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Diagnosis: Full Circle

Ironically, writing this post about why I don’t need a diagnosis has stirred up some second thoughts for me.

Because my childhood was such a psychiatric boondoggle, it would be nice to hear someone say, “Yes. THIS was the issue all along, and you can quit wondering once and for all.” They don’t need to say it in writing in a f…

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Posted by Lux on July 3, 2008 at 8:41am — No Comments

Autism: Changing the Status Quo... or simply REAJUSTING it???

“We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means - all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity... For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.” -Derr… Continue

Posted by Star on June 29, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Of friends and friendship

The world makes a big deal out of friendship, and while I consider it important, I'm not so sure that it's necessary that friends be of our own species. Animals can make excellent companions, and unlike humans they will never judge us, misunderstand, or scheme behind our backs to cause mischief for us. At least... not intentionally. They may, however, hold a grudge - if you are abusive, or harm them. If you do that, you deserve their wrath, in my humble opinion. Animals were not given to us f… Continue

Posted by Lydia on June 9, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

"Oh no you're not!"

That's the reaction I get from about 5-10% of the people I tell I'm Autistic. "You can't be!" they say, cringing in dismay, "you don't flap your hands." So? "You can talk!" So? "You laugh at jokes!" Well, not always, but... so? So these people who have no clue think they're experts. Why is that? Who are the ones most likely to argue with me about whether or not I have Asperger's Syndrome? Very simply: those who are the most like me. Those who resemble that remark, as they say. In other… Continue

Posted by Lydia on May 31, 2008 at 11:48am — 2 Comments

Aspie Questions (meme)

Taken from Perhin! Thanks! Okay, there are memes for everything, right? But what about a meme for Aspies? No? Well, I made one! Since I have a lot of new friends on my flist that are Aspies, I thought this would be fun! Only Aspies can take this meme, as it does not apply to NTs. ;) If you still don't get it: Only Autistics can take the meme. ;) 1. What's your favorite stim and why? fidgeting of any kind, with any object i can. 2.What are you an 'expert' at? proofreading, certain topics in b… Continue

Posted by Danielle on May 28, 2008 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments

This is Autism!

The problem is that the answer and solution that solves the AUTISM puzzle is not 2-dimentional but 3-D, it is a sphere and not a flat circle. If you are able to understand that extra dimension then I will be able to explain the whole puzzle to you. Because it is a circle, there is also no beginning and no end, something like the "who came first the chicken or the egg". as language is 2 dimensional so I will have to 'limit' my reply to fit into that need.... while my normal mode of thinking in p… Continue

Posted by Star on May 20, 2008 at 4:47pm — 1 Comment

friends... it's tough

i've always found that i can meet people easily and be "social" even though it doesn't feel natural to be that way, but what i've always lacked are close friendships. I never had a girlfriend (like most girls do) that i can confide in or talk about anything more the the day-to-day type stuff with. i sometimes say the wrong thing or i'm unsure of how to react. i never got why i feel as tense as i do most of the time, why the clothing i wear absoultely drives me up the wall or why i'm so easily ov… Continue

Posted by Danielle on May 19, 2008 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Data recovery and a love letter

I used to keep backups on my ex's hard drive. When we broke up and I was going to move away, I deleted my back ups from her hard drive and resolved to buy a new drive for myself to use as a backup device at the soonest opportunity. The drive with all my information on it sat on a shelf for two months, and I discovered it was dead when I plugged it into my computer to start backing up what I had on it onto a new drive I'd gotten. Yesterday after a billion different attempts with different data r… Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on March 11, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Wobsites part 2

I've finally gotten some sort of corehent proposal for how the website I'm working on should look like (flameofanduril.org). What one of the members sent me was this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/lancerbluenx/AshesofAndurilDemoMainpage.png but it's unlikely to be the final design. The point is I've gotten someone to actually design something! I also started my personal website today, which is temporarily at www.routinedelirium.flameofanduril.org Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on March 7, 2008 at 11:25pm — 1 Comment

EEG and my non-seizures

My suspicions that EEG is merely used to rule out epilepsy/other conditions during assessment has proved to be true. I have no history of seizures of any kind (not any that anyone has ever noticed, that is) so I am really "confirmed". Yay! Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on March 2, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Where do you find your emotional outlets?

