"Peace of mind is singing along way off key to a CD and drumming on the table with ballpoint pens in the computer lab late at night, and knowing that there's no one around to watch you make an idiot of yourself ( Read more... )

Went up to the Twin Cities this afternoon. One of the researchers our Comps group is studying has a lab at the U of M, and we had been invited up there for some hands-on experience. It was a lot of fun, and things make a lot more sense after seeing how they work first hand. Interesting talk with my comps advisor and some other group members on the ( Read more... )

I managed to forget my glasses this morning, and didn't have time to go back. Since I can't read without glasses, I ended up stuck with the only pair I keep in the backpack--my prescription lab glasses. I looked like an escaped lab rat from upper Mudd. Mind you, as Cally so helpfully pointed out, I am an escaped lab rat from upper Mudd. This ( Read more... )

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So, in other news, I've changed my major. I'm now double-majoring in sociology and Poli Sci, with a concentration in Women's and Gender Studies. I think I'll go on to Law School when I graduate. Yeah, and I'm a mongoose. Sorry, I just can't make this one even half-believeable, I'll have to try something else to properly honor Lewis Carrol. Let ( Read more... )

I just about hit autistic meltdown this morning. I spent large amounts of this weekend trying to derive an equation for lab tomorrow, and ended up staying up till around 4am, getting nowhere. Slowly. I quoted a lot of Monty Python and the Holy Grail...specifically, the part with the monks--you know, the ones with the boards. I got to class this ( Read more... )

I was poking my nose around cafepress.com and...what is with all the dang puzzle pieces with all things autistic. CAN needs to can it, as far as I'm concerned. I am NOT missing any pieces, dang it! Where do people get the idea that we need to somehow be made "normal" to lead fullfilling lives. I don't want a "cure" to make me normal, I want ( Read more... )

I'm glad physics lab is finally over for the term. It was so dang loud today. Luckily, our lab assistant knows that I'm autistic, and she saw that I was not coping well(I expect I was probably rocking, but I'm not sure) and said I could go home if I wanted. I didn't go back to the dorm, but I did step over to the other lab for a bit. Make the ( Read more... )

Grrr. I happen to be autistic. Unfortunately many people fail to understand that this is FUNDAMENTAL to who I am as a person. And that it's not always a bad thing. I get tired of the stereotypes..."you're not autistic, you don't walk on your toes or bang your head on the wall," or "you can't be autistic, you're not like Rainman," or my personal ( Read more... )