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My name is Brooke.
I'm a college student,English/Writing major, and writer/artist in the U.S. I currently work as a Customer Care Agent for a telecomunications company,it's a semi-official federal government job(very,very stressful), but am quitting and will be starting work soon as a food/dietary associate in a new hospital built here.

I'm good friends with Katerina or ixochiyo_yohuallan as she is known here. She mentioned here a story she was writing, with her main characters being autistic, I've become her co-author for this story. Theres been many changes to it since.
I decided to join here after she discussed it with me.
I was writing a story previously about an autistic boy during the 1930's and became more aware of it and interested while researching for this.

I've been an avid reader since I was very young;I prefer fantasy and historical fiction for adults and children.
I like anime, and enjoy international television programs mainly, British comedies, and Asian dramas/comedies.
I've been studying Japanese culture since I was nine years old when my mom was planning on becoming an English teacher there. She didn't get the job, but my interest in the culture stuck. My approach to learning about a culture is to make it my goal to learn enough so that if I ever went to that country I could pass as a native. I currently am working on a legend type story taking place in the kofun/Yamato period of Japan.
German culture is a current interest of mine. I'm learning German at the moment.

I also enjoy history and research. I do a lot of it when I write. If my mom and brother want to know something they usualy ask me, because I'm the one "that knows" my brother says.
I'm fascinated with symbolism,mythology, legends, etymology etc...
When I was younger pschology was also something I was interested in. When I was little my mom was getting her BA in Behavioral Science so I would read through her textbooks and help her study at times and she would try out these theories and tests on me, the Left/Right brain theory was popular at the time so t was mainly tests involving this. It got me interested in how the mind works.
Cooking is a relaxing hobby, I cook well and enjoy it.

I'm not sure if I am autistic, but I do relate to people with autismon a deep level. I have great respect for them and others with differences.
I was raised by my grandparents mainly(mom was a single parent working most of the time) and because of their old views on children and behaviours, they and other relatives decided certain odd behaviours I had signified that I was mentally unstable or handicapped in some way even though I wasn't, it was very frustrating being treated this way.
At times they still treat me like a five year old, and it took a bit of convincing by my mom as well to make them believe I had passed my first two years of college all by myself. lol
I've taken all this in dark humour.
I believe when I was little my mom had taken me to a few doctors about some of my behaviours and they told her I would simply "grow out" of them. They were wrong, they became permanent and a bit more pronounced my mom says. I'm not quite sure what behaviours she was talking about. Being aware about certains things about myself is sometimes hard for me.
I usualy let people decide what they want about me, as I will you.
I hadn't meant for this to be so long, there just seemed to be a lot of things to say suddenly.
It's nice to meet you all.

Welcome to WP!

Your intro sounds quite interesting!
Thanks

I have been diagnosed with ADD/HD, although like you, I feel like I relate to many of the things Aspies here have mentioned about their lives and feelings.
It seems as though some of the folks here relate to certain things I have posted also.

I do not think I am Aspie though for several reasons.
One survey I took here online did say I showed Aspie traits though... for what that worth.

There are quite a few people here who seem to enjoy writing.

I find writing to be of great value to me. I tend to communicate better through writing than talking... in general conversation that is (I have had therapists say I am quite articulate, which isn't hard considering the audience).

I'm looking forward to your future posts!

Welcome to WP!

Tim

Hello Brooke,

Welcome to WP

I enjoy writing too, but mainly poems. My latest one is about the life of a battery hen.

Welcome! *hugs*

I'm glad you decided to join, and I hope you like it here.

Nice to meet you, Brooke.

Welcome to WrongPlanet!

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Welcome! You should fit in well here!

Thanks.