Fire! Yea thats right I'm an ARSONIST

Tonight was Erfo's turn to host the evening events. It started off with Mary Beth Miller who by the way think is one of the best deaf comedianne out there! Here's the only picture I could find off of google;


She was our guest speaker at MSSD graduation, thats one of the few things M. Y. did right as class prez or whatever she was for our graduation, I just remmy her being in charge of it. I did NOT like the lame ass circle we were forced to join into during the graduation ceremony! I still remmy one of the assistant principals or head of life people was mad at me for wearing blue jeans, black converse high top sneakers and a simple black tee with grey, small, stripes. I figured two things, one I didn't like to wear dresses or dress very feminine (my how times have changed) and secondly, we would all be wearing a graduation gown, no one would see my clothes anyhoo. I vividly remember having to prove to this person I didn't have a dress to wear by opening my closet in my dorm room in Dorm D of MSSD. Funny I still consider my graduation photo with Baba and one of my Uncles to be a favorite shots of mine from graduation day. You know how some images stand out more then others. My grandmother had her purse in her hand, haircut was a bob cut, and she was wearing a white suit. Me, in my purple graduation gown, waering a star of David necklace, hair down and wavy and not wearing my cap and I think holding a white rose.
Ok yea I know the above has nothing to do with TC ASL Fest so back to the review;
Next Erfo covered the basics of what is literature? Is there a distinction between deaf lit and ASL lit?, etc., etc.. We watched a few more videos and I think my favorite part was the 2nd half after intermission and the cake. We had live deaf jokes and no matter how many times I've seen it told, I still love to watch deaf jokes and how the signer tells the joke(s). Again because many of the attendees either missed Tues showing of SDI part I Erfo was sweet and ended the night with SDI Part I, and I seized the opportunity to try the movie out on a another test audience. It did garner a lot of laughs but not as good as tuesday. I do think the mood of your audience makes a comedy a sucess or not. Beth made them all laught, but unfortunately I am leaving an IMPORTANT part out...

You see, earlier that evening I started a small fire during the event
yeah it could only happen to me;
here's what happened, since being a media tech specialist and everyone knows, I was dealing with the computers, dvd players, lcd projectors etc., etc., all week. Well tonight we were in a new room with a cart that had a pc and LCD projector. For those of you who don't know, LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display which is a fancy schmancy way of saying a more modern projector. Basically you can hook up the following;
computers (pc and or macs with an adaptor)
dvd players
vhs player
speakers
Here are some photos of what an LCD projector (portable) looks like;


So Erfo brought her Mac Ibook and we hooked it to the LCD so whatever you saw on the screen of the Ibook, you see on a screen being displayed by an LCD projector. So at one point of the evening events, a guest speaker was up front with Erfo but she was being blinded by the LCD projector and the images being projected on Erfo was interfering with the terps ability to do their job. I decided to I take a pad of paper and rest on the lens of the LCD projector instead of turning it off. Not because I couldn't but because to restart the projector it would take several minutes and I just thought a few minutes would be ok, boy was I WRONG. The next thing I know Nutter, that crazy guy is motioning to get our attention, it turns on the paper of pad
CAUGHT on FIREEEEEEEEEE *imitates John Leguzimo* I immediately grabbed the pad of paper and rushed right in front of the room entrance and promptly poored diet coke on it over a trash can in front of 60 or so some people deaf and hearie mixed. But luckily Nutter saves the day. Lesson learn, turn off LCD projector in the future.

Afterwards 6 of us went to a nearby Sushi. Blondie and I shared Shrimp Tempura roll, hey it still counts as sushi! I am actually a roll eater so when I say lets eat sushi that means rolls for me.
I forgot to mention yesterday what a cute card Zaxy made for me;
The caption on the left (Robin) reads; " holy rusted nails, Batman! Look what we have here- it's a jXxnX (my nickname) and a pxxlxs (my last name) - all in one!!!" The right caption (Batman) reads "Not to worry my lil' friend. she's one of us and has a great aim. kick ass aim!!" how cute is that?! Gawd I wish I had an ounce of Zaxy's creativity, combined with my movie making skills, I could be the next Speilberg or Oliver Stone! Hey Zaxy are your nails as short as mine?

My response as Wonder Woman;


WW: Nothing on Paradise Island would bring me as many smiles as the world best photographer AKA Handler. His wits and skills, undeniable. And he has a heart as big to match it!
*Suddenly WW hears the sounds of gun being fired and uses her bracelet to ward off bullets*
WW: Sorry Handler, the responsibility of humankind falls on all our shoulders, I must be off!
*WW jumps into her invisible plane and gives a "Ms America" wave goodbye*
and on that note, GN!