Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 The Song is an analogy to how it feels to be immersed into the NT world and forced to become a different person when you are autistic. In the song to me an AS person is talking to NTs. NOT the other way around. Lots of us go to all sorts of lengths to fit in, and we are still ignored- it is very painful, we cry tears, we try to deceive the NTs into thinking we are something else, we feel like we are being " bled " dry just to barely be accepted and survive- and we are not accepted. The song to me relays the pain and struggles we go through trying to fit into an NT world, becoming someone else, losing or having to hide who we are- " dying " - a part of us dies a little. Some have said in the list that changing to NT styles has severely depressed them and they lost parts of themselves they could not recover. said his friend may be as depressed as she is because she was trying so hard to be NT. It's like we're " going under " into some different persona and it feels like drowning, and it kills us a little. And just when some of us think it can't get any worse, it does- and we go past the " bottom " we think we've hit. We miss cues, confuse what NTs really mean with the lies they tell, and mix things up, and can't be sure of what we interpret because we may be wrong, since we don't speak NT. Social demands get higher and higher, and we are " daily defeated " by the NT world. The " Drowning in you " - figuratively drowning in an NT world, that makes us be something else we are not. That's how it makes me feel. I did everything I could to fit in and the NTs still rejected me and made me feel bad, not to mention how disheartening and depressing it was to be NT, and force myself to do that crap. The worst of it was to realize that if I did get any positive feedback, it wasn't because of me, it was because of the lies I told NTs that made them happy- they wanted nothing to do with who I really was, and it hurt very much, and made me feel worthless. Like Camille said, there is a heavy price to pay to " fit in " or barely try to fit into the NT world. That is what the song is about to me. Jeanette RE: Re: Raun K. Kaufman et.al. weird. i don't see it as ac at all. it reminds me of the martyrs on some of the as partner fora, the kind who marry a good earner, and think they will be able to live through him. when he wants no part of it, they weep and wail about how horrible as people are and how much they hate this " disease " . eg : 50,000 tears I've cried screaming, deceiving and bleeding for you and you still won't hear me.. very irritating. Verse 1 Now I will tell you what I've done for you... 50,000 tears I've cried screaming, deceiving and bleeding for you and you still won't hear me (Going under) Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself Maybe I'll wake up for once Not tormented- daily defeated by you Just when I - thought I'd reached the bottom __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 I'm with you jypsy... I am always talking about myself, and need to remeber to ask others about them selves.... also am a master of changing the subject back to me with out realizing it..... babble babble babble.... I am now aware this is due to extreme nervousness in social situations, and around new people.... but powerless to change it, without feeling awkward and too silent. but verbal is how I process everything and I crave contact with people, so if someone stands there and listens, I will talk.! dani jypsy [ janet norman-bain ] wrote: > At 08:56 AM 9/21/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > >The longer conversations are definitely more stressful for me unless > I'm in > >a really chatty state. I can't even count the number of times that I've > >started to talk to someone, expecting it to only be a quick exchange, and > >had it turn into a marathon chat. Ugh! > > > > > > The more I talk the more I realize how *self-centred* I am and the more > uncomfortable I become and wish I had never opened my mouth (or left > home) > in the first place. > > -jypsy > > > ________________________________ > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > Autism Spectrum Resources > www.PlanetAutism.com > jypsy@... > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 That reminds me, Why don't you write a book jypsy? Camille > > > > > > > > > we start to condition society > > > > > like how Clay was conditioned at Autreat.. > > > > > handflapping is ok, smoking isn't > > > > > society is starting to adopt the smoking part > > > > > what are their logical issues with handflapping? > > > > > > > >Hi jypsy, > > > >I'm not sure what you mean by " conditioned " . > > > >To be fair, I've known since before the first > > > >time I went, in 1999, that smoking was not > > > >allowed. They also don't allow perfume, cologne, > > > >or any other stinky thing, and I appreciate that, > > > >as I don't like perfume. Many people have asthma, > > > >or allergies, and it's only out of consideration > > > >for others that we abstain from bringing those things. > > > >In addition, since the 24th of July this year, it has > > > >been illegal to smoke in ANY public place in New York. > > > >I do enjoy Autreat, and recommend it to anyone here. > > > > > > > >Clay > > > > > > no, that's what I meant... > > > PEI has been smoke free in public places since June 1st this year > > > The hospital here is scent free, cell phone free .... > > > these are *rules* that society imposes on society that society > > > gets conditioned to " socialdrinking " is " acceptable " , driving > > > with a blood alcohol level of .08 is " acceptable " > > > crying babies are accepted > > > nursing women are no longer being forced into washrooms > > > we don't need to hide either > > > society can be conditioned into accepting that we are out > > > there before they leave home too > > > > > > -jypsy > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > > > Autism Spectrum Resources > > > www.PlanetAutism.com > > > jypsy@i... > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 > > From: " Camille " <camclark@p...