I'm back with something new!

I think I shall make a return to the blogging world after yet another long absence of not blogging. Alot of news has happened to me since I last posted.


On another note, I've been in agony ever since this past Monday when I elected to undergo surgery to receive yet ANOTHER cochlear implant! Yes! I decided to get a Nucleus 5 internal cochlear implant on my LEFT ear after 20 years of not hearing out of that ear.


I do have an internal Nucleus 22 cochlear implant on my RIGHT ear (implanted c. 1995) and currently wear an external Freedom (backwards- compatible with my N22) processor. 


Unfortunately, I'm too tired to post anymore tonight about the operation and whatnot, etc.


I'll post more tomorrow! 


Peace!

is it to be?

Hola, es que sea? Is it to be? I've been pondering on this question for awhile. I've been hearing a lot about who's a vegetarian or not. I've been a semi-vegetarian for quite a few years now. Gave up red meat way before my 18th birthday. People ask occasionally if I ever miss red meat. I pondered on this for awhile, and simply stated "No, I do not." My own parents ask me every once in awhile if I miss it. I know I do not, and I'll never go back to eating it. In fact, at my last job, I had to make about 130 ham and bologna sandwhiches. 
Yes, I made meat sandwhiches. It disgusted the hell out of me. 


That's the last time I ever touched meat products. My refrigerator here at RIT has totally meat-free. Thank god it is not shared with anybody else. I gave up turkey last august after I came here to RIT because first of all it looked disgusting, and might as well because I have no need for it. I had some at thanksgiving and its' taste was outwardly for me. Argued with the parentals about the reasons why I gave up yet another meat product. Such consumers of meat that is in my Irish-American family. 


I currently eat no red meat, nor any turkey. I however do eat cage-free, pesticide free, and RGB free chicken. It's tough being a semi-vegetarian here at RIT. However, most foods here are sandwiches, mainly bread and etc which have been making me sick the past few months. After sunday spent lounging around in bed not feeling good, I've come to realise that I do not want to feel like this whenever it occurs. I'm wondering if its cause is related to wheat products? Another question I have is should (or when) I give up chicken? When or how? 


Hm.. we'll see

sound off VERIZON!

As nice as it is to pick up sound from my cochlear implant when i want to hear or not to... some sounds/noises are just not pleasant. Number one- the sound of my psychology professor is just cruel. It's not pretty trust me. Another sound i'm beginning to despise is the wind. It's constantly whistling. One would think hats would block out some of the sound? Think twice. Just a few complaints but otherwise, all's good here in Rochester.

On the plus side, finally got my phone fixed. AGAIN. Yes for the SECOND time. Back in January, I dropped my phone by accident for like the 2nd time. No big deal right? Wrong! It went all black on the inside screen, sooo I had to replace it for a measly 50 dollars! When I tried to call my mom one week later, I noticed it wasn't working. The inside speakerphone worked just fine, but not the earpiece/ outside speaker. My friends could hear me talking to them from my phone, but I couldn't hear it ringing when I was trying to call them nor could I hear them talking on the other end. Replaced it again for free..yay for warranty!. Now it works fine, but the front screen seems to be sticking out a bit. I'm beginning to hate the fact Verizon keeps giving me defective phones because I haven't dropped my phone yet one bit, and the front screen's err sticking out? I'm beginning to believe that they make cheap phones and then overcharge you for a piece of crap!

peace out from snowy 27 degree rochester!

-Linds.

sleep

you know something's up when i cannot sleep at 3:47am in the morning and i have a class at 8am followed by a day of studying hardcore. YIKES.

ta-ta for now.

p.s. tonight's random/last minute/adventurous photoshoot with one of my deaf friends was fun!

-linds.

photography!

Hello friends and followers,
I have posted a new blog up for all to enjoy. It will consist of my photographic work here at RIT in Rochester, NY. Let's hope I can keep this one up as well! 

More than a half year later... a new update!

HEY! After a more than half a year's worth of absence from the blogging world .. I've decided to re-join and follow all the blogs I used to follow once again.

I recently learned of a few more blogs that are quite interesting to follow such as Lotte Sofie's blog because she wears her bilateral cochlear implants on her shoulders instead of her ears and running up a long coil. It's amazing how people use their cochlear implants differently yet receive the same benefit of hearing sound like hearing people do.

Don't worry, even though I haven't been maintaining this blog in a long time, I still follow other blogs and read constantly about cochlear implant related news :)

In other words.. I'm back! Haha, let my presence be known in the blogging world.. I hope.

In light of my return, I think it's only fair to update you guys what I have been up to. Summer 2009 was spent in Connecticut doing nothing, and then by August, I had moved up to Rochester, NY to attend school at the Rochester Institute of Technology [RIT]. I got accepted into the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences [SPAS] at the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences [CIAS]. Yes, you heard me. I've ventured off graphic design and am studying photography full-time these days.

My first quarter here at RIT was quite a tough one simply because I knew so little about photography, but now that I've had over 5 months of experience.. I'm loving it! My major still remains in question but I'm sure I'll remain in Visual Media for now.. Who knows? I could change to Advertising Photography or Photojournalism. Time will tell. Even though I'm a second year by credit, I'm still taking first year photo core courses such as Photo Arts 1-2-3, History and Aesthetics 2-3 (1 in Fall '10), and Survey of Western Art and Architecture which is basically Art History -that I already took last spring back in CT but RIT didn't accept the entire amount of credits involved. I'll be re-taking Materials and Processing of Photo 1-2-3 (basically photo science) next year (2010-2011) as it was too tough for me to comprehend my first time around unfortunately (in Fall 2009).

I know that this is such a long post but I haven't been on here for a long time! I also know that come time in the future to find employment, what shall one do with a degree from RIT in Photography? I hope it will do wonders.

Sorry about rambling on school when this blog is supposed to pertain to my experiences with my cochlear implant, but hey, I have some interesting stories about my cochlear implant these past six months living in Rochester. I'll post more later.

P.S. I probably am going to start up another blog shortly pertaining strictly to my photography work here at RIT. It'll probably be full of pictures and whatnot related to the photography world.

Sayonara! -Linds.

rain rain go away.

Ever since I was a little girl, I have hated [only] a few sounds.. 

Those sounds would be: running water, the toilet flushing, the water from the shower hitting the tub, and of course the sound of rain hitting the roof! 

Notice it is all water-related? It is because the first time I heard with my cochlear implant outside of the testing room at NYU's cochlear implant center [it was located back in 1995  at the Bellevue Hospital] when I was 5... It was at the bathroom as I needed to go. went to the bathroom. I had to go to the bathroom and my mom made sure I washed my hands. I have hated those sounds ever since! Even today, when I go to the bathroom, I make sure I turn off my implant. It's weird I know, but it is the only way I can cope .. If I don't turn it on, the sound itself is practically unbearable. 

As for the sound of rain, it's just annoying to hear drip, drip, drip.. clack, clack, clack [my interpretation of how rain sounds to me]. I just try to avoid hearing it much as possible, and it makes sense why my implant tends to be off during rainy days haha. I know I should embrace the sound of rain, but I don't think that'll ever happen, unless of course, i happen to be driving, being with other hearing people or whatever.. it'll be on.

On another note, waking up at 6:30am, has been EPIC FAIL. I don't know how i'm going to wake up next week.. Let's just hope I can do it!! aaah. 

-Linds