will youtube listen?

Concerning the following 2 videos, I've sent a complaint to YouTube via their contact service page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_uMaMXkxJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q992QnPzpqE

I am very disappointed you would allow these videos to remain posted and online. Those videos are just as offensive as racist videos. Those 2 videos posted are pretty much categorized as Hate videos.

I would like to show you what the similarities are so you'll have a better understanding how offensive it can be:
hearing person mocks and makes fun of Deaf person
white person tease and taunt a black person

YouTube, are you willing to allow such videos mar and scar your reputation with the Deaf community? You want bad press? I hope you guys will do the right thing and take those offensive videos offline!

Sincerely yours,
Philip Mecham

I can only sit back and wonder when they'll listen or do something about it. Only time will tell! And, if other Deaf people sent in the same complaint to YouTube, then, maybe they'll listen and quickly remove the 2 videos.

:: foundation ::

Here's a poem I started to write in 2000, but completed it sometime in 2001. I wanted to make a political statement with a poem, and at the same time, do a different style of writing one. It is almost like alliteration, but it's not. Enjoy!

:: foundation ::

ill awe
artificial honor
hazy opportunities
obtuse cliques
coy exploitations
easily self-inflicted
sordid victims
vicious fibs
fudged proficiency
paralyzed obedience
optimistic employers
eager bastards
bloodsucking freeloaders
fair damnation
discrimination prostitutes
protests subdued
self-subscribing illiteracy
idiot farms
flagrant education
ensuing boredom
brain fatalities
foolish societies
silence continues
comic progress
people ill-tempered
intelligence unattractive
unsought agreements
abandoned aspirations
aimless drones
declassed innocents
of
ill awe!

- philip (c) 2007

poor utahn peeps.

While I'm enjoying the 70-something° weather here in Maryland, my Utah friends have been witch-tittin' it at around 24°! I'll tell you, the weather's pretty odd in the past year here! We'll see how it goes for 2007!

winter sky.

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Originally uploaded by Deaf258.

I love this shot I took of the trees and sky of Maryland.

the end and the beginning.

10.. 9.. 8.. 7.. 6.. 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..

Yappy Hew Near 7002!

More to be added later!

it sucked.

I was going to write a long entry and email to post here for Christmas,
but...

Christmas sucked. Badly.

So, I'm going to bed early. Goodnight!

what am i?

You are The Fool

The Fool is the card of infinite possibilities. The bag on the staff indicates that he has all he need to do or be anything he wants, he has only to stop and unpack. He is on his way to a brand new beginning. But the card carries a little bark of warning as well. Stop daydreaming and fantasising and watch your step, lest you fall and end up looking the fool.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

fixing something.

The comments pages are on the fray. Hope to get them fixed by tonight!

new hat.

Neal and his 2 daughters got me a new hat and sweater with zipper for
Hanukkah.

I really like the hat! It's a reminiscence of Arizona with all the hot
weather during Spring and Summer!

a christmas present.

Finally! I got the supersampler camera for Christmas!

Every year, my brothers and sisters do this gift exchange. So, I'm
giving many thanks to one of my sister-in-laws!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :)

wish granted: a fisheye camera.

It was a pleasant surprise when I answered the door to find out I got a
Fedex delivery from Mipperjean!

Thanks, Missy! I'm forever in your debt!

Tags: camera, lomography

a firefox favorite: gbutts

I totally fell in love with GButts! It is a Firefox Add-on or Extension
that adds a drop-down menu of buttons to many services and features
provided by Google.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3576/

a speed test.

I thought my cable connection was 512kb. Boy, was I wrong!

updated signature.

For quite a while, this was my email signature:

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks
out."

- Walter Winchell

Now, I am using this new quote as a signature:

"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

deep thought.

I have seen this quote a few times before. I decided to post a brief entry about it.

Sometimes when you try too hard to get something, you won't be happy. Usually, you have to let things happen naturally and enjoy life, then you'll be truly happy.

delicious italian cake.

Neal and I went to Trader Joe's for dinner 2 nights ago. We wanted to
get a quick sandwish or wrap before we went to a joint Deaf
organizations' Happy Hour fundraiser.

While we were at Trader Joe's, and after we picked our choice of food to
eat, we went to the food sample serving area. We found someone working
the table and asked if we could get our food microwaved bec it is so
cold outside. The worker reminded us that they aren't supposed to warm
up food for customers, but sensed our urgency and went ahead anyways. I
noticed a tray with slices of some kind of bread with diced fruit in
them. I tried a sample...

Mmmmmmh! It tasted really good!

While our food was getting heated up in the microwave, I asked about the
price of the type of bread. I forgot how much exactly it was. I can't
find the receipt, but I know it was somewhere between 6 to 7 dollars.

There was a big stack of the fruit bread in boxes. I noticed the boxes
came in 2 colors. I asked the salesperson what's the difference. The
darker colored boxes are raisins with candied fruit bits, and the
lighter colored boxes have cranberries instead with candied fruit bits.
Based on the salesperson's suggestion, I made my choice and grabbed it.

» insert classic zelda sfx «

Huzzah!! I bought a package of Trader Joe's Cranberry Panettone!

lomography fisheye camera

I've had my eye on this camera for quite some time. I think I will get this within the next 2 months for my Photography class at CCBC. Amazon is selling it right now for $36.60 with free shipping! It's times like this that I wish I was employed! :(
link...

tags: [lomography] [cameras]

via Wists: link

cat humor.

a nice surprise.

I was baking 3 kinds of cookies today when Neal came home from work. He walked in the kitchen and we chatted for a bit while I set the dough on the coockie sheet. He was playing with Pepper, then asked me to close my eyes for a minute. So, I shut my eyes.

He tapped me on the shoulder and I opened up my eyes. He held up a box with a small fiber optic Christmas tree in it.

I didn't have Christmas things or decorations around the apartment. Neal felt bad that he and his family will celebrate their Jewish traditions and holidays this month, and I won't be celebrating Christmas. Now the little tree is sitting in the corner of the living/dining room area.

I'm really touched. It really meant a lot what he did for me today! I wonder if he understood what that meant to me..

Anyway.. Happy Hannukah (spell? I'm gonna check dictionary for this one), Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, y'all!

Testing Blogger.com

The damn blogger service won't work 3 times already.