The Day You Slipped Away

Hey so how was my day you might ask? It's quite simple, lame as anything. Whether waking up from a phone call at 12PM to dealing with my friend's landlord, it was anything but not exciting.

Class happened at 5:30 and was quite boring because all we learned about was measurements for Psychology Research. Following this class I went home and chatted with my mother a bit and now watching television.

Autism-wise, I was also just worried I was stressing my friend Lauren out with some matters that I can't discuss on here, which was pretty silly.

However, there was one thing that happened tonight after I posted this. I found out that a friend both Lauren and I had...had passed away. We found out from his best friend and he was only 25...I only knew him for a short while. Sure lots of talking on MSN but Lauren and I only met him in person once, but he was one of those people who you can't help but call your friends even if you hang with them for one day. If any of my friends reading this are wondering why they haven't heard of him before it was because while he was a really good person, I have a lot of friends and acquaintances so it's sometimes difficult to talk about all of them and since he didn't go to Kings or Western like most of my friends, he went to Fanshawe, so I never really had to bring him up. However, I'm still pretty sad about this as this has been the first friend I've ever really lost permanently. Not someone who just drifted away because of going to different schools or just different interests, but one I'm never actually going to see again.

Sean

I Am Changing

So I'm going to try and change it up today. I am actually kinda tired of using the same thing over and over again. Yes I got up at 1PM like usual however I'm not going to give you a chronological detailed post about my whole day.

Learning about Clinical Psychology (my first class of the day) is definitely interesting, especially when our guest speaker arrived. We got to hear about what she does for a living, which included helping teens who are going through psychological issues including both suicide and even hearing voices in one's head. I found her an extremely interesting guest speaker and definitely wouldn't have passed that class up.

For Vocal Music class I got a chance to sing my solo, just 8 measures, and then listened to other people. Many people, including myself, need work, though some more than others but not trying to be rude. I've had ten years of professional singing training so hopefully that entitles me to critiquing without sounding like a jerk. I then found my partner, Jessica, for the ensemble piece we have to do from class. I suggested True Colours though we may do something from musical theatre which could just be as good. We even joked about doing a duet of Popular from the Broadway smash hit, Wicked. :P

As for autism today, it was a matter that I swear I thought I was bothering the girl I sat next to in music class as it seemed like I was annoying her. Hopefully not, but yeah that was the only thing :P

Have a great night everyone, and I hope you liked the format of this post.

Sean

Gimme a Break

Hey Everyone!

So I woke up today around 1PM and did my usual prepping for the day. At 4:10PM I headed up to main campus for a music lesson, and while I was early, I got the chance to practice with my accompanist.

Following this I headed back to Kings for my Speech class, starting with my classic rhetoric test. It was quite a short lasting test and I finished in twenty minutes because it was basically based on the sheet we had been given so it was mainly a memorizing sort of test.

During speech class, we finished the monologues with me finding out I got 90% on my monologue last week! We also then talked about our next speeches which were going to be persuasive speeches. We then told some speeches to get people emotionally invested, but they were so depressing that it just drained my energy from me...

I then went over to Lauren's for a bit and just chatted about some things. And then headed home where I am now.

Autism-wise I think the only thing that happened was I let the influence of television and internet keep my brain over-stimulated. Hence I got to bed at 5AM which is why I'm so tired right now.

But anyway,
Night all!
Sean

Hold Your Dreams, Don't Ever Let It Go

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So I got up at 9AM and had my usual shower. Following said shower, I got ready to head to London as I had a LOT to do today.

At 10:30 my parents took me to London and at 12PM I had my Acting workshop. We learned a lot about facial and body expressions. We also learned about pretending to have an emotion we didn't have, such as insincerity which I tend to overplay it a little...

After the workshop, I had practice for Purple Shorts. This one went till five o' clock because we got locked out of the room for around an hour or so. I think I'm getting there but I need to still work on being off-book and not over expressive.

Once practice was done I headed to Students council at 6:30PM. While there was ONE specific motion I wanted revoked I won't really know how that went since I left early.

After council, I headed home and waited for Desperate Housewives, however turns out it was a repeat because of football tonight.

Autism-wise, I got worked up because it was such a long day. It took quite a bit of time for me to calm down because I had so much stimulation during the day.

