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And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
Wife
And you may ask yourself-well...how did I get here?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money’s gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money’s gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...



Sorry. Your comment just reminded me of Talking Heads.

Love Trent Reznor and so envy your guitar teacher.

ha! *nodding* that song does pop into my head from time to time....

AND that TR band played things like Talking Heads,and similar 80s pop.TR had not yet become dark and angry.

I would really like to talk with you about it sometimes. I haven't had the energy to email you. Hopefully I'll be out of this funk in a few days.

Love Talking Heads!

Psycho Killer
Qu'est que c'est?


Best Talking Heads is Fear of Music. Love that album cover. Dh loved that I had that.

What is your first name? Andrée

Age: 47

Location: San Francisco

Current perseverations: First I had to look up "perseveration". That's a good word. Are we using that instead of obsession? I guess I'm between subjects. I've been really tired lately. And was too stressed out from recent events to delve into much at depth.

When did you discover AS? Summer, 2006

Do you have other psych diagnoses? Major Clinical Depression. Anxiety. Whack job.

Do you have a degree? B.A. major Psychology, minor Human Sexuality

Kids? No goats. No children either.

Favorite music. Couldn't name an NIN song. I don't really listen to music anymore. Might, if I had some kind of music playing apparatus.

Job? Disabled, depression and back problems (like arthritis)

Relationship with significant other, past or present? Married once, divorced. Many ho-hum, dead end, insignificant relationships.

Plans for the future? Move. Buy small home/shack/hut. Grow tomatoes. Find winning lotto ticket (too cheap to buy them). Hire maid and masseur.

Anything else you feel is pertinent: I love my cats. I love nature. I don't like boom boom stereos. And never go to Supercuts for a haircut. Because even if you bring a picture, and it's also the same picture they have in their shop, they still can't get it right. And they won't give you your money back, even though I ended up looking like a cross between the logo for Dutch Boy paints and someone involved in an accident with a weed whacker.

Re. Talking Heads, though I knew their late 70s hits, I really became aware of them when I saw the concert movie Jonathan Demme did, "Stop Making Sense," in maybe '85. It blew me away; such creativity, incl. sets, costumes, etc. not to mention the music.

For another quirky Talking Heads film,you might like David Byrne's "True Stories",from the same era.It creates a surreal world of characters,costumes,sets,and music.

Hello,Andree/TRUE.

Yes, I have True Stories on DVD (ran across it in a bargain bin, lucky me.). Saw it when it first came out.

What is your first name? Mary

Age: 44

Location: Hinterlands of Washington State (US)

When did you discover AS? - well I heard about it on Boston Legal...
but I read "Thinking in Pictures" and way, way too much resonated,
so I figured I'd check this place out. This has to be the largest gathering
of folks that I can understand and relate to that I have ever found,
and I spent a decade (the roaring Internet hey-day) in Silicon Valley
doing the geek stuff. - I'm not sure if I am or am not AS, but I like
the folks here and would enjoy finding friends.

Do you have other psych diagnoses? Depression, Generalized Anxiety,
PTSD

Do you have a degree? nope, was too idealistic in college, would only
take the classes that I was interested in or I felt would benefit me. But
I'm working on finishing things up... maybe in a year or so I should have
my BS.

Kids? Nope

Favorite music, other than NIN (Who/What is NIN?)
Rock, Country, Pop, some metal (but not all of it), some Ambient,
some Rave/Dance, Celtic, Salsa... and the list goes on...

Job? I work with computers, big ones and special ones... don't
ask me about Windows. I've spent 25+ years working in IT
on everything from punch cards to the latest and greatest
tech released last week.

Relationship with significant other, past or present? Been
married, divorced now. We get along ok.

Plans for the future? Figure out how to survive in a world
where I can't stand the irrational idiocy of management.
Looking into trading stock options right now and getting
my house sold.

Anything else you feel is pertinent: As I mentioned above,
I'm not sure if I'm AS or not. Many things that I've read
ring true and I'm currently going thru a meltdown because
I couldn't handle management telling me I couldn't
"influence" people because I told the truth (ie you can't
influence people do the right thing if they are already overworked
and doing the right thing means more work). I almost lost
my job over that one and I'm currently dealing with the
psychological fallout of the entire situation.

