No news in autism, except rambling to my mom after my first workout of the year :D. Oh and there was also a news report on the television stating that people with autism have their own unique genetic footprint, completely different from the unique footprints non-autistic people have which is quite interesting. I didn't catch the whole story sadly, but it's an interesting thing to hear about.
As for my rant, well it's quite simple...it's about us, the people and our government. Or should I say, what's happening in the United States, which while it doesn't really effect me, it still unnerves me. So basically, from the start either each year or every 2 or 4 years, etc, we go to the polls and vote on the people we want to represent us in our governments right? However, as things progress in said governments, sometimes our representatives, senators, governors, Presidents/Prime Ministers, etc vote for things we don't want and as a result, we get all upset and start putting petitions together to allow us to get an amendment to vote on these things ourselves. What I don't really understand though is this: If we voted for these people to represent us in our government so that we don't have to go to these proceedings weekly, then why are we complaining? We voted for these people to make decisions for ALL of us, and now just because some people are all pissed off with how OUR representatives voted, we decide "Oh let's now go and vote ourselves". So from this I have to ask you a question, if we want to vote on things ourselves....then WHY IN THE HELL DID WE EVEN VOTE FOR OUR REPS, OUR SENATORS, OUR GOVERNORS, OR OUR PRESIDENTS/PRIME MINISTERS?! It just makes no sense to me why we elected them and then when one little issue comes up that we don't like; gay marriage, abortion, marijuana legalization, etc, let's just go "we vote!" Well I'm sorry, YOU voted for these people to represent us in every decision, just because you don't like how that person voted, don't start getting in a pissed off mood. He or she's representing more than just you alone, he or she is representing EVERYONE in their county, district, their state/province, their country. So before you complain about one thing out of a thousand things they voted on, think about it, if you didn't have them voting for you, you'd all be the ones making all these decisions. (And I'm talking the frivolous decisions too like what road changes to make, you know, the really really boring stuff).
The Glee Season 1 Finale, all I can really say is just WOW. It was one of those blissful moments in life where you can't help but be glued to something, and feel so much emotion. And yes, I do realize I'm talking about a tv show. But I suppose it's because I've put my heart into Glee, that it's almost become my own Bible, that caused the emotion I felt in this episode. Prior to the finale, I couldn't help but feel both happy and sad; happy that it was the finale because I knew it would be amazing (that and I've been listening to the songs from the finale over and over since Friday), and sad because I realized it was ending and I wouldn't be able to see it again until September. 'But Sean, that's only three months away', you might say, but 3 months may go fast but it will still be sad that I won't be able to turn on the television on Tuesdays and see all the characters I've come to love.
The finale truly was amazing, with happiness, tears, and a bit of anticipated shock. The Glee Club, feeling unsure of themselves upon finding out Sue (Jane Lynch) is one of the judges at Regionals, have come to Will's (Matt Morrison) house to reminisce about the good times they've had in Glee Club. While the meeting was originally to choose the Regionals songs, they instead wind up in the depression and both Tina and Rachel are on the verge of crying. It isn't until as Will drives along the road that he hears Don't Stop Believing by Journey and remembers the beginning of Glee Club.
Rachel (Lea Michele) and Finn (Cory Monteith) meet on the stairwell and Finn tries to convince her that they need to still go to Regionals no matter if they lose or not, resulting in Rachel kissing Finn. They return to the choir room and are about to tell this to Will when he reminds them first of the journey they've gone through over the past year. He then tells them that they're going to Regionals and it doesn't matter if they win or lose, because winning doesn't matter, it's the journey they've been on that matters, and that they'll go to Regionals with a Journey medley.
Upon arriving at Regionals, the judges, which include Olivia Newton-John and Josh Groban, are introduced and another Glee club known as Aural Intensity perform a medley of Groban and Newton-John songs, causing New Directions to become worried once more. Thanks to a pep talk from Will and Rachel however, the club goes to the stage and performs a medley of Faithfully, Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin', and Don't Stop Believing.
Following the amazing performance which gave me goosebumps, they return backstage where Quinn (Dianna Agron) runs into her mother, who tells her she kicked Quinn's father out of the house for having an affair. Her mother tells her how proud she is of Quinn and asks her to come home, when Quinn tells her that her water just broke.
When we return to the show, Vocal Adrenaline are performing Bohemian Rhapsody. It's quite a chilling performance though because they blend it with Quinn in labour at the hospital, even going so far as to have Quinn yelling "Mama" "Let me go", and "No, no, no, no" in time with the song. It was quite an amusing way of doing the scene.
Rachel and Shelby (Idina Menzel), the Vocal Adrenaline coach and Rachel's mother, meet once more in VA's dressing room. Rachel tells Shelby that Vocal Adrenaline in no way will have won and asks her to come to McKinley to co-direct with Will. Shelby declines however, stating she wants to start a life because she never got to and lost her chance to have a family with Rachel now that she's grown up. Shelby asks Rachel where the rest of the Glee club is, and Rachel responds that they're at the hospital and Quinn had a baby girl.