That's all for tonight!
Sean

This is What Dreams Are Made Of

Hey Everyone!

Okay so what happened today...hmm. I woke up at 11AM and headed to the shower as usual and then headed out at 12PM to pick up Chris. I took him to Wendy's again, and then we headed to the mall. While there I got our movie tickets to The Tooth Fairy while he went to the bookstore to look around. When I went to get him, as usual I found him in the baby/toddler/children books section. (We're talking Dora the Explorer, and the ten page cartoon books of different movies). So then I took him with me when he was finished back to the theatre and we went in to see The Tooth Fairy.

The movie was actually really good, and while the critics hated it, if you have kids I'd definitely take them to see it, and you might even like it too. Myself, I love movies like that so I didn't mind one bit seeing it.

After the movie I took Chris to Rogers to drop off the movies I rented, and then took him home. I then headed up to Scotiabank to do some financial business and yeah, turns out they're closed on Saturdays unlike TD Canada Trust. (And no, it wasn't after hours, they're actually closed Saturdays -_-).

ANYWAY, I headed home and watched television, played Kingdom Hearts 2, and now I'm watching Ice Princess :P. I also found out I got the position of Website Commissioner on Students Council!

That's all for tonight!
Sean

Scotty Doesn't Know, so Don't Tell Scotty!

Hey Everyone!

Short day today for the blog so everyone knows. I woke up at 1PM though I wound up sleeping actually till 2PM. I had my usual shower and then headed downstairs to watch television until close to 4PM.

I picked up Chris at 4PM and headed to Wendy's with Chris. We then went to Pinafore Park, then followed it by going to my house to watch FAME.

After work, I headed home to have dinner (Pot Roast with Mashed Potatoes), and played Avatar The Game. I have to say, for such a fantastic movie, they created quite a horrible game. You wind up dying in a battle with a soldier just because of the guns, its pretty pathetic you can die so easily in around five seconds. Now here I am, watching Eurotrip.

Autism-wise, the only thing that really happened was my disruption of sleep today. My brain stayed active till around 5am and as a result couldn't relax so that I could get to sleep. Obviously it was unfortunate because it just sucks not being able to get to sleep. The only good thing, was that I didn't have to get up until around 2. It sucks though because tomorrow I need to be up for 12PM (meaning 10AM wake up) as I'm taking Chris to see The Tooth Fairy.

Night all!
Sean

PS: Oh and unfortunately I still don't know yet if I got Students Council yet so I'm still waiting....

Striving for Greatness

Hey All!

So I woke up at about 11:30AM as I had an interview for the King's Students Council to be their Speaker (the one who runs the meetings). I headed to King's at 1PM for my interview and I really think I did a great job. I made my points, I was conservative in my explanations, but I made a few jokes when needed. I don't know if I definitely will get it as I've tried before and didn't get in, for good reasons I'm sure, but I just can't stop. I never stop because of how much council means to me and how much each position I try out for means to me. Some people may question why I keep trying again, or say that I randomly choose positions to run for, but the fact is I only choose positions I want to be in. If I didn't care as much I would of run for something like Environmental Coordinator (not that I don't care for the environment, I just wouldn't really be in the position for the position itself). So here's hoping it works out.

After the interview I grabbed some lunch and headed home for a bit until my class at 3:30PM. It was a relatively boring class that even Lauren found dull and she generally pays attention but even she found it difficult so that's saying something....

After class my parents picked me up and we went to Red Lobster for dinner, but wound up only getting a small amount of food because they have upped their costs way too high. It's freaking ridiculous that the prices are THAT high.

My parents and I then headed home and I went out and rented Post Grad, which was just okay, The Invention of Lying (which if you look back a few months you'll know it's a funny movie), and Avatar: The Game. Now here I am, getting ready for bed.

Autism-wise, because my day was such a running around sort of day, my brain was over-stimulated and as a result I kind of wound up a bit more hyper than I should of. I just was talking what seemed like a mile a minute, but I guess what else can I say?

That's basically everything for today.
Night Everyone!
Sean

Save the Last Dance For Me

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So I woke up at 1PM and just basically stayed in my bed for a bit and my Mom and I talked briefly just about when we're having dinner tomorrow. And also about how I had succumbed and cleaned my friend's dishes even though I didn't really want to.

