Friday, April 30, 2010

A Little Night Music

Hey Everyone!

I hope everyone is doing well. My life is going relatively fine, and I'm in a relaxed state which is wonderful. Summer vacation is just absolutely exciting being done so early, the end of April I mean. Knowing that I have four months of complete freedom is absolutely the best thing I could ask for.

Now my day consisted of sleep, work, and watching some television. Autism-wise, I think the only thing that really happened was lingering on talking about my schooling with Chris's mother as we often chat after I drop him off.

Now here's a nice little war story (don't ask why I wrote this, I don't know lol) that I submitted for the Creative Writing course.

" The war has been going for five years, and I am here in the middle of it. I’ve watched countless people die on both sides. Watching people strewn across the battlefield, their eyes gazing at me with pity, yet dark due to their life having left them. Their expressions have left them, their minds are blank, their dreams and hopes for the future shattered because of this chaos.

I remember this one soldier I met the other day, a young boy, someone who couldn’t be older than eighteen years, shorter than me, thinner at me, only beginning his time in this battlefield, his face appearing to be the face of a fourteen year old. ‘How can someone this young be subjected to this horror?’ I asked myself, but he answered that question with a bright-eyed smile, ‘To protect my family!’ It broke my heart to hear that the boy joined the war to protect his family who was on the other side of the world. To think it would only be two years later that that boy would die. I saw it happen, and I remember it like it was yesterday. He had just been stabbed by a blade and was on the floor of the tent, bleeding profusely. He looked up at me with sorrow and pain, not believing he was dying as he hadn’t lived his life. I couldn’t bear to see him this way, the life fading from his body and his eyes growing dark. He asked me to tell his parents he loved them, and I agreed but I truly did not know how I could tell his parents their son was dead. If it were me, it would be a devastating blow and I can imagine that’s how it will be for them.

Now two years later, I’m still here in this war, watching the skies turn dark from the smoke of bombs, the land that was once full of grass, lush and green, is now barren and brown. Everyone’s faces, so youthful and full of vigor, now looking old and withered. Why? Why has this war gone on so long? We entered believing it would be a brief bout, last maybe a couple days, or months at most, and now it’s been five whole years.

This war given me a lot to think about however, more than I would normally think about in a year. When people get hurt, they learn to hate. When people hurt others, they become hated and are wracked with guilt. But it seems that knowing that pain allows people to be kind, and in turn pain allows us all to grow. I’ve seen people in this war be kind to children of this country simply because they’ve experienced the pain of this war and know what they’re causing the children is just as painful. But how we grow in this world is up to us. Once you know pain and think about that pain, you can try and find the answer of how to stop it. The problem is, one after another people still are dying, because finding the answer to stop pain is beyond our comprehension. Just by living, we hurt others in the attempt to avoid being hurt ourselves. Our very existence ensures that hatred will never disappear. Peace and harmony don’t exist, not in this tainted world. I think though that it’s no longer about bringing peace to the world necessarily, it’s about bringing peace to ourselves before we can even attempt to bring peace to this world. If we have hatred inside, if we have pain inside, we will never be able to bring peace because all we’d wind up doing is bringing our pain and hatred with it, starting over this endless cycle once more. I’ve had it with this pain and hate-filled world, and I can’t bear to watch this endless cycle go on any longer. I know it might mean the end of me, but I think that if I can end this meaningless war, losing my life will be worth it. This endless chain is like a curse for the world, but no longer. I will end this curse, and if any kind of peace exists, I will grab hold of it and never let go.

These thoughts I’ve had, have been developing over the past several years of being here. While I realize that they may be immature, or childish to think, but I truly believe I can put an end to this fighting. That peace is out there and I intend to find it no matter what it takes, even if I have to sacrifice my life to achieve it. I’d rather my own family live and enjoy the peace, then have to live in fear the rest of their lives. They may be safe on the other side of the world right now, but how long will it be before the war is brought to them. It’s already taken over nearly half of this side of the world, so I will stop it before it reaches anything else. For freedom, for justice, for life, I hereby swear in writing, that I will end this war by any means necessary."
Some of the ideas about pain and such, are actually referenced from the manga Naruto as I liked how they put it and everything.

That's all tonight!
Sean




Thursday, April 29, 2010

Without You

Hey Everyone,

So today I've been doing some thinking and for today's post, rather than doing something about my day, I just want to post a beautiful song that I really inspires oneself to dream basically.

"I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest swing.
I had a dream.

Long walks in the dark through woods grown behind the park, I asked God who I'm supposed to be.
The stars smiled down on me, God answered in silent reverie. I said a prayer and fell asleep.