> > > > > Chatty Aspie > > > > I wonder if Mattel would be interested? > > Hmm...when you squeeze her hand she could > > tell you the capitals of all the countries in the world > tell you the name and year of every hurricane > explain in detail the difference between effect and affect > insist that you look at her doorknob collection > When someone says, " Hi Chatty Aspie, how are you? Nice weather we're having. " Chatty Aspie says, " Oh, look at the time, I have to go. " Camille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Hi, I love to save old junk and make it pretty. I have a small childs chair that was made of lumber, it's really solid. I covered it with my broken dishes and little vintage ceramic animals and other stuff. (mosaic) It looks like an illustration for a Grimm's fair tale, sort of inspired by the Bremertown musicians. I want to sell it, I've had it for a few years now, made it to sell, but the economy is not good now and I dont' have the nerve to approach shop owners. With the grout it weighs a ton. People really like it, the ones that have seen it. Camille > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >Life laundry is a neat idea. I think we do better with less junk, > > > >emotional and material. > > > > > > I'm a bit of a laundry freak but Life Laundry.... I think Not!! not > > for > > > this packrat!!! > > > My emotional junk is pretty sparse but I'm queen of the " good > > garbage " > > > and I have a lot of cool stuff too > > > when my son was packing to move to Toronto at one point he stood in > > the > > > hall and looked around and said > > > " you couldn't ever move out of here could you mom?! " > > > when I was little I collected sugar packages > > > then rocks, shells...... I just never stopped collecting neat > > stuff.... > > > you can have my emotional junk but I like my junk junk > > > > > > -jypsy > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > > > Autism Spectrum Resources > > > www.PlanetAutism.com > > > jypsy@i... > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 because I'd have to write " Volume 2 - What I meant in Volume 1 " " Volume 3 - What I meant in Volume 2 " ..... -jypsy At 06:36 PM 9/22/2003 +0000, you wrote: >That reminds me, >Why don't you write a book jypsy? > >Camille > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we start to condition society > > > > > > like how Clay was conditioned at Autreat.. > > > > > > handflapping is ok, smoking isn't > > > > > > society is starting to adopt the smoking part > > > > > > what are their logical issues with handflapping? > > > > > > > > > >Hi jypsy, > > > > >I'm not sure what you mean by " conditioned " . > > > > >To be fair, I've known since before the first > > > > >time I went, in 1999, that smoking was not > > > > >allowed. They also don't allow perfume, cologne, > > > > >or any other stinky thing, and I appreciate that, > > > > >as I don't like perfume. Many people have asthma, > > > > >or allergies, and it's only out of consideration > > > > >for others that we abstain from bringing those things. > > > > >In addition, since the 24th of July this year, it has > > > > >been illegal to smoke in ANY public place in New York. > > > > >I do enjoy Autreat, and recommend it to anyone here. > > > > > > > > > >Clay > > > > > > > > no, that's what I meant... > > > > PEI has been smoke free in public places since June 1st this >year > > > > The hospital here is scent free, cell phone free .... > > > > these are *rules* that society imposes on society that society > > > > gets conditioned to " socialdrinking " is " acceptable " , driving > > > > with a blood alcohol level of .08 is " acceptable " > > > > crying babies are accepted > > > > nursing women are no longer being forced into washrooms > > > > we don't need to hide either > > > > society can be conditioned into accepting that we are out > > > > there before they leave home too > > > > > > > > -jypsy > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > > > > Autism Spectrum Resources > > > > www.PlanetAutism.com > > > > jypsy@i... > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 No, no, you're misunderstanding me. It wasn't your fault, it was ME who misunderstood your original post! Hence the quoting of nne nnadanna, who was always misunderstanding things and going off on a tangent. Don't you remember her? - on Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner. (And there are getting to be too many wakas at the bottom of this thread - the paragraphs are breaking up.) Clay 8<{) jypsy wrote: > because I'd have to write " Volume 2 - What I meant in Volume 1 " > " Volume 3 - What I meant in Volume 2 " ..... > > -jypsy > > At 06:36 PM 9/22/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >That