The Dino-Aspie Cafe (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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Post, yer a VietNam vet??? I missed that by a coupla years.

Zanne:

Darn, I'm trying so hard to remember to reply to everyone by leaving the windows open, and all I end up with is a bunch of windows open and no idea why.

The "Dear Aspie" column. I had a great time laughing about doing a humor column based on sending an Aspie to various places and events.

like to Burning Man. I've never been, and I don't get it. A friend had given me a link to their site, and I went and read about it. It still sounds really stupid. And I thought all I'd do is walk around asking people "Who are you, and why are you dressed like that?" or "What are you doing and why?"

One fellow said that I would eventually become leader of my own cult at Burning Man, and people would follow me around to see what I did. Because NTs LIKE that kind of thing. They DID find some of my perceptions to be hilarious.

The things that are common to us, like not having boundaries or not knowing what to say or not say, I'd ask all the questions that would confuse people.

And they'd probably do goofy stuff back. Like the guy yesterday at the grocery store. I picked up one of the hand baskets for groceries. And the guy stacking them said "Wait, take this one, it's better." I looked at my hand basket, his suggested hand basket, put mine down and took his.

Figuring it was a joke, I joked back. And we had a silly laugh over comparing this one to that one and how easy it is to make people fall for things.

But it also scares me, because I worry about buying real estate and getting taken or scammed. I would just believe what they say. That's one reason I've thought I needed an NT translator to help out. Someone who is wise to the ways of the world.

Your teachers called you ret*d? I'm sending my brothers after them. I take that back. I'll send my mother after them. She may be old, but everyone is still afraid of her!

Isn't it weird how that name was so popular back then? I was named after a Suzanne who went by Zanne, which is why I do.


I'm glad your parents finally figured out how smart you are. Good for you for not giving up! You showed them.

By the way, the only thing I ever used Barbies for was to pop off their heads and put them in rock launchers in our mock wars. Their heads shot pretty well, but the hair always made the trajectory off and I'd miss my target. It would make me so mad!

True,

You will find your place, keep looking.

I also like to look at all the critters. I used to work with placing the kittens of feral cats we trapped and spayed or neutered. Here they are building up so fast that it's not safe for those cats any longer. I relocated many of them to horse farms and the like. Once we ran out of that volunteer work and they wanted me to deal with people, I was done. I deal with people at work. That's it. No more.

What guy in Florida? The guy that killed that Lunsford girl 20 miles north of me? That guy?

I never watch the news Post. It's always the same thing. People are bad. They do bad things. We should all be scared. It's sensationalism and not journalism.


I still want my brothers to beat up on her teachers. Now that you all have seen me with my three older brothers, you know why I wasn't bullied. They are always surrounding me.

You know the irony of it was my mother was a special education teacher and didn't recognize or chose to not see I was floundering, denial I guess...certainly not her child. I was named after a crazy dorm mate my mother had at the University of Miami she lived vicariously through. I've been accused of being a bit out there by a number of my beaus. My current I've ran with for over three years, record breaker save for a marriage that lasted longer than a decade. He marvels he's lasted...my reply...you just won't go away! He calls me a sick puppy but that's why he likes me. I have to admit the sack sessions are great but I have a hard time moving into that space of commitment as I'm still noting exit doors.
I have managed to get by in life though it has been a struggle. My mom asks what my plan for retirement is...to drop dead in my tracks. I get this annual report from Soc.Sec. what a laugh that is.
Funny thing about taking things literally. I moved here to Humboldt from San Diego about three years ago. I see people wearing these sweatshirts with "Trainwreck" scrawled across them...I'm wondering why anybody would advertise a tragedy to me it was like having "Katrina" across their chests...it was a strain of what Humboldt is famous for.
Thanks for the offer of siccing your bros on 'em for me. I choose my battles carefully and the greatest battles faught are from within. I have overcome many battles and gotten over much of the stuff when I was a child. Massage school was a great place for me to fillet my soul and clear out the dark corners. I just want to understand why I march to the beat of a different drummer and help make it work for me better.

Oh Lord. Stay out of the General Discussion thread. There's a whiner in there who believes we all must be diagnosed at once as miserable and horrible Aspies who must be cured because those of us who are self diagnosed must not be real Aspies since we found a way to actually LIKE ourselves. Did you know this isn't possible unless you are cured and become NT? He is still in high school so his experience in the NT world is a bit naive. Even Nanna doesn't believe that the NT world is an immediate path to happiness. Good grief! Every time I see those posts, I wonder about the interventions. Is this what they teach them, that the only way to happiness is to socialize and pretend to be NT?

He said we don't want to be diagnosed because we are scared they will say we aren't Aspie. Will all those diagnosed as something else at different times please raise your hands? LOL Oh yes, I so believe they are experts and can spot this a mile away. Riiiight. I think it's more like he is afraid to admit he could actually control his own life and misery by finding a way to like himself. Of course if I had some shrink and a bunch of educators telling me that I can't like myself unless I act, think and feel NT, I'd probably want to believe that too. Wellllllll maybe not. I never did have respect for so-called experts who were inconsistent.

The greatest revenge is success!

I'm glad bf is being nice to you. I have commitment issues and I've been married for 1/4 of a century. I still note all the exits. I think it's just a thing we have. I'm not sure. I'm certain I wouldn't like anyone but him.

And glad massage school is working out. I have the best masseuse. She likes animals and thinks I'm grand because I understand them. She never talks about people and doesn't like them much.

"I was cured all right."