I live in the middle of nowhere (8K people in my town,
must drive 40 minutes to another town just to see a
counselor, no such thing as someone who a psychiatric
or neurological professional to see unless you are so
mentally unbalanced as to be locked up). So I don't
have a lot of professional help in this diagnosis. I'm looking
to figure out what "accomodations" I need to continue
working since my counselor is leaving that up to me to
define.

If anyone wants to comment as to what critieria you would
use to diagnose me, I'm open to hearing it. A quick
summary of my quirks are as follows:
- can get lost in whatever I'm working with (or being
with) for indefinite periods of time
- never figured out all of the things it takes to be consistantly
tactful. I seem to do ok and then blow it, doing something
I never figured would bother folks. And I really do try to
be considerate
- very overstimulated senses. My original reason for
reading Temple's book was the description of the squeeze
machine and my recognition that that was what I wanted
(I am extremely ticklish but coocooning seems to mellow
me out).
- I don't worship the social heirarchy and never have.
I respect you because you are a good, noble person,
not because you have 20 years of age on me or someone
tapped you to be called manager.
- I've telecommuted for the last 6 years and I don't feel
that I've lost any meaning by using phone and chat, but
others seem to think that it is critical to see someone's
face.
- I am intermittant on the emotional connection thing. Sometimes
I can be really in sync with a person and other times, I can be
oblivious. I make it a point when I work with new folks to tell
them that I can be oblivious and that they need to be very
forthright with me if they have issues. I don't read minds and
I can't figure out veiled references very well.

Anyway... well that is me

Mary

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I live in the middle of nowhere (8K people in my town,
must drive 40 minutes to another town just to see a
counselor, no such thing as someone who a psychiatric
or neurological professional to see unless you are so
mentally unbalanced as to be locked up). So I don't
have a lot of professional help in this diagnosis. I'm looking
to figure out what "accomodations" I need to continue
working since my counselor is leaving that up to me to
define.

[/quote]

Hello Mary,
I am Merle, living in the hinterlands of Oregon. I can relate to having NO ONE for professional help and actually, I think that is a plus. This way I am not up for being 'cured' or stuffed full of medications. Also, at work, I am let to define my OWN 'reasonable accommodation' and mostly they are happy and satisfied to let me take care of myself (and that is SO MUCH easier since I self diagnosed last October!)
So far my 'reasonable accommodation' ( wording is from the ADA, by the way) is to be able to check out to the 'sick room' for a 15 minute sit in the dark, having a couple of aspirin and a nice bottle of cool water locked away from all of that for a while. (Crying torrents of tears is optional.) So far other than gratitude I am dealing with it and not bothering THEM, management tells me I am 'not really so different', but I think that is because I can 'speak' NT so well.

Welcome, Mary - I hope you gain understanding of yourself. remember the unexamined life is not worth living. .

Merle

Hi,Mary

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Yer welcome ! !!

do you have to be 30+ to be here
I would like some seriousness in my days but donno if I belong here (being only 18)

What is your first name? Amanda

Age: 38 11/12

Location: Alpine

Current perseverations: history, books, genealogy, driving, the mind and all that it's capable of, Stephen Hawking, this machine, spider solitare and puzzles

When did you discover AS? A month and a half ago

Do you have other psych diagnoses? Yes. All compatible.

Do you have a degree? A degree is only a measure one's ability to do well on a test: viz swallow and spit out then forget. I am very educated without a degree.

Kids? Six and adopting

Favorite music, other than NIN
Depends on the time of year and what I'm doing: Jazz, classical, folk, zydeco, rock; rhythm is my favorite as gives me order. My favorite instruments are viola, cello, drums and piano.

Job? Wife, mother of six, manager of the estate, and especially teacher, law giver and enforcer.

Relationship with significant other, past or present? Wife of husband of 16yrs.

Plans for the future? Buy lots of land and build a house

Anything else you feel is pertinent: Most prominent AS symptoms: sensitive to sound and touch, memory, temper, thought disorder, pedantic speech and writing, eloquent speech patterns, lexiconic, perfectionism with obsessive compulsive anxiety and depression. I strongly dislike being touched, especially hugged or kissed. And as typical, I am told I cannot emotionally connect with, especially, women.