I then headed over to Kings because I needed to talk to my Disability Counselor to rebook another exam because I had had problems with the website once again. I've figured it out now, but I definitely had no clue about why it didn't work yesterday.

After this I headed to Main to talk with a counselor about some personal business that I'd rather not talk about on here if that's okay.

I then headed to the mall to do some grocery shopping and then came home. I headed to class at 5:30PM and just listened to the lecture and afterwords headed home. I watched American Idol. And I'm watching Toddlers and Tiaras right now and I just don't understand what the heck this show is. I mean the mothers put WAY too much pressure on their kids...it's ridiculous...

Autism-wise, I think really only thing that happened was that I was a bit wired after watching Idol so when I talked to Mom, I was a little more excited than I should of been.

That's all for today!
Sean

I'm Going In For the Kill, I'm Going In For the Thrill

Hey Everyone!

So I woke up at 1PM and talked to my Mom about a certain friend of mine who was not exactly being the cleanest of people. It was the same friend who's place I stayed at, and my friend expected me to clean up her dishes which was ridiculous. I did eventually clean her dishes, just because I could not bother with it anymore.

After this talk I headed to class at 3:30PM for Clinical Psychology. We learned about Clinical Diagnosis, and then I headed to the music library because I needed to figure out my second and third solos for my Foundations in Singing course. I knew I was doing House of the Rising Sun for my first course. My second solo I put down was Danny Boy but I can of course change it. As for the final solo, it can be a song from a film or musical theatre or anything similar to that. So I got music from Wicked, one that has many contemporary songs, and one with many Broadway pieces. Now I just need to pick one that's in my range.

At 7PM I headed to my vocal class and we just learned about how to prevent performance anxiety, effective practice methods, and breathing techniques. I found it really excellent because it would just really help me in my singing even more than where it is now.

After class I headed back to my friend's place and cleaned the dishes as I said, though it sure took forever but almost was a bit therapeutic in a way.

Once I finished that, now I'm going to bed.

Night all!
Sean

The Holiday

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So I woke up around 1PM and watched MadTV. I then headed to my shower and did the usual stuff. I then headed over to Student Services at Kings College to meet with my SSD counselor to book my quiz next Monday. Once that was done I then headed downstairs and got some food and then headed home.

Around 6PM I headed over to Lauren's so that we could head to Speech class. When at speech I sang Don't Stop Believing as my monologue and people loved it. They told me I had guts, my professor said I had perfect pitch and great intonation which I was glad to hear, and just was happy to hear a lot of people liked it. I think some of the cocky guys in the class who thought they were too good for school and for the class, seemed to have this look in their eyes like they were thinking "what a dork" but it's not like it matters. I love singing, and interestingly enough Lauren and a few people said that the whole social awkwardness of my Aspergers just disappears when I sing, and it's like it allows me to become someone else just like in acting.

Lauren and my other good friend in the class John also did really well with their speeches. Lauren, despite being nervous, was amazing in her speech from The Holiday, and she sounded exactly like Kate Winslett which was who's character she was speaking as. While John did a speech that was the opposite of his past speeches, it was a more serious monologue, but it still was fantastic.

After this I headed to Lauren's for a bit till I started feeling sick because my headache and sinus infection just started getting worse. I headed home and took a Tylenol, and now I'm home.

That's all for tonight!
Sean

Ruthless

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So I got up at 1PM and had my usual shower. I then packed up the stuff I'd need for the night as I had to head to my friend's place as tonight was going to be a long night. I headed down to London at 2PM.

I lounged around until about 6:30 when I then headed to Kings for Fashion Show practice, and I think I have figured out how to walk the best I can walk now.

I then headed over to the UCC for play practice for the Theatre Western festival of plays that I made it into for a read-through of the play I'm in, Ruthless, where I play Johnny, Ruth's dead best friend.

After the read-through I then had to cab it back to Kings as I was late for practice for Looking Glass Land. It went really well and we ended on time instead of late like last week.

I then came home and now am watching Talledega Nights.

Autism-wise, only thing that happened was again I couldn't let go a topic I was discussing with my best friend Lauren. It's a relatively important topic however due to personal reasons I can't list the actual topic on here.

