I was 7 in 1988. I think that was when I started learning ASL, coincidentally, since there was a deaf girl in my Brownie troop.
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Sep 15, 2011 10:15:10 am PDT #26433 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
le nubian - Sep 15, 2011 10:15:37 am PDT #26434 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Hil,
I do not believe most people remember that protest and it certainly does not inform how most hearing people view the Deaf community. In answer to your question. I know it because it is in my area of work, broadly speaking. But I probably am aware of many student protests all over the country for other reasons.
I have to say that the things that have made a greater impact on me as a hearing person, mostly have to do with popular media: I read a fair amount of books on the topic when I was an adolescent, CSI's eps dealing with the Deaf community, PBS programming, there was a decent British miniseries on the topic, etc.
Consuela - Sep 15, 2011 10:16:21 am PDT #26435 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And... Toddson sweeps in to make me feel better about myself. Mwah!
Toddson - Sep 15, 2011 10:17:46 am PDT #26436 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Gallaudet's in town and I love watching the kids "talking" - watching their hands moving so quickly and I find it fascinating.
Sue - Sep 15, 2011 10:18:44 am PDT #26437 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Now that people have explained what the phrases refer to, I remember reading an article about it in either Spin or Rolling Stone around that time, but it wouldn't have tweaked in my memory at all with just those phrases.
P.M. Marc - Sep 15, 2011 10:18:56 am PDT #26438 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Plei, does it need to be black?
Yep.
Ooo! Also, a curly blonde lace front wig. Need to find one of those. About shoulder length, no bangs. Strong curl pattern.
P.M. Marc - Sep 15, 2011 10:18:57 am PDT #26439 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Plei, does it need to be black?
Yep.
Ooo! Also, a curly blonde lace front wig. Need to find one of those. About shoulder length, no bangs. Strong curl pattern.
Toddson - Sep 15, 2011 10:20:51 am PDT #26440 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I like the things in the Pyramid catalogue but I once tried buying a skirt from them ... discovering that their definition of "XL" is a size 12.
P.M. Marc - Sep 15, 2011 10:21:43 am PDT #26441 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The Pyramid dress would have been fine, but for the velvet bodice.
Consuela - Sep 15, 2011 10:26:43 am PDT #26442 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, fuck. My little brother just got laid off. He is the only income-earner, and supports his wife, daughter, and 2 in-laws (her parents stay with them for 6 mos/year from China).
I hate this fucking economy.