I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest tree.
I had a dream.

Now I'm old and feeling grey. I don't know what's left to say about this life I'm willing to leave.
I lived it full and I lived it well, there's many tales I've lived to tell. I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now to fly from the highest wing.

I had a dream."

And here's the video featuring pictures from Bride Wars. The singer's name is Priscilla Ahn. Sorry for the video being slightly cut on the side, it's just due to Blogspot:



Edit: Okay okay, I changed my mind. Basically today, I had a photo shoot with my old friend Lisa, and I had a blast with it. Following of course was me getting my blood work done that I had put off for so long just because I continually forgot to go but oh well, it's done now. After that was work with Chris as always, where we just finished off Bewitched and then watched New Moon. After this was basically a really dull evening of video games, tutoring and watching some tv.

The only autistic thing I can think of that happened was me finding it difficult to sleep once more because I had to be home alone for the night as my parents went away for the night. They're back soon so I'll be fine sooner or later, just tonight was difficult.

Anyway that's all tonight!
Sean




Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Birthday Are Fun :D

Hey Everyone!

So my 22nd birthday was awesome in my opinion. I got cards from my family members, went out to dinner and to the movies to see Kick-Ass with one of my best friends, Jean, and then came back and watched Star Trek. It was a good time all in all.

Autism-wise was that I at times interrupted Jean a couple times more than I should have. She didn't mind of course, but I still wished I hadn't.

I can't really say much else today. Sorry people :(

Have a great night!
Sean





Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Happy Birthday to Me (It's April 28 As I write)

Hey Everyone!

So wow lovely day in my opinion, though not really. On the upside, there was another wonderful episode of GLEE, in which Kristin Chenowith reappeared, and Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel) sang to Corey Monteith (Finn Hudson) in the most awkward of ways but it was extremely hilarious.

However, on the downside, the real suck part of the day was the moving out of my friend's place. We had to do sweeping of dust which aggravated my allergies. Then we had to try and chop up this couch which didn't work out so great because the spring wouldn't break, and as a result we had to leave the couch which will mean the landlord will have to deal with it. Which to me is fine, because she caused my friend and even myself, so much freaking trouble it wasn't even funny. And now she's out of luck because everyone has left the place and no one is moving in, so oops for her.

Autism-wise, the only thing that happened was I realized that I'm a little out of sorts today because I no longer have an agenda per week. It's now so up in the air that my mind is trying to adjust to it. I'll get into the swing of summer soon, but at the moment I'm just out of sorts.

That's all for tonight.
Sean




Monday, April 26, 2010

It's Coming...

Hey Everyone,

So question for everyone, why do we celebrate birthdays? Yes, yes, we've turned another year older and are developing more mentally everyday, maturing in our minds and erm...bodies. But anyhow, why do we celebrate growing older? Personally I think it's simply a factor that we celebrate that we are getting older and wiser and as a result will be able to look back on our years with more sensibility and respect, and also will be able to critique things in the past we've done that we felt could have been done differently. But what is your opinion on this? Am I right? Or do you think we celebrate birthdays for a completely different reason?

Why am I asking this question of you? It's quite simple, tomorrow is my 22nd birthday. Shocking no? 22 years I've been on this planet and frankly I simply can't believe that I'm 8 years away from the big 30. So anyway, that's basically all I have to say about this matter, and I want you to just think about why we celebrate birthdays. Maybe you'll get some ideas and want to share. If not, then share them with your friends :).

Just so you know, I may do this once in a while from now on. Instead of talking about my day, I'll ask you guys and gals questions to think about, or just talk about something I've been thinking about myself.

Autism-wise, today the only thing that really happened was going to London I accidentally forgot my key to my friend's place, and since I felt so bad about it I kept bringing it up when my Dad and I drove back home. He eventually told me not to worry about it, and it's not as though he had to go home to St. Thomas to grab my key and bring it back so I could stay the night because of an exam, we just needed to get in there to grab the last few things so I could leave the place as my friend was moving out of said place and therefore I obviously couldn't stay there anymore.

So night everyone!
Sean




Sunday, April 25, 2010

I Wonder...

Hey Everyone,

So I've been thinking these days, why do I write in this blog? I think to me it's a way for me to express how I'm feeling each day and the struggles I go through. Over the past seven months, you've seen me go from having the structure in which I told you all what I did at each hour and for how long and as you all know, it was boring and basically a snooze fest to read. However, upon bringing my blog over to Salon.com, I was challenged by the lovely people at Salon to break free of the constraints of my structured writing and just make the sky the limit. So that's what I did.