Night all!
Sean

No Surprise

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So I woke up at 1PM after having a relaxing sleep, and had my shower. I wasn't working until 3PM so I got to take my time. I then headed back downstairs and watched some Will & Grace and laughed my butt off. After this I got ready to head out to pick up Chris.

I picked Chris up at 3 and took him to Wendy's again, and then to Pinafore, and finally back to my house to finish up Harry Potter. I think I may have to hide it for next week because without trying to sound rude, I just can only see that movie so many weeks in a row before going nuts.

After taking Chris home I came home for dinner, my fave once again (chicken and mashed potatoes) and then watched some of my Brothers & Sisters Season 2 DVD.

At 8PM I decided to go get FAME because I love the movie and it recently came out. When I got to Rogers they were out of the movie to rent so I decided to just buy it. I then came home and watched said film.

Autistic-wise, I suppose the thing that happened was I kept talking to my parents about the scams online and what to watch out for, but I didn't want to let the topic go until my mother told me that was enough. So I stopped and went downstairs.

Here we are, so night all!
Sean

Fly Me To The Moon

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So I woke up briefly at 11AM which was annoying as I hadn't gotten much sleep yet. I then went back to sleep for a while. To be clear I was at my friend's place last night as I had King's Players last night. I finally got up at 1PM so that my Dad could come pick me up and take me home as I worked tonight.

I got home at 3PM and got ready for work. I then headed out at 4PM to take Chris out to Wendy's. I then took him to Pinafore Park and headed back to my house where we watched Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince some more.

After I took Chris home, I sang my song for my parents that I want to do for my monologue though my mother suggested a different song as the one I wanted to sing was slightly out of tune whereas the other song I can sing better.

I then played and finished off my game, Bayonetta. Now I'm here about to go to bed.

Night all!
Sean

Even In the Darkest Night, There Is Light

Hi Everyone!

So I woke up around 12PM and had my usual shower. I then had some tea while I waited for 1:30 to roll around. I then headed over to King's to meet with a counselor at King's so that I could figure out some more information about after Undergrad.

After this meeting I headed to class for 3:30PM and then finished up class and headed back home while I waited for King's Players.

At 10PM I headed to King's Players and had a great time playing the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. We also played World's Worst again, and a few other fun games.

Following this we headed to Christina's Pub and hung out and played some of our own games such as going around saying nouns that couldn't relate to one another. It was a lot of fun I must say. I then headed home and here I am, and I just had a power outage out of the blue but I don't know why :P.

Autistic-wise, I didn't want to drop a topic I was discussing with my best friend because it's an important topic in my opinion.

Oh and I also wanted to say I got in the Purple Shorts Festival in a play called "Ruthless". I'm so excited that I made it into the Festival!

That's all for today!
Sean

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Hi Everyone!

So I woke up at 12PM and had my usual shower. I then headed up to Main Campus of school and had an audition for the Purple Shorts Festival Theatre Western was putting on. I read a speech from Death of a Salesman, and then I was asked to read it with a bubbly personality. Then asked to do an evil villain's laugh to which I apparently scared everyone who heard it :P. I then had to do it in a British accent and this was where it got funny. I started in a random accent, then went into a Scottish accent, and then finally reached a British one. But at least I showed them all my accents I can do. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

After the audition, I headed to my next TV Western training and learned about the cameras they used, and then got to go around and train using the camera. After this I headed back home for a bit before my class.

I headed to my research class and actually found it quite fast-paced, not in a bad way, just that we moved through the slides really fast. Then we had our lab and that moved really fast as well.

Now I'm home again and headed for bed.

Night all!
Sean

The Game's Afoot!

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So I woke up around 12PM and did my usual shower and such and waited to hear from Lauren as we were going to see Sherlock Holmes at the theatre.

When Lauren and I headed to the mall we once again wound up in a hugely busy bus and so Lauren and I watched in annoyance as NO ONE would move to the back despite the fact more and more people were coming on. I'm sorry but does no one clue in there is still another TEN feet of space on the bus for you to move back to? Just because you don't want to be pressed against another person doesn't mean you need to be rude to other people by not making room for them! People get some manners and just get use to it. If you're only going to a nearby place, you're going to be against them for only a short time, so it's not that big of a deal.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie for a second time, and then we headed back home. I then headed to my Foundations in Singing class at 7PM. We learned about resonance and vocal registers, and then I headed back home.

