From the Brain of Rusty Perez

commercials

2005-09-20T11:50:00.000-07:00

http://www.apple.com/ipod/ads/rollerskating/640.html

http://target.com/target_group/stores_services/red_player.jhtml

condoms
http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=9115

basketball
http://www.hoopsvibe.com/BAsketball-videos-ar22634-pa-12.html (click on video 13- Kobe one on one video)

http://www.honda.co.uk/thecog/movie.html

http://www.advertisementave.com/tv/ad.asp?u_player=mediaplayer&adid=601

Check out my podcast

2005-08-20T01:08:00.000-07:00

Check out the first installment of my
fifteen minutes of Worship Podcast
I haven’t set up my feedburner account yet, so you can’t “catch” it with ipodder, but that’s coming.

Enjoy the worship. Sing along!

The tunes are:
Jesus you are Holy
Our God Reigns
Father of Lights
How Great Thou Art
Lord Reign in Me
Holyness

Soon I’ll split a blog off for the Fifteen Minutes of Worship podcast.

I decided to go with that one first because I don’t want to think about grammar. ( That one, the Grammar Slammer may get put on indefinite hold.

Have fun!

True love

2005-08-17T19:59:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of me with my beautiful guide dog Relish.

True love

2005-08-17T19:45:00.000-07:00

Ain't we perty? :-)
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My First Post from W

2005-08-17T15:22:00.000-07:00

My First Post from Word.

Didn’t I just complain that blogger seems to have effectively shut me out of posting with their editor? Well, today I logged on and saw this post from word feature. If this happens, it’ll be great! I won’t have to use no stinking editor on the web. (

blind frustration

2005-08-16T16:57:00.000-07:00

Blind Frustration

I just discovered today that blogger seems to have made it impossible for us blind folks to take full advantage of their blogging tools.
I thought that I'd like to p ost some pictures of myself so that my sighted friends could have a look. Well, I tryed to follow their direcitons to post a picture. It turns out that many of the features in the post editor are little buttons which you must click with your mouse. this is not possible for blind folks. the screen reading software that we use does not read the buttons for uploading a picture ETC. And, wouldn't you know it, blogger doesn't allow you to send it as an attachment via Email either. So, there you have it. :-)
I've sent them an Email and I hope they respond, but I'm guessing that it won't happen any time soon.
If you'd like to check out a recent article on the subject go to,
http://blogs.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/2005/05/helping_the_bli.html

I'll keep trying! :-)

2005-08-12T15:59:00.000-07:00

I've decided I suck!!!
I just went back and read some of what I've written in my blog. This was prompted, partly, by the fact that I just put the address for my blog in the signature of my outgoing Email. I figured I'd better go back and read the mess before I let others read it. :-)
Here are a few things I noticed. Most glaringly, I started a bunch of these posts with the word "so." I hate when my students do that. I hate it when they're predictable, or boring. But, here I am. I guess that's why I'm not perfect. :-)
The other thing I am lamenting is that I haven't written for, like, seven months.
I've been busy with school/work, really one in the same. I've also just forgotten.
I went back and read the "blind moment" story and it was hilarious! I wish I had written more of those. They've happened, make no mistake, but I just forgot about my poor little blog. :-)
So, I am reconfirming my devotion. I'll try not to forget. :-) Until I get busy again. ;-)

2005-08-12T13:39:00.000-07:00

So I'm leading praise and worship tonight at 1st service at La Sierra University church.
I'm looking forward to it. I don't get to lead nearly enough.
It'll be an acoustic set probably just me singing as well.
I'm going to lead:
How Great Thou Art
Jesus you are Wholly
Our God reigns
Father of Lights
Wholliness
Lord Reign in me

Maybe one or two more. We'll see.
I've got a bunch of stuff to do before that though. I'm restringing my guitar and I should practice a little bit.
I'm almost ready for my podcast. I've been researching podcasting stuff. I've got an account with r-podcasting which is a free service. Pretty soon I'll be on line.
I think I'm going to start with the Grammar show first.
The idea is that you get a little three to five minute primer on a particular aspect of grammar. It'll be upbeat and exciting.
Stay tuned!

2005-08-11T10:44:00.000-07:00

So I'm poised. I'm ready and excited about starting my podcast.
I've got several ideas for the topic. I'd like to do something blind related, or possibly music related.
I've always thought it would be interesting to do a publication or a show on blind issues. I think I discussed that earlier in my blog. Blind folks encounter all kinds of crap. It would be interesting to talk about those things, dating, employment, that kind of thing. My friend Cheryl is working on a PH.D. in reading and blindness. I thought it would be interesting to do a show or two on research in the blindness field. The study of how "we" read is facinating.
Of course music would be fun too. I've got a couple of ideas. I could do a Christian oldies show. 80's music from when I got in to Christian music. That'd be fun. i also thought of doing a praise and worship set. I'd play guitar and lead my listeners in twenty minutes of praise and worship on a regular basis.
So, we'll see. I don't know yet. I'm going to spend today setting up software and learning a little bit. Who knows, there may be something here soon. :-)

2005-08-10T22:38:00.000-07:00

So, what did I say in one of my first postings? I just can't keep up with these things! What I really need is something to make it easy. This going to a site, logging in, clicking on a million links just to write my thoughts is a pain in the butt!!! What I really need is an IV that goes straight from my head to the web. That would make things perfect. Ofcourse, such an unsensored thing would probably be illegal, not to mention embarassing--like y spelling. :-)
I've figured out the perfect solution, for the moment.
It's my Miranda client. I can blog directly from my IM screen. That's cool! :-)
Here's hoping that it'll keep me from forgetting about my blog. :-)
I'm hoping that I can start some podcasts too. :-)

a blind moment: Can I pet your trache?

