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[ASL TNLN ARTICLE] Celebrating Anniversity of American...
Oscar Click To Play Quicktime Flash VersionEnglish Version
Education Sun, Oct 14 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Concerning Dealing With Interpreters
Oscar Click To Play Quicktime YouTubers, go here.Not subtitledStephen's vlog postInterpreters' Code of Ethics
Thu, Oct 11 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post Moved from DeafRead Extra

My Position on Oralists
Oscar I have two positions.#1. Oralists who sign (whether he/she signs ASL fluently or not).I say, let's become friends if at all because you prove that you know Deaf's first language. Like I told Chris Heuer(sp?) in one comment post at DeafDC, I don't give the flying fuck if a deaf person have excellent speaking skills and talk to hearing with voice as long as they are w...
Language Sat, Oct 06 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[ASL TRANSLATION ARTICLE] About Cashier Beating Up Deaf Guy
Oscar Click To Play YouTubers, go here.English version of the article.
Media Fri, Oct 05 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[ASL TRANSLATION ARTICLE] About MSSD's Incidence with...
Oscar DISCLAIMER1. Everything is just the translation, my opinion will come later.2. Any translating errors are mine only. Click To Play Quicktime YouTubers, go here.
Media Thu, Oct 04 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Let's Be True To Ourselves
Oscar Click To Play YouTubers, go here.SubtitledShane's post"Coming Out" mini-movie
Language Audism Culture Thu, Sep 27 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

To Be Thick-skinned Or Not?
Oscar Revver video coming soon. This is LAST time I will use Revver since it is taking too long for their staff to move their ass to review the videos *sigh*.YouTubers, go here.SubtitledErin's post is here.UPDATE: Erin's post had been moved to frontpage since I uploaded my video :).
Tech Tue, Sep 18 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Just Wondering...
Oscar As I read through DeafDC blogs and occasionally taking part in discussions, I get this sinking feeling. Why? Well, as I look around me in there and look for any familiar faces I realized that there is a rarity in there. What is that rarity? The v/bloggers who are strong ASL signers and proud to say so. There are few in there who has strong thick skin, namely [...]
Tue, Sep 18 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

*laugh so hard* How STUPID Spammers Can Be!
Oscar Congratulations!!! You won the $150,000 on the ongoing DAL lottery 2007 editiondeaf agent --- LOTTOA division of Deaf Lottery Association (DAL).United States.FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.Attn Lucky Winner, NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "Hot Ball: 15" WINNER ONLY Date: Sat september 15a'2007 We are pleased to inform you of the result of the [...]
Legal Sun, Sep 16 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

What is English-y Sign?
Oscar Not SubtitledRevver version coming up soon.
Language Thu, Sep 13 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

UFC's Day of Infamy
Oscar SubtitledDeafDC Bloger's Post
Media Audism Sun, Sep 09 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

How the Vloggers Present Themselves
Oscar Subtitled
Sat, Sep 08 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

5,000? 55,000? Limitations in Languages?
Oscar SubtitledQuash the myth that American Sign Language is limited!
Language Wed, Sep 05 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