Once school was done, I headed home and here I am relaxing :)

Obviously, my rant above about a bus is the autistic part of my day because it just was so frustrating, something so small like that makes me go into a rant.

That's all for tonight!
Sean

ZOMBIEPOCALYPSE!

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So I woke today at 3PM and had my shower as always, I then just watched Desperate Housewives, followed by MAD TV and then one of my other box sets.

At 6PM I headed to speech class, where I got to see some wonderful monologues. I just hope I can find out a good one for next week when I present mine.

After this I headed back to Lauren's and then headed to Western Film to see ZOMBIELAND which was a hilarious movie. Possibly one of the best comedies I had seen in quite a long time. When it was over I headed back to Lauren's and we figured out when to meet for tomorrow's trip to see Sherlock Holmes.

Now I'm back home, and I hate to say this was a short day.

Autism-wise the only things that came up was basically just me using the same outline for the blog.

Sorry everyone,
Sean

Time After Time

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So I woke up at 12PM and got ready to head to London as I had a lot of things to do in London at school. My parents and I left at 2PM and headed to London.

At 4PM, I went to Fashion Show practice. I'm getting better at my walk, but I need to be more confident with my walk. The fact is I doubt myself and as a result, I walk slightly with less stride or confidence. I realize this is just a case of me having done things in the pass because of my autism, which causes constant doubts in me, and therefore it travels through all parts of my life.

After practice, I decided to head to a students' council meeting as I am going for Speaker again because A: I miss Students Council a lot, and I believe I have the nature that is needed to take control of meetings. I just hope that everyone else will have that confidence in me. I find it funny that while with fashion show I have little confidence, I have an immense amount of courage and confidence with council because I've done it for so long. I've seen flaws and things done properly, and I really know I can do this sort of thing.

Following council I headed to play rehearsal. It was pretty much a two and a half hour practice and that's all there is to say about that.

I then came home and watched Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters. Both were great episodes.

Night Everyone!
Sean

Reach for the Stars

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So I got up at 11AM only to decide to sleep until 12PM even though I had work at 1. When I got up I did my usual shower thing and headed off to work. I took Chris to Wendy's once more and then headed through Pinafore Park before heading home.

When we got home we watched the ending of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, followed by some more of Harry Potter 6 which we hadn't finished last week. Chris behaved quite well compared to yesterday which was good and even asked if my mother was okay as she was asleep at the time.

After I took Chris home at 3PM, my grandfather came over and we had a nice dinner, and then I said good-bye to him when my parents took him home. I then played Bayonetta for the majority of the night after he left.

Autistic-wise, the main thing that happened today was when my mother asked me to bring my computer up to show Gramps some photos of where my cousin is going to medicine. However, I guess I rolled my eyes when she asked me this as if saying 'you're pissing me off, I want to watch television because I'm relaxed', which I guess is just a thing I do with my autism. I get absorbed into the T.V. and if someone asks me to do something when I'm in that state, I get relatively pissed off at them. It's a silly thing, but it's how I am.

Other than that, nothing else really eventful happened.

Night Everyone!
Sean

Eagle Eye

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So I woke at 1PM and did my usual shower thing. I then spent some time talking to my mom about just some random things that I prefer not to list on here. :P. I then went back downstairs and watched some television and had some breakfast. (Yes breakfast after 12PM).

I then headed to work at 4PM and took Chris to Taco Bell. We then headed to Pinafore Park, and then back to my house. We watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Chris was a little over active today in that I was gone getting dinner from upstairs for five minutes and he was going berserk making a lot of noise and hitting himself (not in a harmful way but just to stimulate his brain). Still it's odd that he can't even be alone for five minutes without freaking out.

After work I went to the metro (grocery store) to get some yogurt for my mother however I couldn't find the kind she was looking for. I then went to the bookstore and looked for Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Childs but they didn't have any. So I then came home, started watching the Hangover and couldn't get into it again so now I'm watching Eagle Eye. I apologize everyone that nothing to do with my autism happened today minus me actually feeling as though I need to tell you this, and also that I followed the same structure once more.

That's all for tonight!
Sean