Friendship Board - Age 19 Onwards

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Hello.
I'm a 24-year-old college student.
I am very interested in translation, and right now I am studying French.
The reason why I have started learning French is that...I liked "Le Petit Prince" very much.
I love music and I always bring my iPod to anywhere!
When I was a teenager I really liked alternative/indie music such as shoegazer, grunge, newwave...etc.
I used to play guitars and drums.
But now, I'm rather interested in classical music and contemporary music although I still don't know much about them.
Well, I am interested in almost every kind of music!
I like reading and writing(and that's why I am interested in translation ).
I can spend a whole day in a library!
I like novels,scholarly books,comics...etc.
And...what else??
I like drawing and taking photos.
And...unlike many people on this site, I'm not good at using computers. I prefer a notebook and a pen.
I am not an active internet user...
I'm a big fan of figure skating although I myself can't skate.
I prefer talking with people around my age who are positive and forward-looking.

Now, I can't tell you where I am from.
I had a weird experience before...when I wrote about where I live in on a board like this,
I got a lot of messages requesting friendships just because I am from that place!
Since then, I have decided not to make it public.

Anyway, that's all for now!

Hey, I've been lurking for a while, and figured here would be a good place to introduce myself.

I'm Jon, 21year old student from Birmingham, UK.

Obsessions tend to come and go - right now it's Death Note, Naruto, building an excessively complex electric guitar, quantum mechanics (for my work on a unified theory of Naruto) and my thesis on the evolution of combinatorial logic circuits.

Looking to meet people online, or in person if they live nearby.

Hello Everyone.

Professor X here as, at this moment I tend to use my WP name instead of my real name until I've established good friendship which, is my sincere intention of coming here to make friends in a most wholehearted manner.Anyways, I'm 34 currently living in Florida whereupon I'll be soon taking up residence at a group home facility for fellow Aspies like myself.Yes, this may seem unpleasant if not negative in most people's minds however, I'm not at the level where I'd be best suited to leave on my own as once was the case in the past yet, don't let this deter you or drive anyone of you from befriending you cause, I'd still wish to be a friend to someone..

I enjoy movies,books,music and many outdoor activites as well but for the most part, I'm not going to turn this into some long,inane speech therefore, I hope to meet some nice, new friends whom will share the atrributes of honesty & trusthworthines!

ProfessorX

Toronto , 19, I like music, and asian dramas.

Hello, all:

I am Douglas MacNeill (I choose to use my real name as
my username). I am a forty-three year old male living in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I've been visiting and posting on
WrongPlanet for two years or so now; I was diagnosed with
Asperger's Syndrome in September of 1997. I work as a
research resource person in the Department of Occupational
Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta.
(i.e. I do my little bit to teach the next generation of OT's.)

For hobbies,
--I play chess at redhotpawn.com and letsplaychess.com
--I sing (second tenor) in the Edmonton Christian Men's Choir

That's it for now.

Hi, I am Kenneth. I just turned 48. I work in the public accounting field in the Providence, Rhode Island area. I was diagnosed as having Autism decades ago probably around 4 or 5. I work as an independent contractor assisting a public accountant (doing mainly bookkeeping and other accounting related tasks). As of this moment, I have come down with the flu and am still trying to get over it.

sex: Male
Age: 20
Location: Central, New Jersey, USA

Hey, I would love to make some aspie friends, I have actually never knowingly met another aspie in person. If anyone from jersey wants to grab coffee, a drink or some food please dont hesitate to send me a pm. I would love the company

Little about myself: I work in IT, I have a deceivingly non AS physical appearance provided I am not tired, huge closet computer nerd (I wont bore you with talking about it if you have no interest), pretty massive list of hobbies, I am very laid back easy going happy person, try to keep myself in shape by going to the gym, running or doing fun pyhsical activity with friends.

Hi, I'm Sara and I live in Ithaca, New York. I'm 37 years old and currently I am a teacher, but I'm a doctoral student in a Counseling Psychology program. I joined WP a week or so ago and like what I'm seeing. While I haven't been formally diagnosed with AS, I had suspected it for a long time and recently got it confirmed by a clinician who does a type of therapy called HANDLE. In the past two to three years, I've made a good number of acquaintances and even friends, but then, lost them. One woman told me that she felt nervous around me...we'd become really good friends, she's depend on me for issues she was having - needing to talk and we even traveled together. I felt really good in that friendship, but it ended very abruptly, which of course, devastated me. Since then, I've lost many other friends. Sometimes, jobs have been difficult to keep as well. I've learned recently that I am very different from other people...I hold myself (my body) in a strange way and I have an odd speech pattern. I guess I knew some of that before, but didn't think anything of it. I have a partner and she's wonderful, but I wonder how long she'll stick around? She says she will, but there are times when I wonder if my being in her life is even fair to her. A friend just told us the other night that just prior to first meeting me two years ago, my partner had told her that I was so wonderful, but this friend when she met me apparently didn't understand why my partner would even be with me, because I was so unreadable. She said that she feared that my partner had just found another person to have to take care of. --- I am not sure if this friend even feels differently about me know.

