April 2012
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Heh, Fey doesn't like amla oil either.
She just recoiled when I went to nuzzle her face.
felis corvus: Brodie = my hero →
feliscorvus:
(Brodie being one of the excellent cats I share a home with). For some reason I find it really annoying when tiny bugs flit around near my head. And some got into the house this afternoon due to it being very warm and me and Matt going in and out the doors a lot for yardwork-related reasons. And…
Weirdly enough I sometimes do have that reaction time. But it’s totally...
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Strong smelling hair oil
I didn’t think I minded the smell of amla oil last time I used it. But I had much less hair then, and I used it wrong and didn’t put enough in. Now the smell seems really strong. But I need to leave it in for awhile because my hair has been super-dry and matted to the point where even I’m bothered by it. (The curliest part, under the surface in the back, is basically one big...
codeman38:
sherlocksflataffect:
previouslysane:
what if every convention had cosplayers
like you went to a business convention and someone cosplayed as a stapler
Next autism conference I go to, I’m cosplaying as Temple Grandin. Or as a brave maverick quack.
As I said a while back on Twitter:
“I’ve joked that when I present at academic conferences, I’m cosplaying as a responsible...
a large, fruit-eating bat.: Please read if you... →
megachiropteran:
Okay, so our landlords found out we have Luci (we have gone 2 years w/out them knowing ugh it was so so so stupid we were napping and the repair dude just WALKED IN without knocking—wtf) and now we need her out of the apartment or we will be charged $300 every time they come to “periodically check…
Reblogging hoping someone can help.
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Oh no, not one of these.
So all the weekend staff people are subs until they hire someone new again. The one who is here right now just fed Fey. Fey didn’t eat until she turned her back. And she just made a comment along the lines of “little stinker doesn’t want me to watch”. And however affectionately she may or may not think she meant that… just no. It never works when someone refers to...
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“What is with your pets and this backwards resistance pressure thing when they...”
– A live-in caregiver after noticing that both my dog and cat did this to her if she let them sleep on her bed. Although I think it’s really their individual preferences. Billie Jean used to do it so strongly she could push me off the bed, which was impressive for a thirty pound dog. But both...
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Instant childhood way to make me feel lousy.
Say “You don’t even know what that means, do you?”
Especially just after I’ve made some big discovery about the general patterns certain words happen in.
Such as the catchphrases used when junior high boys had the exact same political argument in the geography room before class every single damn morning while I was at my locker. At a volume approaching screaming at...
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=^_^= I wish I could take pictures of how this...
Fey has been cuddled up to the inside of my knees under the blanket all morning. She’s very warm and soft and purry. Except when her claws come out during repositioning or washing. And when she comes out for some reason her fur is always sleek and shiny.
The danger here may be obvious: It may be the...
thebeckamonster:
youneedacat:
thebeckamonster:
by csweepigirl for American Asperger’s Association
Okay who the hell is csweepigirl? Because that’s a quote from me. Direct quote.
I’m really sorry that I gave credit to the wrong person! I got it from an article here: http://americanaspergers.forumotion.net/t542-help-i-seem-to-be-getting-more-autistic-article and I assumed that the person...
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I think my hand stimming today is aggravating my...
The danger here may be obvious: It may be the...
thebeckamonster:
by csweepigirl for American Asperger’s Association
Okay who the hell is csweepigirl? Because that’s a quote from me. Direct quote.
Can we
goldenheartedrose:
Just do away with the idea of “high functioning” vs. “low functioning” autism?
I mean, really, what good does it do us to separate between the two and then have allistic parents say we couldn’t possibly understand what it’s like to have a kid with autism, because using the internet must mean that we’re high functioning? Or it brings out the Aspie elitists among us who think...
Random thought: I wonder what the comorbidity rate...
smartwittyurl:
‘Cause a lot of the folks I know (or have known) who are on the Spectrum are a fairly flexible. Read this as: People I know go from “OHGODS YOU CAN DO WHAT?! WITH YOUR FOOT?” to “…You know? I don’t think it’s naturally supposed to bend that way…” in terms of flexibility.
