidant content of cocoa, wine, and tea, arguably the world's most popular drinks after water. There's just one problem with all this: Scientists know antioxidants are essential for our good health and longevity, but they don't yet know how much we need every day. If you want to get your antioxidant dose from something sweet, there is nothing better than hot cocoa. And the key word here is "hot." Lead study author Chang Yong Lee says hot is better than cold. For some reason, when cocoa is heated, more antioxidants are released than when it's cold. Don't want the fat and extra sugar of hot cocoa? Use skim or soy milk instead of whole milk and an artificial sweetener instead of sugar. The study findings appear in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

I am losing faith in the USA's government. Why? Read this! But I wonder what they will think when they realize the FCC's requirements will contradict this decision? For those goverment officials responsible for disapproving captioning for a lot of tv shows, they should have their ears shot and see how quick they will decide to decline captioning after they cannot hear!

Should I add simple webpage templates and AIM themes then post them here? Please add your comments!

I am sick and tired of Deaf people suing each other all the damn time. I understand there are some who sue for protection or within reason. But, damn it, some Deaf people need to learn to back the fuck off!

I made a new homepage here @ http://deafies.hang.at! Check it out!

This is a repost from my old blog on 21 December 2001: "Hey, you Deaf girls out there.. Listen here, I am not promoting "sex"! I am promoting "taking care of yourself".. Don't spread your legs and have sex with total strangers! If you are DYING to have sex, use a condom! Other people will judge you for getting AIDS/HIV or pregnant, but I will judge you for being a STUPID shit! Yes, I am mad at you. Harsh words coming from a friend who truly cares!" ..and 2 years later, most of them got smart! Unfortunately, the rest are still doing it.

Last night, I was assaulted and threatened by my exwife's husband. I want to have nothing to do with him or my exwife! My exwife divorced me almost 4 years ago! No doubt that she's the obsession that breeds obsession! If she is obsessed about something, she gets other people obsessed out it, also!

I will change the commenting system because the design and layout looks so much better with this Weblog Commenting by HaloScan.com!

I am adding a linkage page, then adding a random microbanner script to the bottom left corner of this blog. Please visit the links!! You can also add my microbanners and links to your site as well.

Please sign the petition to let DVD producers and distributors know that the Deaf would like the special features, bonus materials, deleted scenes and trailers to be captioned and/or subtitled.

I am going to start working on the archive pages. I noticed that my blog has been loading slower than before, so I will be breaking up into 7 days posts instead of 14 or 30 days. Hopefully, that will make my blog load faster.

You represent... loneliness.
Always alone and always sad about it... unlike
angst, you don't have to look for a reason to
be miserable. You want to be in the company of
people but aren't sure how to act when you're
with them. Sometimes you have to make an
effort. You can't always wait for others to
come to you.

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I am studying BlogSkins specs and codes. Why?? I am preparing to make blog and profile templates. Most of the templates will be made for opening inside AIM Today's window. I still need to figure out if it is possible to make my templates work on MSN Today or not. If you know the answer to that, please let me know!!

Just editing a few bugs on this blog. Added links to my friends' blogs.

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Freaky, what the Hell did I do?? I did nothing to hurt you, that I am aware of. I would never intentionally hurt you at all! You know that! It hurts that you blocked and ignored me without reason or explaination. If it has anything to do with my situation with Marc, then I am disappointed that you lied. You promised you would never take sides. If you are going to play the "cold-hearted bitch" game, then be my guest!

Have you seen this commercial ASHA made? You can go HERE to view the commercial I was talking about. Watch the advertisement showed where this guy was driving an old VW Beetle in heavy traffic. He was not looking where he is going as he is trying to get out of the very noisy traffic jam. He went reverse and hit the vehicle behind him, then he moved forward and hit the vehicle in front of him. Their slogan is "Keep an Eye on Your Ears!" After watching the commercial, it left me feeling appalled and offended! It felt like I should be damned and not allowed to drive because I can't hear! It didn't help any better that the commercial was not even closed-captioned! Try watching that commercial again with the sound turned off. What's the idea you are getting from watching that commercial? I understand not all commercials would be closed captioned. But aside from the captioning issue, I am more concerned with the ASHA commercial giving hearing people a general idea that Deaf people cannot drive! Here are some added comments from people I know and hope they don't mind that I am sharing this with you: Patty: My perspective of that commercial.. get your hearing checked every once in a while because hearing people do not realize they are actually losing their hearing bit by bit. The commercial is actually promoting "healthy hearing". Marc: At first, when I saw this commerical, I did feel that it exhibited a message that people who have lost their hearing drive badly and will crash into other cars. I felt that it would compel the hearing people to think that hearing is very critical for driving, therefore deaf people should not drive at all. I know that it is not the intention of the society to broadcast that message. We already have enough hearing people who think Deaf people can't drive, so we don't need a commerical to validate that belief system. Here are several email addresses I got from their website: actioncenter@asha.org leader@asha.org ethics@asha.org Please email ASHA to post a public explaination that their commercial is not intended to encourage hearing people's misconceptions that Deaf people cannot drive, and/or ask them to remove the commercial and post a public apology. http://www.asha.org

For the guys: Got Milk?

