27 Apr 2007, 7:24 pm
g0thgir1danie11e
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: 25 Apr 2007
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Posts: 31
Location: Brighton, England
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02 May 2007, 9:44 am
zenov
23.455 yo
Location: Singapore (no, Singapore is NOT in china)
Hobbies and Interests: Writing, taking photographs (not the pro taking photo. juz recording the sights i see), collecting nice pictures of anything (celebs, scenery, sleek gadgets etc), stoning, eating (i'm not a gourmet, juz wanna bite on sth), confusing ppl w complex reasoning & seeing them get stressed over it.
Why are you here? wandered around aimlessly for 24 yrs and wondered if I can fit here...
When are you diagnosed? self-diagnosed counted? if yes, 2 days. if no, well, going to bah... But MAYBE, i'm not an Aspie, but who noes??
Favorite subjects: astronomy, language, physics (used to hate it, but overcame it so it's my pet subj despite the fact dat i'm still a mediocre towards it), and the Study on How to Irritate People
Year/Grade: 3rd yr in Uni
Favorite music: Hip Hop, a little bit of jazz, r&B... perhaps anything except for heavy metal.
Books: Great Expectations, Snow Falling On Cedars... (it has been a long time since i completed a novel)
TV shows/Movies: Gattaca, Matrix, X-men, 'O'
Instrument: if mouth is considered an instrument... *whistles*
Do you like sports? NOPE.
Family: 1 Mum, 3 Sis
Clothing: Fitting, not hugging, not loose. Main colours in the shades of red (brown, maroon), t-shirts + jeans/berms + slippers (which i guess in s'pore, we call it the Uni wear), any shoes but heels (cos i'm a guy, duh!), leather shoes (makes me stink!) and sandals (yes, and it stinks easily too...)
How did you find this website? still exploring 
oops! i read the other's replies n found out i seemed to ans the qn differently. so ok: came across the term Asperger's Syndrom on the Net, googled for a definition, became fascinated by how the Syndrome fits me, got linked here from Wiki.
Job: Student, but now as an intern in the Mgt Team behind the World's No.1 Airport (and feeling proud of it lol)
Plans for the future? go work in antarctica. and then... if i love the place, i'll stay there.
Any comments? boy, do i like to talk abt myself... lol but this is me. i can actually tok a lot, but i juz can't join in conversations cos 1) no common topic 2) no one cared abt wat i wanna say.
i developed a twisted mind to irritate ppl ard me cos they dun realize how much they irritate me by sidelining me.
haha...
hope i can get along well w ppl here...
BUT, wat's the possibility of an aspie reading to THIS POINT??
02 May 2007, 3:27 pm
What is your first name?
Christine
Age:
17 in 9 days
Location:
North San Diego, California
Hobbies and Interests:
Music, art
Why are you here?
Because I want to be
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
March 2007
Favorite subjects:
Physics, French, German, Geometry
Year/Grade:
11
Favorite music:
Alternative rock, classic rock, classical
Books:
Pride and Prejudice, Dracula, My Family and Other Animals, the James Herriot books, Harry Potter, the Georgia Nicolson series, the Alex Rider series
TV shows/Movies: Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Yes, Minister, Mr. Bean, My Cousin Vinny, Ruthless People, As Time Goes By
Instrument:
Guitar
Do you like sports?
NO!
Family:
Yes
Clothing:
My pajamas when I'm at home, anything that doesn't smell when I go out
How did you find this website?
Google
Job:
None
Plans for the future?
Who knows?
Any comments?
OINK! 
02 May 2007, 4:56 pm
What is your first name? Rhiannon
Age: 20
Location: England
Hobbies and Interests: Drawing, Starlight Express, video games, adult animation, Cirque Du Soleil, theatre, anime & manga.
Why are you here? To learn more about AS and chat with other like-minded people. 
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): When I was 10.
Favorite music: Prog rock, J-rock, theatrical, and 80s techno.
Books: "Boy Meets Boy" by David Levithan, the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo, "Starchild and Witchfire" by David Henshall, the Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, others I can't remember right now.
TV shows/Movies: South Park, Invader Zim, DragonBall Z, Red Dwarf, Futurama, Pan's Labyrinth, Rock & Rule, Rent, Breakfast on Pluto, The Crow, etc.
Instrument: Drums and guitar.
Do you like sports? Nope, except figure skating (only watching it, though).
Family: Mum, Dad and my two little sisters.
Clothing: Usually boys' clothes.
How did you find this website? Search engine
Plans for the future? Hopefully become a successful artist or author.
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What is your first name?
Um, I'd prefer not to tell; in real life, only my family and my close friends know that I have Asperger's. (And I have a very uncommon first name, so I'd be very quickly identifiable based on my name and my interests.) I've chosen to go by Dvora here because while it's not my Hebrew name, I really like the name as the original Dvora was a Judge of Israel in the Tanach (the Jewish Bible). This is also the handle I used on Aspergia where I used to hang out. Then I rather radically dropped all online forums because I was seriously obsessed with them and it started causing serious problems in my daily life ("It's 2 AM! But I need to post! And maybe someone replied! And I need to post again!!" -> Really Bad Sleep Deprivation), and when I had time to return, Aspergia was gone *sigh*
Age:
23
Location:
I'd prefer not to tell... but in the past year I've lived in 3 different countries. Soon after I left the Aspergia forums, I became completely fed up with my native country and applied to all the foreign student exchange things I could find. Now that I've lived in Real Developed Countries (and I'm still living in one yay!) I dread the time when I'll have to go back, but it'll be a must since I need to submit my master's thesis (and defend it, G-d willing). The reason why I'm secretive about my country is that it would cause me serious problems were my university to know that I have a "psychiatric condition" (yes they consider Asperger's a psychiatric condition. That speaks volumes).
