So to start off, I got to bed around 5AM after watching waaaay too much television. When I woke up I had to get ready relatively quickly as I would otherwise be late for this really interesting event happening at the King's library called the "Living Library". In the "Living Library" the books were people, and we actually could ask the people questions about what their jobs were like, as well as the discrimination put forward in the Professional world. And while not professional I decided to sort of volunteer to explain what it's like to be an autistic man going through University. Although I wasn't sure what they would think since I'm not really a professional, Meaghan, one of the librarians was actually so very much into having me do it which I thought was really great of her.
After this I just went to Masonville to hang with a friend from King's but then he wound up standing me up, which ticked me off of course. I mean how much can you be ticked off when someone stands you up?
After being stood up I came home and watched "glee" which was freaking amazing tonight. Kristin Chenowith starred and she played a wonderful seductive drunk. The songs they sung were Don't Stop Believing (Journey), Alone (Heart), Last Name (Carrie Underwood) and one of my favourite songs Somebody to Love (Queen). The last of which was unbelievably amazing, I mean not as good as Queen of course, but none the less was just fantastic.
So today was an amusing day :) I got to bed at 5:30 once again after doing a lot of studying, but then I woke up at 11AM when my mother called me to tell me to check up on my grandfather. I then went back to bed for two hours and wound up waking right when my only class was going to begin. So I had to rush out of my house after my shower and head to class. I wound up half an hour late, which I felt bad about as it was the last class prior to the exam Thursday.
After class I then headed up to Masonville Mall to hang with one of my friends. While there we saw All About Steve which was actually quite funny, but a little odd at the same time. Then after that I headed briefly to the grocery store to get some items I had left back at my parents house, and then headed home. Since I got home I've just watched television.
So I have to make this relatively brief, but I got to bed at 5:30AM today and woke up at 9:30 which didn't leave me with much time before I had to head down to London. I showered and then grabbed two cups of tea to stay awake. My parents then drove me to London and I at first was going to sleep, but wound up staying awake all the way till now.
I headed to class and presented my speech about, can you guess? Living with autism. I think I did an okay job, but from what everyone else told me, I did a wonderful job. I then listened to other peoples speeches like Johnathan's hilarious one about 'time travel', and Summer's about both her marriage which she wound up having the flue and laryngitis at the same time, and then about her child being born. Then there was also a wonderful speech about one's adorable puppy. I then also heard a speech from Katie about her sister having autism which of course I loved hearing because I know what it's like. Now her sister is much more severe compared to me whom cannot actually talk due to her autism. Then both Katie and I fielded questions about it, which I hope she didn't mind and she said she didn't, though I'll admit I felt bad for intruding during HER question period.
Anyway that's about it everyone aside from Heroes being great. I have four more chapters to study so I have to get on that. S
WOW I cannot believe I forgot to post yesterday night. So sorry to my readers...which seem to be few as no one has yet to actually start following this blog. *glares*. Anyway what happened yesterday? Well I got up around 1:30PM and had to go and pick up a disc that had photos from my photo shoot with Lisabella Photography which turned out amazing. It's actually on my facebook but only a few pictures so far.
After picking up the disc I watched television for a large part of the afternoon, specifically Season One of Brothers & Sisters. I then had a family dinner with my parents which was very nice to catch up with my brother and sister-in-law who's due in two weeks. As well I saw both my grandfathers as well.
After this I went and hung out with one of my friends for a bit for coffee, and then headed back home. Luckily last night was the season premieres of Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters, both of which were suspenseful, happy, and tear-jerking which is something I love all the time. Other than that, I wound up staying up quite late, like 5, but actually I got to bed at 3 but was specifically woken up at 5am by my dog scratching due to the storm that had blown in. After that I finally got to bed.
So what happened today? Well I went to bed at 2:30AM so finally an early sleep time, and then slept to 11:30 which meant I got nine hours sleep for once. I swear I was extremely happy about this because I was worried about not getting a good night's rest for once. When I got up I showered and did that whole thing, and then watched television. Afterwords I headed off to work and took Chris basically right back to my house to watch 27 Dresses and the Simpsons Movie. I then took him home and headed to a hair appointment, and then headed to FAME which was amazing frankly. I don't care what the damn critics say, they were wrong because this film was wonderful.
I then headed home and just started studying for my Personality Theory exam which is coming up on Thursday unfortunately.
I am really sorry everyone about this EXTREMELY short post, but nothing happened today so there really isn't much to say this time.