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I think I am going to write a book: "101 Creative Ways to Kill Yourself"

If you have friends, ask yourself this: "Am I a true friend?" I know I wouldn't leave a friend hanging there alone if they needed help. True friends don't give up on their friends. True friends don't give "tough love". I know what tough love is, because I had it my whole life. When I think of "tough love", it makes me think of negative feelings. I admit to being somewhat negative, but being negative to me doesn't help. So, I know "tough love" doesn't work for me. Constructive criticism works better.

I changed my mind, I rejoined Ringo. Click to join my Ringo!

More poems!

• violated
• pangs
• I remember you
• foundation
• ruthless
• grasp
• reminisce

I have come across new information this week that my former roommate, Aaron Williams, admitted publicly to kicking me out of my residence in Orem, Utah. He caused me unnecessary hardship and emotional abuse, resulting in forcing me out of the place. I moved out because I wanted the peace. Obviously, he loves to contend with others, especially me! It's no surprise this asshole isn't married yet! Dude, here's a free clue for you: "People HATE to be controlled and disrespected. Stop trying to lord over others and learn to control yourself!"

I am adding the search option for my site!! YAY!

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* searching blogger's archives is messy, you will have to do a "find" or CTRL-F to search for the topic you are looking for.

Also, in the past two days, I have made several retro style brushes. I will post them online later for public use.

Ugh! I slept very short last night because I had 2 different nightmares. I hope it'll never happen again!

I added a script to show random webshots or pics of myself on the top, right corner of this page.

Working on another poem.. :: bound :: standing on the edge, looking down teeter, totter, eyes closed, nerves black, bottomless pit, growing vast swirling, twirling, spinning mind, raw gravity pulls, chains on my soul, tight grinding, binding, heart beating hard (cont..) -philip © 2003

What is peace?

more poems..

• restricted
• at the gate
• always
• the key of curiosity
• addiction
• demise
• doodle
• vulnerable
• cares
• crazy
• blue moon
• apostolic aspirant
• heartsick
• heybaby

I wrote another poem over the weekend.. More poetry will be written and posted!

For those who know Curt, here's a bunch of photos of him! He's an awesome dude and will be greatly missed when he moves back East next month! *sigh*

My random thoughts: I am tired of trying and finding out I am doing it all wrong! When I give so much, I get nothing, but when I don't give enough, I have been accused of being "me, me, me"..

I am going to try to finish my profile and links by tonight. Because I don't know when I will be back on again afterwards. I am dealing with a crisis right now and will be going to the hospital in a day or two.

What's Laurent, South Dakota? Welcome! The town of Laurent, South Dakota is a vision that has been in the making for many years. Our vision is for a place where our nation's signing community can gather together to live, work, play, and worship in comfort and beauty. Laurent, S.D. is not just for deaf or hard of hearing people — the town welcomes and embraces hearing people from all walks of life who want to be a part of the sign language community. Today, Laurent exists only as a dream in the minds of its founders, and now, it is up to us to actually build this town that is accessible, friendly, economically and politically viable. A place we can proudly call HOME. // more info..

Yay!! Got my Tag-Board ironed out!! It's ready to use!

FREE ActiveScan:

I moved the tagboard, still not finished setting it up. But I finished setting up the Web Fire Escape: You can see it on the bottom, left corner!

Today, as of 8:35 AM, I erased myself, along with stories, pictures and my list of 71 friends from www.ringo.com.

I just installed an AIM indicator to let you know if I am online or not. Add Deaf258 to your contact list Send Deaf258 a message

Updated and re-uploaded the 3 Registry files.

