i have always wanted to learn american sign language. the other day i was riding the muni with a friend who was attempting to teach me the asl alphabet. we quickly attracted the attention of an wrinkled, toothy man without pants who came to regale us with tales of experiences in nam and as a transient migrant in northern california. BEST MUNI RIDE EVER!!

i think i am inspired to start learning asl now.

anyway, i know that you said that you don’t get to use it often, but have you had any asl conversations recently? what was the most interesting asl conversation you’d had? i feel like there would be a lot of them, since the people who choose (or need) to learn asl must have pretty interesting personalities and life stories themselves!