Hi everyone! So it's the end of another week, which you have to admit is hard to believe. So I went to bed at I think it was 4 or 5AM because I had been making more study notes which sucked. So I woke up around 12:30PM so that my mother could text me to tell me that my Dad was going to pick me up at 1:40PM. (I had to stay at a friend's place due to my night course the night before.) So then I kind of just lay in bed for about an hour then finally got up. I got dressed and brushed my teeth and my Dad picked me up. We then picked up my mother from a lunch with a friend of hers and then headed home.
When I got home I quickly found an outfit for a dinner I would be attending that night and then headed out to get some Timmies. I then came back, watched an episode on Health and Weight of Dr. Oz. It was interesting for the most part and then played Prototype for a bit. I lost track of time however, so I had to rush out the door and pick up Chris. While I was at the dinner I did see a few people I knew and briefly chatted. Then had lasagna which oddly had mushrooms in it (WHO PUTS MUSHROOMS IN LASAGNA?!), and tried banana pie but it's official that I REALLY don't like pie. Then I took Chris home.
When I got home, after getting some Purell for myself, and a crossword puzzle and Doritos for my mother, I headed home. I then just watched television for most of the night, including my Brothers and Sisters Season One box set. Other than that? Nothing else much happened.
Well I chose the title for this post because it was awesome last night on Glee. I hope everyone agrees with me here. Anyway, what happened today, I got to bed at about 4AM then woke up at 12:30, with class happening at 1:30PM. So I eventually dragged myself out of bed around 12:45PM and headed to the main building. I got brunch and then headed to my Personality Theory course. We learned about operational definitions among other things and it was rather dull, but at the same time quite interesting. I'm still quite happy I chose this major because otherwise I'm not sure if I'd be having as much fun.
After Personality Thoery I then headed over to my Psychology of Work, People and Organizations course. It was also for the most part pretty interesting, though man I hate that it takes so freaking long.
I then headed back home for four hours and just watched television and studied more for my personality exam which is next Thursday. I so wish it didn't have to be multiple choice, which is my worst form of testing. But I think as long as I am confident and know my material I'll be okay.
I then went to King's Players, where we just did some starting improvisation since there were several new members being freshman. I also apologized to Heather about what I had said last week as it had indeed been immature so I wanted to speak to her in person about it. I wasn't able to speak with Michiko though because she had to do rounds as an RA, so she was gone at the beginning and ending of the meeting so I couldn't chat with her privately, but I will try to catch her later. Anyway after that I came home and now I'm studying again. Well that's all there is friends! Sean
Hello all! So another day, and it was rather dull because not much happened. I got up around 12:30PM after going to bed at 7AM which I just can't believe it was that late/early that I got to bed. So once I woke up nothing really much happened except for watching television and getting ready for my dental appointment.
So then I headed to my dental appointment and I got to see my friend David who actually was my hygienist. We just chatted seeing how each other was and that was pretty much everything. I got no cavities which was good, thankfully. Then I headed to the strip mall by the UWO gates and got some dinner and groceries and headed back home.
Then I just basically watched gLee which is an AMAZING show, followed by studying for a Psychology exam I have next Thursday which I'm praying I do well on.
That's basically it people, sorry some of my blogs are getting shorter, there just was like nothing that happened today.
So another sort of boring day lol. It was uneventful because I woke up at about 12:30PM with class only an hour later. I woke and had to run out the door because I needed to first talk with the Student Services because I had an exam coming up that I needed to make accommodations with. I then quickly grabbed breakfast and headed to my Personality Theory course. We learned about the traits of people and I learned thanks to the Personality test, that I'm highly neurotic which is always nice to know.
As for the rest of the day, was pretty normal. I went up to the main campus of UWO and had coffee and dinner with my friend Craig. We chatted just about normal things like how school is going and such. He then drove me home in this really big truck. Then I just briefly went upstairs to chat with Lora and Kaitlin, and then headed downstairs where I unfortunately just had television to watch. Some people did comment on my blog, but after a lot of consideration I just felt it was no longer worth arguing. So I edited two of my posts and that's about it.
I wish this could be a longer post, but I've got a large headache, so I'm off to bed.
Edit: A large part of the post has been removed. After much consideration I have decided to remove the parts that have been offending many. I was in the wrong, and I really don't wish to continue causing such problems.
