(close up) see me? (back to normal) ok anyways, Hello all… I want to let you all know this April 12, I will be going to Nebraska to visit my family and friends for a month. from April 12 to May 12… I will also go to the Deaf expo in Omaha, Ne, on April 19. it will be fun… so there won’t be any new vlogs for a month but feel free to look at all my other older vlogs, i have about 80 posts on this site so far… Do me a flavor, entertain other people for me. so I will see u next month, when i come back. there will be more vlogs, could be some exciting vlogs, like a tour of Nebraska school for the deaf campus from 1997, if it all works out i can upload my video on here. I will have some vlogs about my childhood years, u will get to see videos about my childhood. so look forward to my upcoming videos in summer time… feel free to give me ideas about future vlogs, what i should do or what should i talk about? leave comments or e-mail me at chillygurlz@gmail.com
oh oh dog oh oh dog, you are beautiful, you are sweet, cute, everyone loves you. you love going for walks, eat, eat, you like toys, playing, gee why ur soo sleepy? i am singing to u and ur sleeping?
(dog sign) hello everyone, do u like school? me? i don’t like school, its boring. sorry to hear about that. do u like me? me? no way. hey that not nice lol… I feed u, play with u, walk u and everything. what the matter with u? aww that better, u like me now… thank u… now let me go. i’m bored and tired. alright i’ll let u go. thank u and I love u all said the dog.
(start out by crying cuz of “hearing implant” on my head) Last night someone sneaked into my room and put an implant on my head while i was sleeping. it hurts soo much. I want to take it off but i can’t. Please help me. that person was a meanie.
Hello all. Happy April fool day, the 1st. today the day where we do pranks on our friends or family. I am sure i did few pranks in my lifetime for April fool. The one i can remember, i was about 10 years old, i put vaseline on my mom’s pillow, she did think it was funny too. Also my mom used to pull a prank on me by when she would wake me up in morning on April 1st, she would say, it snowed outside, only it sunny and warm outside. You can tell me about ur pranks u have done before…
Guess what??? I have a twin brother… I never introuced you to him yet… his name is Willy Philly…
(show pic of young “willy”)
“as Willy” hello hello… I’m Willy Philly. Rita is my sister. nice to meet you all. i am totally profound deaf. (mistakely say Rita was HOH but then quick fix that she is deaf too and wears hearing aids) I do not wear hearing aids at all… I am a older twin then Rita. (talking to Rita) patient let me talk lol… u will have ur turn soon. I am here visiting with Rita from Nebraska. oh by the way, I am better looking then Rita… don’t cha agree?
“as Rita” did u enjoy meeting my twin brother? my bro likes to pick on me always… well by the way, it was April fool…. ok thanks for watching my vlog…
“as Willy” How dare my sister say I am a fake brother? peace out, bye…
I made up this play… I played each character of Gary Brooks as himself, Marlee Matlin as herself, Seek Geo as cop, and the thief as himself. Gary and Geo are vloggers, their sites are, http://www.seekgeo.com/ and Gary is http://garybdir.wordpress.com/ so check out their site if you want to…
Hello all… hope you had a nice week. Today i am doing a play, i made up. settings are, at Los Angeles mall in cafe by the restrooms. it start out with marlee in women restroom and Gary in men restroom.
Gary, (walking out of restroom and bumped into someone)
Marlee, walking out of restroom at same time and bumped into Gary) what up, watch out
Gary, watch out lady, (looked at lady) oh hey ur Marlee Matlin (surprised)
Marlee, Sorry i bumped into u, yes i am Marlee. oh ur Gary Brooks? i seen your vlogs before i think.
Gary, cool nice to see u… want go to cafe and chit chat?
Marlee, sure we can… (after sitting down to chat) (spot her friend, Seek Geo) (he is a cop working at the mall today) Hey Gary, want come meet my friend, Seek Geo? (introducing eachother)
(note, cop seek geo is not the same seek geo the vlogger, they just have same name and same look like twins)
Gary, (shocked) U look just like Seek Geo the vlogger, hello nice to meet you.
Marlee, Hello Geo, how is work for u today?
