A change is gonna (going to) come
She twirled her fingers at us, writing in the air with dancer’s fingers. Then she wrote with a borrowed pen (all pens are borrowed) on the bar napkin in front of us “I AM A DANCER. ARTIST.” She also added, “ANGER” above “DANCER” and grimaced and smiled at the same time. We are in a [...]
Deaf Spotlight/Seattle Film Festival (March 30 – April 1, 2012)!!!
Seattle, WA- GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE SEATTLE DEAF FILM FESTIVAL! Eleven different, exciting, and inspiring programs, including five feature-length films, will be shown at the Seattle Deaf Film Festival, beginning Friday, March 30th, and ending Sunday, April 1st, 2012, at Kane Hall 120 on the University of Washington campus. It is [...]
November 2nd Showings for Oren Kaplan’s “The Hammer” in the Bay Area
Oren Kaplan’s “The Hammer” will make its next showing in theaters in the Bay Area on November 2nd, 2011! The movie is about Deaf Wrestler Matt Hamill and how he persevered to become the first Deaf NCAA champion in wrestling. The movie is in English and ASL and is completely open-captioned so that Deaf [...]
Pride
In one minute at San Francisco gay pride, I saw… Studly men Cigarettes Cat mustache Glow in the dark jewelry Swaying hips Pink furred boots Penis Thump thump balls Black Porta-potties Glasses Camera flashes Beautiful girls Warm jackets White Hot dogs Drunk Shamble Skateboarding Blue hair Naked Plaque “When I was in the military they [...]
Apple Adds Closed Captioning Support for AppleTV, But Content Falls Short
I went to MacWorld last week! As a Mac user and a newly-minted resident of San Francisco, it was my holy and solemn duty to go. I made especially sure to go the day after Steve Jobs’ keynote so I could see new Apple machines on display. While my hopes for a MacBook Pro update [...]
DeafHope Featured On CNN
DeafHope, a non-profit organization founded and run by Deaf women, will be featured on CNN on Tuesday, November 27 and again on Thursday, December 6. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, DeafHope’s mission is “to end domestic and sexual violence against Deaf women and children through empowerment, education and services.” Currently, DeafHope provides peer [...]
Relay-Interruptus (Or, I Just Want a Damn Pizza!)
Ok. I am sufficiently fed up enough with relay services to write Yet Another Deaf Rant About the Relay. Let me paint a picture for you. MacWorld, San Francisco (a conference I’m currently attending). Hunger. Dinner time. The buzzing city all around me. Ah! Round Table Pizza (The Last Honest Pizza)– a delectable treat for [...]