"Ironic" in ASL (again)

"Ironic" by Alanis Morissette, expressed in American Sign Language.
[All lyrics and music are property and copyright of their owners. I am not the owner, nor do I take any credit. No copyright infringement intended.]

After discovering the sign for "ironic" and seeing what a crappy video the other one is, i decided to sign it again. :)

so, enjoy! :)

Lyrics:
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic ... don't you think
Chorus

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought ... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
'Well isn't this nice...'
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think
Repeat Chorus


Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

It's a traffic jam when you're already late
It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...
Repeat Chorus


Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

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[cpp1]

I saw you featured on ABC World News, and I thought it's great that you're helping deaf people to enjoy and understand how music can express emotion and connote feeling in the listener. I know that some people go deaf later in life and already know about music, but there are many who are born deaf, or become deaf at a very early age and don't remember music very well. Deafness is a disability that can be devastating. Hearing is an essential sense often taken for granted by many.

[allyballybabe]

@cpp1 Thank you! However, Deafness is NOT a disability... it is simply what it is... Deafness. The Deaf Community has its' own culture and language and customs, etc, and is embraced as part of who Deaf people are. :) Not at all a disability!

[bellaqueen16]

@cpp1 Wow..im deaf and let me tell you, being deaf or becoming deaf is NOT a devasting disabilty! Now..let me tell you whats a TRULY devasting disabilty...you being so igorant and your stupidness :-/ but its ok..you cant help yourself anyways, poor thing :-(

[taterbugshells]

@allyballybabe I'm glad u recognize that it's just something different about yourself. It actually makes people better. One of my best friends is deaf and she is a lot nicer and smarter than the people who can hear and choose not to listen. It's only a disablitity if you choose for it to be, just like speech impediments and dyslexia. Disabilities are made by the people too lazy to work that extra bit more to succeed.

[pruedence110588]

@jmurdahhhhh

ROFLMAO! That comment in itself is ironic as hell.

[jmurdahhhhh]

i cant hear anything

[jarah2190]

do you do requests? if so, i would really appreciate you doing (Or finding out for me who can, so i can ask them, i've looked but cant find it anywhere) The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction, or Old Time Rock n Roll. i LOVE your videos too :)

[jarah2190]

@allyballybabe nice explanation. I have a friend thats been trying to explain it to QuicksilverdotFX maybe you can stop by his channel sometime and leave him a comment about the Deaf CULTURE and COMMUNITY or send him a video of yours :) i LOVE this video, btw.

[youcrazybastard]

@bellaqueen16 Ouch. Is that really necessary? It was good-natured, just a problem of terminology.

[deafornot8]

I just start to learn ASL recently, am hard of hearing. I can sign some simple words now. I joined a great deaf daing site, ----Deafornot dot c om----, and met some good deaf/HOH friends over there. They help me to learn ASL.

[IHACKIPODS100]

Your so amazing and pretty

[lovenlacie]

@allyballybabe I agree, no disability. An ability to express yourself accuratly. Just like the hearing do. Thanks for your songs. It is nice to see secular songs in ASL, as you must know a great deal of ASL music is religeous, so thanks.