I want to say that life is running a little smoother these days, but I'm not actually sure that's the case. About a week ago I looked at a calendar and realized it's been about six months since I've broken up with my ex. I wouldn't have guessed, because I still miss her like crazy. She's all I've been able to think of since, and added to the regular stress from school I've been pretty depressed. Still, at this moment in time, I'm pretty damned relaxed. This place here has turned into my… Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on February 26, 2008 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Birthdays

Ok - I am 26 today. But what is the actual point of a birthday? Why do people celebrate the fact that they have achieved another full orbit of the sun, after all that is what a year is defined as? I have not changed since yesterday, yet to others I should have. All that has changes is a label. Birthdays to me are just hassle - having to do things I don't really want to do. This evening I am expected to go to my sisters house for something to eat, but there is nothing else to do there. It will b… Continue

Posted by Kevin Hussey on February 24, 2008 at 4:30am — 2 Comments

The 'tool' - What it is and what it does

The Autistic Brain and its Capacity/Capability There is so much I am half aware about my past. So many things and events whose details elude me because they seem like a memory that forms a picture with many pieces missing, like a puzzle unfinished but with the puzzle box picture gone and lost. I somehow feel I will never know what the real picture ever was, but always see the fragments that are still there. A child's memory has so much to hold and work through and accumulate. A normal child's… Continue

Posted by Star on February 19, 2008 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

What a reversal

I've not managed to get much farther on that research paper I'm writing. Had another meltdown today, and then remembered the teacher allows for one favor, including a week extension on a paper. Of course, the request has to be submitted in writing, so I took out my syllabus to see what I need to include in the written proposal when I notice that the research paper final is due in March, and the paper that I thought was due then is due tommorow. Here I am wracking my brain to write out th… Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on February 18, 2008 at 3:37pm — No Comments

A Special Friend

When I think about my special friend, I think about my friend Greg. He always been there for me and he is the first one that I contact when I need someone to talk to or to tell him some news, either by phone, Facebook, MySpace, or occasionally by AIM. I first met Greg in college at a diversity event at our residence hall. He was putting on a disability awareness simulation of a person reciting the color of what the color words are, not the color word itself, and I had no problems with it. For e… Continue

Posted by Tabi on February 17, 2008 at 9:35am — No Comments

The letter part 2

I'd like to make a note of the psychologist having misunderstood some of the parts I said during our conversation. The letter says I've had particular problems with friends in high school, where it should be elementary and middle school, and that I have been married for five years. As I type this up, I'll fix those mistakes, writing the correct information in brackets. [name, title, address, phone] [to GP] [15.02.2008] Regarding assessment at psychiatric clinic [name] [born: date] [name]… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 16, 2008 at 10:28am — No Comments

The letter.

The letter from the psychologist came today. I can translate it later. Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 16, 2008 at 7:39am — No Comments

Wish I had an easier time with life

I got up at around 11am today. Got on a computer and started to do some research and write my essay. It's 2 am now and I have two paragraphs done. I don't understand why I have so much difficulty doing things like this. Thankfully it's just a rough draft due tommorow so it doesn't have to be perfect... or good at all. I'm pretty much drained for today so I don't have much left to do but go to sleep and try to finish as much as I can tommorow before class. Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on February 13, 2008 at 11:06pm — 4 Comments

What is it with some people...?!

Mercurygrrl Wrote: Thank you! I don't really need help - the only thing they can give me is extra time during exams (and I generally only use half of the alloted time due to writing extremely fast - I have to, if not I lose my train of thought) Tongue So, at the moment I don't see the need for a piece of paper telling me what I already know and what he confirmed. Reply from twat: You are lucky. You will never know what it's like to have the kind of executive dysfunction/attentional problems I h… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 12, 2008 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Maybe you're interested...?'

I was asked if I could write a post on how the interview was conducted, and after I did so for a Norwegian autism-board, I thought I'd translate it. He started by asking me why, if I've got Asperger's, it was picked up on during my childhood. As I told him, I was a quiet child, I did not act out in any way, and I did what I was told to do (schoolwork, etc). We had children in my class who acted out a lot, but these kinds had/got ADHD-diagnosis. As a quiet girl, I didn't get much attention from… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 12, 2008 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

What is Autism?