What's your name if you lived in Middle Earth?

featured stinker:
danny ghetto wannabe

"Yo, wiggah!" Hey, farm boy, you need to drop the ghetto wannabe act! It's getting very old. Several people came up and informed me that, lately, you have been talking shit about me. Okay, you asked for it, dude. All hands are out, knuckled and ready. Wanna start a fight with me, bitch?? You're the first featured stinker of this website! I know I am going to sound very harsh, but I have had it up here with you and your inability to care for your guests at this apartment!! What you did to me was not very nice, talking behind my back and saying stuff that aren't true! If you have something to say, you say it to my face and stop running around like a chickenshit. I could write a very long article about you and the shit you hash out ON your roommates, dates and friends, but this time, I will keep it simple. Yo, motherfucker.. I never hacked into your computer, not even once, not even twice! I am angry that you aren't being the friend I thought you were. If you never left your dates and friends here, I would never had to TOUCH your virus/worm/porn infected computer! How did I get in your computer in the first place? Dude, I cannot believe you are that STUPID enough to leave your password in the hint box! Let me educate you to get your 2 stories straight: Story 1: "On November 1, I selfishly left Wendy at my apartment while I went out to have fun with other friends all Saturday morning. She was using my computer and somehow my screensaver which I had set for 5 minutes went up and locked her out. She was near tears and panicking that she had no way of calling her family or friends for a ride home which is 40 miles away from my apartment. She didn't have everyone's numbers to call on the videophone. Fortunately for Wendy, Philip came out of his bedroom and saw her freaking out and sitting at my computer. Philip asked her what's wrong and she told him about my stupid screensaver being so inconsiderate to her. Philip went to my computer and typed a few keys. He got an error on my computer and clicked the password hint box. *gasp!* How dumb and idiotic of me to leave my password in the hint box! Philip saw what the password is and typed it in. The computer opened up and Wendy was so very grateful and thanked Philip for his help. He left Wendy with my computer. Gee!! I should have taken Wendy and drove her home myself because I had her over my apartment! And, thank you, Philip, for saving my inconsiderate ass!" Story 2: "One of my friends, Curt, came over to my apartment 2 nights ago. After chatting with me, I went to bed while Curt was chatting with Philip. It was my mistake not saying goodnight to my friend and letting him know I am going to bed. Curt ended up thinking I had left my apartment and deserted him. Curt went to my room and asked Philip if he knows how to get in my computer. Philip told Curt that he is not sure about it because it is my computer and I might have changed the password already. I forgot Curt has Usher's Syndrome and won't always see everything right away. Philip came into my dark bedroom and saw me laying in bed and waved to me. I waved back. Philip turned to Curt and told him I am still here on the bed and awake. Philip suggested to Curt to ask me instead if I could log him in my computer and leave Philip out of it. I didn't go back to bed because I thought Philip was hacking into my computer and stayed awake a little longer. I should have trusted Philip now that I know the story!" Okay, Danny boy.. I was trying to help your friends because you were NOT there to help them! Next time you ditch your friends at this apartment, I am kicking them out of the building, literally! You better start being a real friend and make sure your friends or dates are taken care of BEFORE you either leave the apartment or before you go to bed! Now that you have backstabbed me, I am tired of covering for you! You have hurt me and I don't want to have anything to do with you now! Learn to be responsible for YOUR guests, bitch! *snap*

Working on stories for some of my Ringo friends..

I am thinking about adding useless info on my profile like what's my current MSN screenname.. Former MSN names:

:[ I wanna bite! :[
DJ ({) (L) (bah) Dolly!

Current MSN name: (*) Gimme a (C) of (L)Chai(L) and I am all SET!!! (*)

I am trying out a few layouts from BlogSkins.com, so please be patient with me! I also need to work on content for the right side of this page.. and, no, I am not Jess.

I hooked up with some nifty tools from NerdsOnSite and will add them under my tagboard.

I found a bunch of bots for AIM users! Check them out here:

• Keebler's RecipeBuddie
• Create Your Bot!
• Use IMBotster to send your messages to your OFFLINE friends!

I am testing out an Internet Explorer right-click menu add-on registry file for posting into my BlogThis! I will post a variety of these nifty right-click menu options. If you have a homepage you want added to your right-click menu, please feel free to ask me! By using my registry files, you agree not to hold me responsible for any damages to your computer, as I have already tried them on my computer and no harm came to it. If they do not work on your computer, I don't know how to help you! Don't bother me with reports of bugs in my registry files. Don't download them if you don't know what you are doing! These registry files do NOT work with Netscape or other browsers. The bottom line is: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! IE Right-Click Menu Options: iMood Updater - download BlogThis! - download My Blog - download

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rodeoprincess113 (1:52:20 PM): hi rodeoprincess113 (1:53:07 PM): someone gave me ur sn and told me 2 talk 2 u Deaf258 (1:53:40 PM): about what? rodeoprincess113 (1:53:52 PM): nothing rodeoprincess113 (1:54:35 PM): asl Deaf258 (1:54:39 PM): then why IM me? rodeoprincess113 (1:54:53 PM): i was bored Deaf258 (1:56:25 PM): not good enough of a reason rodeoprincess113 (1:56:36 PM): o Deaf258 (1:56:45 PM): * blocked rodeoprincess113 *

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A note to everyone NOT on my buddy list: If you IM me for no good reason, don't bother. I will block your dumb ass!

