Archive for the 'Deaf Stuff' Category

IPod Mood #2

Tempest -

In order on shuffle while I finish my Research Paper on Deaf Influences in Major League Baseball:
U + Ur Hand by Pink
Can’t Hurry Love by The Supremes
I Second That Emotion by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Love Me Do by The Beatles
Love American Style by the Cowsills
 
I sense a theme that has nothing to do with [...]

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End of an Era

Tempest -

My final days on this trip are here.  The final couple of days I spent on the beach, tooling around the North Kohala coast, and going to Deaf Events in Waimea.  Met some interesting and very warm people at these events, welcoming a haole, and inviting me to another get-together - something they didn’t have [...]

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Happiness is a Warm Pee-Pee: A One-Act Play about Being a Supportive Spouse

Tempest -

Setting:  4:30pm - Sunday.  Dining Room and Computer Alcove at the Thunder and Tempest house.
Thunder is playing a computer game.  Tempest is surfing the Net, looking for more Deaf events to satisfy her course requirements.
Tempest:  Oh, look - Bowling!
Thunder:   I’d go bowling with you.
Tp:            It’s a Deaf event…
Th:   [...]

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“I’d rather be a hammer than a nail…”

Tempest -

I’ve just finished 5 days of homework.  My eyes are bleary.  My fingers feel like sandpaper from tick…tack…tick on my Mac keyboard. The dogs are wondering if I’m mad at them.  I could use a glass of wine, a bubble bath and a massage, preferably from someone named Esteban.  When do I get to be the [...]

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Is This Thing On?

Tempest -

Man, do I need an outlet…
Working full-time, going to school almost full-time, having a life..
The problem is that I’m never very good sitting still.  Never have been.  So I’m back in school.  I could have an easy life, sitting in front of the TV at night - munching on chocolate-covered soy nuts, but no!  Right [...]

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