Aspies: What are your Special Interests?

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Anne Frank was a great heroine, very brave, such a sad story, reminded me of me a bit, so that's also another reason why she was my SI, she was young, had a sister she didn't get along, got along with her father more than mother, a writer etc.

Oh well Marie Antoinette can count because I have no where else to categorize her lol.

Henry VII and his wives: Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.

The Olympics
The Kinks
The Internet/Computers
60s Mod culture
The TV show, Hogan's Heroes
Classic TV shows in general
Flushed Away, Sid in particular

Past:
- Grammar
- Parenting
- Toys
- Play structures
- Fashion
- Books
- Interpersonal relationships

Present:
- Forums
- How people think/behave
- Disabilities
- Mental illnesses
- Gender identities/sexual orientations
- Choose Your Own Adventure books

Past:

-Fire Alarms
-Electronic Music Boxes
-Severe Weather (I still kind of am into it)
-Airplanes
-NASCAR
-Old Cars
-Trains

Current:

-Firefighting and Firefighting Equipment
-Tornado/Air Raid/Fire Sirens
-Scanners and Radios, especially old ones
-License Plates
-Driving All Over New England, in nothing other than my old Tahoe (usually looking for sirens)
-Paper Maps
-Rush (The Band)

I’m starting to get into boating and fishing as well, but only time will tell if it will really catch on.

Past:
-Video games (esp. management and war games)
-Photography
-Fractals
-Ceramics
-Atheism/scientism
-Being a sad, angry, pudgy slob

Present:
-Theosophy
-Diet and exercise
-Linguistics
-Computer science
-Video games (esp. puzzle/adventure games and those by Zachtronics)
-Ancient history and prehistory
-Baking
-Gardening in a studio apartment

Far, far future:
-Not thinking or wanting
-Disintegrating
-Traveling to many new places and helping to build many new things for a very, very long time.

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Few bands (won't name them cause noone knows them)
Nutrition
Dogs
Religions
Psychology

I also know quite a bit about LotR, Star Wars and Harry Potter but they're really not my SI's anymore.

One interest which has been a constant in my life is animals, especially cats, and particularly breeds of cats I have had (Siamese, tabbies, calicos).

I was always interested in reading about some country. I have researched the histories of Greece, Spain, Japan, Argentina and Russia in detail. Usually, but not always, it was connected to an interest in a famous person from that country.

Sports: I was fascinated with the Olympic Games, track and field, figure skating and now, tennis.

Favorite tennis players: Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Denis Istomin. On the women's side, my favorite players are Kim Clijsters (retired) and Caroline Wozniacki.

Past:
Dinosaurs
Rocks
Civil War

Present:
Aliens/Conspiracy theories
Neurodiversity (specifically ASD)
Ancient Civilations

Anime harem tropes.
Paleocene reptiles
Naga
Prehistoric civilizations (even though they never existed)
My own disability to name just a few.

Past:
Anime

Present: medieval English history, the band Queen, cats, reading, 80's music, Sailor Moon (to some extent)

Current

Computer Games
Paranormal & Supernatural
Renewable Energy Sources
Movies & Music
Myth & Folklore


Past
Philosophy & Astronomy
Art & Archtecture
World History
Cartoons & Comics
Native American civilizations

Past: Astronomy, Competitive gaming, dragonball series, chemistry

Present: Casual gaming, architecture, 80s music & new wave synthpop, Youtube (horror games, golf), birds, sci fi movies, scientology (specifically Dianetics)

I like 80's music and horror games & science fiction films too.

There isn't a neat little word to describe mine.

It's sort of the natural history of the coast of the British Isles, although depending on what catches my eye at any given time it may include a certain amount of land or ocean of variable size on either side of the actual coastline, and it will probably include what processes are going on in the atmosphere above the coast, whilst at times it might also extend out into more pelagic waters or inland into the woods or up onto the mountains.

So not really a neat and tidy description.

As to why? Well, I grew up in a seaside town and the beach was my playground, especially the bit below the crumbly, unstable cliffs. It was the place where I could get away from people and have my own little adventures. There was always so much stuff to see and learn about. It never became dull or boring and it has been that way ever since. Other interests come and go at times but they usually don't last long and I soon find myself drawn back to the wet and salty places again. I have always lived beside the sea and would hate to live inland without the sight, sound, smell, taste and feel of the sea every day.

(Actually there is one other intermittent interest that sits a bit uncomfortably alongside the above, namely rally motorsport. I keep sort of trying to put an end to it but I know now that it's probably not a good idea to try and suppress an interest when it demands attention).

Birds
Architectural styles and history
Poetry
Music by an artist I won't name here
(Geometric) patterns

I don't really want to mention any of my past ones, because most of them are pretty embarrassing...

Right now:
-Doctor Who
-The X-Files
-Torchwood
-Star Trek
-making figurines
-drawing
-writing FanFiction