Hobbies and Interests:
Cognitive science!! !! !! I'm a brain nerd. And my main interest is also my daytime occupation
Also, computer graphics, science fiction (both reading and writing), worldbuilding, messing around with computers,
Why are you here?
I liked Aspergia (liked? obsessed over!) and I'm looking for something similar. A more immediate cause might be that I have had troubles trying to engage in a romantic relationship, and when I told my family about my difficulties they became very defensive all of a sudden, and now they keep on telling me on and on that the problem is that I'm "too smart for everyone". Which I think is stupid, because I know many really smart people, but still don't have a relationship. And my best friend has been deprived of her internet access (she moved into a new dorm and they don't have internet AT ALL, they've been promising getting it installed for weeks now) so I can't talk to her either. So maybe here I could either find a partner, or meet some people who have the exact same problem, or both at the same time (which would be great).
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder):
As a child; after years of being shuttled from one mental health professional to another (it was literally traumatic), I was finally diagnosed with "social adaptation disorder". Back then my country didn't have DSM or ICD implemented, so I don't really know what this is, but it's what I have on file. I was told I probably had Asperger's as a sophomore at university, but I haven't sought a formal re-diagnosis, since having a recent diagnosis would be strongly detrimental to my job prospects. I try to get by, but sometimes it'd be great to be able to tell people. There have been some really annoying situations, because I'm around psychologists a lot, and they notice. And tell me.
Favorite subjects:
Um, dunno, at grade school I liked everything where I wasn't bored. Exactly which subjects were those varied from time to time. And I was bored all too often (I still am, but I now have a laptop and I can write something else while pretending to take notes.)
Year/Grade:
Huh?
Favorite music:
I like industrial, folk music (all sorts) and rap the most.
Books:
No!! ! No!! !! Don't get me started!! !! ! I can get into horrible book rants.
TV shows/Movies:
I prefer anime, I think it's because I find it hard to tell people apart, and in cartoons everyone has a different hair color I mostly watch seinen anime (Japanese cartoons targeted at a young adult-adult male audience... yes I'm female)-
For this can't-tell-people-apart reason I usually watch TV with my brother - we download the series, and I can pause and ask him who is who, and watch at my own pace. (I suppose this is what TiVo is about, in the US? A huge amount of American cultural refs really go over my head. But I have online friends from the US and I'm trying to learn from them.) So we watch what we can agree upon, usually SF series.
Instrument:
I used to play the piano as a kid but hated it after a while. I just couldn't coordinate my fingers enough, it was a big mess. I have taken up playing the Egyptian tabla as an adult, but it's all self-taught. Unfortunately, I haven't played in a year because I couldn't carry my instrument around while moving around the globe. I think I will be able to retrieve it in 2 weeks, I'm really looking forward to it (but I usually drum on EVERYTHING I can put my fingers on, having an actual percussive instrument is just an excuse LOL).
Do you like sports?
Yes!! I like all sorts of sports. Unfortunately my work/school schedule is very erratic so I can't go to regular workouts currently... I just do exercises and shadow boxing in my dorm room. (Yes, it's a single room, LOL) When I will live in one permanent place again, I'll do martial arts like I've done in the past. Something with a lot of contact combat, because I enjoy being in a fight. Exactly which style I'll choose will probably depend on the area I'll end up living in - I don't aim to be proficient in any style (I have serious movement coordination problems so this is impossible... sigh) but I just enjoy beating people up and getting beaten up for the sake of it.
Family:
I have a brother, my parents are divorced. That's basically it. I like my family, but I think I get along really well only with my brother (and my father, though I haven't met him in years because of physical distance), which really makes me feel bad since I know they want to be nice to me, it just doesn't always work out.
Clothing:
Since I'm an Orthodox Jew, I keep by the traditional clothing guidelines (tzniut). I still manage to look like a cross between a badly dressed rivethead and a male computer science student, somehow!
How did you find this website?
Google/Wikipedia combo I guess.
Job:
I'm a grad student in psycholinguistics! (In fact my degree program has a very long and complicated title, that when google searched would likely show you my IRL website, so I'd rather not share.) I tend more and more toward the linguistics side these days, because I get along with linguists better than with psychologists. (I'm really interested in anything that's about the BRAIN so it'd be hard to narrow down my interests otherwise. My university does that for me.)
Plans for the future?
I want to go back to my native country and turn in my thesis. Then I want to apply for PhD programs abroad. Probably in Western Europe, I don't think I'd like to live in the US (please don't be offended!! I can explain in detail). When I finish my PhD I'll move to Israel IY"H. (Or maybe if I find a program that's a fit with my obsessions, I'll go there sooner?) Academia is my "sheltered environment" - even psychologists tolerate my eccentricities if I do their stats! And abroad, people usually assume I'm odd because I'm from a backwater country or because I'm a strictly religious Jew (this latter doesn't work inside the Jewish community, unfortunately, they realize I'm odd even without the Ortho bits). The past year has been such a relief!
I also want to marry but this is very complicated due to my cultural customs (I think of Judaism more as a culture which happens to feature religion than a standalone religion, so I'm somewhat uncomfortable with saying 'religious customs'). I think I'll make a separate post about it.
Any comments?
yeah well um. Now you can see why hanging out on Aspergia caused me problems. I can't stop typing!! !
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