Cop, oh oh Gary, that what everyone says about me looking like seek geo the vlogger, whoever he is? never heard of him. My name is Geo though. Hey Marlee My work is fine today BUT, don’t know how to say this, I was just at home for lunch break, When i got home, I just noticed your Oscar award trophy was missing. of course i made a report about it.
Marlee, Oh no my Trophy is missing, hope we can find it before it gone for good.
Gary, OH NO, ur trophy missing, (spotted a guy with a oscar trophy) LOOK, i saw someone with ur trophy
Cop, oh oh Gary, thanks, (runs after the guy to catch him) HEY YOU stop (put handcuffs on and grab the trophy) now your under arrested for stealing an oscar trophy.
thief, (running with trophy) (getting arrested) i did not do anything wrong, it’s my trophy, I won for being the best actor.
Cop, this? really yours? no way, this trophy says, belongs to Marlee Matlin for a award for best actress in 1987 for this movie called, “Children of a lesser god”.
thief, (struggling) You dumb cop
Cop, oh well (holding the thief tight) Hey Marlee, let ya know, i need to take this bad guy to jail and i will take the trophy with me to protect it for you. alright I will see you later. have a nice day Marlee.
Marlee, thank you very much Geo for saving my trophy. go ahead take that man to Jail. have a good day and later.
(cop left)
Marlee, Hey Gary thank you very much for helping me find my trophy. ur so sweet. thanks again. (hugs Gary)
Gary, I am glad i could help you find your trophy. ur welcome (hugs back) hey lets go chat for while if u would like?
(Marlee and Gary chatting)
Marlee, (looked at watch) oh oh sorry Gary I need to go now to run my other errands. so Gary, we can meet someday again and just chat if you would like to. it was nice chatting with you and nice meeting you. (hugs) have a good day and bye for now.
How would you like to go to space camp? would it be fun? well i had alot of fun and i went there twice. Program is about a week long camp, we usually went in the Spring.
In the year of 1998 and 1999 I and my other friends from Nebraska school for the deaf went to Huntsville, Alabama to a Space Camp program for the deaf. They provide the program for deaf kids once a year for a week.
Here are some pictures of me at Space camp…my favorite thing was doing an space walk as you can see the 4th picture on the right…
here is my story i wrote back in 1998 about my experience at Space camp…
What I did at Space Camp By Rita
On Saturday, April 4th 1997, I went to Omaha to get on a plane at 4:03P.M. We landed in Dallas at 5:50P.M. When we got off the plane. We went on the subway train. I have never been on a subway before. When we got on the train I thought it was fun. The people who went to Space Camp was a Teacher, and 3 other kids. When we were in a Dallas, Texas airport, it was huge like a mall. We left Dallas at 8:33P.M.
We landed in Huntsville, Alabama on April 5th at 11:03P.M.. It was fun flying on a plane, it was my first time. We slept in a hotel for the night.The next day April 5th, We woke up at 8:30A.M. to get ready for the day. We ate breakfast at 10:15A.M. At 11:30A.M., we went swimming till 1:45P.M.. When I went swimming I got sunburned.At 2:30 p.m.
we went to Space Camp to sign up for Space Camp. Thiokol was my team name. The word means a device that listens to you heart. Before we got to see our team, we had to go on a tour to see the place. That way we would know our way if we get lost. On the tour we went on the Space Shot. Space Shot is like how it feels to go up like a rocket. It was fun. We got to see our group at 6:00PM. I got to go on to the 1/6 chair. It is the one that you can see how high we can jump on the moon.