I feel so many emotions inside of myself, but apparently they don't show to the outside world (something I didn't realize.) I'm frustrated at where I am at in my life right now with AS. I've been searching for years (almost 18) for what's going on with me...I've been trying to deal with the friend issue for that long...through mental health therapy, only to be told that there is nothing wrong with me. OK, so nothing wrong with me in the mental health sense, but I'm frustrated that there wasn't something available for treating AS...no one was skilled enough to figure it out. So, I meet people, and they see me as strange and so, nothing progresses in the friendship...I don't realize that I'm coming off as strange, so to me, I think that I must have done something horrible. I've literally had people run in the opposite direction (no joke) when they see me (it's happened twice.) It's very frustrating.

Thanks for reading this...writing helps. I hope that I haven't put anyone in a bad space.

Hello, I'm a 19 year old French born Englishman, yes not ideal. I was originally diagnosed with dyslexic as a young child and then with aspergers as a teenager. The human brain is so complex, I couldn't accept that my whole personality could simply be described in two words "Aspergers Syndrome".
Now I see that maybe I do have a bit of aspergers with my dyslexia and a slice of OCD in between but that's fine. I'm just me, maybe I am more complex then I thought, maybe not. Like I have said before I don't question thing as much now. Being able to do this means I can now enjoy the simple things in life like watching a program on TV or even learning a bit of javascript and php(website stuff) without wondering what this will bring me in 10 years time.

Hi I am a 20 year old female Aspie from North Alabama. I just got to college, so I am trying to make sure I do this whole thing right. I am interested in Anime, Video Games, and like to make photo manip art. My favorite music is usually along the lines of fantasy metal, and I tend to try and be nice to people, except when I get startled, then I just hide in my turtle shell.

*waves* Yo. XD
My name is Travis, and I'm a 20 year old Aspie from Southern Maryland. ^.^
And...um...yeah..*can't think of anything else to say*...oh! That's right..
I come hear to look for support with difficulties of aspergers as applied to me. Most of the time with job and social related things...yah...I've been here for some time but I always end up leaving for long periods of time...the atmosphere always gives me this bleak feel. ><

I'm a 28 year old straight married liberal disabled male with aspie tendencies. I like a little bit of all of the typical nerd stuff: sci-fi, comics, computers, video games. I like a wide variety of music (examples: Ministry, Mindless Self Indulgence, She Wants Revenge, Tori Amos, Aphex Twin, Skinny Puppy).

I'll talk to anyone 18-40, gay or straight, male or female. I probably won't get along with you if you're a fundie or a conservative or both. I have myspace and I'm on AIM all day.

PM me if you want to say hi, and I'll give you further instructions.

Hi everyone my name is Bob, or Spudnik which is my web name, I am 46 years old, and live in Calgary, Alberta, but my home town is Edmonton, which is north of Calgary, I like a lot of things, such as music, original punk, classic rock, 80's videos, ferrets, Hockey especially the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames Suck. I read a lot, mostly older science fiction, and Jack Kerouak, Anthony Bourdain. I have a keen interest in science, astronomy, and photography. I am self DX, with aspergers, and I am adhd, since childhood, and have suffered from post traumatic stress disorder. I am presently working as a truck driver in Calgary, and have had many different careers, such as cook, help desk technical support agent for Hp Pavilion, though a company called Convergys, in Edmonton, I am trained as a Computer Network Administrator at NAIT also in Edmonton, and I had also trained as a Retail Meat Cutter, also at NAIT. I seem to be fairly high functioning for having AS, except for being anti social, and very shy around new people, I tend to smile and not talk.

I'm probably already in here somewhere, but figure I'll throw myself out there again.

I'm 27, a dude. Self-diagnosed aspie. I'm currently in community college in Virginia.
I'm interested in anime(mostly mecha), gaming, creative arts(writing, some drawing), nature(hiking, animals, exploring), travel, and gunpla.
I think I'm a nice guy overall(but not too nice ). I have a silly side and a serious side that interchange frequently. I'm not very good at friendship but I'm willing to work on it.

Howdy. I'm Rob, I'm 25. I don't know if I'm asp or not. I live in eastern PA, USA.
I love books, movies, comics, gaming, video games, anime, the occult, theology, philosophy, wandering around aimlessly outside, and all that good stuff. I'm pretty much a big geek. I even work at a video game store.
I think I have a pretty good sense of humour and I'm a decent fellow overall. I'm hoping to meet some people to chit chat with online, or hang out with.

Hmm...I see no one's posted anything in about 3 yrs! So I'm not sure if anyone will read. I'm female, 28, from the U.S. I wish to remain single and do not want children. I've posted about myself in the "Getting to know" section, but I will briefly describe myself. I am diagnosed AS and that mainly affects me in the auditory. I am highly sound-sensitive. Crying babies, barking dogs and fireworks are the worst. Unlike some people with AS, I am highly sensitive @ reading people's body language and facial expressions. I am very defensive which comes from severe bullying primarily from middle-school. I can take something the wrong way and over-react easy. I do not trust. I would like to have an acquaintanceship with someone who travels these pathways. If I can be out in RT, I would like to get together with someone my age who wishes to remain single, doesn't want kids or a dog. This would mean I could go to their house as well as them coming to mine...but that is time away. Right now, keeping it online is enough. I love Webkinz. They are a part of my family. If dogs didn't bark, I'd have one. I have 3 Webkinz dogs and 2 Webkinz cats. I am close to my mother, whom I live with, not my sister, whom unfortunately also lives with us. I can go to a forest preserve near my home in warm weather. I enjoy taking nature/landscape pictures. I recently advocated for myself by making a video on You Tube. Well, that's all for this post. Hope someone reads it!