Archive for the 'Language' Category
Fingerspelling
0 Comments Published April 21st, 2009 in Language, ASL Class, school, information, Practice, Skills, Fluency, Fingerspelling, Deaf, American Sign Language, ASL, Deafness, Learning, Interpreting, Sign LanguageK, I admit it. I fingerspell when driving. Sometimes I’m so involved in fingerspelling that I don’t realize that my car is no longer driving completely straight in my lane. I always correct myself quickly, and no harm has ever come from this silly habit except for some mild embarrassment on my part. I used […]
I Did It!!!
0 Comments Published April 21st, 2009 in Starbucks, Deaf Events, Southern California, Shyness, Shy, Conversation, Deaf Night, Deaf Culture, Practice, ASL, American Sign Language, Learning, Language, Skills, information, Sign Language bit the bullet, and I went to Deaf Night at Starbucks at the local mall. Ironically, I didn’t meet any deaf people. I did meet plenty of ASL speakers though, and there were so many people there that I’m sure I just didn’t get around to meeting them as I chatted with others. I had an […]
A Little Closer
0 Comments Published April 7th, 2009 in Deaf Events, Southern California, Deaf Culture, Shyness, Shy, Deafinitely Magic, Class, School Assignments, Practice, Skills, ASL, Deaf, American Sign Language, Learning, Fluency, school, Language, ASL Class, Sign Language
he flier said “First Come First Served”, so I assumed that meant there wouldn’t be presale tickets. It turned out I was wrong, and they were completely sold out when we got there. It was at the college my mother works at, a magic show by professional magicians (Deafinitely Magic), followed by some fun skits […]
I’m a Very Shy Girl
0 Comments Published March 29th, 2009 in Deaf Events, Starbucks, Shyness, Shy, Deaf Culture, school, ASL, ASL Class, Language, American Sign Language
tell people that I’m shy all the time, but they usually just scoff at me. I’m incredibly friendly if someone wants to chat with me first, and I have no problem at all getting up in front of an audience, but put me in a situation where I have to make the first move and […]