We went to bed at lO:OOP.M. I had a hard time sleeping because I woke up every two hours because it was very cold in the room. The bed felt like it was unbalanced. It felt hard, I didn’t like it. It didn’t feel good. I was not used to hard beds and cold rooms. The next day, April 7th, I woke up at 4:30A.M. just laying on the bed till lights were on. The lights went on at 6:45A.M. Finally I got up to get ready for the day. We went to eat breakfast at 8:00A.M. We did a lot of things everyday. Our team leaders treated us like astronauts. We had a lunch at 12:00P.M. and dinner at 6:00P.M. The food we ate was little bit gross. My favorite food at the café room was hash browns. On Wednesday we got our pictures taken for Space Camp. We went swimming on Thursday for two hours. They did two activities. One was to build a cube really fast. The other one was to show you how it felt to fall in water when you are in the water and you need to get in to the boat. We swam from 9:00 to 11:OOA.M. My favorite ride was on the MARS van. It was the simulator that will make you think you are really going to places but you are not. I loved the wild ride on the river. They have IMAX theater. It huge it is shape like earth. When you go in you feel weird. One movie was called Cosmic voyage. It was interesting.By the time you get up there you will be able to get on the rocket and go to the 9 different planets. You should not get out yet because you are not ready yet to walk on these planets. It’s a good idea to walk on these planets when you go up in space for the second time.On my mission control I was a scientist. I had to check make sure my experiments work well. It did work. My mission landed successfully. I had mission testing on April 9th. The time was 3:00P.M. I made a rocket on April 8th. I did good making the rocket. The rocket went up in the sky on April 11th, it wasn’t bad but one string broke off. It went down to fast. The muiti axis training was very fun. It spinned in many different directions. It doesn’t make you dizzy. The 5DF chair is kind of boring because it like riding in a wheel chair and you push the button.I liked the space museum because it has alot of cool stuffs. They tell you about the past, present and future. They have copy of Apollo 13 rocket. You can go in the rocket to see how it feels to be in it. On training floor I saw mission control computers, 5 big rockets for kids to practice in, 1/16 chair to see how high you can jump on the moon, 5DF chair, MARS MISSION UNIT, Mars van, The huge water tank it is 40 feet deep and it for astronauts to practice in. The training floor is only for kids and staff who ever is from space camp are allow in training floor. If public people go in the room the might go to jail or pay fme for breaking the rules.
On Friday, the 11th, we had graduation at 9:00A.M. for Space camp to ‘go one level up. We went on a plane at 2:30P.M. to 4:00P.M. to go to Dallas. We had to wait till 5:30P.M. to leave Dallas to Omaha. We arrive Omaha at 9:30P.M. We were late because of foul weather.
Hello all… Happy Easter to you all… enjoy your Easter egg hunt… my topic is, what the differences between Library and Internet? similarity are, they have encyclopedia, Information, read, watch movies, on the computer and you socialized with people. Internet is a cyber library. Differences, at library, u don’t get e-mails but on internet you do get e-mails. internet have social networks, chatrooms while at library u have to be shhh. internet is open 24/7, library has certain times they are open. library is a building while internet is on computer. internet, get information fast while at library u might have to wait on information cuz the book might not be there so it slower. library, can see ppl in person while on internet, u can’t unless u use webcam. I know some libraries today are losing more customers cuz of internet. same with tv, more ppl are on internet more then watching tv… internet is the best thing that happened to us… I still go to library to get books and volunteer, i love libraries still… oh oh and deaf people can communicate loudly in libraries by signing while hearies cannot speak loudly hehe… thanks for watching my vlog…
Hello all… hope you all had a nice week… last week i was kinda busy. I just got my hair trim last Friday, it came out nice, i am planning to grow it long. know what happened last week when i was calling to make an appointment for haircut? I called using relay, the other person who pick up phone, they said “this is a business and i don’t have time for this call” then hung up. I was like, whoaa so i had to try again and call back. has this ever happen to you when you try call on relay? I also enjoy my volunteer work at the library last week, Thurs. Guess what? on April 12th until May 12th I will be taking a trip to Nebraska to visit my family and friends. which means no vlogs from me for a month but maybe a blog one time during that month i am in Nebraska. also other reason i am going, is cuz my dad been having a tough times with his life at the moment so i need to go support him. he just went through a divorce with his ex-wife couple years ago, not my mother. His ex is now stalking him, possably trying to burn down his house and trying to hurt him. here the link about story about my dad’s house almost being burned down, http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/17/news/local/doc47b7175166d05903593494.txt so it makes my dad feel really down, so i thought i would go and visit him and visit everyone else too. My grandparent’s health are not doing very well so i wanted to go visit them as much as possible. my grandpa has heart problem and my grandma has polio disease since she was very young. here the link about polio disease, she can’t walk but can move her upper body part. http://www.dhpe.org/infect/polio.html
I have some interesting news to share with you… there one story about one women who sat on a toliet seat for 2 years, she never moved. her skin grew onto the toliet seat. can you imgaine sitting on toliet seat for 2 years? odd, i do not know why she did it. would you be bored? I would never want to do that. here the link about the story. http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/527676.html
cool those were some interesting news i have found. I have a question for you all, Would you take a chance to take off, go live off land, get away from civilizations, cities and people, live on nature’s food and hunt for your food and live in forest area where it soo pretty? would you do what Chris Mccandless did, he took off and hitchhike and walked cross country and went to Alaska and lived off land? unfortunately he did not live cuz he never really planned well and did not bring enough supplies. here the link to his story, http://outside.away.com/outside/features/1993/1993_into_the_wild_1.html
Yes he was kinda stupid about not planning ahead or thinking ahead.