This is a question that every scientist in the last 15 years keeps asking and researching, but the more they research the further they seem to wander from the core. What is the core? The core is almost like an instinct, a 'fact' that ALL autistics -classic, aspies, HFAs, PDD-NOSers, etc- somehow have, understand, ac…

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Posted by Star on February 11, 2008 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

From Despair to Hope (in 8 easy miles)

Depression was getting the better of me. It came on suddenly on Saturday night, and I battled through Sunday. However, this morning it was horrendous. For the first time ever in my life I felt like I did not want to go on. Suicidal thoughts were frequent, although I was not as bad as wanting to kill myself (it would have hurt too much!). I hid under my duvet before calling work to tell them I was not going in today. I actually ended up crying on the phone before I hung up. 20 minutes later I…

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Posted by Kevin Hussey on February 11, 2008 at 8:06am — 4 Comments

I'm not mad!

I talked to the psychologist this morning, and am now diagnosed!

He said I would have no problem getting a piece of paper if I were to pursue one, saying I have it. He's also worked with autism-assessment at the local hospital (which is the only place to get one around here), so he knows his stuff...

And I'll be happily changing my diagnosis status in just a few seconds...
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Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 11, 2008 at 5:15am — 8 Comments

Instead of sleeping...

I've tried my best to place the symptoms as best I can. Trying to get ready for tomorrow, but I have no idea what to expect!

Social interaction
- avoiding eye-contact
- bad posture (during childhood)
- problem making friends and maintaining friendship
- rejected by peers
- problems making small-talk
- lacking empathy, but being overly empathic at times (and not to what people would think)
- Problems expressing sympathy
- Avoid phones,
- Avoid c… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 10, 2008 at 2:54pm — No Comments

A Crazy, Crazy Day

Some days I have doubts as to my true position on the spectrum, other days there is simply no question. Today has fallen into the second catagory.

Not withstanding the fact I was in work for 4am, and the first hour I was alone in getting the restaurant set up and ready to open at 5 (and one of the other 2 due in at 5am was 12 minutes late) the day soon turned into a catastrophe. The good thing about working in an airport, especially one the size of East Midlands Ai…

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Posted by Kevin Hussey on February 8, 2008 at 9:41am — 2 Comments

Uni library

The uni-library has stacked a lot of their books on AS/autism with books on Schizophrenia, but other 'conditions' are not "assumed" the same and have their own numbers and sections. This irks me more than just a tad. Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 8, 2008 at 2:03am — No Comments

Getting an appointment

The psychologist replied while I was driving to uni, about 30 minutes ago. I'm welcome to come see him next Monday (11th) at 10.30am.

Hello,

Thanks for getting back to me.

I completely understand your view on assessment. It's correct that such a diagnosis is mostly given during childhood and adolescence. It's still not late to get a diagnosis as it will make it easier for you to understand your situation. As an adult you may have learned to adapt to the situation,… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 7, 2008 at 12:37am — 2 Comments

What have I done???

I woke up this morning full of anxiety. Not too much different with that. This time it was different. It was not anxiety about the upcoming day, but about something I had committed myself to.

At work we achieved a decent score on our last big audit (90%) and our general manager has said we could arrange an evening out to "celebrate". Unfortunately this means going out with people in a social setting, which I try to avoid at all costs. The original plan was to possibly go bowling an…

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Posted by Kevin Hussey on February 7, 2008 at 12:05am — 1 Comment

A sense of self

I distinctly remember when I first really became aware that other people are not me and that I don't know and cannot tell what people are thinking and feeling unless they tell me.

I was around 10 - I know this, because that was the year I had the black jacket with flannel on the inside with the horse-patch on the left sleeve, and I was standing in the hall waiting for my mom. We were going to the library, which we did every Saturday during my childhood. I r…

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Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 6, 2008 at 11:24pm — 2 Comments

Seattle Area Aspie Women's Group

Karen Roe's women's AS group is starting up again next week -- I've been part of them a couple times and it's good for brainstorming common social problems in a supportive, fairly free-form environment, getting advice about sticky situations, and generally meeting other women with AS. Diagnosis is not an issue, and she's pretty AS-positive, which is refreshing. It's not a free group, but it's not prohibitively expensive, so if you're interested, let me know and I'll forward you the info email. L… Continue

Posted by Angela on February 6, 2008 at 9:51pm — No Comments

Digging...

