Archive for the ‘Aspergers’ Category

Monday, June 1, 2015

Perspective Adjustment

Paint Guy vs Me

Is it weird that I’m starting to know all the paint counter employees at Lowe’s-es and Home Depots in a ten-mile radius? Today I got my least fave. I brought in actual paint chips (chips of …

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Posted in Aspergers, consumerism, culture, dogs, hating, neighbors, obessions, psychobabble, stories on 06/01/2015 01:04 pm
 
 

Monday, April 5, 2010

Hi, y’all.

Guess where I’ve been. Give up? I’ve been home working on my next novel, or at a coffee shop working on my next novel, or at my friend Ashley’s house, working on my next novel while she paints …

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Posted in Aspergers, music, parenting, pop culture, writing on 04/05/2010 02:33 am
 
 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

linkelodeon!

Project Runway‘s Jay is super candid, and that’s why I love him.

If you don’t know who Julia Allison is, it’ll be hard for me to explain this, but I’ll try. She’s a Star editor and supposed …

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Posted in Aspergers, links, writing on 03/12/2008 08:34 pm
 
 

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Thoughts on Fictional Aspergers

There are two fictional characters I suspect of having Asperger’s Syndrome, whether or not the actors were consciously portraying them that way:

1. Napoleon Dynamite.

2. Bill Haverchuck of Freaks and Geeks.

Or maybe I’m …

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Posted in Aspergers, Christmas, pop culture, sexism, venting on 12/20/2007 05:57 am
 
 

Monday, October 8, 2007

I like autumn because of the holidays.

But I know other people like it because of TV. New shows! New seasons! A couple of my coworkers have been very happy in the past few weeks, plotting out schedules of what …

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Posted in Aspergers, Halloween, pop culture, venting on 10/08/2007 11:36 am
 
 

Monday, October 1, 2007

eBay Sale

You guys, I’m selling some crafty products on eBay, meaning products I crafted myself, as well as a few other things. Feel free to look at them or to ignore them, as you please. Either way, it won’t …

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Posted in Aspergers, health, parenting, venting, writing on 10/01/2007 03:14 am
 
 

Monday, July 16, 2007

All I Want

All I want, as far as “autism advocacy” goes, is awareness.

I don’t want to sue the people who vaccinated my kids. I don’t want the government to give me lots of money (unless they just have …

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Posted in Aspergers, parenting on 07/16/2007 11:00 am
 
 

Monday, June 25, 2007

Expensive Flea Bags

My youngest son and I enjoy driving down to the nearest big-box pet stores each weekend and seeing the caged animals up for adoption. Particularly, we like the kittens.

Every time we go, my son asks if …

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Posted in Aspergers, domestic, parenting, pop culture, stories on 06/25/2007 11:41 pm
 
 

Friday, May 25, 2007

This is my week to come clean, apparently.subtitled The Asperger’s Post

When stressful things occur in my life, I like to take a week or month or year to process them before discussing them with anyone else. I think …

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Posted in Aspergers, domestic, parenting, stories on 05/25/2007 11:09 am