Ok, so I was watching some music on a music channel today and at first sight I thought that they had paid some fat woman to dance to the music. I then was told that she was signing to the music so that deaf people could understand what the song was about. I’m all for certain things being signed, I feel bad for people that can’t understand films and TV programmes, the news etc. But signing for songs? That would be like getting a monotone history teacher reading Carmen out loud, or trying to describe Swan Lake to a blind person. I think it’s a bit of a waste of time really, but having never really met a deaf person I don’t know if they’d appreciate it or not, I suspect they probably wouldn’t, but that’s because I wouldn’t if I was deaf; if some deaf people want to know what people are singing about then fair enough.

But I should warn them, most of it is shit. If the lyrics even make sense these days then they are invariably about utter trite. The funny thing was watching the little people translate a song about pimps and hoes etc; I don’t know why people actually listen to that stuff, so why a deaf person would want to know about how 50 cent wants to take me to the candy shop is beyond me. In fact, what was funnier is that whilst they sign they sometimes try to dance along to the music as well. I just wait for the day I see a Cheeky Girls song signed. At least they wouldn’t have to listen to it.

I wouldn’t have a problem with it, if I could turn it off. It’s really quite annoying, not only do they shrink the actual screen size down, but they take up the bottom quarter of that too. It’s really distracting, especially since they seem to only choose ugly fat women or tall skinny men to sign. The last thing I want to see when I’m watching a horror film and something scary is about to happen is some fat woman dancing in the corner. You can turn the subtitles on and off, why can’t I turn off the fat dancing woman?

On Tuesday I mentioned that I have cut my finger, which is making doing stuff pretty difficult. I really miss that finger, my right hand is so much better than my left hand, at, well, pretty much everything. Combine that with the crappy cold I have (spent most of today in bed) and getting things done takes far longer than I would like. However, the stitches come out in a few days and I’m hoping to get most of the movement back after that. If things go well over the weekend then I hope to be back to the usual three comics a week schedule, if not I’ll try another two comic week. I guess you’ll find out Monday. And thanks to everyone who emailed me with festvie sentiments and hoping my hand gets better. I think I managed to reply to everyone, but just in case, thanks!