Day One-Hundred-Twenty-Two...ASL 101

Today we learned how to sign Adjective-Noun pairs. Like:

~ Red box
~ Gray pants
~ Yellow papers
~ Small TV
~ Deaf woman
~ HOH girl

In ASL, though, you can flip the adjective with the noun. So it would be glossed:

~ Box, red
~ Pants, gray
~ Papers, yellow
~ TV, small
~ Woman, Deaf
~ Girl, hoh

Also, when talking about colors, the eyebrows and facial expressions determine the degree of intensity. So:

~ Light blue, your eyebrows go up.
~ Neutral or general blue, eyebrows stay neutral.
~ Dark blue, eyebrows go down.

Different sentence structures for the following sentence:

Your boyfriend likes to have a dark red car.

WH-q
~ your boyfriend likes to have color what? (eyebrows down)

Y/N-q
~ your boyfriend likes to have dark red car? (eyebrows up)

S-V-O
~ Your boyfriend likes to have dark red car. (flat affect)

O-S-V
~ Dark red car, your boyfriend likes to have? (eyebrows up, then WAY up).

I think I'll track these lessons on another blog...as soon as I set it up!

Day One-Hundred-Twenty-One...Long Time

Well, LOTS has been going on at the ranch. Ok, so I don't live on a ranch, but I've always wanted to say that.

First, our water was just shut off. That's right, we have no running water. Kinda like the Laura Ingalls days, eh? Except they could get credit at the Olsons' store for food and supplies. We can't even do that.

We have a mortgage payment due in 5 days and no money for it.

We have a PUD bill due in 3 days and no way to pay for it.

We have $172 in food stamps for groceries until November 7th.

We have less than a 1/2 a tank of gas in one car. The other car is undrivable because the tabs have expired and we can't afford to pay them.

On a positive note, I'm back at school. I'm going for my Deaf Studies degree and my Interpreter Certification. Maybe then I can actually work! HA!

Ok, gotta find some resources. Bye!