…And I kinda want to know if it’s just some weird collective quirk of the people I know/knew/follow on Tumblr...
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sherlocksflataffect:
holymotherofrowling:
I sent someone 2 messages about Autism Speaks and what an awful organization they are (after they sent a message attacking someone I follow who also is autistic), and they reported me. Lovely. A$ supporters trying to silence actual autistic people - what a surprise!
Wait, so they’re doing exactly what A$ does? No way!
Autism parents: people who...
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SIGN AND REBLOG: EPA: Don't Sacrifice Navajo Water... →
The Colorado Plateau of New Mexico still bears the unhealed sores of the Uranium Boom of the last century – radioactive waste piles, contaminated water and hundreds of mines on Navajo land abandoned by companies looking to make a quick profit. Despite the massive contamination, companies want to start a new era of mining in this region. I know this because I am Diné (Navajo) and live in Church...
Bitter Grapes: Homeless in Oakland, Please Help!... →
dollarstore-princess:
Hi followers, my friend and I are both homless in Oakland and we desperately need a place to stay. Even one night is fine, but we are exhausting a lot of time and energy (things we’re both dearly short on) trying to find a new place to stay every single night. We’re…
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This is getting weird.
I woke up this morning with my left hip area feeling a good deal like my right elbow had felt when I sprained it in my sleep, only much less severe, and I am not sure I hyperextended it this time. The pain happens sharply midway through rotating my hip with my knee in a certain position. What are the odds that I’d injure two joints in my sleep in the same manner within weeks of each other,...
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o_O Fey just licked my right eyeball.
magickal-autistic-cat:
asdewfedzcxx:
dervishlg:
nothing-rhymes-with-ianto:
alecciobyas:
imperialimpala:
sowhatifitsalla-lie:
alohomora-keeprunning:
am I the only one who wondered what a cat looked like from underneath when it sits down?
I think i found this way more amusing than i should’ve
and this looks like my cat lol
That looks fucking ridiculous, I can’t stop laughing
...
a large, fruit-eating bat.: darziel:... →
darziel:
megachiropteran:
uuughh maybe i am being a huge jerk but seriously identifying as otherkin does not make you an expert on the animal(s) you identify as/with and the staggering amount of misinformation & downright dangerous advice i’m seeing is bad bad bad bad.
i can’t even…
I’ve written about the exact same phenomenon in stuff I haven’t posted yet. And yes...
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What you probably don't know about some...
Please, before you read this post, it’s really important to me that you first read I don’t have to allow people who hurt me to use pieces of my brain for their own purposes. Because this is my first attempt to write about something extremely serious while avoiding that dark, focused state I described. If at any point during this post, you end up feeling like that, then try to resist...
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It really bugs me
When there’s a movie or a book that gets really popular. And it’s promoting a point of view that actively endangers people like me. And then someone says “It’s so great this came out because now our society can have a conversation on this issue.”
Arrrrrrgh. Save me from “conversations” of that nature.
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Question about Mozart and the Whale (movie)
There’s a scene where Isabel gets home to Donald’s house after a date. (ETA: She’s in his living room on his couch.) She asks him if he has any old food in the fridge.
He says yes.
She then gets a bit exasperated and says “This is about SEX!”
I get that there’s some social cue about sex that Donald has missed. But what is it? Does a question about old...
Untitled: Question about Mozart and the Whale... →
youneedacat:
There’s a scene where Isabel gets home to Donald’s house after a date. She asks him if he has any old food in the fridge.
He says yes.
She then gets a bit exasperated and says “This is about SEX!”
I get that there’s some social cue about sex that Donald has missed. But what…
Oh I should have specified. She was already in the house. On his couch.
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Eeeeeeee!
Fey is behind my knees. Under the blanket. I love it when she goes in there.
To let me know she wants the blanket lifted, she leans forward with her head down, and gestures with this slight motion of her head, dipping slightly and then pulling it upwards. As if she is lifting the blanket herself.
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