If i had skills, knowledge, I would try take chance go live off land for short term in a pretty mountain area. But I don’t have the knowledge or skills to do it so i am better off just going camping with friends or family for the weekend.
Hello all… (showing dog) tell him for me, he’s soo cute… yesterday Saturday, i had a good day at garage sales, i walked to all different 20 garage sales, and it was windy and chilly, plus i walked from 7:30am until 10am checking out those garage sales… I did find few things i wanted…
I was just thinking… I thought up about using relay and VRS and interpreters, by law they must tell you every exact word the other person is saying. sometimes when your talking to person using relay or interpreter, when a person says. “tell her or tell him i will call back or tell her how are you?” it can get annoying. of course relay operator must say exact way the person saying which is not a problem. the problem is, when you see person saying “tell him or tell her” that not really talking to you directly. It makes me feel like i am lower person then the person i am speaking to and i also feel like i am not really speaking to the person. i can speak for myself. we just have to teach them that they do not need to say “tell her or tell him” to the relay operators or interpreter cuz they already know to tell the other person what the other person on line is saying. Some hearing people do not realize operators do say every word they are saying. that also is a pet peeve alot of us have too… so what should we do to deal with that issue? either we intuppert the relay operator or interpreter and explain to hearing person, they do not need to say “tell her or tell him” cuz operator already knows to tell the person what they have to say. so tell me your feelings about this issue? oh and yesterday at one of garage sale, a person try to speak to me but i did not hear so i say sorry i did not hear ya, i am deaf, then the person back up and say “oh i soo sorry” i was wearing my hearing aid so i heard it and on the inside of me i felt like ”argh annnooyying to me and i hate hearing it” but i did not want to say anything and stir things up. so i just moved on to other things. thanks for watching my vlog…
Hello all… sometime in next 2 weeks i need to get a hair trim. I would like to know what you think? should i keep my hair long and same style or change style? should i get my hair cut short? here are some pictures of me with short and long hair. I plan to keep it long but still need a trim anyways…
Hello all… today friday, March 7, we are under tornado watch for our area all day… we mostly got alot of rain and lighting here. I also wanted to remind you all, on sunday, March 9th, make sure you set your clocks an hour forward cuz it a daylight saving… I also watched a movie called, “Into the wild”, it was pretty good movie. it a true story too. other thing, i wanted to talk about yard sales. I enjoy checking out garage sales or yard sales… I sometimes find cool things on good deals like cool clothes for a real good deal. even i enjoy garage sales, i don’t really like hosting my own garage sales, too much work lol… at yard sales, i like to see what kind of things people have and sometimes u can tell what kind of people they are by looking at what they have at their yard sales. sometimes people will try charge you tooo much for a used item that should be an dollar, instead of 8 dollars. it can also be other way around where they charge low price for an item that worth alot more. on saturday, March 8th, my neighborhood are having huge yard sales all over, about 30 of them, so i will have fun checking them out on saturday… thanks for watching my vlog…
Who is Chris Mccandless? check out his adventures…
Here the plot i found on IMDB about “Into the wild” movie
A young man leaves his middle class existence in pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation. Giving up his home, family, all possessions but the few he carried on his back and donating all his savings to charity Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) embarks on a journey throughout America. His eventual aim is to travel into Alaska, into the wild, to spend time with nature, with ‘real’ existence, away from the trappings of the modern world. In the 20 months leading up to his Great Alaskan Adventure his travels lead him on a path of self-discovery, to examine and appreciate the world around him and to reflect on and heal from his troubled childhood and parents’ sordid and abusive relationship. When he reaches Alaska he finds he has been insufficiently prepared for the hardships to come. Despite making it through the winter his plan is ill-judged and prepares to return home in spring, only to find the stream he crossed in the snow has become an impassable raging torrent and that he is trapped. With no means of sustaining himself adequately he eventually starves to death in his so sought after isolation. Throughout his epic journey the people he meets both influence and are influenced by the person he is and bring him to the eventual and tragic realisation that “Happiness is only real when shared”.
