Just finished up week eight. Went out to dinner with a group of friends.. It's kind of funny here.. once you have one deaf friend you start meeting them ALL because they are somehow all related, friends, or knew each other in some weird chain of knowing. After nine weeks of using sign language, I can definitely tell I'm getting better at it. I am by no means fluent.. in fact, far from it. But I manage to hold conversations and at least have some idea of what is going on. It's kind of cool really, I've just been thrown in an entire new language. I've gotten some comments like "wow, you're actually improving.." or "can you seriously understand what they're saying?". The way I see it, you won't learn something unless you try. Sure, it's a lot easier to pick up just by living around other deaf kids but you actually have to ... in mr. molfino's phrase, be "proactive"... I try to learn at least one new sign every day either by watching the interpreter in class/campus events, asking how to sign something or watching other people in the elevator or at dinner (no, it's not rude to watch other people sign.. i've asked.).
Anyway, a bunch of people went out tonight to see Saw 5 because it came out. For one, i'm not a big fan of scary movies... although I don't really mind seeing the Saw movies. I just decided to be a good kid (or just really lame...) and stay here and knock out some of my homework so i'm not up until 3 am next week. Worked on my self-portrait for a few hours and now i'm switching gears and going to work on my research paper for writing. I think I pretty much have the entire library sitting on my nightstand right now... I'm working on a project for 3d and I checked 4 books out to use as a reference then I'm working on this research paper about how bikes are going to provide a sustainable future for our environment... so i cleared out the libraries section of books on bikes then I checked out a book on graphic design just because it had an awesome cover page. I do believe I will be living in the library this winter, they have comfy couches, tons of books and coffee! What more could you want?
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