Now, because I've broken free, I can express whatever I'm feeling. Disappointment, happiness, boredom, anger (which I rarely express :P), or anything else on the rainbow of emotions. But one thing I've come to realize and understand is that I'm actually quite good at this writing thing. Thanks to a certain writer on Salon, my blog was submitted as an editor's pick, and he even showcased me on his own blog which I am deeply appreciative for. I also have picked up over 2,250 views on Blogspot, and over 1800 views on Salon, so in total, over 4000 views. I truly am thankful for my faithful readers because without you, there would be no reason to continue my blogging. I hope you will see me through the next several months of blogging as I plan to end this blog when I reach a year of posts on Salon, which should fall around January. This means to my readers on Blogspot that you still get me for another 8 months, which is four more than I was originally planning as I had intentionally planned for just a year on Blogspot (which would have finished in September). However, since I couldn't let myself just stop after only 8 months on Salon, I have decided to end this blog on January 3, 2011. I just felt I needed to insert these two paragraphs so you know. And yes, I do realize I repeated myself about continuing the blog twice :P.

My day itself was relatively uneventful. I worked with Chris as always, which we basically just finished up Night at the Museum and moved on to watching Bewitched (the Nicole Kidman film). It's kind of funny that I like this film, especially since the connection between Kidman and Ferrell is absolutely atrocious and it's no wonder they won a Razzie award for worst film couple the year this was released (I think it was 2006 or 07?). But oddly enough, I still enjoy it just because it's that bad, and also because I love both Nicole Kidman and Kristin Chenowith who co-stars in this movie. By the way, if someone ever tells you they're a witch, don't EVER tell them in response you're a "clippers fan". Just saying :P

Anyway, aside from that it was a pretty laid back day. I had some dinner, played some Assassin's Creed and yeah, that's about it. The autism thing was my repeating above, basically me lingering on a topic, and therefore going around in circles.

That's all folks!
Sean




Saturday, April 24, 2010

GLEE Audition!

Hey guys,

So I auditioned for Glee today and I'm including a link so HOPEFULLY you guys can vote for me. Unfortunately you stupidly need a myspace account (who USES these anymore?) but yeah thanks to those who vote!

VOTE HERE

The only other things that happened today consisted of work, tutoring, and just enjoying the last day of sun till Wednesday (which luckily is also my birthday!!!).

Autism-wise I suppose the thing about it was that I once I was done with my Glee video, I kept bringing it up to my mother and she had to tell me to drop it because obviously I kept going on and on about it and that's kind of annoying.

Anyway that's all tonight!
Sean





Friday, April 23, 2010

Like A Prayer

Hey Everyone!

So today was a pretty dull day. I had to say good-bye to Lauren sadly, who had come over as I believe I said in my previous post. I also had to work with Chris again, and it was relatively quick, we watched Dreamgirls and then followed it up by watching Night at the Museum.

When I got home, my parents and I headed and saw Date Night. It was an absolutely hilarious movie, and I would definitely recommend anyone who likes comedy to see it. It isn't a romantic comedy really as you'd think from the title, it's basically pure comedy and Steve Carrell and Tina Fey are such an amazing comedic pair. So plain and simple: GO SEE THIS MOVIE! If I am wrong, then I truly apologize.

Autism...autism...I guess only thing that really happened was that I wasn't concise about what I was trying to talk about to do with council. Some things have arisen and I just am unsure what to do...And if any council members are reading this please don't jump to conclusions.

Anyway, night all.
Sean




Thursday, April 22, 2010

Ballad of the Wind Fish

Hey Everyone!

Hope everyone's week is going well. My day was quite busy actually since I was moving my stuff out of my friend's place as obviously I had moved some stuff in there. I just didn't realize though how much I had accumulated. Go figure :P. So after that was all done it was time to hang out with Lauren which took a while since she had to get ready. But the benefit was I got to drive in London for the first time on my own. It was a bit frightening but at the same time invigorating knowing that I was driving in London on my own.

It's quite funny that I did so well (obviously since I'm back in St. Thomas :P) seeing as how back when I drove in London in Grade 11, I wound up veering off when trying to switch a lane and wound up on the curb, now of course at the time it was frustrating. But when I look back now, to me it's just a laugh riot :P.

When we did get back to St. Thomas we headed to dinner at Boston Pizza, picked up Avatar and the video game Scene It, and then headed home to watch/play both. We also watched Grease (which is what we're actually doing now).

Autism-wise, I think the only thing that happened was....I think I just got frustrated over stuff to do with moving because of my distaste and lack of muscle strength. I didn't have a spaz attack but I did kind of get frustrated and raised my voice at my mom. I know, I know, a lot of people hate moving, but I'm sure not EVERYONE has spaz attacks or raises their voices over nothing. But maybe I'm wrong and it wasn't autism lol.
Anyway,
Night All!