reminds me, > >Why don't you write a book jypsy? > > > >Camille > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we start to condition society > > > > > > > like how Clay was conditioned at Autreat.. > > > > > > > handflapping is ok, smoking isn't > > > > > > > society is starting to adopt the smoking part > > > > > > > what are their logical issues with handflapping? > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi jypsy, > > > > > >I'm not sure what you mean by " conditioned " . > > > > > >To be fair, I've known since before the first > > > > > >time I went, in 1999, that smoking was not > > > > > >allowed. They also don't allow perfume, cologne, > > > > > >or any other stinky thing, and I appreciate that, > > > > > >as I don't like perfume. Many people have asthma, > > > > > >or allergies, and it's only out of consideration > > > > > >for others that we abstain from bringing those things. > > > > > >In addition, since the 24th of July this year, it has > > > > > >been illegal to smoke in ANY public place in New York. > > > > > >I do enjoy Autreat, and recommend it to anyone here. > > > > > > > > > > > >Clay > > > > > > > > > > no, that's what I meant... > > > > > PEI has been smoke free in public places since June 1st this > >year > > > > > The hospital here is scent free, cell phone free .... > > > > > these are *rules* that society imposes on society that society > > > > > gets conditioned to " socialdrinking " is " acceptable " , driving > > > > > with a blood alcohol level of .08 is " acceptable " > > > > > crying babies are accepted > > > > > nursing women are no longer being forced into washrooms > > > > > we don't need to hide either > > > > > society can be conditioned into accepting that we are out > > > > > there before they leave home too > > > > > > > > > > -jypsy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > > > > > Autism Spectrum Resources > > > > > www.PlanetAutism.com > > > > > jypsy@i... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Hi, And " What I really meant to say when I wrote in volume 2 what I meant to say in volume 1 in volume 3.... " Actually, your website is very good and flexible in a way that a book is not. Camille > > > > > > > > > > > > > we start to condition society > > > > > > > like how Clay was conditioned at Autreat.. > > > > > > > handflapping is ok, smoking isn't > > > > > > > society is starting to adopt the smoking part > > > > > > > what are their logical issues with handflapping? > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi jypsy, > > > > > >I'm not sure what you mean by " conditioned " . > > > > > >To be fair, I've known since before the first > > > > > >time I went, in 1999, that smoking was not > > > > > >allowed. They also don't allow perfume, cologne, > > > > > >or any other stinky thing, and I appreciate that, > > > > > >as I don't like perfume. Many people have asthma, > > > > > >or allergies, and it's only out of consideration > > > > > >for others that we abstain from bringing those things. > > > > > >In addition, since the 24th of July this year, it has > > > > > >been illegal to smoke in ANY public place in New York. > > > > > >I do enjoy Autreat, and recommend it to anyone here. > > > > > > > > > > > >Clay > > > > > > > > > > no, that's what I meant... > > > > > PEI has been smoke free in public places since June 1st this > >year > > > > > The hospital here is scent free, cell phone free .... > > > > > these are *rules* that society imposes on society that society > > > > > gets conditioned to " socialdrinking " is " acceptable " , driving > > > > > with a blood alcohol level of .08 is " acceptable " > > > > > crying babies are accepted > > > > > nursing women are no longer being forced into washrooms > > > > > we don't need to hide either > > > > > society can be conditioned into accepting that we are out > > > > > there before they leave home too > > > > > > > > > > -jypsy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > > > > > Autism Spectrum Resources > > > > > www.PlanetAutism.com > > > > > jypsy@i... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Camille wrote: >That reminds me, >Why don't you write a book jypsy. > How about a chapter of a book? I'm thinking that if we all put our heads together that we could actually advance the state of knowledge of autism. Ride the Music AndyTiedye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 I tend to talk like the people that I am talking to. When I was in England I was surprised when I was talking to the guy that ran the corner Post Office when I told him I was stationed in England with the U.S.Air Force. He didn't know that I was an American! I thought it was pretty cool! When I was working at the the African American university I had to tell the students not to use derogatory terms for each other around me, because I knew that I would be spewing them out as well, and it wouldn't be a good thing for a white woman to be spouting racial slang. Louis From: Rakus I take on the mannerisms of the people I'm with, and definitely mirror them, but I'm not so good at accents. When I talk to someone with a southern accent I have to almost forcibly keep myself from speaking with an accent, but that's really the only one that I can fall into easily. Most of the time being around someone with an accent just makes me very aware of what my voice sounds like...kind of like listening to myself on a tape recorder. The longer conversations are definitely more stressful for me unless I'm in a really chatty state. I can't even count the number of times that I've started to talk to someone, expecting it to only be a quick exchange, and had it turn into a marathon chat. Ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 My mother is a " garage-saler " . I, however, am an accomplished " dumpster-diver " . I didn't purchase a single piece of the furniture in my house, nor did I purchase my stove or refrigerator. I also have a 51 " T.V that I got off the curb one night. Of course it helps to be an electronics technician and to have a fascination with re-upholstering. The last time I moved I had to give away six television sets, two freezers, a refrigerator, six armoires, four couches and a whole lot of chairs. My husband is happy that I have my minivan in pieces again, since I can't cruise the neighborhood looking for " good junk " . Louis From: Camille Hi, I have some cool junk, some of it rescued from trash cans. I am glad that I have moved several times though, since it made me get rid of the marginally cool junk and the stupid junk. You should see my pique assiette mosaics, they look a bit like glued together junk (broken cup and plate pieces and ceramic figurines...) Hey let me know if you ever have a garage sale! Camille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Hi, I'd like to see a book with lots of autistic voices. Aquamarine Blue 5, does, I think (never read it) but that's on the college student theme. Camille > > >That reminds me, > >Why don't you write a book jypsy. > > > How about a chapter of a book? > I'm thinking that if we all put our heads together > that we could actually advance the state of knowledge of autism. > > > Ride the Music > > AndyTiedye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Where I live (a major college town) about 1/4 of the population all move within about 3 days (it's the way the apartments are rented on the same lease), and since most of them are rich spoiled college students whose parents bought most of the stuff they have, they don't care about the stuff they throw away. So I used to go bonkers on those days, cruising the dumpsters of the apartment complexes at night, trying to look nonchalent as I drag cool junk out of the dumpster enclosures to my car. My son does it now. I don't have any more room for cool junk. My son and his friend specialize in computer parts. They find cool computer junk. Camille ---lives in a two bedroom apartment with no garage > My mother is a " garage-saler " . I, however, am an accomplished > " dumpster-diver " . I didn't purchase a single piece of the > furniture in my house, nor did I purchase my stove or > refrigerator. I also have a 51 " T.V that I got off the curb one > night. Of course it helps to be an electronics technician and to > have a fascination with re-upholstering. > > The last time I moved I had to give away six television sets, two > freezers, a refrigerator, six armoires, four couches and a whole > lot of chairs. > > My husband is happy that I have my minivan in pieces again, since > I can't cruise the neighborhood looking for " good junk " . > > Louis > From: Camille [mailto:camclark@p...] > > Hi, > > I have some cool junk, some of it rescued from trash cans. I > am glad > that I have moved several times though, since it made me get > rid of > the marginally cool junk and the stupid junk. > > You should see my pique assiette mosaics, they look a bit like > glued > together junk (broken cup and plate pieces and ceramic > figurines...) > > Hey let me know if you ever have a garage sale! > > Camille > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Similar to my impression of the one from the Daredevil soundtrack ... bring me to life how can you see into my eyes like open doors leading you down into my core where i've become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold until you find it there and lead it back home wake me up inside wake me up inside call my name and save me from the dark bid my blood to run before i come undone save me from the nothing i've become now that i know what i'm without you can't just leave me breathe into me and make me real bring me to life wake me up inside wake me up inside call my name and save me from the dark bid my blood to run before i come undone save me from the nothing i've become bring me to life frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life among the dead all this time i can't believe i couldn't see kept in the dark but you were there in front of me i've been sleeping a thousand years it seems got to open my eyes to everything without a thought without a voice without a soul don't let me die here there must be something more bring me to life http://www.evanescence.com/music/index.html RE: Re: Raun K. Kaufman et.al. > > > weird. i don't see it as ac at all. it reminds me of the martyrs on some of the as partner fora, the kind who marry a good earner, and think they will be able to live through him. when he wants no part of it, they weep and wail about how horrible as people are and how much they hate this " disease " . eg : 50,000 tears I've cried screaming, deceiving and bleeding for you and you still won't hear me.. > > > very irritating. > > > > > Verse 1 > Now I will tell you what I've done for you... > 50,000 tears I've cried > screaming, deceiving and bleeding for you > and you still won't