Author: aslynn

It’s been a pretty terrible week for my health. Can’t seem to find anything that helps besides laying in bed—and laying in bed doesn’t bring in the pay check so I force myself in front of the computer as long as I can, sitting, typing, trying to think, hating myself for taking three times as…

I’ve been a user of Facebook since about 2007. It was a late introduction, given that I’m not predisposed to follow trends (I’ve generally always had a severe allergy to fashion), but I got on because an ex had been using the platform and I finally decided I wanted to see what it was all…

…then maybe I could get it all out. Or at least, get enough out that I felt satisfied. But as it is, I wake up feeling hung over from whatever health condition I’m struggling with (whether or not I’ve been on the juice, which I haven’t had a drop of since last Friday), push myself…

I’ve been dreading today’s trip to the doctor for three days. Well, correction, not a doctor, but my nurse practitioner, who I’ve only met once before. And I have to say, I like the guy; he amazes me, with the exception that as near as I could tell he didn’t call up my specialists as…

I hate dancing. I’ve always hated dancing. And often, I have felt like it’s a shortcoming. But I don’t get it. At least, social dancing, with and around other people. I feel no emotion. Get me alone, though, listening to music, in the right mood, especially after a couple of drinks, and I’ll dance a…

I don’t feel like writing tonight but here goes. On my way back from the gym it suddenly occurred to me, as an autistic and “Sheldon” type, that there’s a good solution to the “What am I genetically, sexually, etc.?” question. And it’s not what I see these days in the signatures of fellow co-workers…

Quiet. Shy. Serious. Smart. These are some of the words that would have been used to describe me as a kid. Weird. Odd. Eccentric. Those were some others. But never the word: Autistic. Most of us had never heard about autism until the film Rain Main. Afterwards, our whole idea of autism wasn’t of a…

The medicine doesn’t seem to be working as well anymore (not that it was anywhere near as good at handling my symptoms as the steroids were). The way I’ve been thinking of it is the new meds were making the intolerable barely tolerable. But not the last two days. A few things could be potential…

According to the internet, gratitude is: “Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness is a feeling of appreciation by a recipient of another’s kindness. This kindness can be gifts, help, favors, or another form of generosity to another person. The word comes from the Latin word gratis, which means ‘pleasing’ or ’thankful’.” It, however, is not something that…

People listening. Got some, and some amazing ones at that. but a lot of failures today. It’s all I want anymore.