Wednesday, April 21, 2010

First Day of Summer!

Hey Everyone!

So today was my first day of summer vacation and it was WONDERFUL. I slept till 3PM to start off with which was wonderful. I then got up and took my writings in for the Creative Writing course. I hung out with Lauren for a little bit in the library as well, though I don't know how she is able to get through these exams. If I still had them I'd probably go insane. I then just headed home, cleaned up around the house, and watched television.

My autism details for today are actually instead going to look into the past in one of the writings I submitted. So here it is:

"My life has been full of twists and turns, one that has never taken me the same way twice. I was born as a healthy child but that changed a short time later when I started becoming ill frequently, putting me in and out of the hospital consistently. By the time I was four, I had been in the hospital at least eight times. It was at this same time that I came down with rheumatic fever, a condition that probably changed my life forever.

Following the rheumatic fever, I changed socially. When I was once a socially active chatterbox, I withdrew into my own world, and while I did in some ways keep that bubbly baby boy that I was, I still was different. It wasn’t until I reached the end Grade 3 that my life changed around and returned to how it once was. I made several friends, and it was as though all those who one might consider “popular” had finally deemed me as someone to become friends with.

It was Grade 4 where I truly started reaching my stride and discovering the person I really was. That year they held a talent show for all of us and at the beginning of the year, my new friends and I were planning on performing a dance and singing number to the Backstreet Boys’ “Backstreet’s Back” for the talent show. As the year went on however, more and more of my friends dropped out of doing the performance, until it wound up only me as the remaining member who wanted to perform. I showed my confidence that year and performed on my own in front of the entire school and got a standing ovation both because of the guts I had to perform on my own but also because apparently I actually had the talent to put on a great show.

Just from reading you can probably tell that performing breaks me out of the shell that developed when I was younger. What developed, to be clear, was Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism that should have inhibited my social skills. While it did in some ways inhibit my skills at knowing what is and isn’t socially appropriate to talk about, at the same time I still do great at socializing. It’s actually through performing that I have been able to learn how to best present myself and also make friends with people of the same interests. This doesn’t mean that I haven’t had difficulties though when it came to socializing. In high school it was harder to be involved in what I was skilled at and that’s where the hardest part of my life happened.

At the beginning of high school, it wasn’t that difficult to make friends, nor was it difficult for me to continue the friendships I had with the friends I already had. But as the years went by, I started finding certain people abandoning me because as I later found out, I said the wrong things to them, talked to them in the wrong tone without realizing it, and also getting into their personal spaces. It wasn’t until later, when someone decided to make a group of people who “hated” me, that I learned who my true friends were who didn’t judge me for how I acted, and those who just pretended to be my friends. I will admit, it was difficult though for me to find this out, and of course it was an eye-opener. But to tell the truth, I’m glad I found out none the less so I knew who to stay with and who to not listen to.

I think the other problem I’ve constantly had in my life is while I have many friends, and make friends easily, I still feel as though I’m an outcast. I try for many things over and over again, Students Council, the Big Purple Couch, and other things and yet I don’t get them no matter how many times I try. I think the main reason for this is simply because I am not the type of person who wants to party all the time like those who are voting for the people who get the positions. I don’t go out to the party events everyone goes to because that is not who I am. I am a people person, but at the same time I’m a people person when it comes to those of my own interests which is in the arts and performance.

So this is my life in a nutshell and I have to say it’s sometimes more than I can handle, but I still do it because I know that there’s something in store for me in the future. I truly believe that my Asperger’s will help me in the future because I see the world in a different light. I better understand what people with disabilities go through, and while they may not be the same as what I have, but I still understand the astigmatism people experience just because they are different."

Thanks for reading!
Sean




Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Third Year Complete, Fourth Year, HERE I COME!

Hey Everyone!

So boring day today but the best part of it is that I'm finally done my third year of University and I still can't believe it's done. I woke up today just thinking, 'in less than eight hours I'm going to be done third year', and just finding it unbelievable. Time has gone extremely first, I remember starting my first speech class ages ago, and now not only is that class over but so is everything else.

How was the exam? It was interesting. It was difficult but at the same time was not completely impossible. I think I at least did fairly well and I definitely did higher than just "a pass" (50%). I think I definitely got higher than that thankfully.

I then got to see Glee, the Madonna episode, which was absolutely the best episode of the series EVER. I don't think ANYTHING will ever live up to it. :D

Autism-wise, I think you can see where it happened. Me constantly going over in my head fifty times over that I can't believe school is over XD.

