Pavlov’s dog plays Pavlov. Woof!

Pavlov’s dog plays Pavlov. Woof!

Autumnal Dragonfly: So I Was In The Grocery Store....

anautumndragonfly:

…when a male voice came onto the intercom.

Now, my particular hearing loss is of the sort that I can often hear but do not understand.

What I heard was a long, loud, intense moan, and then I could make out the words “hot,” “smokin’,” “baby,” and the phrase “time with me.”

I stopped in the…

THIS. IS. AWESOME.

The Legalized Deafies: ASL beginners...

thelegalizeddeafies:

Recently, I posted 8 steps for YOU. I hate to say this. You’re developing a tendency to skip from step 3 through step 8.

I’m sorry but I’ve had it. I’ve been watching your videos (signed songs and story tellings) on #ASL. Most of the videos that I have seen so far—you were following what was…

It is for this reason I feel the need to go back and delete all my old YouTube videos from HS through college ‘chronicling’ my progression through my education in ASL and for feedback along the way. I don’t want them to be used as examples for how to sign songs, more as examples for how an average hearing person might progress and look at each stage in the process, but I feel that many ASL students with song interp assignments or just hearing people wanting to learn to sign may use them for educational purposes as examples of the ‘goal’ ASL interp, which they are definitely not. I went back and added a tagline to the bottom of all my videos, but I’m not sure that it’s enough. Maybe I should just make them private and post a vlog explaining why, but at the same time, I feel that there are people who can learn from them if used correctly. Thoughts? 

Seven Steps to success:
1) Make a commitment to grow daily.
2) Value the process more than events.
3) Don’t wait for inspiration.
4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity.
5) Dream big.
6) Plan your priorities.
7) Give up to go up.

Source: John C. Maxwell (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

thelegalizeddeafies:

As Deaf advocate and member of Deaf community, If this happened, I’d be very dead-seriously disappointed in National Association for the Deaf’s mixed message on Civil rights as well as Dennis Daugaard, first CODA governor of South Dakota.

Everybody should have the right to marry someone they love. Marriage is not between men and women. Marriage is between two people truly in love and make marriage work without doubts regardless of your sex, skin color, disability and appearance.  

Read the full article on Deaf Politics 

Peace and Love,
Mike 

So much confusion, so little time

- Job shopping in Houston in a field I’m not 100% positive I love because it’s what my degree is in and there are openings in the area

- Living in a town with zero friends and loads of social anxiety that regularly impairs my ability to communicate 

- Wanting to move to California or anywhere my confused self might fit in better, but teacher salary to cost of living ratio is awful there compared to Texas

- I don’t think I could survive living >3 hours away from my family, and my grandma is practically begging me on her almost-not-really-but-she’s-convinced-herself-it-is death-bed not to move away just yet, but I’m convinced she’ll live to see 110 anyway

- Thinking I might be panromantic asexual or pansexual, knowing that to most people that just means I’m weird, sick or insane and I just need to keep my mouth shut about it 

- I feel like I should keep my mouth shut about most things, just bear it until you can move away… but move away I do, and no place ever feels like home, especially not here in my hometown

- I’m 21 and I feel like I’ve wasted 20 years of my life living for other people and I have no idea how to live for myself at this point

- What am I doing with my life?

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Ok I am going to be honest…

tokioblue:

I can’t do body shifts in my ASL stories. It is so frustrating, I got it in English, I can sign it… but I CAN’T ACT IT OUT correctly… my exicution is just bad.. and very confuseing. Does anyone have anything that can help…?

I would over-exaggerate your role-shifting in practice (by yourself, not encouraging you to make an idiot of yourself in front of others… ;) until it becomes more natural…

Example: instead of just turning during a narrative involving role-shifting, I would take a step, move into the position of the person as if you’re acting out both roles and exaggerate the character. If you’re having trouble remembering which ‘role’ is which, do a few quick role-shifts saying/signing the character’s name each time (John-Sara-John-Sara-John) or like you’re speaking to each person instead of stating their name (Sara? - Yes John. Sara, you there? - John, I’m right here…).

Does that make sense? Sounds silly I’m sure, but it helped me work through the occasional frustration. Hope it helps you keep track. :)

tokioblue:

The difference between signing a song… and signing English…

Another great video by Ally (a fellow Baylor Bear and Deaf Ed major! ;D) showing the differences between signing a song in English and interpreting a song into ASL. I was expecting to see the typical SEE features like ‘-ing’ and ‘-ed’ but even without them it shows the dense signing of English versus the expressive, fluid nature of ASL… You can tell I’m biased, just a bit.

Btw, I laughed out loud when I saw you sign ‘drive you crazy’ up in the corner, Ally! Hahaha this is great!