25 things...
People keep tagging me to do this, so I guess I should ... I’m not tagging anyone though, if you haven’t done this yet and want to, go for it!
Cross posted on Facebook
1. Despite being highly intelligent I can’t spell. I never have been able to and I never will. I still struggle with words like “you’re” and have to make sure “you are” is what I mean. Though I am not as bad as my brother. So I prefer to type things rather than write because there is a spell check, and my handwriting is almost illegible. Also my grammar is terrible, so I apologise for these things now.
2. I cannot read aloud. Even the simplest of sentences I will stutter and stumble through. So I just don’t try and do such things.
3. My brain does strange things with numbers. I can look at a number and see it correctly but when I say it back to myself in my head it gets muddled up, and yet if I were to write it down at the same time it would be correct. If it were to say it I would say it the muddled up way... Yes I know, I am strange.
4. I am a geek, for the last 6 years I have been involved in at least one online role play game, I have also dabbled for many years in tabletop role play and this will be the third year I have enjoyed LARP as a hobby.
5. The above does more for me than just a game. It is my way of being social. I have met many people this way and especially for the last few years it has helped me to be more confident in social situations. For example I went to an event completely alone last month and I was social and had a great time.
6. Me and my brother don’t understand sibling rivalry; we have and always have had a very close relationship.
7. I have freely admitted my sexuality since I was fifteen and that includes to myself. I struggled with it from thirteen and first noticed I was attracted to girls at around ten, but it didn’t mean much to me then. Though it took me longer to tell my mother, but that’s just because I thought she knew, since it was so obvious (everyone agrees with me on this)
8. I have struggled with depression since my early teens; the worst point of it was during university and the year after when I had to be medicated. It never goes away but I have learnt to manage it, and I now know the signs of it getting worse and can do something about it.
9. My natural sleeping habits are highly nocturnal, and when I am working it takes a lot of effort to keep to diurnal sleeping habits.
10. I am slightly hard of hearing in my left ear and struggle in noisy places to pick out sounds that to me is just like white noise. Last year at the natural history museum I knew Lindsay and Steph were talking to me, I could pick out the sound of their voices, but I couldn’t hear the phonetics (is that right?) of the words so I didn’t know what they were saying.
11. I tend not to be an emotional person, as I prefer to feel nothing than to be in emotional pain all the time. Also I prefer to look that the world through rational thought, and over analyse everything.
12. I am not a morning person. I tend to be grouchy and mumble, I am usually approachable after I’ve had a shower, a smoke and a drink. The worst thing is if someone turns on a light or opens the curtains before I’ve been awake long enough to adjust to the low light. So don’t ever do that!
13. For as long as I can remember I have suffered from migraines, though thankfully they are lessening as I get older. Could have something to do with I now know most of the triggers for them and I avoid them as much as possible.
14. I love animals, all animals and don’t feel complete unless I have at least one pet. My favourite though are cats, and I was never allowed one as a child but Mum got me one for my 21st birthday, he was the best present ever. Between me and Andrea we currently have two cats and five rabbits with another hopefully arriving next week from Carol, which will make three we’ve taken in from other people.
15. I don’t like children, even when I was a child I found it difficult to relate to them and that has not gotten easier. There are the odd few I can stand so long as they are not being loud. I will never be a mother but I will most likely be an aunt, which is just scary.
16. I don’t like milk, it tastes bad. Also the less fat there is in it the more likely it is to make me sick... though hot milk with a little sugar is quite nice and makes me sleepy. Just have to drink it while it’s hot or it makes me feel sick.
17. When it comes to food I don’t like adding flavours to it, I think food should taste like what it is and adding flavours ruins perfectly good food - even when the added flavours are quite nice, it would have been better as it was. My favourite food is Italian. It’s gooood.
18. I have travelled to Spain, Ibiza, Holland, Italy and Austria, I enjoyed them all but not as much as the Highlands of Scotland, it has a natural beauty that I haven’t seen matched anywhere else, I love it there.
19. I love water and swimming but I don’t like the sea or rivers, because it’s dirty or sandy and has things living in it that freaks me out if my feet touch it.
20. I don’t like dirt, or mud or anything that will make me dirty. Just the feel of it makes me cringe and must be cleaned off as soon as possible. I love to be clean, if I could keep the just showered feeling all day I would.
21. I have a close relationship with my mother and my brother but not my father. Due to both of us not having much in common, but we do get along.
22. I love to read, but only when the mood strikes me. Though I would prefer to watch something factual than read it as I find that hard to keep my concentration despite loving to learn as well. But there is nothing like a good piece of fiction. I also prefer books aimed at teenagers, because those are the ones I’ve always enjoyed the most, don’t know why.
23. I like to be alone with my own thoughts. Though I do enjoy the time I spend with family and friends if I do it too much I will just shut down because of my need to be alone.
24. I find the internet and texts to be the best ways of communicating with friends not close enough to see often (when I’m not visiting of course, then again... I have text some in the same room) but that is partially for my dislike of talking on phones. You will notice if you call me, you will do most of the talking; also texts avoid awkward silences when you’ve run out of things to say.
25. I’ve been sat here staring at number 25 for ten minutes now... I think it is evil and it’s time for bed. Well my body demands rest not my mind. My mind never needs to rest first and often keeps me awake because I just can’t shut it off.
