Senses

If you had to lose any sense of the five sense what would it be? I can't tell you how many times that question has been asked to me. I thought well I wouldn't want to lose my sight because I love to read and take in scenery, but then again I wouldn't want to lose any of them.

Well that question is more of a reality for me and it becomes more and more apparent every day.

I am losing my hearing. I have been to the doctor and she stated that it will be almost completely gone by the time that I am 50. I have begun to learn sign language so that I will be able to continue communication. Which is actually fun, as I love learning new languages. I am also a pretty good lip reader, just ask my aunt. LOL.

It is not all horrible since I have realized that I won't have to listen to peoples crap so that is a major plus. The only thing is, I have a few friends who are amazing singers and I realized that I will miss out on their life changing music. That is the hardest thing for me so far.


Now there are many scientific advances such as implants, hearing aids and I am sure some random sonar thing that they will come up with, but do I really want to go through all of that. Now the hearing aids I am game for as long as I can get one in purple. I mean I might as well make it cute. Do you think they come in bling? I am just saying, it saves on earrings. LOL. As for the implants, I just can't bring myself to let someone drill a hole in my head so that I can hear. I will stick with the sign language and hearing aids thank you.



Many people keep telling me not to claim it, but the reality is, I can't hear a lot of things now. For instance if you are standing behind me, good luck getting me to hear a word that you said. There are very few times that I am able to hear behind me especially when there is a lot of background noise. Maybe that is why I hate the club? hmmm. I mean when Triflin Tyrone and Grandpa with no teeth except the one gold one in the front try to come up and hit on me I can't here their classic lines such as; "Heeeeeey girl! How you doin? Are you from Tennessee? Because you are the only ten I see." Or my favorite, "Yeeeaaaah girl, you don't know nothin bout this right here." I mean who wants to miss out on that it is the joy of the club experience.

My cousin Rick who I memorialized in a previous post was mainly deaf and if he didn't have his hearing aids in that was a wrap. He was amazing though, he didn't let that stop him from being a successful actor. He did scare us once however when he let them dip him in water, because he didn't have an ear drum at all and water was a very bad idea for him. He kept on pushing. He also used to give money to a school for the deaf. So there are many ways to deal with this issue.

Until my hearing completely goes I will continue to enjoy the music of my girl Dani Love (www.myspace.com/simplyloveband), my homeboy Rahjwanti (www.myspace.com/rahjwanti), and many more. I will continue to take voice lessons and sing along with my soon to be mastery of sign language.

So if you see me rolling with my iced out hearing aids don't hate or I will turn them off and ignore your ass. LOL

Ms. Denva


The 5280 Princess