Night all!
Sean




Monday, April 19, 2010

Why Do I Do This to Myself?

Hey Everyone!

So I really need to stop going to bed so late at night because it is just draining every bit of energy I have. But for now, exams are almost over. Only one more tomorrow and then I can enjoy my summer thankfully.

I had a relatively enjoyable day today. I went to a party for my brother's baseball team and got to see my nephew again. What was also interesting though was that Chris and his family was there too so that was a surprise.

Autism-wise, not much happened except that I wound up going on and on about the writings I'm doing to get into the Creative Writing class at my school. They only take 20 students and no more than that, based on their work, so here's hoping I get in.

That's all for tonight!
Sean




Man I'm Getting Behind

Hey Everyone!

I apologize for constantly getting behind in these posts, but that's exams for you. Anyway it was a pretty boring day yesterday anyway. Work, which we just watched more of Dreamgirls, and then me studying for most of the rest of the night. The good news though was that Desperate Housewives was back so I at least got to see that. It was quite a shocker of an episode too.

Autism-wise, I think the only thing that really happened was me staying on the topic of Housewives too long and not knowing when I needed to stop.

Sorry for the short post!
Sean




Saturday, April 17, 2010

Kick-Ass

Hello All!

So I'm doing a little different tonight. My day was good but frankly after seeing Kick-Ass the movie, I have to say I just want to talk about it. Please note there will be spoilers, and I apologize for this.

Kick-Ass features a high school nerd basically who decides that, after reading too many comic books, he wants to become a hero to stop the bad guys out there. While admirable I will say he is quite misguided seeing as how he doesn't have super strength or anything along those lines, just a heart full of courage and we all know where that actually leads in real life..

Due to his efforts, three more heroes appear, Big Daddy, Hit Girl, and Red Mist, all with the idea of trying to emulate Kick-Ass, except that they have a heck of a lot more skills (or at least the first two) and kill without mercy, becoming more vigilante heroes than actual heroes.

The villain being a mob boss is the threat in this case and has an arsenal of henchmen and guns at his disposal as well as martial arts of his own. He really is an evil crook going so far as to try and kill Hit Girl (sorry for the spoiler) and ruthlessly beating down Kick-Ass and Big Daddy, or at least having his henchmen do so.

Anyway, all in all, GREAT movie, and there have been apparent talks for a sequel so that's of course fun too!

Only things I have to say about my own life is some idiot knocked on my trunk when I was driving through a merge area because apparently he thought it would be nice to walk onto the street when he CLEARLY saw me heading through. The idiot wasn't even THERE at first, so hence I had the right of way because he came out of nowhere. I don't even know why he knocked on my trunk, he wasn't even crossing in front of me and I tried to drive in front of him, he walked behind me and decides to knock on my trunk? Whatever, guy was an idiot anyway.

The only other thing is I luckily found out, God of War will be made into a motion picture so that makes me ECSTATIC. I just hope it's a total success and not a flop.

Anyway, that's all tonight!
Sean




Friday, April 16, 2010

Why? (It's just a question referring to the Chris time topic)

Hey Everyone!

So today, another dull day. It consisted basically of more studying, working with Chris, watching PS I Love You, and tutoring my neighbour again. Oh and trying to decide what video game to play because I for the life of me couldn't stick with one.

With Chris, the odd thing was I don't know if he had a good time, despite him saying that. Today he wound up asking me what time it was and when we would leave every five minutes, and at one point, within 40 seconds of asking. I really don't know if he doesn't compute time in his head, because it's just five minutes after asking it's like he doesn't even remember asking me. I don't know if this is autism, memory loss, or something else :S. Though with him, his big autistic thing is remembering obscure facts about movies and when movies are being released. As you know with autistic people (well, some may know, some may not) often are really good at knowing one thing, and it seems with movies, he knows a lot.

As for me, in case you can't tell for one thing, my big thing is video games, but more importantly I can call back things from over fifteen years ago out of the blue. So I have great memory...I just wish I could apply it to my tests :P. Oh and the only other good note is that I did really well for my music class. So now I'm just waiting on my marks for Clinical, Research, and Speech (though Speech will be amazingly high because of how well I did in most of my speeches) :).

Anyway, Night Everyone!
Sean




What is One Grain of Sand in the Desert? What is One Grain of Sand in a Storm?

Hey Everyone!

Sorry about missing yesterday, my fault, totally forgot about posting the entire day despite having talked to my grandfather about the blog. Go figure. Anyway, it was a relatively simple day actually. I studied a bit, read a bit, played some video games, and studied some more. I cannot WAIT for school to be over, though I haven't decided if I will or will not do the class as I wouldn't mind having a full summer :P.

