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The first bit is her natural interaction style with the world as a "low-functioning" autistic person.

Her written/spoken explanation starts at 3:13, and will expand your world view (even if you're already passably familiar with neurodiversity).  She speaks really, really powerfully, in this and in her other videos. Has this sort of thing taken the ( Read more... )

"In the city of Tarragona, Spain, castellers gather every two years to see who can build the highest, most intricate human castles. This uniquely Catalan tradition requires astonishing strength, finesse, and balance. Not to mention courage."

my favorite part is the big dude with the FIVE-high!

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I went to services tonight and totally remembered why I like those things in the first place.  Hooray!

Believing in God or not didn't matter at all, even though I was singing prayers that were all specifically directed to The One God and whatall.  I was like, "this beautiful music was written by thousands of years of my religious ancestors, who were ( Read more... )

they are being extremely gentle, with real bear hugs

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Simon's staying in Philly a few more days.  I wish he wasn't.  All I want to do is put my arms around him.

In the meantime, here's a good article about bipolar:
health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/bipolar-disorder/overview.html


and to cheer ourselves up again, here's "a complete history of the Soviet Union, as seen through the eyes of a humble ( Read more... )

This is my new favourite thing, from SMBC theater.

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snuggles!

For a very long time, the reason I didn't tell anyone about being depressed was that I didn't know it was remotely unusual.  I mean, I only have my own experience of being 24, with not a whole lot for comparison, so I just thought it sure was hard bein' 24.  I guess I thought that everyone else was just better at dealing with it.

But even if I'd had ( Read more... )

yayyy I am in a very good mood right now!  hooray

I was thinking about performing, like there was this one 13-yr-old at the Bat Mitzvah who did magic tricks, and I talked to him performer-to-performer about knowing one's audience (like, older people often enjoy pretending to believe in magic, unlike preteens/teens, who are worried about being ( Read more... )

It Gets Better

Have you heard about this yet?  it's a really awesome project, in which LGBT people make short YouTube videos, describing what their lives are like, and they tell bullied/suicidal LGBTQ middle/high-schoolers that life gets better. It's reaching kids, and is making a difference right now.
One crazy thing about being suicidally depressed ( Read more... )

Haha, cute!  This is an online quiz rates what religions coincide with most of your beliefs.  They include 27 of them (lumping all of Islam together, for example, and all liberal Protestants).

I would argue that the whole approach of the test is a rather Christian-influenced mindset.  I was raised that religion is a LOT less about what you believe, ( Read more... )