Actually, he did not live through the winter here in Alaska. He set out on the trail in April and died in August. In winter the trail he walked in on is covered with many feet of snow. He died during the summer, when the rivers are full of fish and the sun is always out. For anyone who wants to know what really happened just check out “The call of the Wild”, into the wild de-bunked. This is a good film that tells the truth. It appeared here in Alaska a few months ago and the real people in the film were in attendance. Chris McCandless did a lot of things that Sean Penn left out. Hollywood evidently sees what it wants to see.
this newspaper i read, interesting, in Ohio, some elementary school, suspended a 6 years old kid for getting a haircut, it a silly thing for the school to do beside he is only 6 years old, other kids don’t care about what you do with your hair. school said, the hair was too distracting for other kids in school. in school book for policies, there no statement about what kind of haircut your allow to have or anything. it only has rules about clothes or uniforms. kids should be able to have their haircuts however they want it, it expresses their feelings, personality…
In schools today, with sports and games like tag, hide seek and competitive games during recess time and after school playtime, schools are slowly banning all those fun childhood games, I hear those stories where a parent sue school cuz a kid was playing tag and got scape on their knee, which is normal as a kid, we go out and have fun and play hard and sometimes scape our knees alittle. i can kinda understand schools worry about parents who are happy to sue school for allow kids to have fun playing games outside. No it not fun to get hurt but it is part of being a kid and learning to deal with things if u get hurt or lose or win. when i was a kid, i was a lousy player for tag or hide and seek and other sports but i still played those games with my friend, yeah i got hurt alittle but i dealt with it and kept playing. i love playing basketball, soccer and other sports even i can’t really play well. I would be one of those who ended up sitting on bench during whole game which is no fun. so what are your opinions about schools and games??? are they being too strict or over protective?? they might as well put plastic bubble wrap on the kids all day if the schools don’t want them to play fun games… that would be no fun.
6 mins and 17 seconds long video… Hello all… In 2 weeks, march 17 is ST Patrick day so be sure to wear green or else u would get pinched. Enjoy your cabbage and cornbeef dinners on ST Patrick day…
Keep in mind, I am not pointing at anyone at all, this is just my opinion and just being silly of what I think is a bad vlogging. Today’s topic is, I will give you some funny, some serious examples of being a bad vlogger… Eating while vlogging, being forgetful, akward and not editing it out, in other words, practice vlogging before u publish it. Talking on the phone and vlogging, camera set in wrong spot, make sure ur camera is set in right place for us to see, smoking and vlogging, disgusting lol… Copycat other vlogger like stealing someone’s sign trademark on their vlogs. Making fun of sign language, by making up fake signs. Vlogging and looking at the time u been vlogging. Doing repeats of saying same thing u already said 3 or 4 times. Distraction of things happening around you like tv on or bright light on while vlogging. Saying I am soo bored or “I don’t know what to say” while vlogging can turn off ppl from watching your vlogs.. Don’t be doing 2 or more things while vlogging at same time. Cleaning your ears or brushing your teeth while vlogging, tsk tsk… Drinking while vlogging. Putting on make up while vlogging unless your showing someone how to put on make up then it okay… Giving out your or others personal information is wrong, insulting others and putting down other vloggers is wrong. Cyberbully is flat ut wrong too. Example one time someone was complain about Geo’s captions, well hey that his personal choice. So in one word, RESPECT all other ppl and vlogger’s work too. Saying umm umm or soo soo soo repeatly on vlog can get kinda annoying. Wearing thick gloves while signing can be hard to see signs. Combing your hair on vlog unless your showing someone how to do something. Clipping your nails on vlog. Showing off your feet on vlog. Vlogging with camper’s hair (morning messy hair). Those are all my silly showing of bad vlogging. Thank you for watching my vlog…
One person asked how i felt when Nebraska school for the deaf closed? I felt, heart broken, lost, sad. I was worried i won’t see my friends again. I also was sad that Nebraska lost their own deaf school. but at least i got to go to Iowa school for the deaf which was only 12 miles from NSD. i did get to see my friends from NSD, at ISD but some never made it to go to ISD.
