Little House + ASL?

I have faithfully been watching every episode of Little House on the Prairie lately, all the way up to season 6 so far. I've mentioned before that I'm kind of obsessed! I also think I've said that I'm going to school to be a sign language interpreter...

Imagine my happiness when I found this episode (!!!) :D

ASL Music Videos

Are you guys digging these ASL posts? I hope there's at least a mild interest, even if you don't sign or anything! I promise some outfit posts coming up soon. And yes...that Etsy update I promised like 23983047 weeks ago :O Sorry! But for now...enjoy? Maybe :D? These are some of my favorite songs signed in either ASL or Pidgin (Contact, whatever :P). There are a LOT, so I won't feel bad if you don't watch them all haha.





Is anyone else unbearably charmed right now!? And this guy is only minoring in ASL, wow!





Her stuff is always awesome, she has a ton on her channel if you want to see more.





A CODA (Child Of a Deaf Adult) comedian. I saw him live a few months ago - hilarious :D!





Another CODA. I love her facial expressions.





Her signing is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. She's very ASL too, which I love.





This guy gets SO into it lol I like his style, too!





This is one of the first videos I found. He dances and signs!





This guy is pretty famous in the interpreting world, too. He does some crazy stuff (obviously)!

Marlee Matlin

Sooo, someone asked in one of my last posts what I go to school for. Over the last year or so, I have become so excited about pursuing this area of study, and I thought I'd share a little bit of it with you! I've actually mentioned it briefly in some of my earliest posts, but if you didn't catch it...






























Yes, hopefully one day I will be an interpreter for the Deaf. But for now, I am truly enjoying taking my first few steps into ASL and Deaf culture. The thing that got me into ASL to begin with was a movie called "Children of a Lesser God," (1986). It's a romance about a Deaf woman and a hearing man, and it really just is SUCH a beautiful film. I tried to find a clip on Youtube, but had a hard time finding a decent one, so just trust me - watch it :D!



























So I found out the lead actress in the movie (Marlee Matlin) recently came out with an autobiography. And of course I bought it! It was a very interesting read, especially being able to sort of get to know Marlee. She actually seems very similar to a lot of the characters she plays: a smart, funny, passionate, angry, and strong lady.

I won't give away all the action in her book, but here are some basics: She became Deaf at 18 months, and still isn't sure about the cause of her Deafness. She learned ASL at age 5. She grew up in Chicago, IL with 2 brothers. She is a recovered drug addict. She has had several romances with famous men in Hollywood. She is still the youngest woman to have won an Academy Award (at age 21). But currently she has settled down quite a bit, married to a police officer with 4 children.

I know this isn't really fashion related (in fact, she has landed herself on some worst dressed lists, yikes!), but hopefully at least one person shares my fascination on the subject :D! I sifted through Youtube and found some videos I thought you guys might enjoy...so, without further ado, I give you Marlee Matlin :)!







P.S. I've been trying to photograph my outfits lately, so stay tuned for those this weekend! I'm also taking measurements on some clothes for the shop right now, so look for those soon, too :)!

A Spoonful of Sugar

Vintage dress: Livejournal sale
Teal bow flats: H&M
Cream knit cardigan: Kohl's (shouldn't sweaters be out by now!? They were so hard to find :O)
Vintage taupe bag: Coach, thrifted

Finally an outfit post, yeesh! I wore this to go see Mary Poppins on Broadway with my mom and sister the other night :) I haven't been to many shows, so it's always such a special occasion to get dressed up to go. If you haven't seen it, you really should! I must have seen the Disney version about a million times and I really enjoyed the stage adaptation. Though I can't help but be nostalgic and favor the movie! It was a particularly educational gig for me, too, because we made sure to go the signed performance so I could see the ASL interpretation :D Which just added to the experience!

Here was by far my favorite part of the performance, and then the second is the original 1964 version. Enjoy!

Unda presha.

Tomorrow is my placement test for ASL. I transferred schools to pursue a degree in interpreting, but in order to join their program you have to take a test to asses the skills you acquired at your previous school. I won't bore you with the details - all you need to know is that tonight I'm going to be studying furiously in hopes that I do well so that I don't have to take ASL 101 again, oy.



































Low and behold - I've listed a few things in the shop! I'm new to this Etsy selling thing, so if anyone has any tips or tricks to make it better, do share :) I also need to figure out an easier way to make collages. I think to make them you need to be able to make images transparent...?? Bah. Anyway. A preview of what's for sale, you ask?









































I think I'm going to try pin curls later to get a little extra purdy for my meeting with the ASL department head. Depending on the weather, I have this white with blue flowers little '50s day dress I think would suit the occasion, but then again it's kind of see through. Sigh... wish me luck!