18 Oct 2007, 9:43 pm
Age: 25
Location: Chicago, IL
Hobbies and Interests: Web design (XHTML and CSS). I could spend weeks writing code without a break... Atheism. Religion / paranormal / supernatural / UFOs / etc. etc. and the debunking thereof. Science, logic, reason. Ancient history, especially Roman, but in general also.
Why are you here? Now that I know that there are other people out there who are like me, I guess I want to get to know some of them! I've been so misunderstood all of my life, and at the same time, I've had so much trouble understanding "normal" people. It's nice to be somewhat unique, but not to the point where you're completely alone in the world, you know!?
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): For the most part, I'm self diagnosed, because the thought of talking to anyone in person about any of this kind of freaks me out times a billion. But AS is something I've read a lot about in the last year or so, and I just identify so very much with almost every description I find. I've been diagnosed with depression and social anxiety by a couple of physicians, and they're probably right, even though I don't really trust them a terrible lot on such matters... I don't know if any kind of professional diagnosis is useful to me, anyway. I know myself very well, I know how my brain functions, and I'm happy with the way I'm living my life. I'm not looking to change, and definitely not looking to "get better", since I don't think there's anything "wrong" with me in the first place. Maybe I'm differently, but that's alright, right? I don't need to pay someone to fix me.
Favorite subjects: Science. I loved science classes. Biology, chemisty, and physics, all included. I used to have so much FUN writing essays for those classes -- I'm such a loon.
Year/Grade: I'm halfway through a commerce degree... it's only taken me, what, six years now?
Favorite music: Anything complex and electronic.
Books: Douglas Adams & P.G. Wodehouse. Both are very imaginative and humourous in their writing, and yet so PRECISE with their language. I've read all of their novels repeatedly, and have a lot of it memorized. Other than that, lots of science writing, science fiction, and lately, books by those "new atheists". I'm usually in the middle of about 11 books at any point in time...
TV shows/Movies: The X-Files, Star Trek and other Star Trek, whatever sci-fi happens to be on.
Instrument: I played the flute in high school, and picked it up very naturally (I took private lessons, never EVER practiced, and still kept up, and even learned more quickly than average). I've been trying to get back into it lately.
Do you like sports? I'm much too uncoordinated for most of that kind of thing. I used to be very good at track and field events -- mainly 100m, high jump, and running/standing long jump. Probably because I'm so tall and skinny. I used to play soccer, and loved it, though admittedly I was never the best player.
Family: Um, check!? Heh. My dad's side of the family and my three siblings all share traits similar to mine to varying degrees...
Clothing: I wear a lot of black...
How did you find this website? You know, I really don't even remember. I've been lurking for a little while now.
Job: I'm looking for a job at the moment, and have been for a loooong time. It's tough for me because I absolutely DREAD talking on the phone and going to interviews, to the point where I often have panic attacks. I can do the work, I just can't get hired, because I come off so awkwardly or avoid the entire situation
Plans for the future? Finish my degree at some point. But, I dunno. I'm not really one for planning. I don't know what I'm likely to do tomorrow, let alone anytime beyond that.
Welcome to WP!
Tim
19 Oct 2007, 11:21 am
19 Oct 2007, 6:57 pm
19 Oct 2007, 7:24 pm
Hello i'm rather new here and i'm considered rather strange at school but here's a little about me.
Age: 14
Location: Wisconsin
Hobbies and Interests: reading, video games, reading, webcomics, reading, science, and of course reading.
Why are you here? i'm here because i want to meet more people that may understand me and that i can get along with.
When were you diagnosed?: August 2007 and i have mainly aspergers but i also have quite a few other things that were diagnosed earlier
Favorite subjects: reading and science and art and computers
Year/Grade: 8th grade
Favorite music: none
Books: too many to count
TV shows/Movies: even more
Instrument: clarinet
Do you like sports? no
Family: mom, dad, sister, cousin, cousin's kid
Clothing: random
How did you find this website? my dad told me about it while researching aspergers
Job:none
Plans for the future? not sure yet
Any comments?[/quote] CHEESE!! 
please reply to me
richie
Supporting Member
Joined: 9 Jan 2007
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Posts: 30,142
Location: Lake Whoop-Dee-Doo, Pennsylvania
19 Oct 2007, 7:33 pm
Age: 14
Location: Wisconsin
Hobbies and Interests: reading, video games, reading, webcomics, reading, science, and of course reading.
Why are you here? i'm here because i want to meet more people that may understand me and that i can get along with.
