"Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get."

The above quote was sent to me by my grandmother, Baba (thank you). The author is unknown but an excellent quote.

Below is a letter written by FSSA, I bolded the areas that I felt were most relevant and supports my view points. Kudos FSSA!

FSSA Press Release - May 22, 2006
Written by FSSA Editorial Team
Monday, 22 May 2006
PRESS RELEASE

May 22, 2006

The FSSA Coalition has read carefully the May 19th memo from the acting chair of the Board of Trustees to the Gallaudet University Community. We welcome the Board of Trustees’ commitment to openness as well as improved and direct communication with the campus community. We appreciate the evidence of careful listening to the concerns of an overwhelming majority of the faculty, students, staff and alumni at Gallaudet University, and agree that there is a need for increased accountability and shared governance.

While we agree leadership is the key for ensuring Gallaudet’s successful accomplishment of the challenges ahead, we are disappointed that this memo does not address the failed leadership of Dr. Jane K. Fernandes or her selection as Gallaudet’s 9th President. And, while we appreciate that the Board of Trustees recognizes the importance of a diversity plan to enhance our multi-cultural community, we are dismayed that they have entrusted the responsibility for facilitating this plan to Dr. Fernandes. Although Dr. Fernandes claims diversity as her strength in leadership, she has demonstrated that she lacks awareness of how her approach thus far has been controlling, non-inclusive, and lacking in transparency and equity. She has not only failed to unite the Gallaudet community, she has divided and severely hurt our community with her identity politics and inequitable diversity strategies.

The protest will continue until the presidential search process is re-opened, and a transparent and fair process is conducted to find a leader who can unite our diverse community. While we appreciate the Board of Trustees’ promise of no reprisals for the protest up to the 2006 graduation, we seek an extension of the pledge for as long as this protest is necessary.

By making a single individual or decision more important than the needs of the university and its community, the Board of Trustees has ensured that Gallaudet’s future is endangered. No university can succeed when its selected leader has lost the trust and confidence of the community. Clearly, a majority of the faculty, students, staff, alumni and related organizations has stated that our extensive collective experience with Dr. Fernandes is stronger than any promises she can make. Sixty-six percent of the faculty voted no confidence in the appointment of Dr. Fernandes as Gallaudet’s 9th President, as did 81% of the students. More than 3,000 alumni have signed petitions seeking a new search and new leadership. There is a choice: A choice between Gallaudet University and all of the people it serves all over the world, or a single individual who has failed to lead and unify our community. When will the Board of Trustees put the needs of the university and its community before any one individual and at what cost?

The FSSA Coalition and many others look forward to working with the Board of Trustees to seek a just resolution to this crisis. The reality is that the person selected through a flawed process cannot lead when an overwhelming majority of students, faculty, staff and alumni at Gallaudet University will not follow.

I thought this letter was very well done and to the point!

Also check out this website,

TVDeaf.com which is sponsored by I believe VRS or at least affliated, its hard to gather from the site but still cool to look at.

I couldn't get over Ridor's Blog today about helping that poor guy "James." Ricky, what you did was really sweet but do keep in mind that he could have additional problems besides education (lack of) and his ASL skills, so it might be better to contact social services on his behalf and serve as his advocate (deafinitely!). I am proud of you Ricky, you've done GOOD!

Yesterday I finished reviewing the footage and elimating uneccesary items such as lapse times or really poor shots. I am trying a few different format and the hours flew by. Thats one cool thing about editing movies, is you lose track of time. I have to remind myself to take periodically breaks and stretch. I am gearing to get back to work on that shortly.

Last night, hung out with Blondie and Cain. Blondie went to bed and Cain and I yakked for a few hours about trival things such as the meaning of life, is there an afterlife? He had never heard of the "invisble silver cord" that connects your body and soul. Many NDE (Near-Death Experiences) people remark how when they are above their bodies, watching things happen around them, they often feel a tug, an invisble link and often it keeps them from completely seperating, ie NDE, instead of death itself. I am not sure what I believe? Life after death? Reincarnation? And if recarniation exist, does it mean we are reborn as humans on the planet earth or like Hinduism where they believe you come back as a plant or animal, etc etc.. I really like the works done by Raymond Moody. If you ever get to read some of his books, I highly recommend you do so :)

anyhoo, back to editing.