ASL vs English in Colleges
Oscar Carl's Post #1 Carl's Post #2subtitled
Language Audism Education Sun, Sep 02 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[ASL PARABLE] "The Bridge"
Oscar Subtitled for non-signersCREDIT: Thanks to Mel for her exceptional imagery, she knows what I am talking about!
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Sat, Sep 01 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[ASL JOKE] "Importance of a Beard"
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Art and Storytelling Wed, Aug 29 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Why Am I Against CI?
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Audism Wed, Aug 29 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[PG-13] [ASL JOKE] "Saga of Two A--h---s"
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Art and Storytelling Tue, Aug 28 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Attacking What is Already Done...Okay? NO!
Oscar I was reading the dad's response to commenters in Moot Thoughts and Musings. I was surprised at his post so I checked out the entry he was referring to. I was sitting here appalled. I saw the video clip and thought it was cute and it was it. I never really commented one way or other because it is already done and like Amy Cohen Efron and I said a while ago, if [...]
Language Audism Culture Mon, Aug 27 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[ASL VLOG] ECA Contest Info
Oscar Non-signers, click here.
Media Language Audism Education Tech Legal Culture Wed, Aug 22 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[BOOK REVIEW] Let Us Protect Our Sign LANGUAGES
Oscar Hello.I am going to review Talking Hands by Margalit Fox. I am honored to be asked to review the book by Simon & Schuster, the publisher of the book. Here is the link. I will give a brief summary of the book, how it may impact hearing and Deaf people, and my response to it.Talking Hands is about the reporter, Ms. Fox, who observed four linguists who studied one [...]
Language Culture Tue, Aug 21 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Half Empty? Half Full!
Oscar One more thing for hearing people in business of "curing deafness"!If you say that our hearing loss mean we lose one sense that we need to survive, then let us sit on our lounge chairs and wish away to the moon those things!1. X-ray sight so that we can see what is behind buildings in case there are robbers, terrorists, or nasty ex and we can flee the scene [...]
Audism Art and Storytelling Tech Mon, Aug 20 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Triangle of Linguistics
Oscar DISCLAIMER: This is not a work of scholarly analysis but rather my artistic perception of linguistics so please view/read with that in mind :).Click To Play Quicktime (10:32)Flash VersionRough English TranslationHello!Now I am going to talk about the idea I came up with, the triangle of linguistics. I will explain more about it soon. This is a response to what had [...]
Language Sun, Aug 12 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[REMINDER #2] Two Weeks Left...
Oscar till the gongs of doom descend on our land!Come on, people! You want more hearing awareness about our need for EQUAL COMMUNIACTION ACCESS? If yes, then move your fingers into action! Join the contest to write up best inspiring blog expounding on why ECA is important, sign your best dramatic self and inspire the hearing people to side with us in our need for ECA, [...]
Sat, Aug 11 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[REMINDER #1] Three More Weeks Till...
Oscar the dark winds of demons conquer our land!Hahaha, just kidding, of course!Actually, this is to remind you that you have three weeks left to enter Equal Communication Access competition :).For more information, simply go swim in the ocean!Hahaha, joking again. Really, just click the link to either get information on entering and other stuff or renew yourself. Enjoy!
Media Audism Tech Sat, Aug 04 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Quote For Us Deaf Community
Oscar "Think of the solution, not the problem."---Terry Goodkind through his fictional character ZeddShelby who commented so courageously in Aidan's vlog post about her struggle for her daughter's sake got it right! Let us together congratulate for the fact that she realized the fundamental truth, deaf babies do not need to be fixed! Now, time for us Deaf community to [...]
Language Audism Education Tech Culture Wed, Aug 01 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

For the Scoffers of The Protest...
Oscar Here is the American Sign Language adaptation of the poem "When They Came for the Jews" by Pastor Martin Niemöller.
Art and Storytelling Sat, Jul 28 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Ultimate Question
Oscar Is using Baby Signs (correct me if I use wrong words) ultimately moral (ethical/right/whatever) for hearing babies?My answer: YES!Why? Amy Cohen Efron presented four reasons why in her video clip, The Greatest Irony!Now if Baby Signs is a moral choice, then how much immoral is it to withdraw American Sign Language (and other sign languages in foreign countries) that [...]
Language Audism Culture Fri, Jul 27 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

More of CI Implanting Video
Oscar More CI video and the article that goes with it.
Tech Culture Thu, Jul 26 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Gary Brooks, I Support You. Stand Strong!
Oscar My message to small (I emphasize small) minority of people who call themselves Christians.For your information:#1 Majority of Christians don't give flying !@#$ about people having different sexual orientations in this day and age.#2 You claim that gays and lesbians are hurting deaf children. My response is, no, they don't. YOU who preach bigotry against gays, [...]
Culture Tue, Jul 24 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Let's Help Deaf Children Hear...
Oscar This video clip is for both sides so it is subtitled for non-signers.Enjoy!
Language Audism Education Tech Culture Sat, Jul 21 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Donating for Captioning... Interesting...
Oscar Here is the article.The article itself is interesting but not my reason why I link you to it. It is halfway down the article where it say that Democracy Now! is willing to caption for deaf and hard of hearing, and that people can donate for it. I like the idea but is the BEST idea? Discuss away.
Media Tech Tue, Jul 17 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[HEAVILY REVISED] FINISH Saying This Sentence...
Oscar "American Sign Language is just a communication method (or communication option)!!!Watch the video clip to find out why! Click To Play Quicktime (13:07) Flash Version
Language Audism Education Sun, Jul 15 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