hear me > (Going under) > Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself > Maybe I'll wake up for once > Not tormented- daily defeated by you > Just when I - thought I'd reached the bottom > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. > Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! > http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 > > Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! > http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Cerulean wrote: >--- Camille wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>I wanted to add a thought about " acting NT " . Yes >>it's a good thing >>to do sometimes, it can help, if you can do it, to >>get through >>certain necessary transactions. I can get better >>service by acting >>NT than by being really myself, sometimes, maybe >>most of the time. >> >> I was never any good at acting. >>I think that is the best that any parent can hope >>for in trying to >>train an autistic child to cope with the world. >> >> > >-----Hi Camille, > > You make a very good point. My son entered high >school this fall, and he gets home completely drained. > He still prefers to hang out/play ball with two >neighbor boys who are two years younger. > I know that by the time I was in high school, I was nowhere near competitive with others my age at any form of " playing ball " , and my athletic abilities continued to fall further behind those of my classmates every year, because I did not improve with practice and everyone else did. When sports are the center of the social universe, as they were when I was that age, inability in sports is a significant social handicap as well. The fact that you group together " hang out/play ball " suggests that this has not changed. There really needs to be more on the menu. >With his own age peers, he's really uncomfortable, and it pains me >to observe this. > For me, same-age peers were much more tolerable one at a time, for a whole lot of reasons. > On the flip side, he's really focused on his >studies and intent on making good grades. > > I was that way too. The grades got me into MIT, where I finally got to meet other people like me (and get a good engineering education). Ride the Music AndyTiedye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 At 11:17 PM 9/22/2003 -0400, you wrote: >I tend to talk like the people that I am talking to. When I was >in England I was surprised when I was talking to the guy that ran >the corner Post Office when I told him I was stationed in England >with the U.S.Air Force. He didn't know that I was an American! I >thought it was pretty cool! On 2 occasion while hitchhiking through Quebec I found myself speaking fluent French! The first time was a conversation with a guy in a gas station/restaurant when I put my money in a pop machine (soda, soft drink whatever) and no pop came out and no money came back.... he came over and asked - in French - if I had put the correct change in - Now although I can speak some French I am by no means fluent. I stood there in awe of myself, somewhat detached, listening to myself spit out this conversation. Got my pop in the end - more likely a juice. Bizarre.... -jypsy ________________________________ Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome Autism Spectrum Resources www.PlanetAutism.com jypsy@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 I could do like Star Wars and start with #4... -jypsy At 01:13 AM 9/23/2003 +0000, you wrote: >Hi, > >And " What I really meant to say when I wrote in volume 2 what I meant >to say in volume 1 in volume 3.... " > >Actually, your website is very good and flexible in a way that a book >is not. > >Camille > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we start to condition society > > > > > > > > like how Clay was conditioned at Autreat.. > > > > > > > > handflapping is ok, smoking isn't > > > > > > > > society is starting to adopt the smoking part > > > > > > > > what are their logical issues with handflapping? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi jypsy, > > > > > > >I'm not sure what you mean by " conditioned " . > > > > > > >To be fair, I've known since before the first > > > > > > >time I went, in 1999, that smoking was not > > > > > > >allowed. They also don't allow perfume, cologne, > > > > > > >or any other stinky thing, and I appreciate that, > > > > > > >as I don't like perfume. Many people have asthma, > > > > > > >or allergies, and it's only out of consideration > > > > > > >for others that we abstain from bringing those things. > > > > > > >In addition, since the 24th of July this year, it has > > > > > > >been illegal to smoke in ANY public place in New York. > > > > > > >I do enjoy Autreat, and recommend it to anyone here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Clay > > > > > > > > > > > > no, that's what I meant... > > > > > > PEI has been smoke free in public places since June 1st this > > >year > > > > > > The hospital here is scent free, cell phone free .... > > > > > > these are *rules* that society imposes on society that >society > > > > > > gets conditioned to " socialdrinking " is " acceptable " , >driving > > > > > > with a blood alcohol level of .08 is " acceptable " > > > > > > crying babies are accepted > > > > > > nursing women are no longer being forced into washrooms > > > > > > we don't need to hide either > > > > > > society can be conditioned into accepting that we are out > > > > > > there before they leave home too > > > > > > > > > > > > -jypsy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > > > > > > Autism Spectrum Resources > > > > > > www.PlanetAutism.com > > > > > > jypsy@i... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 no, no, what I meant was.... -jypsy At 10:16 PM 9/22/2003 +0000, you wrote: >No, no, you're misunderstanding me. It wasn't your fault, it >was ME who misunderstood your original post! Hence the quoting >of nne nnadanna, who was always misunderstanding things >and going off on a tangent. Don't you remember her? - on Saturday >Night Live, Gilda Radner. (And there are getting to be too many >wakas at the bottom of this thread - the paragraphs are breaking up.) > >Clay 8<{) > >jypsy wrote: > > because I'd have to write " Volume 2 - What I meant in Volume 1 " > > " Volume 3 - What I meant in Volume 2 " ..... > > > > -jypsy > > > > At 06:36 PM 9/22/2003 +0000, you wrote: > > >That reminds me, > > >Why don't you write a book jypsy? > > > > > >Camille > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we start to condition society > > > > > > > > like how Clay was conditioned at Autreat.. > > > > > > > > handflapping is ok, smoking isn't > > > > > > > > society is starting to adopt the smoking part > > > > > > > > what are their logical issues with handflapping? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi jypsy, > > > > > > >I'm not sure what you mean by " conditioned " . > > > > > > >To be fair, I've known since before the first > > > > > > >time I went, in 1999, that smoking was not > > > > > > >allowed. They also don't allow perfume, cologne, > > > > > > >or any other stinky thing, and I appreciate that, > > > > > > >as I don't like perfume. Many people have asthma, > > > > > > >or allergies, and it's only out of consideration > > > > > > >for others that we abstain from bringing those things. > > > > > > >In addition, since the 24th of July this year, it has > > > > > > >been illegal to smoke in ANY public place in New York. > > > > > > >I do enjoy Autreat, and recommend it to anyone here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Clay > > > > > > > > > > > > no, that's what I meant... > > > > > > PEI has been smoke free in public places since June 1st this > > >year > > > > > > The hospital here is scent free, cell phone free .... > > > > > > these are *rules* that society imposes on society that >society > > > > > > gets conditioned to " socialdrinking " is " acceptable " , >driving > > > > > > with a blood alcohol level of .08 is " acceptable " > > > > > > crying babies are accepted > > > > > > nursing women are no longer being forced into washrooms > > > > > > we don't need to hide either > > > > > > society can be conditioned into accepting that we are out > > > > > > there before they leave home too > > > > > > > > > > > > -jypsy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > > > > > > Autism Spectrum Resources > > > > > > www.PlanetAutism.com > > > > > > jypsy@i... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Well, he is one of us ... Re: Raun K. Kaufman et.al. > I could do like Star Wars and start with #4... > > -jypsy > > At 01:13 AM 9/23/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >And " What I really meant to say when I wrote in volume 2 what I meant > >to say in volume 1 in volume 3.... " > > > >Actually, your website is very good and flexible in a way that a book > >is not. > > > >Camille > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we start to condition society > > > > > > > > > like how Clay was conditioned at Autreat.. > > > > > > > > > handflapping is ok, smoking isn't > > > > > > > > > society is starting to adopt the smoking part > > > > > > > > > what are their logical issues with handflapping? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi jypsy, > > > > > > > >I'm not sure what you mean by " conditioned " . > > > > > > > >To be fair, I've known since before the first > > > > > > > >time I went, in 1999, that smoking was not > > > > > > > >allowed. They also don't allow perfume, cologne, > > > > > > > >or any other stinky thing, and I appreciate that, > > > > > > > >as I don't like perfume. Many people have asthma, > > > > > > > >or allergies, and it's only out of consideration > > > > > > > >for others that we abstain from bringing those things. > > > > > > > >In addition, since the 24th of July this year, it has > > > > > > > >been illegal to smoke in ANY public place in New York. > > > > > > > >I do enjoy Autreat, and recommend it to anyone here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Clay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > no, that's what I meant... > > > > > > > PEI has been smoke free in public places since June 1st this > > > >year > > > > > > > The hospital here is scent free, cell phone free .... > > > > > > > these are *rules* that society imposes on society that > >society > > > > > > > gets conditioned to " socialdrinking " is " acceptable " , > >driving > > > > > > > with a blood alcohol level of .08 is " acceptable " > > > > > > > crying babies are accepted > > > > > > > nursing women are no longer being forced into washrooms > > > > > > > we don't need to hide either > > > > > > > society can be conditioned into accepting that we are out > > > > > > > there before they leave home too > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -jypsy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > > > > > > > Autism Spectrum Resources > > > > > > > www.PlanetAutism.com > > > > > > > jypsy@i... