yo all, welcome to my world!

as all of you know by reading my blog I have tried out for the MDA telethon. the thing is the videos are supposed to be viewed this month, but I have not gotten a call from anyone either to say I made it, or to say I didn’t. my question is, should I call to see if they got my video, or should I leave it alone and hope something happens? if I call I could be making myself look bad, making myself look like I am pushy, but yet if I don’t call I could be looking as if I don’t care one way or the other. I want to be on this, it would mean the world to me, but I don’t want to be to pushy either. to call or not to call, that is the question,one I wish I had an answer to.

how do you cope? I get this question sometimes. that or I get pity from others. I would like to say one thing. there is no coping to being blind. at least not with me. the one thing I always tell them is, that if you never seen in your life, if you never knew what sight is like, then you don’t miss what you don’t know. it’s like if someone has never used a computer in there lives. they don’t miss it because they never knew it. the same answer goes for the question, do you wish you can see? yes, sometimes I do. but I believe the same thing. if you don’t know what it is like you do not miss it. now you are probably thinking, don’t contradict yourself. I am not meaning to contradict myself, but I am sure all you readers can agree with me that you have some days where you wish things were different. I do wish some days I could see, but that is something all people do from time to time. so, this is my thoughts on the question how do you cope?

some of you are probably wondering what this category is for. well it’s simple. I got this idea from an NFB kernal book I was reading, and I am hoping that I could educate the sighted, by making my own kernal book with questions I have been asked, experiences I have had in my 23 years, and some friendly advice. hopefully I can educate the sighted community with this idea. any comments questions, and suggestions are more then welcome, just leave them as comments on this article. thanks for reading and I hope this helps teach more about blindness.

as a lot of you know, I lost my dog Gypsy not to long ago. I tell you though, I have some great friends both on klango, and on twitter. losing gypsy is hard, and I honestly do not think I could have made it, with out my friends on klango and twitter, and my mom and the rest of my family. the night she died, mom and I sat up talking, because I couldn’t sleep. not only that but my friends on klango and twitter helped me through it that night. words can not express how grateful I am that I have people around me who are caring, and listen to my problems, even if the problems have nothing to do with them. they do this and don’t expect anything in return, and it means the world to me. thanks to everyone who has supported me, and continues to support me through everything.

I have been thinking. why not quote Mattie and Jeni Stepanek on my klango status? it also posts to my twitter, because that is how it’s set up. I don’t think I am breaking any laws, because I always say Mattie’s name at the end of the quote, his or Jeni’s. so I am giving them credit for it, so I don’t think I am breaking any laws by doing this. so, do you think this is a good idea? thoughts, please? if I continue this, I will be updating my status once a day. I guess I am spreading Mattie’s message in this way as well as the group.

as you all know Billy Gilman is a singer whom I love very much. the one thing I have been fighting with myself over is should I call him Billy, or MR Gilman? reason why I ask this is because I was taught to always respect others, so I don’t call anyone by first name if I can help it. but people always tell me to call him Billy. I would rather him say something say I can call him Billy, but still he’s a famous singer I am not sure if he even reads my tweets or not, he probably doesn’t have time to. so, let’s see if anyone has any thoughts.

I am not sure what else to really call this essay, so I’ll call it education. I am following a person on twitter called blind myths. this is someone who posts myths and questions that sighted people want to know about. the concept is good, I am glad I can read this. I can laugh at people, but at the same time, it’s good to educate others. in my mom’s words, “the more people that are educated, the more who are informed. I think that we should educate sighted people, try to answer questions, and trying to explain things. I am not saying that I don’t get frustrated, because I do, but I wouldn’t be human if I didn’t, but we are teachers everyday, and that is just life. it’s better to be a teacher then to try to live in a blind world. there is no such thing as a blind world, so why not teach while living? wouldn’t it be better to teach then to be cold and bitter? this is just my thoughts on this matter.

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately, and I think that maybe an article posted here about muscular Dystrophy, what it does Etc would be a good idea. I want to raise awareness about it, so why not just do it here? people off of klango can read my blog, so I am thinking I can do this and help spread the message about MD. there are 42 forms, and some of them are so rare they are not really known about. I’m thinking I should give this a shot and see if I could get the message out about the MDA and the illness. people see me talking about it a lot here, so I think maybe I should shine some light on this. any ideas guys? where do I start?

well all, the momma cat is here, and her claws are out, she is ready to strike if she needs to. hahaha! my mom is on klango, and while some people on twitter are not to happy about it, I could care less. mom has every rite to come on here, and love klango as much as I do! I have got her set up mostly, I just have to get her klango on her PC set up so it’ll log in for her, the rest is up to her. mind you she doesn’t come online as much as I do, but she’s here all the same, so give a warm klango welcome to momma_cat, my mommy! yeah, I call her mommy. weird, but I am okay with being weird, as long as people don’t expect me to change. *smiles.*

Happy news!!!!
I can not get Satellite, but I am online on another line! this is the best thing ever!!! not as good as satellite, but I can at least come on in the evenings, and not hear, “I need the phone!” lol. so happy!