I e-mailed the new psychologist at the uni earlier today, asking if I can get an assessment done there. He replied rather fast offering to have a conversation with me about autism spectrum disorders to see if he feels there is any need for me to contact my GP for a referral. He also said it would be good to have the assessment done at the local hospital. This is where I hesitate a bit - will he potentially say it's not necessary for me to get a referral because I function or because I don't seem… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on February 6, 2008 at 7:27am — 4 Comments

Discovering Aspergers

In my previous post I never mentioned how AS fitted in with me and how I came to discover it. I hope to cover that here.

My childhood was a mess. I was different. In London I had a very small group of friends (about 3) but I knew no different. It was one of them who got me interested in soccer aged about 6 when he moved into a house opposite my family's home. I knew I was different - best described as eccentric at that stage, and very clever. I was always studying, reading or learning…

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Posted by Kevin Hussey on February 6, 2008 at 5:21am — No Comments

Relaxation is a good state to be in

I feel like I've detoxed from stress today. I put off doing homework this weekend since I burned through my mental reserves to get through last school week. On monday I look at my assignment list and realize I had something due today, so naturally I got massively stressed out about that too and ended up not doing it.

Today I wake up and head to class, stressed out of my mind and feeling that dread so common when I'm screwing up my life despite my best efforts. When I get there she hands… Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on February 5, 2008 at 11:13pm — 1 Comment

Here we are

This is my first web log. What to write? Where to start from? I don't know.

An introduction is probably wise. As you have probably worked out, my name is Kevin, and I live in South Derbyshire in England. I have been on this planet for nearly 26 years. That is 26 years of trying to make sense of the seemingly unfathomable. I was born in South London, but aged 8 my father's job took us to Kidderminster for about 4.5 years when we ended up near Rochdale, just north of Manchester, for the…

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Posted by Kevin Hussey on February 5, 2008 at 10:45am — No Comments

Making a wobsite

Completing projects I've started has always been problematic for me. It's very often the case that when I run into a problem, I get frustrated and end up dropping the project in it's entierty. It probably doesn't help that I tend to start projects that I have no knowledge of how to complete in the first place, making it a guarantee more or less that I'll run into a situation where I hit a brick wall and can't progress.

HTML and websites is something I've toyed with on and off, never get… Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on January 31, 2008 at 12:05am — 4 Comments

Consider this...

There has been a lot of squabble over at my LiveJournal as to whether or not I should go in for a diagnosis. The question that remains to me is; why?

First, I doubt I'd find a professional who knows about autism in adults. The second is that I don't see a need for it now. So, to try to explain my self-diagnosis, I came up with this comparison.

You get a headache. It's pretty bad. It hurts. Then it goes away. It comes back half a year later. You the read about headache… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 30, 2008 at 9:56am — 6 Comments

Ok day

Today's been ok. Some highs, some lows.

Morphology-lecture from noon till 2. In the break, the topic of the autistic-professor came up again, among people who hasn't mentioned it before. I feel like I'm sticking out like a sore thumb when it's brought up. I realize that I'm not, but it's like a blow to the stomach and I can't breathe and I go all quiet. More so that usual. It's not just that they suspect him of being autistic, but sometimes it's said in a... degrading way. at least that… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 28, 2008 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Testing the water

There seems to be a constant demand for validation, even among people I hoped would take me for who I am. Feels lonely, especially at the moment, with my life basically being turned up-side-down. Very lonely at times.

On the other hand, I've been making progress with AL. She invited me to come with her to this Scrapbook-store today and wants me to come scrap with her tomorrow. After she invited me earlier this week, I ordered a huge batch of our wedding-photos, but none have arrived in… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 26, 2008 at 11:08am — 2 Comments

Autism and uni 4

So, from now the, the girl who knows is AL.

AL is not in the course I have on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (at least till week 6), but today the whole "the professor is autistic"-subject came up again, by one of the other girls.

It's like I want to tell, but at the same time not.

On one hand, there is no reason to tell. Related, I've never told that I am straight (at least in a straight relationship) but I had no problem saying I was getting married to a man. I've… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 23, 2008 at 10:48am — No Comments

General whining about life

I have my first essay to do for English class. The teacher handed out the assignment and said that it wasn't due for a long time, so I didn't bother to look at it during the weekend and Monday (my days off) whereupon I realized that by "long time, she really meant "six days." Not a long time in my book, but I guess standards shift between people. That meant I have two days to do it, and I spent one of those days staring at the list of topics list trying to come up with something to write about.… Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on January 23, 2008 at 1:26am — No Comments

Reflections

Feel like I've had a very NT-day, or low-AS day, is that suits you better. I mean - I was at the doctor's. I was able to speak in a loud voice (not too loud, I hope) and look the doctor in the eye. I was strong and secure enough in myself to ask for medicine. This is a huge progress in terms of "managing on my own" which I'm practicing now that T's not here. I think it's doing me good.