Aside from the studying, and gaming and everything, I just tutored my neighbour again and he seems to be doing fairly well with everything. He isn't that bad at English like his mother thinks, he just needs to give himself time. That's basically everything there is to say. My only "autistic" thing is that I worry about possibly insulting his writing when I'm editing it for him. But I suppose that's just how it goes.

Night Everyone!
Sean




Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Oops...

Sorry I've been getting so behind in my blogs. With exams this week it's just been hard to keep up. I apologize greatly for doing this and I'll try to keep up again next week! (I will post this week, I'm just letting everyone know)

Wednesday was a relatively boring day. All that happened was me sleeping till 3PM, and then studied for quite a while since my exam is next Tuesday :(. I then just had fun playing Prince of Persia. I wish I could say my day was exciting, but it just wasn't. I think only thing that happened autism-wise was me being unable to know how to properly tutor the Grade 9 student next door in English as I didn't want to insult him or anything along those lines so I had to be wary of how to teach him.

That's all folks,
Sean




Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Exam Time

Hey Everyone,

This is for yesterday. Everything went okay, I had my exam in I/O Psychology and I kind of feel bad though because I thought I would've been fine with the exam, but sadly I found out today I got 65% in the exam despite thinking it would've actually wound up higher than 70. But oh well is really all I can say.

As for the rest of the day, I just spent it studying for Clinical Psychology which was so boring it wasn't even funny. I also though had a meeting of KP Executive and I felt it went extremely well, full of laughs and negotiations and just all around goodness.

Lauren and I headed up to Christina's to get some food and then headed back. I then dozed off from around 10:30 till midnight, watched South Park, and then wound up falling back asleep AGAIN until 3:30. I then studied a little more and headed to bed at 5AM till 8.

So that's all for tonight. Autism wise, I just laughed at a comment in the meeting because of an inside joke between Lauren and I. It was....awkward slightly. I don't know HOW it's autistic, but I think it was.

That's all,
Sean




Sunday, April 11, 2010

Study Time!

Hey Everyone!

Okay so after today, sooooo not happy about exams but at the same time I might be more ready than I thought I would be if I hadn't done it. Today was completely just studying in the library with Lauren and Matt for tomorrow morning's exam. We just went through all the material in only 7 1/2 hours in the library. I also found studying in the library a heck of a lot easier than at home because stupid television isn't right there in the way (thought technically it's my fault that I watch television sometimes).

Anyway, that really is all that happened today. Another successful day without autism getting in the way!

Thanks Everyone and sorry for such a boring and short post.
Sean





Saturday, April 10, 2010

Turnover...the "best" part of Council

Hello Everyone!

So today was Council Turnover where we switch from the old Students Council to the new one. It was a relatively normal meeting. We discussed the ending of the council, passed some motions, and had brunch at the Mandarin buffet which is probably what about Turnover I look forward to the most. It was a very long meeting though, going from 10AM until past 6:30PM and was still going on when I left at 6:30. I have to admit, there is one aspect that I just disliked about council. If you recall, I went for VP Operations whose duties include managing the policy committee, and I think one reason I didn't get it was because of not having experience with Policy Committee. The problem I'm talking about is because I once again did not get elected to Policy Committee. So I'm talking about this because it is a bit of hypocrisy. They tell me inadvertently that I need the experience on Policy Committee since this is basically the only experience I DON'T have...since I've been with council going on four years now, and 9 years altogether, and yet they don't vote for me to be on it. It seems that this happens every time though so I guess I'm just going to have to deal with it.

I'm not saying the three who got on it won't do a good job, I know they will, but it's just annoying that I have the most experience on council and working WITH the VP Operations, and yet, still nothing. But if I ever run for that again (I doubt I will, I'm just mentioning) then I will make note to them that they did not elect me into the committee so if I don't have that experience, it is because they made that happen, not me. The good thing though is apparently I got a relatively good amount of votes though so at least I still got votes. I apologize if any council members read this and it offends you. I'm not trying to be rude or anything, just stating my personal opinion that's all.

After council, and I must apologize for the rant, I just needed to say that. Anyway, after council was the final improv show of King's Players. It was a lot of fun and now we're here. I would have gone more into the improv show longer but that's basically all I'm saying.

Autism-wise, I suppose the thing that happened was my rant about council. I've been on about it most of the night and just can't leave it. Maybe I will at some point, but for now just can't get off it.

That's all tonight.
Sean





Friday, April 9, 2010

I See Trees of Green...no wait...SNOW?!

