I've always been fascinated by Sign Language. I remember seeing a couple signing at Great Adventures and I wished so badly that I could be a part of the conversation. I wanted to Sign! It seemed so mysterious & exotic. Almost like a secret language. I always watch intently at the response of the other person. Are they nodding in agreement? Trying to interject? Watching the other person's hands or making eye contact? Is only one deaf? Is this easy, happy conversation or debate? Are they lovers? Seems so intimate - 'I have to give u my undivided attention for this conversation to work.' Amazing.
Perhaps I shouldn't romanticize this system of communication. After all, those who sign are not doing it by choice. It's a sensitive mechanism learned for a purpose, not for fun and certainly not for my amusement, thank you very much. Am I being patronizing for wanting to watch & thinking it's fantastic? No, I don't believe so. I am grateful that I don't have a need to sign, but I love it nonetheless. So I am gonna continue to watch! Discretely, of course.
Know what else I love? French! Never have I heard the sentence "That croissant would be much better if you warmed it and added butter" sound so sophisticated, sexy. So regal, elegant!I could watch French Kiss 10 times in a day just to hear Juliette say "Enchanté" and to hear her convo with Luke. So delicious. I love the scene near the end when Meg is dancing with Charlie in the french restaurant and he asks to come back home. No, not because it's such a pivotal part of the movie but because the song playing the background. It's Les Yeux Ouverts (Dream A Little Dream of Me) by Beautiful South. I have it on my computers and my MP3 player. I love jazz, but jazz IN French! Oooh Dahlin'! LOL Hey, it's the small things, ya know! LOL
Both of these languages capture my full attention. Therefore, I will be registering at Adult Education for Conversational French & Sign Language Basics. Woo-Hoo! The Fall semester of Adult Ed begins next week and ends Dec. 19. Only $75 for 10 sessions. I've actually been thinking of taking the Sign Language class at Adult Ed for a couple of years but never did. Lo and behold, the Adult Ed calendar came in the mail last week. Registration is in 3 days. I almost missed it. Now I just have to choose which language to take first because they're both on Thurs evening classes at the same time.
I told my Rae (my fantastic sister) that I wanted to take Sign Language. She looked at me like "why in the world do u need to learn Sign Language?". She may have also laughed at me. I told her im gonna cuss her out in Sign Language all day long. Sorta like when Celie told Mister that she and her kids were gonna curse him in African languages. LOL I also told her that the next time we go to the church my father, im gonna go stand next to the lady that translates the sermon in Sign Language and do all the signs I learned in class while she's translating. LOL They better not question me either! Watch! I'm gonna go right over to the corner and show 'em what I got!
Heaven help me, I can see them calling security right now! LOL
"Yes, Sis. Jones. The Pastor did too just say 'My name is Ivy. I have three apples. I live in New Haven."
UPDATE: Wow! Thanks for your emails! I didn't know people were actually interested! LOL I haven't started the classes yet b/c I missed the registration for the Fall/Winter semester but I think I'm gonna register for the Spring classes. I'll keep you all updated. Hope you have a great holiday!!!
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