Let's just hope I don't revert into myself tomorrow. It's not that the AS-me is bad, but it's… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 22, 2008 at 1:32pm — 2 Comments

The Aspie Meme!

Okay, there are memes for everything, right? But what about a meme for Aspies? No? Well, I made one! Since I have a lot of new friends on my flist that are Aspies, I thought this would be fun!

Only Aspies can take this meme, as it does not apply to NTs. ;) If you still don't get it: Only Autistics can take the meme. ;)

1. What's your favorite stim and why? Hand-flapping. I do it when I'm happy or upset and it calms me.

2.What are you an 'expert' at? Compu… Continue

Posted by Perhin on January 20, 2008 at 5:24pm — 5 Comments

Quote Time: AS 2

"See, skinny socially-privileged white people get to draw this neat little circle. Everyone inside this circle is normal. Anyone outside the circle should be beaten, broken, & reset, so they are brought in to the circle. Failing that you should be institutionalized, or worse, pitied."

"So, it's wrong to feel sorry for this little boy?"

"Why would you feel sorry for someone who gets opt-out of the inane courteous formalities which are utterly meaningless, insincere, and ther… Continue

Posted by Perhin on January 20, 2008 at 5:24pm — No Comments

Quote Time: AS

found this really cool quote by Tony Attwood.

"Most of the happier times were during vacations which is why I love ships and trains. (the only times when we would experience these things). These occasions were more secure and stable for me.

As a child and a teenager and young adult I seldom got along well with my peers preferring the company of older adults probably because they are likely to be more mellow in temperament and of cour… Continue

Posted by Perhin on January 20, 2008 at 5:23pm — 1 Comment

Autism and uni - end of saga?

Yup, so, I told her. Something along the lines of "since you asked - I've got AS. I'm not in the closet, but not out either, so for the sake of my privacy (although I'm not actively hiding it) I'd like for this not to be spread around :P"

She was like "whoahhhh! You seem so outgoing!!one1!omg1!!" to which I replied, politely, that I at school because that's how "you should be", indicating, but not mentioning the exhaustion after a day at school where I have to socialize and stuff. Also… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 19, 2008 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Autism and uni 3 - continued

So, I went... and it wasn't brought up. I was there for half an hour or so before the other girls arrived, but so was her fiancé and I think she understood that I didn't want to discuss it in front of him. He didn't go out after all, so he was there the entire night.

I sent her a message on FaceBook saying that I didn't mind talking about AS, but didn't feel comfortable doing it in front of him. Judging from her question this afternoon and how I just said that it was complicated and th… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 19, 2008 at 1:34am — 2 Comments

I guess I'm a lot more normal than I give myself credit for (or perhaps, care to admit)

I had my first day of classes on Tuesday after a two year hiatus where I dropped out to regain some semblance of sanity. Structured schooling kills my soul, and I regard high school as four long years of trauma, so it's significant (to myself at least) that I've actually managed to overcome the fear of ever setting foot into an educational facility and sign up for some classes at my local university.

So I show up to classes early and go to the computer lab to check to see where my upc… Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on January 17, 2008 at 8:19pm — No Comments

Uni and autism... again

Umm... I just lots of books in the mail. And... There were two of the same; Women from another Planet? Our Lives in the Universe of Autism?

One I got for myself, but the other remains a mystery...

So, Mark (who I guess I know only by screenname). Thank you! I'll be keeping the copy you got me and offer the other for donation in … Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 17, 2008 at 12:16pm — No Comments

Autism and uni

- Sitting in the cafeteria before lecture today, one of the girls comments that the professor I wrote about last week (where I suspected that he's AS/HFA) is probably autistic (she listed symptoms as knowing lots of facts about a specific area, posture, social antennas, etc). My heart skipped a beat seriously. She was looking at me while she said it as well.