Hey Everyone!

So interesting news, it's spring now and yet it's snowing out annoyingly. It was a normal day, and I headed back home with my parents around 12 noon. I was so tired though that when I did get home, I wound up sleeping for five hours.. Though I did get woken up twice, once at three and another at four because my nephew Mason had come over. Funny thing is, whenever my mom brings him in to say "hi" (since he can't really talk yet, that's why I use the quotations) he began getting frightened. I think he just doesn't like how I look when sleeping or half-awake, so bedhead and such. It's quite funny in my opinion.

Work was fine, I took Chris to a dance that was held by Community Living Elgin. He didn't dance or anything but he just wanted to go for some reason. I think this was where the autism sort of...came up, because I always got worried if like he was communicating with a girl because he kind of acts a little odd around girls, because he almost acts inappropriately around them. It's not his fault of course, just how his mind works and same with my being wary, it's how my mind works.

Anyway, that's all tonight!
Sean





Thursday, April 8, 2010

SCAVENGER HUNT!

Hey Everyone!

Today was so much fun it wasn't even funny...wait that's maybe a bit of an oxymoron but whatever. Anyway to begin with, unfortunately my whole interview with Miss World Canada contestant Andrea Sarevec didn't happen because she never showed up...how unprofessional, especially when the competition is also for charity and she was suppose to be here promoting said charity. Anyway, I did however get to interview people from the Western Spur club which basically was a combo of philanthropy, sports, etc.

Once that was done I got some time back at home to study for my exam and then lost a $1.80 from the library because their damn printers were out of change! And what's more I lost $5.00 later in the day for what I'll explain in the next paragraph.

Around 5PM it was time for the (loosely affiliated) King's Players Scavenger Hunt. This consisted of things we had to do from proposing to someone in public, to doing the Macarena, to telling truths about ourselves, to rolling down UC Hill. Plain and simply, it was a blast. And for the first time in a long time, I won something, my team won the "competition". So I was thrilled. Following this lovely experience, we watched the videos of our journeys, and then the Making of Looking Glass Land (the play we put on in February). It was a great time and though we didn't finish till about 2:30, it was just a thrill. So I have to say I can't wait for the production next year!

Hope everyone had a great day! And no autism today, because I really just want to explain how much fun and not say what brought the day down possibly because nothing did. It was just an amazing time!

Night everyone!
Sean




Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Falling Asleep

Hey Everyone!

So I'm going to make this quick since I've been slowly falling asleep during the day. It was a relatively easy day, since I had no classes or anything like that. I headed up to Main however as I had to pick up a DVD of my Purple Shorts production and then do my self-evaluation of my final solo which wasn't SO bad. I then headed back to King's and got back home.

I didn't really do TOO much aside from study for my classes, finish my Ethics Proposal and that was basically it. Oh and I get to interview a girl who is in the top 10 of Miss World Canada tomorrow around noon which I think is great. It's my first interview with TV Western and I'm quite happy since TV Western is shutting down so I get one of the last interviews!

Autism-wise, I stayed up way too late. I just can't really think of anything else as my brains practically dead :P.

Night everyone!
Sean





Tuesday, April 6, 2010

How Can I Live Without You?

Hey Everyone!

So how was my Tuesday you might ask? Well it wasn't that bad. I had my usual classes and headed up to Talbot College close to music class. Since Emily, the class accompanist, had to cancel my practice on Monday, I had my practice just before class. Unfortunately when I got to class I found out that I unfortunate was going to go third last which of course sucked since it meant I had to wait forever to go. I sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables, and I thought it went quite well minus me missing a line simply because the verse and the one after it were so similar.

Following music class, I just headed home since I still had to study for my exams next week. That really is everything to say :)

Autism-wise, I think all that happened really was maybe lingering on some topics more than needed? I think that was it.

That's all folks!
Sean




Monday, April 5, 2010

We're Closed!

Hey Everyone!

So wonderful day today in my opinion. I woke up and was able to finish the slideshow to go with my final speech :). I got to London around 3:30 and headed over to the music building as I was to have rehearsal with Emily (my accompanist) for my final solo. However, when I got there I found out that the rehearsal was canceled as she had an engagement to play for, which means my practice with her will be tomorrow, thirty minutes before class. You can probably guess, I'm a little frustrated by this.

I walked back to the variety store to get milk and some food for dinners this week, and then headed back home. I transferred the files onto my zip drive for class and headed to said class.

Speech went amazingly. My speech on how media interprets love and how we rely on it, was according to my friends my best speech in the entire year which I am SO thrilled to hear. Here's hoping I do really well on it!