When were you diagnosed?: August 2007 and i have mainly aspergers but i also have quite a few other things that were diagnosed earlier
Favorite subjects: reading and science and art and computers
Year/Grade: 8th grade
Favorite music: none
Books: too many to count
TV shows/Movies: even more
Instrument: clarinet
Do you like sports? no
Family: mom, dad, sister, cousin, cousin's kid
Clothing: random
How did you find this website? my dad told me about it while researching aspergers
Job:none
Plans for the future? not sure yet
Any comments?
please reply to me[/quote]
Welcome to WrongPlanet!
20 Oct 2007, 1:30 pm
20 Oct 2007, 1:32 pm
20 Oct 2007, 1:34 pm
Age: 14
Location: Wisconsin
Hobbies and Interests: reading, video games, reading, webcomics, reading, science, and of course reading.
Why are you here? i'm here because i want to meet more people that may understand me and that i can get along with.
When were you diagnosed?: August 2007 and i have mainly aspergers but i also have quite a few other things that were diagnosed earlier
Favorite subjects: reading and science and art and computers
Year/Grade: 8th grade
Favorite music: none
Books: too many to count
TV shows/Movies: even more
Instrument: clarinet
Do you like sports? no
Family: mom, dad, sister, cousin, cousin's kid
Clothing: random
How did you find this website? my dad told me about it while researching aspergers
Job:none
Plans for the future? not sure yet
Any comments?
please reply to me[/quote]
Welcome to WP!
Tim
20 Oct 2007, 3:45 pm
21 Oct 2007, 1:13 pm
22 Oct 2007, 6:17 am
22 Oct 2007, 2:39 pm
What is your first name? Matty
Age: 32
Location: Doncaster in the north of England
Hobbies and Interests: Trance music (DJing and producing), video games, philosophy, memetics, creative writing, politics, obscure sitcoms, and at the moment I'm into trying to get my head around quantum theory
Why are you here? Because I always figured there were others like me out there in the world but until my diagnosis I didn't know what we were called.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Two months ago
Favourite subjects: At school I was into English and sociology. Studied English, Philosophy and Creative Writing at university.
Favourite music: It's called trance music, which is a small part of the much larger spectrum of EDM, though in true aspie style I have a very specific kind of trance music I like. But I'm still open minded in other genres, my favourite band is Feeder.
Books: Stephen King is my hero. Currently re-reading his Dark Tower books, although I'm also reading Catcher In The Rye and a collection of short stories compiled by Alfred Hitchcock.
TV shows/Movies: My favourite movie ever made is Heathers, also love South Park The Movie, Donnie Darko, Dogma, Life Of Brian, Usual Suspects, Strange Days (I'm pro-Cameron, sorry), Clerks, Matrix Trilogy, LOTR Trilogy. TV wise I'm a sucker for sitcoms (Seinfeld is the daddy) but am also loving Lost, 24, Prison Break, Heroes, Buffy/Angel etc.
Instrument: I'm very good with virtual ones - unfortunately I'm not so great with real ones.
Do you like sports? Yes, although I'm out of it at the moment with a bad knee. I'm a "soccer" fiend although us Brits just call it football.
Family: My parents are great. My brother's an oddball but he's harmless. Next year I'm getting married though so I'll have family of my own! Also have a cat called Angelus and could spend a week posting pics of him if anyone's interested lol
Clothing: Jeans and a t-shirt kinda guy
How did you find this website? I forget now. I've done that much reading up on AS it was probably through google.
Job: I maintain a database and can't for the life of me make it sound exciting. Thankfully though I work at the speed of three people which allows me to slack off a fair bit.
Plans for the future? Making a success of my record label, getting top DJs to play my music, getting my head around T-SQL, getting my head around quantum theory, finishing my 4th novel, writing a book on memetics, marriage, and hopefully some time to lie on the sofa watching TV or playing the X-Box 
23 Oct 2007, 6:22 am
Age: 32
Location: Doncaster in the north of England
Hobbies and Interests: Trance music (DJing and producing), video games, philosophy, memetics, creative writing, politics, obscure sitcoms, and at the moment I'm into trying to get my head around quantum theory
Why are you here? Because I always figured there were others like me out there in the world but until my diagnosis I didn't know what we were called.
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Two months ago
Favourite subjects: At school I was into English and sociology. Studied English, Philosophy and Creative Writing at university.
Favourite music: It's called trance music, which is a small part of the much larger spectrum of EDM, though in true aspie style I have a very specific kind of trance music I like. But I'm still open minded in other genres, my favourite band is Feeder.
Books: Stephen King is my hero. Currently re-reading his Dark Tower books, although I'm also reading Catcher In The Rye and a collection of short stories compiled by Alfred Hitchcock.