- I found this (http://www.isn.net/~jypsy/AuSpin/a2p27.htm) linked to on aspesocial.com, and found it... reassuring. When I… Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 14, 2008 at 10:52am — 2 Comments

I am indeed sick

Again. And it sucks, to put it mildly. My immune system always seemed to be one that calls it a night early whenever I'm living with stress, of which I have an abundance of at the moment. Now that I live with four other people, everytime one of them gets sick invariably I contract it as well, so I've spent a bit of time mildly sick here and there, with this latest bout being the worse of them all. And then something struck me;

There's no way to mentally steel yourself against being sick… Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on January 10, 2008 at 1:33am — 3 Comments

if you're experiencing bugs with this site, let us know

for instance, both i and another member have had separate instances where we haven't been able to use the messaging tool (both of us using safari on a mac). this site is built using a free third party social networking app, so there's not much we personally can do about some bugs, but some of the problems we might be able to fix. Continue

Posted by zippityd on January 6, 2008 at 8:02pm — 3 Comments

Alone again

Found Terje's "Jesus saves (and only takes half damage)"-shirt in the ladybug in the bathroom. I sniffed and found his scent and sniffed it all up and it was gone, and I cried.

I'm just all sorts of pathetic. Continue

Posted by Mercurygrrl on January 6, 2008 at 2:03pm — 2 Comments

Social networking eh

I tend not to pay much attention to sites like this one. The whole myspace craze passed me by, and I was quite happy about it. My ex got into it at the time, and at one point she remarked to me how cool it was because of how easy it was to get in touch with people you knew, and it sort of made me realize that I had little interest in getting in contact with anyone from my highschool or years previous. I don't want my real name to pop up anything on google, y'know, and I'm fortunate in that regar… Continue

Posted by Routinedelirium on January 6, 2008 at 2:23am — 5 Comments

Thinking about environmental footprints and ways to improve...

Okay, I am seriously alarmed when I use "environmental footprint" calculators and see that my household's is a quarter of the US national average, because we are not that eco-friendly. The sheer amount of waste that the average person must cause to end up with those kind of numbers is scary. Then again, when you consider my workplace doesn't recycle at all, I guess the business side adds up quickly too.

Things we already do:
-Don't own a car (Didn't in rural northern… Continue

Posted by Angela on January 5, 2008 at 9:32pm — No Comments

pleased

Today I was able to give away a lot of stuff to a family who just moved from New Orleans. They are going to be able to pass it on to another family moving from far away as they get settled, so it kills several birds with one stone -- they get the stuff they need, I get to get rid of things I don't really need, and less new stuff goes into the system. And now I can keep my eyes out for a real loveseat on Craigslist instead of the futon we had. Until then, our living room is attractively zen-looki… Continue

Posted by Angela on January 5, 2008 at 1:47pm — No Comments

woohoo!

i'm sorry, i'm being so perky excited and all awestruck. haven't had internet in 2 days or so, was at 9 members then, came back late tonight (or 1am early morning) to find 33 members. all sorts of happy, perky, or however the heck you want to be (even if you're not happy and perky, cuz who says you need to be) members.

a very good thing. =) thank you all, from the bottom of my san francisco, storm-struck (it's been swamped and raining like crazy here, power out all over the place) heart… Continue

Posted by zippityd on January 5, 2008 at 1:06am — No Comments

thanks to all who've joined us so far!

you guys totally rock. i especially appreciate the comments you're leaving for each other and the new photos. see, i'm not the only one who can contribute this site's content, others have the power! =)

given this site started a week ago, and we have 9 members already, and that was considering very few people were told about it, i think we might have something pretty cool in the future. thanks again.
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Posted by zippityd on January 2, 2008 at 1:09pm — No Comments

different ways to upload videos (even ones on youtube)

here's a cool thing you may not know: you have the option of uploading videos if you're a member, obviously. i personally would like to see a whole bunch of videos representing the diversity of people on the autistic spectrum, showing that we're a diverse, fascinating group of people. i want people struggling with the realization that they may be on the spectrum to be able to come to this site and see pictures and videos of other people on the spectrum and say, "wow, these people are actually pr… Continue

Posted by zippityd on December 28, 2007 at 12:41pm — No Comments

it all began with an idea...

lori and i had a great idea (discussed over drinks at the white horse about a week before christmas) about creating a social hookup site just for people with asperger's syndrome... actually, any adult on the autistic spectrum. we brainstormed for an hour or so, thinking: is this something that is needed? if we build it, will they come?

at this moment in time, dec 27, 2007, this site is in its testing phase. lori, awesome person that she is, is helping me by finding people she thinks wo… Continue

Posted by zippityd on December 27, 2007 at 6:47pm — 2 Comments

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