One ask, should it be a LAW that all deaf kids go to a school for the deaf? i don’t think so because, some kids really rather go to a public school, some deaf kids are happy being with other hearing students at school. some deaf kids choose to not sign, they rather be oral or only use cued sign or whatever else.
Couple ask, would my kid really benefit going to a school for the deaf? Yes, depending on situation, my advice, if your daughter/son is struggling in mainstream school, then maybe u should check into sending her to a school for the deaf, it will really benefit her/him, with social skills, more attenion from teachers due to small size classmates. i used to be really shy in mainstream school and had a hard time with school work. when i started deaf school in middle school, i was doing better with school work and more social and alot less shy. I also became more mature myself at deaf schools. i had more friends too. she/he will have alot of good role models at the deaf school i am sure… i know it can be hard to leave ur daughter/son in a dorm at a young age if u live far away from the deaf school. but it can be good cuz then she will have a full interaction with deaf kids too at the dorm and house parents are usually very good role models and always have something for kids to do and very helpful… so give it a try to send ur kid to a deaf school!!!
I have never seen a deaf family on very many reality shows like wife swap or supernanny or other shows, only one deaf family on extreme makeover home edition. so to those who are or have a deaf family, go apply on wife swap or supernanny or other shows so we can show the world, deaf people can do anything and lead normal lives… i can’t apply to any of the shows cuz i don’t have kids or not married. here the links to apply… good luck!!!
Hello all… welcome to my vlog about my childhood pets… the first picture you will see, is a cute puppy in the snow, i just had to show you the picture, although it not my puppy lol… alright enjoy rest of my vlog…
alright now next picture is a pic of my cousins dogs, a brown lab dog and a white terrier mix dog. my cousin and his dad tend to take the brown lab dog hunting with them, the dog seems to enjoy hunting, it a very active strong sweet dog. the white dog is a sweet dog, i take her and the brown lab dog for a walk whenever i go visit my cousin but the brown lab was a challenge to walk cuz he was soo strong.
next picture, it a picture of my black lab dog, name Ruby. she was such a sweet cute dog. I had her since i was about 3 years old, until i was about 9 or 10. she passed away from stomach problems or something. When i was a little girl about 4 or 5, whenever my family and i went to lake to a cabin, i would be wandering off of the property, my dog Ruby would follow me along to make sure i did not get lost. Ruby always watched out for me. Ruby was a sweet, gentle, never bark or bite smart dog. she also had few litters of puppies too… she is definitely everyone’s best friend… I miss Ruby very much…
next picture, you will see a picture of the mini dachshund that belongs to my friend’s parent. she is cute and wearing Christmas decoration on her body lol. her name is Dinky.
next picture, you will see pictures of my brother’s cat, name Patches. we had her since i was about 4 years old, she lived for about 16 years. cat is sweet, loves to purr and rub on people’s legs. she loves to chase mices and hide and sit in sun and loves feeling warm. course she does not like water. she loves being outside, she has brought home few gifts like a bird on the doorstep, yikes. she meows alot. I admit, i was alittle mean to the cat when i was very little.
next picture, I had guinea pigs when i was about 7 to 10 years old. my mom did too when she was little. i love guinea pigs, they are neat.
next picture, You know what? I used to have a pet tiger… look for yourself, upcoming picture.
oh oh i was kidding lol… the one tiger pic you saw was from Nebraska school for the deaf, it a statue. other pic was at the zoo, i was petting a cub.
next picture, you will see pictures of my dad’s dogs, they are Australian Shepard. They are nice dogs too, i visit them whenever i go visit my dad.
next picture, pictures of horses, did i ever own a horse, no i didn’t but would love to. I love to ride horses. the pictures you will see, it was at camp taloali, in oregon, it is a camp for the deaf kids to go to.
