SEE a language? HA!

(Okay a disclaimer goes here: my friend Kristeena was the person who held the camera... she didn't realize that whenever she flipped the camera 90 degrees the film does the same... so I had to reposition some clips 90 degrees back to its proper angle, but it ended up STRETCHING everything... so some body parts may look out of proportions.)

I don't think a transcript is necessary. I can make a bullet list of what exactly was said:
"Three of us are at a bookstore and we saw something and we wish to protest against this feature... and we got the right because we have used SEE when we were younger"
"SEE (Signing Exact English) being on the same shelf as ASL..."
"Language bookcase is the wrong place for the SEE books... so we decide to MOVE them all..."
"We thought the most suitable and appropriate place for those SEE books is..."
LOOK AT THE VLOG TO SEE THE ANSWER!!!!!!

[grin]

Road Trip

The tentative route can be seen here at google map that I devised (clicky).

We plan on taking freeway 15 north to Las Vegas then from there we will continue on highway 70 to enter Utah where we will stop and camp to take in some beautiful sights.

Next day, we will floor it all way through the Midwest only to brake once we are in St. Louis to sleep. Maybe to sight-see (I heard so much about the City Museum) and whatnot... to get our legs familiar with walking and whatnot after two days or so of driving.

Then we will try to floor again to reach to D.C. by nightfall.

Sounds simple, huh?
Recommendations are always appreciated-- for vegetarian-friendly joints or nice supermarket along the route as shown on google maps.

And we are not going to sight see-- we are in a time constrict, so Utah and St Louis are our only stops for sightseeing so no recommendations about detouring to Canada, to Montana, to Oklahoma, or whatever. Gracias.

Squaring Away my Life

It is hard to size up your life's accumulations into a cardboard box. Is it pathetic that I only got six boxes? And it doesn't even include my clothes!

It is amazing how fast time has flew... right now I only got a month left to get ready for our road trip cross-country to Washington D.C. ...
My living room is askew with boxes taped up placed on one side and piles of stuff placed on other side of room waiting to be either sold or given away to Salvation Army. My heart winced a bit when I know I won't see my things again... however there is no sentimental value in any of those things-- I just liked them (like my old vintage wood dresser.) Cannot I just take them all??!! Only if money was not an objection.

It is difficult to choose which I will take with me and which I can leave behind for four+ years...

I chose to leave behind my childhood beloved items with my mother to be stored away in the attic. After all I will move back and get a house where my childhood items can be displayed. I have a huge dilemma about my artworks-- many are easy to be taken with but I have several recent pieces that are not possible to pack up in a simple box... should I throw it out or leave it behind? Since nobody in my family appreciated my art, I felt strongly against leaving it in their hands-- after all they might just dump it out. So C brought up an idea-- "mail it through USPS?"
BUT WAIT before you dismiss this idea...!
It is actually CHEAPER to mail stuff than ship them through a moving company or FedEX! Jeez! So we decided to leave boxes of clothes (that we won't need for a month), books, and some artworks to be mailed later by our family as soon we find a place. It will cost us about 40$ for a 70-pound box... that is CHEAP.

So there is a grain of hope for me to take all precious possessions I have...! Course, I still have to purge plenty that have no sentimental values or are easily replaceable.

C and I plan to leave around July 25th to drive for four days or so-- with stops planned for Utah and St Louis with my puny car stuffed up with boxes.
'Tis a life of frugal post-college students.

We plan to camp along the way if the hotel rates are too expensive. It will be fun! We have to get our own tent, although... what a bummer!
The lifestyle of mooching off our family has ceded to self-reliance.

Any suggestions of vista points or yummy vegetarian-friendly joints to check out along the highway 70 will be greatly appreciated.

Certified Deaf Interpreter-- Will you use?

My explanation of how a person uses a CDI (Certified Deaf Interpreter). I am curious about your thoughts and views about yourself using a CDI in whatever situations you think youw ill need the most. If you believe you won't use a CDI, why?
This is to explore the public opinion about Certified Deaf Interpreter.