Editing my links right now!..

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:

1. "I will be best friends with my mother again and be closer to her!"
2. "I will marry a returned missionary!"
3. "I will wait to marry my returned missionary in the temple and not in the church."
4. "I will not work as a cosmetologist ever again!"
5. "I am going to college and get a degree!"
6. "And FUCK UTAH! I am never moving back here again because I hate most of the people here!"

Okay. Now, see here.. When she left me to move to Arizona, I warned her that I knew she wouldn't accomplish more than 5 of the things she wanted to do. She got pissed at me. That's her problem, living in a dreamland!! Whoohoo! At first, I felt awful about my marriage with her failing and felt very guilty. She was good at making people feel guilty especially me. I took it pretty hard and she didn't give a flying fuck. Anyway, she left to Arizona and spread rumors about me "beating her up many times"! All my personal and good friends knew that was a one fat lie. It was her hitting me everytime she lost control of herself. I admit to being a victim of domestic violence. In fact, her favorite motto is: "It's okay for women to hit the men, but it is not okay for the men to hit the women!" How fucked up is that?!? Then, there's the lie she spread about her being pregnant with my child and miscarrying it during the summer right after she left me. I didn't know if it was true or not! It got me angry because, one, I had the right to know as a father of a child! And, two, if she is making up this bullshit, damn her for trying to get cheap pity from others! That's another evidence she likes to tell fibs! So, she ended up working as a cosmetologist because she doesn't have sufficient skills to work at a different job. Shoot, she broke her word. She ended up getting into this big fight with her mom that unsettled their mother-daughter relationship within the first 6 months living in Arizona. Shoot, she broke her word again! She ended up dating a returned missionary, only to dump him for Tim, the "rapist". For about 9 to 10 months before they got married, she was having a sexual relationship with Tim, who was not a member of the church. Who cares who she is sleeping with?!? It's her integrity in question here. She ended up marrying Tim who is a non-returned missionary. Shoot, she broke her word again! They got married in the church, not the temple. Shoot, she broke her word again! However, they got sealed in the temple a year later. I don't know what she is doing with college nowadays and I don't care. She probably attempted a few courses, but now that she is married, I am sure her attention is elsewhere. Anyway, she now have a kid and she moved BACK to Utah with her husband. Shoot, she broke her word again! People here have told me about her reasons being here: "I miss my family and friends!" LMFAO! The Deaf peeps in Az are turned off by her and she pretty much isolated herself. Her family is always fighting and is fucked up. She moved back because she doesn't have anyone to use and she needed more victims. Most Utah peeps do not know what she had been doing in Arizona. How do I know all this?? Interestingly enough, it was through the hearing world that I learned of this information, I didn't have to ask and I was not interested. But, thankfully, now I know she is a lying bitch who learned her manipulative ways from her mother! It made me better and I knew it wasn't all me that my marriage failed. For the first time, I felt free of her! Now that she is here, I refuse to believe my ex has changed. I refuse to see her because she would pile on more shit than necessary. According to the divorce papers she filed, it had a protective order in saying that we are not to contact each other in any way possible! She is now trying to find me and meet me again. I am not interested in seeing her because I won't let that bitch put me in jail!! If you believe her words, than I am sad to say you have been drawn to her like a moth to a flame. Back to the issue whether Tim raped her or not. Only God, Tim and my exwife knows! Here I am, wondering if he ever raped her at all and that if she ever lied to use that "rape" to ruin my friendship with Tim in the beginning. *Please note this was written out of anger. I am mostly angry at my exwife for the baby part. Now I have ranted and gotten this off my chest, I can focus on better things in the future.

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!

It has come to my attention that there is a "rumor" going around that involves my exwife and her second husband. I will post a longer entry when I have time, but I want to say this: I would not accuse someone of rape unless it was told by the victim!

damn!! what a night! I dunno if I should post it here and explain what happened. I caught 3 people redheanded doing.... Nevermind!!! :D

Added Tag-Board!

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:
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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!

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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.

Quilt Pattern 1, angel blue © 2003

Fact: It takes two tons of rose petals to make one pound of rose oil.

Zodiacal Zephyr: Acrophonology