So another day, another ....wait, I guess that's really it. Anyway, today hasn't really been too busy. I got to bed about 4AM again, but I was able to sleep till around 1PM so I got a good amount of sleep. However it was a bit of a restless night. First I'm waken up by my dog scratching on the door of the laundry room because apparently my Dad put him in there in case he was disturbed by the rain...which actually he was sleeping. Then I wake up to find him scratching next to my television and thus I had to grab him to stop him from doing so. Then around 1 when I wake up I get two texts from my mother telling me to call her. I call and find out they headed all the way to Leamington (2 hours away) only to find out the doctor couldn't see her. But here's the kicker, my mother wanted to leave early in case her and Dad would of been late. But if they had just waited ten minutes like my Dad wanted, they would of gotten the cancellation call and wouldn't have had to have driven 2 hours to get there. Funny how accidents like that happen.
As for the afternoon, I headed back to school and went to one of the buildings because there was suppose to be a meeting for the new King's Dance Crew but no one showed up so I headed back to the apartment. Then when class came around...well it was tons of fun actually. We revealed our most embarrassing moments and I think some of them were just so amusing, many seemed to be related to large group embarrassment, which was interesting to note.
Anyway after the class, I went home, watched the season premiere of Heroes which was AMAZING. Then here we are.
Hi everyone! I am so sorry for being kind of late with this blog post. I don't know why I got behind in writing it but here we go. So I got to bed I think around 3AM which is a lot better than normal, but then I only slept till like 10:30 so it really wasn't as good as it was only 6 hours of sleep. The reason I only slept that long was because I was going to the Western Fair for "work" today, and thus had to be up early because there were only certain times they let VON workers into the fair for free.
Once I got all ready I just waited for my Dad to call me since he was driving today. I still can't seem to drive outside of my small city, I don't know why, I'm just petrified of the busy roads of London and such. It's kind of silly really, since I have my G license and thus it means I could easily drive outside of my city, but I still don't. Go figure. So then Dad and I picked up Chris, the guy I've been working with, and we headed to London. Halfway through the trip I checked the schedule again for the times they let people in and realized I foolishly had misread it and realized it wasn't until 1PM that they let people in. I think it only happened because I kept telling myself I'd be going Thursday, which times for free entry were 12PM and 5PM, but then had remembered that I had class so I had to cancel. As a result though, I had it stuck in my head that it was 12 not 1 that we'd be let in. I guess when I memorize things, I get it so deeply ingrained in my head I actually believe it.
So once we got to the fair Chris and I sat on some chairs to wait an hour for 1PM to roll around. But then I decided to bring out my page about VON and go to the ticket counter and ask. She however knew nothing about it and told me to ask the man standing at the actual gate. So I did and explained the situation and lucky me, the man let Chris and I through for free and just said he'd tell the VON person when they arrived that he had let us in. Chris and I then headed for the coupon kiosk to buy coupons for the rides. Lucky us again because all the rides were a two for one discount because it was the last day of the fair. We then were able to ride the Scrambler four times, and the Ferris Wheel once. Then we had lunch, Chris had french fries while I had a lovely fattening Funnel Cake :P. However, something was just off about it as later on today I wound up feeling a little out of sorts. We then used the last bit of our tickets on some of the games, where Chris won a green Care Bear stuffed animal. After this I decided that we should head back since there wasn't much to do, and I didn't care for Chris to waste the $200 he'd been given on stuffed animals. It's one thing to win once, but wasting $200 on toys? That would just be irresponsible of me to allow him to do so.
When we returned from the fair, Chris and I watched a film at my house, and then I took him home about an hour later. I was feeling a bit peckish from the funnel cake so I decided to eat a snack of cookies which helped settle my stomach. Then basically for the rest of the night I just played Prototype which is probably what distracted me. So anyway, that's another day done. Talk to you soon readers. S
Hi again everyone! So sixth day of the blog, I can't believe I'm actually doing so well with keeping it going. So to begin with, got to bed at 7AM this time and why you might ask? I always have a problem being in my big house when my parents are away, so of course I wound up not sleeping till 7. Why this is I don't know, but I think it has something to do with like feeling secure in my own home. I was robbed five years ago, but possibly because of the autism, I just can't let it go and as a result I'm always up so late. But at least I did eventually get together, even though it was unfortunate it took me so long.
As for the rest of the day it wasn't really really eventful but it was still relatively fun. I started by waking up at like 2PM and just got ready for the day. I watched television for a while and then headed to work with Chris again. We went to A&W for lunch and he went to sit at a single table between two groups, and while it's possible that would have been okay, I felt it would have been better for us to sit at our own table not surrounded by other people. After that we headed to the movies to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which I have to say was absolutely hilarious. Everyone must see it because it's just a really funny movie that you can get a lot of laughs from. I did worry thought because there were a few times I thought Chris was going to be unwell and as you can guess, that's not something you want to happen while working. But he did wind up fine, and eventually the film ended and I took him home. I then went back to the theatre and saw "9" which I had been wanting to see for quite some time and frankly I thought it was awesome despite the foolish critics thinking it was horrible.
