anyone want to go to the chili cook-off with me? it's the day before my birthday and i feel like it'd be really fun to get a bunch of my friends together to enjoy some random bands and (moderately) celebrate my birthday.

http://www.dc101.com/pages/ccxo2007.html ((details here))

love.

oh, long story, but i've decided to go to hofstra. visited there ( Read more... )

all of you know my involvement in the deaf community and how passionate i am about the people within it and all of that other stuff. many of you may not really understand the culture and why it is the way it is. you may see it as deaf people closing themselves off from the rest of the world, when in actuality they've been discriminated against ( Read more... )

Dear Aria,

Congratulations! On behalf of the Gallaudet University, I am pleased to admit you to the Hearing Undergraduate (HUG) program as a degree-seeking student for the 2007 fall semester. College is certainly an once-in-a-lifetime experience, and your years at Gallaudet will be exciting, and rewarding.

Your application for admission clearly ( Read more... )

apparently acceptance letters are coming in by the day now? i'm into arcadia. it's a cute school in the middle of nowhere, yet close to philadelphia.

so. i got accepted to mcdaniel. that means two of my top three choice schools have accepted me. now all i need to do is hear back from gallaudet. who knows when that's going to happen. i kinda doubt i'll end up at mcdaniel. but it was originally a top choice. i don't really have one aside from gallaudet now. so yeah.

absolutely wonderful. i needn't say more.

i. am. a kleptomaniac.

i, uh, can't deny it anymore.

so. the stress is (basically) over. it's all in their hands now ( Read more... )

these are the wonderful people i spent the past 6 months of my life with (and last year). where i was every tuesday night and for 3 weeks constantly with performances. deaf access has been one of the most wonderful parts of my life.


there's a story behind the girls signing what a wonderful world. the girl on the right is deaf and the girl on the ( Read more... )

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