13 Apr 2011, 4:10 pm
izzeme wrote:
i see my perception as being a superpower (and so do my housemates, coincidentally); i usually see/hear things noone else can, though it's usually painfully high/loud/bright, so this is a double-sided medal 
also, i appear to have some kind of psychic ability; which is best described as 'kirlian vision', or the ability to sence someones kirlian aura.
this is best explained as that special 'sense' the dudes in dragonball z have; i usually notice if someone is behind me, even on the rare occasions i did not see/hear them coming at the edge of my perception, and i have a better-then-normal (for an aspie) ability to detect general mood and if someone is ill or not; my first impression on character is correct 19/20 (again, 2-sided; it causes even more anxiety in groups then a 'normal' aspie would).
thirdly i too have a feeling for music; i'm able to master a new piece we play within a day or 2 of low-practice, by just hearing it performed once or twice.
also, my tuning is almost always correct when playing with the orcestra, no matter how off-key my instument is actually tuned (when played by someone else), this combined with the fact that my embouchure (musical stamnia) is near-limitless and very fast to recover has made me the principal euphonium player without needing practice, with the 2 others spending hours a day to keep up to orchestra level.
oh, and before you ask; yes, it is a top-level orchestra; getting easy 85+/100 on the highest non-professional level.
also, i appear to have some kind of psychic ability; which is best described as 'kirlian vision', or the ability to sence someones kirlian aura.
this is best explained as that special 'sense' the dudes in dragonball z have; i usually notice if someone is behind me, even on the rare occasions i did not see/hear them coming at the edge of my perception, and i have a better-then-normal (for an aspie) ability to detect general mood and if someone is ill or not; my first impression on character is correct 19/20 (again, 2-sided; it causes even more anxiety in groups then a 'normal' aspie would).
thirdly i too have a feeling for music; i'm able to master a new piece we play within a day or 2 of low-practice, by just hearing it performed once or twice.
also, my tuning is almost always correct when playing with the orcestra, no matter how off-key my instument is actually tuned (when played by someone else), this combined with the fact that my embouchure (musical stamnia) is near-limitless and very fast to recover has made me the principal euphonium player without needing practice, with the 2 others spending hours a day to keep up to orchestra level.
oh, and before you ask; yes, it is a top-level orchestra; getting easy 85+/100 on the highest non-professional level.
That's neat.
Perception is probably not my strong point. I used to be more intuitive, especially as a kid, but I think I've become more logical and less "sensing" over time. I think the world definitely favors certain modes of thinking over others.
I played piano for many years (starting when I was five years old), but I never had that sort of innate ability for it. I struggled greatly with reading music and only learned by ear. But even that wasn't all that great. I wasn't like some people who could hear a piece once and then be able to play it. Once I finally learned a piece, I could play it well. But it took me a very long time to reach that stage.
13 Apr 2011, 4:25 pm
well, to put a damper on it; i dont learn the piece entirely by ear, if that is how you read it.
what i meant is that i get the piece in written notes; and master that in just a few days; intention, volume, timing, those things; i wish i could learn songs by ear that easily (tho i probarbly could, i just dont have the discipline to develop that skill )
13 Apr 2011, 5:01 pm
I'm pretty good at coming up with ideas. I just don't know what to do with them, (damn my lack of social skills!) but I'm really active on Twitter, especially on local level and I keep up a blog on which I post my ideas. Some of them have actually been used by people; a guy who made a site that collects all the local blogs, news and tweets (he even acknowledged it was my idea). The local Twitter meeting. The political youth-cafe.
So, I don't know if I consider it a superpower, but since even the local politicians take my ideas seriously, it's something I can be pretty proud of! 
13 Apr 2011, 6:40 pm
izzeme wrote:
well, to put a damper on it; i dont learn the piece entirely by ear, if that is how you read it.
what i meant is that i get the piece in written notes; and master that in just a few days; intention, volume, timing, those things; i wish i could learn songs by ear that easily (tho i probarbly could, i just dont have the discipline to develop that skill )
what i meant is that i get the piece in written notes; and master that in just a few days; intention, volume, timing, those things; i wish i could learn songs by ear that easily
(tho i probarbly could, i just dont have the discipline to develop that skill )Even so, that's pretty cool.
My old piano teacher was amazing. You could put any music in front of her and she could read it just like that. I'd always sit there staring at the notes and would need to decipher them each one-by-one. Half of the time it was this guessing game to figure out if the note I just played sounded like it should come next in the song. xD
13 Apr 2011, 6:42 pm
Choala wrote:
I'm pretty good at coming up with ideas. I just don't know what to do with them, (damn my lack of social skills!) but I'm really active on Twitter, especially on local level and I keep up a blog on which I post my ideas. Some of them have actually been used by people; a guy who made a site that collects all the local blogs, news and tweets (he even acknowledged it was my idea). The local Twitter meeting. The political youth-cafe.
So, I don't know if I consider it a superpower, but since even the local politicians take my ideas seriously, it's something I can be pretty proud of!
So, I don't know if I consider it a superpower, but since even the local politicians take my ideas seriously, it's something I can be pretty proud of!
I think that counts! I have never been politically active, but I'm always amazed at folks who are. I never really understood Twitter so much, but I know a few people who swear by it... apparently it's very good when you need to sell something or when you need to get news out quickly.
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16 Apr 2011, 9:17 am
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Mindslave wrote:
I can peer right into the human soul and look behind the mask. Give me 5 minutes and I can describe someone as well as most of their friends can. Give me three days of hanging out and I can see things I don't want to see. I currently have a strong suspicion that the girl in my tennis class was sexually abused. How I can see these things, I'm not quite sure. But sometimes I wish I could get rid of this ability, because I've met killers as well, or at the very least, people that are more than capable of killing without remorse.
I have that "superpower" too, it's usefull for detecting people with bad intentions, but you also get to know alot more then you want to know about your friends. I think it's an advanced way of reading bodylanguage and/or theory of mind.
I think my memory can count as a superpower as well, I can recall anything I have ever given an extra thought sence the age of 4 (and some things before that too), and the memory about those ugly socks that I saw when I was 5 feels no more distant then those I saw yesterday.
(thou it can get me into trouble when it's combined with the compulsion of singing along to every song that I know the lyrics to.)
That's pretty amazing, actually. My memory is good, but not nearly that good. I can remember words that I haven't heard in a long time, particularly if they were in a foreign language... but simple things like people's names often escape me.
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