TV shows/Movies: My favourite movie ever made is Heathers, also love South Park The Movie, Donnie Darko, Dogma, Life Of Brian, Usual Suspects, Strange Days (I'm pro-Cameron, sorry), Clerks, Matrix Trilogy, LOTR Trilogy. TV wise I'm a sucker for sitcoms (Seinfeld is the daddy) but am also loving Lost, 24, Prison Break, Heroes, Buffy/Angel etc.
Instrument: I'm very good with virtual ones - unfortunately I'm not so great with real ones.
Do you like sports? Yes, although I'm out of it at the moment with a bad knee. I'm a "soccer" fiend although us Brits just call it football.
Family: My parents are great. My brother's an oddball but he's harmless. Next year I'm getting married though so I'll have family of my own! Also have a cat called Angelus and could spend a week posting pics of him if anyone's interested lol
Clothing: Jeans and a t-shirt kinda guy
How did you find this website? I forget now. I've done that much reading up on AS it was probably through google.
Job: I maintain a database and can't for the life of me make it sound exciting. Thankfully though I work at the speed of three people which allows me to slack off a fair bit.
Plans for the future? Making a success of my record label, getting top DJs to play my music, getting my head around T-SQL, getting my head around quantum theory, finishing my 4th novel, writing a book on memetics, marriage, and hopefully some time to lie on the sofa watching TV or playing the X-Box
Welcome to WP!
Tim
23 Oct 2007, 10:46 pm
What is your first name? bradley
Age: 22
Location: Anaheim, C.A, USA
Hobbies and Interests: Videogames,Drawing,Painting Mini's,Swiming,Sleeping,T.V,Anime,Warhammer 40k,Fantasy things,The Wed and driving
Why are you here? My Real Life friend Ryan got me on here, And hoping to find friend and MAYBE a female friend and maybe fall in love . I really don't want to be alone and feel like a Bane to others
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): at 3 and told again by my grandma at 12
Favorite subjects:None, School for me was like a jail Bad memorys
Year/Grade: N/A Trying to get a GED
Favorite music: I just started listening to a band called God Module, so music kinda like that I guess . I like metal
Books: I suck at reading really. Never got the chance to learn how to when I was younger , But Fantasy books are nice just takes FOREVER to read them
TV shows/Movies:For T.v I do like Comedy,Sci Fi and cartoons / Movies hrmm Sci Fi, Horor,Fantasy and Anime
Instrument: I tryied a Trumpet, I did like it but my dad made me stop... He hated the sound :*( I really liked it
Do you like sports? No, I was always luaghed at in Gym
Family: My father/Step sister / Older sister /Step younger brother/Step mom
Clothing:I do like black funny shirts and scarfs and hats
How did you find this website? my friend ryan aka Unrelentinghorror
Job: a Store Clerk Aka Slave labor / Trying to get a new job
Plans for the future? Get my GED,Get a new job,Go to college , try to make offline friend, try to have female friend and maybe a g/f and someone for the rest of my life ... Maybe even be a dad !
Any comments? I don't want to cry my self asleep at night.
24 Oct 2007, 6:12 pm
Age: 22
Location: Anaheim, C.A, USA
Hobbies and Interests: Videogames,Drawing,Painting Mini's,Swiming,Sleeping,T.V,Anime,Warhammer 40k,Fantasy things,The Wed and driving
Why are you here? My Real Life friend Ryan got me on here, And hoping to find friend and MAYBE a female friend and maybe fall in love . I really don't want to be alone and feel like a Bane to others
When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): at 3 and told again by my grandma at 12
Favorite subjects:None, School for me was like a jail
Bad memorysYear/Grade: N/A Trying to get a GED
Favorite music: I just started listening to a band called God Module, so music kinda like that I guess . I like metal
Books: I suck at reading really. Never got the chance to learn how to when I was younger , But Fantasy books are nice just takes FOREVER to read them
TV shows/Movies:For T.v I do like Comedy,Sci Fi and cartoons / Movies hrmm Sci Fi, Horor,Fantasy and Anime
Instrument: I tryied a Trumpet, I did like it but my dad made me stop... He hated the sound :*( I really liked it
Do you like sports? No, I was always luaghed at in Gym
Family: My father/Step sister / Older sister /Step younger brother/Step mom
Clothing:I do like black funny shirts and scarfs
and hatsHow did you find this website? my friend ryan aka Unrelentinghorror
Job: a Store Clerk Aka Slave labor / Trying to get a new job
Plans for the future? Get my GED,Get a new job,Go to college , try to make offline friend, try to have female friend and maybe a g/f and someone for the rest of my life ... Maybe even be a dad !
Any comments? I don't want to cry my self asleep at night.
Welcome to WP!
Tim
28 Oct 2007, 3:07 pm