2005-01-26T12:55:00.000-08:00

Alright, so it happens sometimes. Yesterday I was walking down the street. As I came to the last intersection before getting to my first job at La Sierra
University, I met up with an aging couple who were walking their dogs.
though I had never met them before, I knew who they were. Often I've encountered them as I was walking to work. They usually walk their dogs in the morning.
Not having seen them since I moved to my new apartment on La Sierra Ave, I stopped to chat.
For some reason I thought they had small dogs, when the man approached I heard what sounded like the snuffling of a small dog in his arms. I reached out
to pet the small dog I thought he had been walking. He took my hand in his shaky grip and shook it.
"My name's Iverson."
"Iverson, good to meet you!" I said.
I reached out again, thinking I would this time be allowed to pet the furry companion. My hand came in contact with the right side of his chest close to
his shoulder. It was then that I realized, in quick succession, that there was a dog brushing against my legs, and that the snuffling sound was coming
from up around his face or head.
"Oh," I improvised, "I thought you had small dogs. I thought you were holding the dog in your arms."
I figured out that he must have some sort of breathing problem, some apparatus, but I didn't want to say anything.
I could just imagine it. 'Oh, your breathing tube sounded like a little dog sniffing.' 'Sorry, your tracheotomy made me think you were carrying a little
doggie in your arms.'
We chatted for a while and I petted the one, more friendly, dog which they allowed to say hello to Relish.
It happens every now and again and reminds me just how blind I am.

my rain wows

2005-01-12T04:40:00.000-08:00

So, last week I read some info about blogging. The writer suggested that most men sort of peter out on their blogs. Men evidently don't keep up. I told myself, nah, that won't happen.

Then I woke up this morning and remembered that I hadn't written in a week! :-)

Anyway, also this morning . . . my apartment got flooded! I cursed about having an inch of water flowing in to my living room under my bookcases.

But, as I watch the news this evening, I feel like a fool worrying about the silly little flood in my doorway.

I have a lot to thank God for. I have lots of friends, some of which hurried over with vacuum and snake and sand bags. But some lost homes! My floors are dry now while some are in hospitals, having been rescued from their homes in mudslides.

Anyway, that's enough on that. I was blessed today.

Happy New-Year!

2005-01-02T03:17:00.000-08:00

I've been telling myself for months now that I should start a BLOG. I have raves and rants and thoughts and ideas that I want to share, with some one! :-)

So, here it is. It's just one little resolution I'm keeping.

It's random, sparse, not on a particular topic, just what's going on in my head.

I'll post my early New Years morning thoughts later this afternoon. I just wanted to start this thing off with a greeting.

Saturday night at the movies

2005-01-02T03:03:00.000-08:00

Tonight I saw two movies.

First of all I have to pause and add that I'm not generally a frequent movie renter, but, since I just bought myself an Onkyo home theater system, I've been enjoying DVDs a lot more. Now I need a TV to match the awesome sound! :-)

Anyway, the two I watched this evening with my friend Wendy were "Open Water" and "Supersize Me".

"Open Water" was a boar. Everybody dies in the end.

"Supersize Me," on the other hand, was great! I learned that MacDonald's fries don't decompose, even after sitting for ten weeks in a jar, unrefrigerated.

More seriously, however, I was amazed at how much fast food we eat as Americans, and how the government is coerced in to letting us eat it!

I started thinking about how much I eat. I don't eat that much MacDonald's, but I eat out all the time. I've really got to stop.

What I need to do is find myself a wife. We can cook healthful meals together and then I won't have to eat out all the time. :-)

I briefly thought of keeping a food journal here on my blog. Then I decided not to. :-)

Watch "Supersize Me!" Then, read Fast Food Nation. You'll never be the same.

In the beginning

2005-01-01T19:20:00.000-08:00

OK, this is my first post.
I guess I'll start at the beginning.

I've been telling myself for a few weeks, maybe months that I should strt a blog. This is partly out of frustration. I see so much stuff going on in the world that I want to comment on. I want it to be published! But, sadly, most of us will never be ublished by a big news paper. So, here it is! My place to publish, to rant and rave and yell and scream and generally cary on about anything and everything I feel like.

I'm going to be honest here. I'm afraid, however, that, at times, it may be like looking in to my apartment on a day when I'm not ready for company. There may, in fat there is now, a huge pile of dirty clothes because I need to do the wash. My dirty socks and underware may have been left for all to see.
I'm not sure if I'll want to edit myself. this is, after all, my place to share my thoughts. I am, after all, a multifaseted person. So, here it is, take it or leave it.
These are my thoughts.