There is lots of interesting stuff to talk about in the
performing world. First things first, the Brigade is doing well. We have had
some great practices recently and have a new member who is fluent in ASL. This
is great because it has been one of our goals to learn it. We took a couple
classes at the Western
Pennsylvania School
for the Deaf. They were good for the folks that took them. They then told us
that the kids could not take further classes. I even offer to take the classes
with the kids. Something about that don’t have classes for kids unless they
have family who are deaf. Well this has left us to our own devices. My mastery of
ASL is lousy at best. I can get the idea across but I have no one to talk with.
We have been having classes at Tuesday practice of our own. We have everyone up
on the animals color and some basic greeting. It is not much. Still, if we have
to do a Show in the Deaf Community we would be able to do balloon animals.
Pittsburgh Fire Arts continues to be an issue. Their leader,
Doug, claims that he contacted the police and fire department. I have contacted
the police and fire department and they never heard of him. In my conversation
with Doug he claims to be a proud Pot Head and feels that blankets are the best
way to be safe around fire. Can a blanket smother fire? Sure. Will someone high
on pot or drunk have the same response time as a sober person with fire
extinguished? Absolutely not.
Is it a pain in the neck to cart around a fire extinguisher?
Of course it is. I do it on the bus all the time. Is that a reason to lie about
taking proper precautions? The sad part
is that the actions of this person have limited my options. If they had not
thrown me out of the facebook group I could have appealed to everyone else for
better safety. Perhaps he is lying to them about the research he has done.
I would really like to see an event like this take place. I
could not live with myself if the price of that event was that someone gets run
over by a drunk or Squirrel Hill gets burned down.
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