Hip-Hop Hero SHIREA is as Rare as they come

It's going to take me longer than I initially thought to recollect my Army Summer thoughts and I sure as hell don't want to wait that long to post. So just to build suspense, you'll have to settle for this:

Taken from Physiology of Behaviour by Neil Carlson

Most people in the Deaf community, who communicated with each other by means of signing, have negative feelings toward oral communication. The difficult task of deciphering lip movements makes them feel tense. They realize that their pronounciation is imperfect and that their voices sound strange to others. They feel at a disadvantage with respect to hearing people in a spoken conversation. In contrast, they feel relaxed and at ease when communicating with other deaf people.

Like other people who closely identify with their cultures, members of the Deaf community feel pride in their common heritage and react to perceived threats. Some deaf people say that if they were given the opportunity to hear, they would refuse it. Some deaf parents have expressed happiness when they learned that their children were born deaf too. They no longer needed to fear that their children would not be a part of their own Deaf culture.

Some members of the Deaf community perceive the cochlear implant as a serious threat to their culture. This device is most useful for two groups: people who became deaf in adulthood and very young children. Cochlear implants in postlingually deaf adults pose no threat to the Deaf community because these people never were members of the culture. But putting a cochlear implant in a young child means that the child's early education will be committed to the oralist approach. In addition, many deaf people resent the implication that deafness is something that needs to be repaired. They see themselves as different but not at all defective.

What's on my desk right now:

The To Kill A Mockingbird DVD starring Gregory Peck :swoon:

Conversation of the day:

AP says: there's a fucking mouse in my room
AP says: and it starst to gnaw at things as soon as i begin to fall asleep
AP says: bhenchod sala kuta
AP says: i'm laying awake for him now with w 5-foot long 1-inch wide steel pipe
AP says: but the harami is too clever
AP says: won't make a sound now

Seinfeld quote of the day:

"I was spottin' those raccoons..."
"They were mailboxes, you idiot. I didn't have the heart to tell you."
- George and Jerry, in "The Glasses"

Request of the day:

Thanks all for the Aveen tip. I ented up settling for this clear Neutrogena fancy soap and a tube of Persa Gel. NOW, where do these exfoliators fit in? Are they worth spending hard earned cash on?

Raptors Update:

Vince Carter is now a New Jersey Net! and now that that is all over and done with, we can continue on with the rest of the losin.. er season.

Currently addicted to: Blue Six - Pure (Aquanote Tidal Mix), De La Soul - No feat Butta Verses