The show returns to see the Glee Clubs waiting for the announcement, while backstage Sue and the judges talk about who should win. While Sue originally comes in wanting New Directions to lose, she winds up changing her mind when the other judges (Newton-John and Rod Remington, the local newscaster) start bashing the kids and also her. However, when on stage she announces that Vocal Adrenaline won, with Aural Intensity as runners-up, meaning that New Directions didn't even place much to my shock yet at the same time I somewhat anticipated it what with there being two more seasons already in the works.
Following the loss, Will comes upon Emma (Jayma Mays) yelling at Principal Figgins over having given the Glee club space already to another group, as the deal was if Glee club lost Regionals, the club would be shut down. Emma then yells at Will saying how unfair it is, and Will asks if she's doing it for the kids which she responds she is, but Will rebuffs saying it's also for them, and then kisses her, telling her their relationship isn't over. Rachel appears and asks Will to come to the auditorium where the entire club tells him that even if the practices are over, Glee club will never be over because Will is Glee Club and tells him how much he meant to each of them. While it is a bit of a sappy moment, it still is touching however as they sing Lulu's "To Sir, With Love". It ends with Sue being seen watching at the doorway, tearing up.
Will is then seen packing up the Glee choir room when Sue arrives to what can only be predicted as gloating over Glee club's end. It is a surprise however when Sue tells Will that she couldn't live without taunting Will and so Glee club got one more year thanks to Sue blackmailing Figgins once again. Will thanks Sue, telling her she really does have a heart, to which she retorts that if Will doesn't let go she's going to vomit all over Will.
Will then gathers the Glee Club and tells them they got another year which causes the club to erupt in cheers. Will then sings "Over the Rainbow" with Puck (Mark Salling) accompanying. We watch as the Glee club members start holding hands, and having fun as usual. We also are given a treat to see Shelby with Quinn's new baby, Beth, having adopted her. The song then ends, as does the episode.
That's basically the episode for you, I don't know if it was a Hollywood type review but I still had to write about it. Autism-wise nothing happened today, so I hope you enjoyed this change from the norm :)
Sorry for missing Sunday, just didn't have a lot to tell, so I figured I'd just forget about it. Today was relatively normal, worked with Chris and watched Lemony Snicket's, and tutored Matt in English once again. The thing I was very happy to hear from my mom is that they talked with Matt's mother who said that his teacher said he's improving a lot, so I'm really glad I'm helping.
Autism-wise, I guess the only thing that happened was while talking to friends on Facebook, one of them stopped responding after I said something and I thought for a short time maybe I had annoyed them. Turns out I hadn't, but often when I think that, I start saying a lot of things, apologizing if I offended them which in most cases I haven't. It might not be autism, this, but even if it's not, it's one of my quirks that I don't really like because it could make me look crazy to them....go figure.
I hope everyone's been doing well, I apologize for not saying anything yesterday but Lauren came for the night and I just didn't really have much time to post. I had a lovely time with her though, dinner, Sex and the City 2, and a relaxing time at home. I believe the only time an autism-related thing happened was when I was apologizing frequently to Lauren because I thought I might offend her with something I Was saying, luckily as usual I had nothing to worry about.
As for the title of my post, it has to do with something interesting I discovered about the fair world, and by fair I mean carnivals; they're money-gougers. Now yes, we can get into talking about the games that you spend tons of money on to win stuffed animals, I'm talking just getting tickets to go on the rides. When we went to the fair yesterday, one ticket, ONE, cost $1.75. I'm sorry but with that price, and with the rides at this fair being 3-5 tickets for one 2-minute ride, it's just ridiculous. I'm not shoveling out $5.25-$8.75 to go on ONE ride especially when the rides aren't like Canada's Wonderland or Disney World or anything like that...we're talking silly rides like a kiddy roller-coaster and such.
That's frankly all I can say about that, what do you guys think? Sean
So the thing I've been wondering today is about why I don't necessarily get the things I'd like in school. VP Operations, a big role in the school play, etc. I can't help but wonder, is it possible I'm too fixed in my ways that cause in how I present myself? Is it possible that because sometimes, I don't want to change my mind, or adapt to new situations, as a result I don't get the things I should get. VP Operations, a bigger part in the play, they weren't cases of me not getting them because I wasn't good enough, it was simply because people saw the way I was approaching things and doing things and as a result, felt I wasn't the right fit for the job. If I was different, then maybe I would have had a bigger role or been elected Vice-President Operations, both of which I would of done a great job at I'm sure, but because I can be fixed on things too much, I didn't get them.
I'd like people's thoughts on what you think, but that's my two cents for tonight.
I have to say sorry to my readers for slacking off so much within the last week. I really don't mean to get slack with my writing but it's just been time consuming at times. But here I am once more and I hope everyone's been doing quite well.
Today was rather normal, my grandfather came over for the first time in a month since we just weren't able to have him over because it's been quite busy here. I also had tutoring time with my neighbour again and he's doing much better at his sentence structure. We continued on by playing Super Mario Galaxy 2, which was fun but I think the autism thing that came up was the fact that I got a little antsy about him playing my game because I can't help but worry about someone messing up my games. I realize this is silly or could just be me being selfish, but I just have this feeling it really is autism because it gets in the way of sociability...
Anyway that was about it today. Glee was hilarious, especially with Matt Morrison singing a "love song" to Jane Lynch. I just cracked up the entire song because of how hilariously corny, especially her line after the song, "I was bored". :P
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 :).