Cross posted on Facebook
1. Despite being highly intelligent I can’t spell. I never have been able to and I never will. I still struggle with words like “you’re” and have to make sure “you are” is what I mean. Though I am not as bad as my brother. So I prefer to type things rather than write because there is a spell check, and my handwriting is almost illegible. Also my grammar is terrible, so I apologise for these things now.
2. I cannot read aloud. Even the simplest of sentences I will stutter and stumble through. So I just don’t try and do such things.
3. My brain does strange things with numbers. I can look at a number and see it correctly but when I say it back to myself in my head it gets muddled up, and yet if I were to write it down at the same time it would be correct. If it were to say it I would say it the muddled up way... Yes I know, I am strange.
4. I am a geek, for the last 6 years I have been involved in at least one online role play game, I have also dabbled for many years in tabletop role play and this will be the third year I have enjoyed LARP as a hobby.
5. The above does more for me than just a game. It is my way of being social. I have met many people this way and especially for the last few years it has helped me to be more confident in social situations. For example I went to an event completely alone last month and I was social and had a great time.
6. Me and my brother don’t understand sibling rivalry; we have and always have had a very close relationship.
7. I have freely admitted my sexuality since I was fifteen and that includes to myself. I struggled with it from thirteen and first noticed I was attracted to girls at around ten, but it didn’t mean much to me then. Though it took me longer to tell my mother, but that’s just because I thought she knew, since it was so obvious (everyone agrees with me on this)
8. I have struggled with depression since my early teens; the worst point of it was during university and the year after when I had to be medicated. It never goes away but I have learnt to manage it, and I now know the signs of it getting worse and can do something about it.
9. My natural sleeping habits are highly nocturnal, and when I am working it takes a lot of effort to keep to diurnal sleeping habits.
10. I am slightly hard of hearing in my left ear and struggle in noisy places to pick out sounds that to me is just like white noise. Last year at the natural history museum I knew Lindsay and Steph were talking to me, I could pick out the sound of their voices, but I couldn’t hear the phonetics (is that right?) of the words so I didn’t know what they were saying.
11. I tend not to be an emotional person, as I prefer to feel nothing than to be in emotional pain all the time. Also I prefer to look that the world through rational thought, and over analyse everything.
12. I am not a morning person. I tend to be grouchy and mumble, I am usually approachable after I’ve had a shower, a smoke and a drink. The worst thing is if someone turns on a light or opens the curtains before I’ve been awake long enough to adjust to the low light. So don’t ever do that!
13. For as long as I can remember I have suffered from migraines, though thankfully they are lessening as I get older. Could have something to do with I now know most of the triggers for them and I avoid them as much as possible.
14. I love animals, all animals and don’t feel complete unless I have at least one pet. My favourite though are cats, and I was never allowed one as a child but Mum got me one for my 21st birthday, he was the best present ever. Between me and Andrea we currently have two cats and five rabbits with another hopefully arriving next week from Carol, which will make three we’ve taken in from other people.
15. I don’t like children, even when I was a child I found it difficult to relate to them and that has not gotten easier. There are the odd few I can stand so long as they are not being loud. I will never be a mother but I will most likely be an aunt, which is just scary.
16. I don’t like milk, it tastes bad. Also the less fat there is in it the more likely it is to make me sick... though hot milk with a little sugar is quite nice and makes me sleepy. Just have to drink it while it’s hot or it makes me feel sick.
17. When it comes to food I don’t like adding flavours to it, I think food should taste like what it is and adding flavours ruins perfectly good food - even when the added flavours are quite nice, it would have been better as it was. My favourite food is Italian. It’s gooood.
18. I have travelled to Spain, Ibiza, Holland, Italy and Austria, I enjoyed them all but not as much as the Highlands of Scotland, it has a natural beauty that I haven’t seen matched anywhere else, I love it there.
19. I love water and swimming but I don’t like the sea or rivers, because it’s dirty or sandy and has things living in it that freaks me out if my feet touch it.
20. I don’t like dirt, or mud or anything that will make me dirty. Just the feel of it makes me cringe and must be cleaned off as soon as possible. I love to be clean, if I could keep the just showered feeling all day I would.
21. I have a close relationship with my mother and my brother but not my father. Due to both of us not having much in common, but we do get along.
22. I love to read, but only when the mood strikes me. Though I would prefer to watch something factual than read it as I find that hard to keep my concentration despite loving to learn as well. But there is nothing like a good piece of fiction. I also prefer books aimed at teenagers, because those are the ones I’ve always enjoyed the most, don’t know why.
23. I like to be alone with my own thoughts. Though I do enjoy the time I spend with family and friends if I do it too much I will just shut down because of my need to be alone.
24. I find the internet and texts to be the best ways of communicating with friends not close enough to see often (when I’m not visiting of course, then again... I have text some in the same room) but that is partially for my dislike of talking on phones. You will notice if you call me, you will do most of the talking; also texts avoid awkward silences when you’ve run out of things to say.
25. I’ve been sat here staring at number 25 for ten minutes now... I think it is evil and it’s time for bed. Well my body demands rest not my mind. My mind never needs to rest first and often keeps me awake because I just can’t shut it off.