When I got home I was a little hyperactive from the film so it took me a bit to calm down. I then unfortunately had to deal with a friend telling me off for posting so much on their facebook wall because their friends were asking who the heck I was. I realize that it's a matter of socializing, but frankly, how can I socialize with the person when they live in another city?! Oh well, it's not a big deal, it's just annoying when you're told off.
And that's all. So long for now and another post will be up tomorrow!
So today was a rather dull day so this post will probably be relatively short. I woke up at about 11AM after going to sleep at 5AM. When my Dad picked out, I found out in the process that my grandfather had unfortunately had a fall and although he is okay, he still had to get some stitches which is of course slightly unfortunate. But like I said, he's okay.
As for the rest of the day, that was pretty uneventful like I said. I watched television till around 4PM, then headed to work. I work with a 20 year old autistic man who is specifically afflicted with PDD. He has many quirks that actually helped me notice my own quirks, like my eating habits, my staying on certain topics over and over again, and just some other things. I think it's great that I've worked with him for two years and it's helped me, though I'll admit I sometimes think I'm not helping him really. He still is the same as he was two years ago, and I think he's probably going to stay that way. But none the less, at least I'm helping someone even if not really helping him.
As for the final part of my day, I went grocery shopping, came home, realized I forgot the cheese, and went back. Then when I was backing up, I don't know why but my car was in a slight decline so I had to kick on the gas to make it over. I then stopped to look back make sure no cars were coming and this dumb teenage couple was in a car practically five inches from the back of my car. Seriously the people in this city are the ones who need driving lessons because I've seen so many people who get in accidents for stupid things. I'm not saying I'm not in the wrong, I'm just saying that people need to remember how to drive and be cautious. If you're in a parking lot with people coming in and out of parking spaces, keep your freaking eyes on the cars not just what's in front of you!
Thanks for listening to the rant again, sorry if it seems that not enough happened to do with my autism, but like I said in the first post, I have Asperger's which doesn't necessarily come up every single minute of my life.
Edit: I have decided to edit this because this plus another post has gone too far. I was wrong, and frankly I don't think this was right of me to post. Please forgive me Heather and Michiko.
Another wonderful, and interesting day. I got to bed at 5AM this time, which is always nice, and slept till about 12PM. I then woke up as I had class at 1:30, my Intro to Personality Theory, and then followed by my Psychology of Work, Organizations and People course which I luckily had my best friend Lauren to keep me company. It was an interesting course, but what really irked me was that the Professor asked us to answer questions in a group but then she winds up asking each next question before we were even halfway through the question we were to answer. It was nothing, but I still found it completely ridiculous.
After class I headed to my friend's place. I went upstairs because I've been developing a really good friendship with the upstairs girls; Lora, Kaitlin, and Sarah. It was a lot of fun frankly, though I think I accidentally talked too much about my life without really asking all about theirs. This is a bit of a problem obviously because it could otherwise make someone think I'm somewhat obsessed with myself which I'm of course not. None the less, we all seemed to have a good time getting to know one another and just hanging out. They've even invited me to have a movie-a-thon and do some cooking next Sunday, which I think is going to be a total blast.
Afterwords I went back downstairs and just watched some television and waited for the King's Players meeting to start. Now that was a barrel of laughs frankly, we played In the Manner of the Word which was a bit of a laugh riot, then did the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and frankly I got to be the Ugly advice and I believe I did a great job at that. Then we did the "Party" game where if you've played it, one person plays the host and in the case of KP five people show up as different characters. Two or three of them I actually got on the first guess which I thought was really impressive of me because generally I kind of suck at that game, the fourth one wound up to be Mr. Hyde from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the final one was consistent question where if you couldn't come up with a question you were out. After that were the elections for the rest of the executive and two of my friends went for one position. Unfortunately they didn't get it, but what are ya going to do?
Thanks for listening to the rant, and stay tuned for tomorrow.
Interesting day yesterday I have to say. To begin with, today I didn't get to sleep until 6AM, which I have to say was not fun. I don't know why I stayed up that late, but it was probably once again a matter of my brain was so wired that it couldn't actually rest. But it seems to be my daily routine.
Now as for the actual day, I got up around 12PM having been woken up by something or other. My new friend Matt from my school was going to hang with me later today however, the problem was, I hadn't heard from him at all today which was quite frustrating to say the least. Unfortunately, in my case I get kind of stuck on things often, and since he was a new friend I wanted to get to know him so I started getting a little...not obsessive but just stuck on the subject of him coming over. So then I started talking to my friends on MSN and they just told me to relax, calm down, that he's just a friend you met and there's no reason to get bent out of shape.