Finally myself, John, Marlene and our Professor all headed to Christina's for dinner to celebrate (and mourn :P) the last class of the year. Unfortunately it was closed for Easter, so then we headed to the Wave, the partially classy restaurant in the University Community Center, but IT was closed too! So finally we just headed to the Spoke pub downstairs (the Wave is on the second floor) and had dinner there. We had a great time talking about where we see our futures, King's Players direction, and just a multitude of topics. It was great just sitting down and chatting with our Professor for a long time.

Then John just took me home and here I am.

Autistic-wise I think only time it "sprung up" was me just doing my whole aggravation when I couldn't finish my sentence because I was being interrupted.

That's all folks!
Sean




Sunday, April 4, 2010

Can I Have This Dance?

Happy Easter Everyone!

So for today, I have to say it wasn't the most eventful Easter but it wasn't bad or anything. I woke up to find my aunt and grandfather at my house so obviously had to quickly take my shower. I played GOW III again but for only about 20 minutes, definitely the shortest amount of time I've ever played a game :P.

I took Chris to Wendy's again, but the only thing I can say is it's kind of unfortunate that despite both his parents and my trying to teach him proper manners, he still eats with his mouth wide open. No one at the restaurants we visit ever complains, but I'm sure some wonder why he's opening his mouth...

After this I wrote my speech for class. It's my final speech and I'm doing it about love and it's image through media, including literature and television/film.

Oh and autistic-wise, the only thing that happened was when I unfortunately found out I didn't get the co-host position, but they did ask me to come to an info meeting to stay involved, I told my Mom interrupting her conversation with my aunt and grandfather which really wasn't the best idea...but it's just wired into me. I stupidly always don't think, hey my parents are on the phone or talking to someone, don't interrupt. Instead I just go in and talk, yet I don't know why.

So that's all for tonight!

Sean




Saturday, April 3, 2010

TGIF & Saturday

Hey Everyone,

I thought I had posted yesterday but I guess I forgot too...oops. My Friday was fine, starting with me sleeping in and my Dad had to wake me up as a result having come to pick me up from my friend's place. That was embarrassing in my opinion, because my roommate was there.

I thankfully headed back to St. Thomas and played God of War 3 up until I had to head off to work where I went to Wendy's followed by home to watch the rest of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 that we had started two weeks ago. It was a dead zone in St. Thomas because of Good Friday and there really wasn't many cars around at all so it was quite easy and safe driving as a result.

The night just concluded with more God of War 3.

Today I got to see How to Train Your Dragon and it was SUCH an awesome movie! I really suggest everyone go see it because it really is a movie for anyone. Rotten Tomatoes.com even gave it a 98% which beat out even Avatar! So there you go, it's great. I also have been working on my ethics proposal for Research Methods as it's my final assignment due Thursday.

I'll talk to you all tomorrow!
Sean




Thursday, April 1, 2010

Believe in Yourself

Hey Everyone!
So Thursday was a good day for sure. I definitely had a lot of fun because of two main reasons.

The first is because I had my audition to be on the Big Purple Couch (the official talk show of the University Students Council at my school) as a co-host and I thought it went so much better than last year. Last year I stumbled a bit, wasn't sure what to say, and was nervous quite a bit. THIS year however I had so much fun with it. I went up there and just chatted with the host Ali as though I'd known her for a while and actually got to know her more through the conversation. I don't know yet if I'll actually get the position as there were 17 people trying out including me and that's going to be difficult to decide from but I do hope mine was one of the top choices :P.

The other reason that I had fun but also experienced a bit of sadness was because I had my first executive council meeting of King's Players (myself having been made Vice-President of Membership Affairs and Attendance) which went quite well. We went over the agenda which I thought was very well laid out and I'm now just absolutely thrilled about King's Players next year. We also had our final King's Players meeting of this year which is the sad part because it means I have to wait five months before I get to return to improv :(. It was still a lot of fun, and the visit to Christina's Pub once more was fun as always. I'm going to miss it a lot but at least we still have the scavenger hunt next week which will go okay I think unfortunately for us our weather drops down to 9 degrees Celsius, whereas today it was 20 degrees Celsius so it's going to be unfortunate that the temperature chooses that night to drop. But at least it's not in the negative numbers or even low single digits.

Autistic-wise I think the only thing that might have happened was me doing my whole getting aggravated when I'm trying to say something and the person who is talking keeps talking and to me I'm sitting there thinking "LET ME TALK!". But I suppose that's how it goes.

Night Everyone! Also the post for Friday I won't be able to write until later because well I'm going to bed (it's actually Saturday early morning right now as I write this :P)
Sean