FINISH Saying This Sentence...
Oscar "American Sign Language is just a communication method (or communication option)"!!!Watch the video clip to find out why! Click To Play Quicktime (17:27) Flash VersionHere is the blog post I talked about.
Language Education Sat, Jul 14 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Happy Birthday, DeafRead!!!
Oscar My own video clip celebrating DeafRead's anniversary! ENJOY!!! Click To Play Quicktime (3:19) Flash Version
Art and Storytelling Thu, Jul 12 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

GUEST VLOGGER: Happy Birthday, DeafRead
Oscar This is video clip made by Lois, the vlogger of My World... at a glance fame, in response to my challenge at Tayler's post. Enjoy!FACT: The birthday is July 13th.
Art and Storytelling Thu, Jul 12 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

[ASL SONG] "I Am a Failure..."
Oscar A silly song or is it? *big grin*RECOMMENDATION: Put your mouse at the Pause button because there will be three quotations and you may want to pause three times to read them.Enjoy!
Language Art and Storytelling Mon, Jul 09 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Is Deafhood a Failure? NO!
Oscar This lengthy video clip is in response to a commentator's (Get Real) second post in MZ's blog post on Gallaudet's probation. I post his first comment then my first typewritten out response then his response to me below.Get Real:I am currently a student of Gallaudet University. You know what the problem is? Everyone is too emotional here. People are more concerned [...]
Higher Education Language Audism Wed, Jul 04 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Prophet John Egbert
Oscar From this blog post I read of touching story about hearing CODA who loved to work with deaf customers. I had been noticing more and more ASL video done by young people all over the USA and I wonder if it is the same in the rest of the world. All I can is that when John Egbert wrote Mindfield I believe he is a prophet deserving of our awestruck honor!
Mon, Jul 02 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Scholarly Citing of Vlogs
Oscar Anne Marie spoke about citing vlog posts and I definitely agree! When I wrote out my papers for my college classes, I found that when I took time to research and cite sources of uncommon information I increase my analyzing skills because I learned to synthesize my thoughts along the ideas of other scholars who wrote out their thoughts before I do. Since we declare [...]
Language Sun, Jul 01 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Declaration then Few Questions
Oscar Click To Play (7:34) I express my belief that ASL grammar is important for everyone to know and follow and why. After that, I have a few questions for ASL teachers.
Language Sun, Jul 01 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Should We Try to be Respectful?
Oscar Calm down and watch the video clip first :). [Hint: I am 100% on the side of those vloggers I link to, okay :-D]1.Diane 2.Teri 3.AidanThose above links respond to personal attackers of Lois in her vlog post. Click To Play Quicktime (3:30) Flash Version
Culture Fri, Jun 29 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Studying ASL Online Diary #21-27 "Final Parts Plan"
Oscar Here is my plan. Since the remaining chapters on the topics are mostly tips and strategies useful mostly for second language ASL users, I will simply read through them for any new stuff and inform you if any in the conclusion later. The conclusion will include anything new, if any, PLUS my argument WHY ASL grammar is all-important, no matter what your walk in life [...]
Language Education Fri, Jun 29 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Studying ASL Online Diary #21 "Pronominalization Final Part"
Oscar Another fairly easy concept in ASL. Basically you can point with various handshapes, depending on the situation. Remember the most important thing is to be SURE that you establish WHAT the noun is before you pronominate it, especially when you are using athird-person 'pronouns'. Till tomorrow!*smile*
Language Thu, Jun 28 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Studying ASL Online Diary #19 "Sentence Types Final Part"
Oscar Click To Play Quicktime (10:54) Flash Version
Language Wed, Jun 27 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

How Far We Had Come!
Oscar Click To Play (1:27) Amy's first (Amateurish? Hahaha, NO!) vlog post. Click To Play (5:57)
Media Tech Culture Sun, Jun 24 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Studying ASL Online Diary #17 "Temporal Aspect Part Two"
Oscar Click To Play (4:29)
Language Fri, Jun 22 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Studying ASL Online Diary #16 "Pluralization Part Two"
Oscar Click To Play (5:44)
Language Thu, Jun 21 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Studying ASL Online Diary #15 "Locatives Part Two"
Oscar Click To Play (6:50) Sorry for lateness. There was technical problems with compressing *growl*. So this one will be in .wmv format originally till BlipTV format it to Flash. The next entry will be out here later tonight. Again sorry for lateness. QuickTime is such frisky thing!!
Language Thu, Jun 21 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Studying ASL Online Diary #14 "Classifiers Part Two"
Oscar Click To Play Quicktime (8:29) Flash Version
Language Tue, Jun 19 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post