Aspies For Freedom

I do. In fact I have actually had people ask me if I am and it really pisses me off.

When we were younger, our social behavior was often comparable to that of the MR-DD.  And until high school, the MR argument is plausible especially if you had special ed as I did, regardless of what you actually did on the SAT or ACT (I scored 30 on the ACT, top 1% in WV)

Now, 12 graduate hours above the Master's and 26 undergraduate hours above the Bachelor's, MR-DD is no longer a plausible explanation, and my social behavior has vastly improved.  (Even if the social sciences don't get you a job, they can help you fit in.)  Still, it is faking it, trying to approximate the norm (like a linear regression) because I do not understand the nuances (the plots as they scatter).

Unless I am working in an unusual (compared to education) occupation.  I was working some distribution center (Toys R Us I think) in Frederick, and a bunch of Latinos car pooled up from maybe Rockville whilist I and my brother's best friend (he is also dxed AS) drove in from Martinsburg WV.  The young twentysomething Latina woman asked me did I graduate high school?

I think I got smart and mentioned the graduate degree.  Maybe I even said it in Spanish, I had five years of study, 1984-1988 and 1989-1990.  That was when I only had 4 undergraduate hours beyond the Bachelor's though, before the 22 I got at Maryland taxpayer expense, because some HR nitwit didn't hire me in my first career, applied research.

Maybe I should have asked her for a date.  

Oh well, some of those nitwits were with Maryland employers, so their tax dollars were at work.  Too many employers shooting themselves in the foot because "they can't deal with A/C"

So you get a Ph.D and then you wake up  one morning and you're not a ***, you're a way out sociology professor instead, and that is cool.  Or you're a computer professional, again, it is cool.  Just as long as you aren't something else like a researcher or a manager or something mainstream like that.

I didn't like having my intelligence insulted whilist in Baltimore for computer study (the Community Living Skills Training program)

1.  I had A's in multiple regression in graduate school and they put me in the arithmetic class along with the others.  My Tourette's colleague seemed visibly insulted too.
2.  I cooked, cleaned, shopped, did laundry, budgeted, and took public transit (and drove, when Mom let me borrow her car) in Greenbelt MD in 1998, nevertheless, I was carefully taught these skills in CLST in Baltimore in 1999.
3.  I was doing 2 hours of homework per hour of class (college credits, downstairs, with Catonsville Community College faculty who came in house) and I really didn't need to mop the floor the night before an exam, I needed to study.
4.  The MSW on the floor, the only major difference between she and I was that I have Asperger and she had an attitude.  Can you say THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, GO YOU OR I?

I only had to put up with CLST for 8 weeks, the other four months I lived downstairs with the general population.

Hey Emmy, in my research assistant job at Marshall University in 1995, a co-worker (middle age woman) gave me a Jack Kervorkian gift certificate.  I laughed it off.

She said she would pay off her student loan with her Social Security check.

Emmy, you might not be American or old enough to understand.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kervorkian

Jack Kervorkian helped terminally ill people (who presumably sought his help of their own initiative) commit suicide, and was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison because suicide is a crime and a sin.  They let him out June 1 2007 because he is very sick, and might not live too much longer.

I don't believe in Rush Limbaugh (conservative TV commentator and humorist) but I do laugh at what he says.

Rush on his radio show talked about "Jack the Dripper" wanting to market "Dripple" on the Rush Limbaugh show but Rush said he likes to try the products he supports.  Talked about a "draft Rush for Dripple" campaign, many flavors including the "Die-It" variety.

6 feet * 12 inches = 72 + 3 inches = 75 inches * 2.54 centimeters = 190.5 cm.

Emmy where are you from?  Most of the world uses metric.  The English speaking world isn't quite on it.
1.905 meters.  I am 1.75 meters, 133 kg.  Too heavy for my doctor's advice.

You have a definite point Anbuend.  Suicide is not the treatment for suicidal depression.  They have therapy and drugs for that.  I resumed psychotherapy a week ago in response to ahedonia.  Ahedonia seemed fairly chased away when I woke up this morning but it is creeping back.

Maybe with the recommended 10 visits ahedonia will stay away for some time.

o_______0 Did I say "seventh-graders"? (Well duh LOL). Anyway, I meant "seven-year-olds". ^_^''

Well, people DO tend to think I'm a bit wierd, especially when I say something out of the blue.

Just use the wax paper toilet shields.  No one likes to sit on a wet seat.  

If you sprinkle
when you tinkle
be a sweetie
and please wipe the seatie

public men's bathroom, Martinsburg, WV

Everybody has to sit down sooner or later, so there is something "in it for you"

We aim to please, so you aim, too, please

Men's room, Altos Club, Shepherdstown WV.  (After a couple of beers, you probably need a reminder, if you can still read one)

I cover the seat with toilet paper before I use it.