Go check out my adventurous cross country trip to Florida page, on top of my main page. i just added 6 new pictures on there… You can see how crowd my van was…
I found this book called “A cold snap!” by Audrey B. Baird, Illustration by Patrick O’Brien and publishing by Boyds mills press. I thanks them for giving me permission to read this book to you all. Reason i read this book, cuz it related to cold winter today and i like winter time. my nick name is chilly gurlz cuz i like cold or i get cold very easy. I enjoy reading books to kids and anyone…
Video part 1
You all might want to turn on your heaters, so u can enjoy the story.
page 6 &7, Caution, put on a sweater to read this book. don’t leave the door open. turn up thermostat. grab an afghan. Words like balmy, warm, and mild won’t have a chance here. words like nippy, crisp, and cold own this book. cold- a shivery word. it should be written like this COLD be careful using this biting word. it could nip the nose of neighboring nouns. turn adjectives to ice, F R E E E E E Z E the whole page COLD don’t touch it without mittens!
page 8&9, Everyone talks about the weather, A teeth-chattering october morning for putting away summer’s belongings. Everyone in the neighborhood is out. Seems they’re all talking about the weather. “Gettin nippy” says mr Roxbury, waving as he passes. “A snap to the air.” says the UPS man at the curb. “puts roses in your cheeks.” says Mrs. Peepshaw on her way to work. “Need a nose muffler,” Mr. Rimmer complains on his morning walk. “chilly one!” calls andy inch, delivering papers. “Need your long johns today.” says the mail carrier, stomping his feet. “freezing!” barks Mr. Sook from under the hood of his car. “cold too,” laughs jesse Daw’s grandpa from across the street. “Another log on the fire tonight,” says Mr. Desmond next door. “Another blanket on the bed, you mean,” my dad adds, putting away the hose. “cold air goes right through ya,” says the trash man. “The north wind doth blow,” mom says, covering the roses. “wide stripes on the woolly bears this year,” says my Gram from the door. “Bad winter ahead. Caterpillars never lie.”
page 10, Trees and me, Trees undress in November, dropping their clothes where they stand. I wonder if Mother Nature shakes her head and says, “socks and underwear everywhere!” like my mother does. A cold Snap! Naked trees shivering near the river bridge. Chimney smoke quivering along the river ridge. Frosty air shimmering in the river cove. Chicken stew smelling good on the kitchen stove.
Thanks again to Audrey B. Baird and Patrick O’Brien and Boyds mills press
Video part 2
Page 18, With Crackers, please, Chili weather! On the stove, in a pot, cooking- not in the air, spelled like this: C-H-I-L-L-Y. Well, the smell of the chili is in the air, but only because the air is… well… chilly- as in: if it weren’t for chilly, we wouldn’t need chili.
Page 20, Approaching storm, December. late afternoon. wind rising. temperature dropping. sky turns icy, glacier-green. wind roars in from the arctic. Weather vane shifts, wpinning west, east, west hurling out weather with a capital W. Wild! Wailing! Windswept! Winter!
Page 23, Come January…, My feet get colder than anybody’s in the winter, I’ll bet. How cold? Colder than watermelon iced in the creek. Colder than lemonade on the 4th of july. My feet get colder than popsicles. Actually my feet gets colder than icebergs, snowballs, and slush all put together!. But that’s nothing compared to how cold my nose gets.
