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Steal a tank?

Hey - I didn't do that!

Dear Rabbitears, Oh, thank you so MUCH! You'll give him ideas; I think you want to ride along! Oh, well, the two of you are in England, I'm in America, so y'all can't possibly come rolling up my street...Sylkat

I could arrange a visit, Sylkat

You Americans need some proper cones in your country!

AAAAGH! RabbItears, this is your fault!!

Now would be a good time to refer everyone to the rude thread..

ADDITION:
I'm starting to question the initial (given) assumption that my AS is only mild. It seems like practically anyone else with AS can appear closer to a NT in behavior, gestures, expressions, and everything else with relatively little effort while I get many interaction options (cues, eye contact maintenance for >700 ms, random hand gestures, correcting for monotony, et cetera) and must choose only four or five in any given conversation. In addition to that, I don't currently have much desire to form meaningful relationships with the available peers in the neighborhood. It seems like the main issue when communicating is the short delay expected of and by the NT's, which prevents me from calming down enough to make sure all the components of social interaction are fulfilled.

But at least my father is doing his reading (and listening) about the AS. He seems to be more understanding of the cognitive differences and my figurative short fuse regarding listening to people while maintaining eye contact, focusing on the words, and responding when requested. On the various consolations/reassurances my mother gave, I view the anecdotes about various (dead) historical figures having AS as more than a little dubious, but they do seem to lighten the mood, just as I expect small talk would do.

On the avatar, the only reason for why it looks terrible is because Photoshop does not smoothen selections well. I chose smoothness above blockiness, and the result was a generally squashed profile.

Kevin, good to know that your parents are supporting you. My parents are supportive, but they still needed to know more about me and my autism.

Having parents on your side is one part of the "battle"

I suppose that is true (excuse for not using contractions: bad scansion). My father kept bringing up my, "being in my own world," for a long time and I never thought that was a bad thing or something that would need changing. In hindsight, I think that there were some early-childhood behaviors that could be interpreted as meltdowns, but those occurred before language acquisition, so I cannot state any of those with certainty. I probably should get a more proper diagnosis from a specialist on conditions like AS, but I'm still unsure about the benefits if there are no recommendations. It would have been better if I found out last year, because that would provide more time to reduce the symptoms before all the college/university interviews.



(If you did not imagine me as an adult, disregard the following reiteration of a strangely common thought. To those who still think I am a teacher/graduate student despite the blatant statement of age: I am only 16 and I might discuss the oddly separated ages (time sense: ~80 yr, physical appearance: ~11 yr, social understanding: <10 yr, et cetera) somewhere else later tomorrow, also known as today due to sleeping in the morning and waking in the afternoon.)

There is too much Twilight!

Dear Brainfre3ze93, could I recommend a truly EXCELLENT vampire trilogy?

You Suck

Bloodsucking Fiends

Bite me!

All by Christopher Moore, all hysterical. And viciously intelligent and witty and sly.

Sylkat

^lol


Phosphocellulose anybody? I want to find some acid and try the reaction or some Nitric Acid and make some Nitrocellulose.

sorry about what i posted the other night.
where is the random video thread? i can not find it. it has receded into obscurity.
i want to post there now.

There is a'Random Video Thread'? Why does no one TELL me these things?
Sylkat

my previous post is now in landfill. i will post better tomorrow.

Last edited by b9 on 04 Dec 2011, 2:12 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Looks like he found it...