After this I went up onto the porch and actually met the girls who lived upstairs, but then I wound up talking about the hang out to them too which I really shouldn't have done because they didn't need to hear about a new friend when I should of gotten to know them, despite my friend being in my program at Kings. But at least they seemed concerned. However, I did eventually get to know them and they seemed like really awesome girls, and I hope to look forward to get to know them more.
As for the rest of the night, my friend didn't show up which I'll admit, sucked. But hey frankly as all my friends told me, if he's going to blow off hanging out, then there's no real point behind having a friendship like that. As for the rest of the night, I watched gLee which is my absolute new favourite show, and then just watched other shows and here we are to another end of the blog.
Stay tuned for the next one. Now I'm going to try and post these earlier at like 11PM because staying up till 3 AM doesn't make sense just to write this blog.
Well day two of the blog everyone, shout a hip-hip-hooray that I actually am still posting since I rarely finish things I start *insert laugh here*. So to begin with, after writing the first post, I wound up staying up until 5AM. Can you believe it? According to many research studies, insomnia is unfortunately a part of being autistic, and while oddly when I was younger it never happened, ever since the exam period of my first year of University, I have been unable to have a proper night's sleep. I'll admit, it's something that plagues me every day, and I wish I could get rid of the late night's because it really is not fun, but it's something I'm just going to have to work with and solve eventually.
Now as for how today was, when I got up I nearly fell back asleep but luckily I was able to get up and was able to get breakfast and head to my class. I then spoke with the Professor as I had continuously confused the class with one I have in second term at a different time but same day, thus missed the first class on Thursday. However, being who I am, I actually went on to explain why I missed the first class when if you think about it, she didn't have to know because I didn't even miss anything anyway. But I always am the type to apologize for everything, and do so over and over again.
Following class I went up to the UCC to return my books from last year and wound up talking the ear off of the guy who helped me in the Used book store. It took almost an hour because I had so many books to return. But at least talking helped us pass the time until he was done putting them through. After that I headed back to my place, where my friend who I thought had gone to Calgary had returned to say hi. Now I know it was probably wrong after not seeing him for five months, but I decided not to go to dinner because I was quite tired and would have rather watched Big Brother than go out and possibly miss it. I do realize it was wrong to not go with my friends, but late nights plus me just not wanting to actually be with anyone at the time, just made a problem you know?
Well that's the end of today's post, I may have been odd in explaining it...and I don't know if it could help, but it just was to show how when it comes to autism, there are things we deal with that while they may seem miniscule, they still affect us. I just wanted though to say, look forward to tomorrow's post. It might be dull due to the fact nothing's really happening as I have a day off, but none the less, stay tuned.
You guys rule! (Even though at the moment...no one's reading, still thanks if you are :D )
So here it goes, my blog about what it's like living with Autism. Now in truth, I have Asperger's Syndrome not Autism, but it is still on the spectrum. One thing that always gets me though is the fact not enough people realize Asperger's Syndrome is a part of the Autism Spectrum and as such can be classified as Autism.
Now a little about me; I'm 21 and live and go to school in London, Ontario, Canada. I'm currently in third year of a Psychology degree, which is ironic if you think about it that I'm going into helping people with difficulties like autism, OCD, everything, and yet I have something myself. But if you think about it, living with autism gives me a better view at what it's like living with and being treated differently because of said disability.
Now why this blog? It's simple, every day something different happens influenced by my disability. I've lost friends, alienated myself, had difficulties in school, had problems with my parents. All of these things have influenced me, but at the same time, they have made me a better person and made me more aware of the world around me. So this blog is going to show what it's like living with autism. I find that these days there are so many people who are either living with Autism, or the parents of those living with autism. But the problem these days is there are many books and reports of psychologists talking about how to deal with a child who has autism, but how can that really help? They don't have the disability, they don't know what it's like. So in this blog I will tell you what happened to me that day, and hopefully it will give a better insight for parents, teachers, and many other people as to what Autism is like.
So let the blogging begin. Expect my next post tonight around 10 or 11PM.
I'm a 22 year old student at King's College at the University of Western Ontario. I've been a member of students councils for the past 8 years of my life, including Communications Coordinator and Website Commissioner. I'm in Psychology at Western, and have a big passion for acting. I'd love to get into movies if I could, but for now, I'm just living life and loving my friends and the productions I'm in at school :).