Page 25, What Below-zero temperatures mean to me, 5 degrees below zero: wind chill temperature might be 39 degrees below. 10 degrees below zero: bigger wind chill. Mom turns on radio in the morning for WCCO’s school closings. I stay in bed, waiting. Get up! My school does not close. 15 below zero, WCCO says “no morning kindergarten; several private schools closed; buses one hour late.” Get up! my school isn’t closed. 20 below zero; cco reports many school closings (still not mine); no morning kindergarten; buses two hours late. 25 below zero; all schools close- even mine! I leap out of bed and telephone my friends. no school! P.S. it’s not fair when we get 25 below zero on a weekend.
page 28, Hurry home 15 Below zero, I’ve got me the chillies, The knee-knocking dillies. I’ve goosebumps and shivers and bone-shaking quivers. I’M stiff as a board now from toes to my eyebrow. I’m aching and quaking so icy i’m breaking. quick! pile logs on the fire before i expire.
page 32, Add it up A soft feather quilt + a raw wintry night = sleeping, polar-bear warm
thanks for watching my vlog
Thanks again to Audrey B. Baird and Patrick O’Brien and Boyds mills press
Hello all… this vlog is about me being silly. here something good for u to see, (show cookies and milk) yummy. have ur milk and cookies and watch my goofy video… (thinking) what should i do, (just playing with my hands and arms). (doing frankie’s “dog” signs) “what are you doing?” “shame on you” ”bad” “what’s new?” “thank you for watching my vlog, ok”
ok lets see how many hats can i put on my hat? about 8
want see magic trick? want see me get a quarter? watch… would u like my quarter?
walking into forest of trees, sudden a tree pop up in front and hit into tree. ouch.
Hello all… Hope u all had a good week.. My week was alright… I want to talk about deaf schools VS public schools. My opinions about deaf schools and public schools. Link to list of schools for the deaf, http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/schools-usa.html First I wanted to show you somethings from my childhood, (shows girls scout brownie apparel) I was in girls scouts at age 7 to 9, with group of my deaf friends. I had fun with my friends with girls scout. I also show, Gallaudet banner, I got it from my friend. I have never been there before though but would love to visit one day. I used to go to nebraska school for the deaf, (I show the letter N) I enjoyed NSD but I had to join Iowa school for the deaf after NSD closed. After I left Iowa school for the deaf, I moved to Oregon, I went to Grants pass high school for my senior year. (Shows letter G from the high school. I graduated in year 2002. My high school mascot was, (shows mini flag, it a cavemen) here the link to the school, http://www.grantspass.k12.or.us/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=102
the school was newly built 9 years ago since they torn down the old building. The buildings are awesome!!!Alright now back to my topic about deaf schools and public schools. I used to go to Prescott elementary school with deaf program in it. I liked both, deaf school and public school, depending on situation. Public schools classrooms tend to be big sized like 20 to 30 students, they do have interpreters and plus there is usually a class time where all deaf kids get together like a homeroom and review about the day in all other classes and do fun things, Deaf school tend to be small class, about 3 to 8 students at a time. I like small classes better personally. Public schools, u have to worry to make sure u have an interpreter for ur class, while with deaf school, u already have a teacher who signs. Public schools, u interact with hearing and deaf students and u can communicate however way you want by just talking or talk and sign or just sign. with Deaf schools, You interact with only Deaf / Hard Of Hearing students. It a deaf culture and community at deaf schools also it required that we all sign at the schools. It does depend on some schools though, I know there are some oral deaf school where u only allowed to speak and lip read. Public schools don’t have dorms for kids to stay at after school. Deaf schools have dorms for kids to stay at if they live far away from the school or wanted to stay at dorm to interact with deaf students. Dorms are great, it allow the kids to interact with each other especially deaf kids who only have hearing family. Like me, I am only deaf kid in my hearing family so it was a great advantage for me to stay at dorms to allow me to interact with other deaf kids… So I enjoyed staying at dorm but same time I missed my family too. Some kids at deaf schools are day students where they just go home right after school. At dorms, house parents try to keep us busy by doing different things like going out, doing different things at dorms and we get to go to teen center on campus to hang out with all students. I like both, deaf school and public school in different ways, with deaf schools, I can socialize with deaf students, smaller classmate numbers, teacher signs, so don’t have to try focus on 2 different people, interpreter and teacher at same time. Alright so I would like your feedbacks, comments, or your experiences so feel free to leave a comment about Deaf school and public school. Thanks for watching my vlog…