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Camille wrote: >I'd like to see a book with lots of autistic voices. Aquamarine Blue >5, does, I think (never read it) but that's on the college student >theme. May I recommend " Women From Another Planet? " :-) Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 My dad speaks fluent Korean, but only in his sleep. My mother has a Korean friend that she invited over to listen to my dad while he was napping. She told my mom that she really didn't want to know what he was saying. His older brother was in the Korean " Conflict " (it's been downgraded from " war " by the military historians), so he probably learned it up from his brother. Louis In my house, " normal " is only a setting on the dryer. From: jypsy [ janet norman-bain ] On 2 occasion while hitchhiking through Quebec I found myself speaking fluent French! The first time was a conversation with a guy in a gas station/restaurant when I put my money in a pop machine (soda, soft drink whatever) and no pop came out and no money came back.... he came over and asked - in French - if I had put the correct change in - Now although I can speak some French I am by no means fluent. I stood there in awe of myself, somewhat detached, listening to myself spit out this conversation. Got my pop in the end - more likely a juice. Bizarre.... -jypsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 jypsy [ janet norman-bain ] wrote: >I'm not a flapper either >the more I hurt the more I rock >I trace circles with my thumbs.... on things... in the air... in the palm >of my hand... alot... > > all of which is perfectly acceptable if you just add music. (Even if they can't hear the music. If you are wearing a Walkman, people will just assume that you are dancing to whatever you are listening to on the headphones. Could be a useful prop) Ride the Music AndyTiedye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Quoting AndyTiedye : > all of which is perfectly acceptable if you just add music. Does the noise in my head bother you? > (Even if they can't hear the music. If you are wearing a Walkman, > people will just assume that you are dancing to whatever you are > listening to on the headphones. Could be a useful prop) I use portable music to shut out the world when riding on a bus, making it more tolerable. I suspect I'm not the only one ... > > > Ride the Music > > AndyTiedye > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Hi, At the end of my week in Ukraine a Ukrainian man asked me if I was Ukrainian, I was so happy. I could only pass for Ukrainian if the coversation stuck to about 3 sentences though, and they had to be things that I had said before. I pick up " accents " in the way people speak, the emphasis that they put on words even if they are speaking basic " California " english. It bugs me sometimes, I don't want them to think that I am deliberately copying their personality. I have a pretty good Chinese accent too, especially in certain phrases where I have said them many times. I like your French speaking experience! Camille > >I tend to talk like the people that I am talking to. When I was > >in England I was surprised when I was talking to the guy that ran > >the corner Post Office when I told him I was stationed in England > >with the U.S.Air Force. He didn't know that I was an American! I > >thought it was pretty cool! > > On 2 occasion while hitchhiking through Quebec I found myself speaking > fluent French! The first time was a conversation with a guy in a gas > station/restaurant when I put my money in a pop machine (soda, soft drink > whatever) and no pop came out and no money came back.... he came over and > asked - in French - if I had put the correct change in - Now although I can > speak some French I am by no means fluent. I stood there in awe of myself, > somewhat detached, listening to myself spit out this conversation. Got my > pop in the end - more likely a juice. Bizarre.... > > -jypsy > > ________________________________ > Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome > Autism Spectrum Resources > www.PlanetAutism.com > jypsy@i... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Jane wrote: > May I recommend " Women From Another Planet? " > :-) > Jane I tried to order that book the other day from Amazon, as I " know " several of the authors. Put it in my " shopping cart " , and it said if I ordered something else worth at least $9.05, then I could get free shipping. As I hadn't yet read anything by Donna , I decided to start with her first, " Nobody, Nowhere " . Put that in my shopping cart, and proceeded to check-out. I didn't see the box to check for the free shipping deal, before I clicked on " Purchase " . When I saw that I was going to have to pay S & H, I decided to cancel that order, and try again later. You have to cancel them separately, and I cancelled " WFAP " first, then went back to cancel " N,N " , BUT the *%# & %#@* thing said that they had *already* begun arrangements to ship, and could not cancel it. I'll have to pay $5.95 S & H for a $10.50 book. Grrrrrrrr! Well, it WAS the last copy of " Nobody, Nowhere " available at Amazon. Should be getting it tomorrow... Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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