Re: Aspie things we do

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanette:

Oh, let's see--I suppose I could start with:

1) Drawing/writing in the air. When someone talks to me, I will often " write "

what they're saying in the air with my finger. If I don't do that, I'll often

mouth the last three or four words I just said to someone. I think they're ways

of organizing my thoughts and processing what people say to me.

2) " Mime " playing piano whenever I hear ragtime

3) Eat soup with a fork. I'm serious. See, I'm rather fond of ramen, and know

that the Japanese put it in small cups, eat the noodles with chopsticks and

drink the soup. Since I can't bring a spoon to my mouth without getting soup all

over me, I " Westernized " that method a bit, putting my soup in a capuccino cup.

I then eat the noodles with a fork and drink the soup.

I adapted this method to other, non-Asian soups as well. With any vegetable or

noodle soup, I eat the vegetables and noodles with a fork first, then...you

guessed it. Again, I use a capuccino cup.

" Aspie " things we do

Hi All,

I'm wondering aboiut some of the " odd " behaviors of aspies. I'm wondering if

we all do similar things, or is unique, or a mixure of both.

Let me give you and example of what I'm talking about:

[Guest guest]

On a bit of a tangent, my husband has always used a weedeater for edging,

and it works well for him. But he recently bought a manual edger. It has a

curved blade, and you step on it and rock it to cut the edge. It works

really well.

" Aspie " things we do

> Hi All,

>

> I'm wondering aboiut some of the " odd " behaviors of aspies. I'm wondering

if we all do similar things, or is unique, or a mixure of both.

>

> Let me give you and example of what I'm talking about:

>

> I do weird things that are totally harmless but freak NTs out.

>

> An example would be gardening at night. With this heat in Southern

California, I love it. It's serene, quiet, and cool. The crickets and

stars are out, and so are my cats. They play with me and eachother, as that

is the most active time for them. I'm bothered by bright light and I can

see OK in the twilight. Sometimes I use a light- sometimes candles if I'm

working on a project. My neighbors, who have a 2nd story balcony, saw me

and had to make comments the next day, laughing at me, of course. They

think I'm totally nuts, but that's OK, they are total drunks. The recycle

bin gets full of " Corona " beer bottles.

>

> Another thing is that I like to smell/sniff things. I don't know if this

is a stim or just something I like to do. I do it when I'm stressed more.

I smell the cats, my mouse, books (paper has all different smells, my nose

is very sensitive), etc. When I'm nervous I smell my fingertips and nails,

especially if I'm thinking or writing at the computer. Would that be a stim

or a nervous habit?

> Please don't ask me why I do this- it calms me- please no put-down

comments - keep those to yourself.

>

> I catch crickets and grasshoppers for my cats to play with and eat- I

wouldn't want them to miss out. Insects are very good for them- crickets

are 50% protien.

>

> Another thing is I hate using the edger. I am taking care of the house

while the folks are away. The one engine run edger is worthless, never

starts, and is so dull it just hits the sidewalk and makes sparks. The

weed-wacker I could never get a handle on, because I could never figure out

which side to stand on when edging (until today!). So yesterday I thought

I'd use my scissors. They are very sharp. In the backyard there's not a lot

to edge, so I gave it a try and it worked out great. ( I'm a perfectionist-I

hate choppy edges). I couldn't use them in the front yard, or the neighbors

would shoot me. So I tried the weed-wacker. I stood on the lawn side this

time, I've never done that before, and it worked very well.

>

> If you all could share some things that you do that are " odd " , that you

like to do, it would be great.

>

> Jeanette

>

>

[Guest guest]

-----Gardening by the full moon used to be quite

common and recommended..... I have gardened at night,

and it's quite nice, but no one has ever called me odd

for doing so before.

I sniff things also...clothes, books, paper,

food...I've been told it's rude to sniff something

before you eat it, like a forkful of something, but

smelling food is part of the pleasure as much as

eating, so that one I don't understand why it is

'rude'.

Nanne

--- Jeanette wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> I'm wondering aboiut some of the " odd " behaviors of

> aspies. I'm wondering if we all do similar things,

> or is unique, or a mixure of both.

>

> Let me give you and example of what I'm talking

> about:

>

> I do weird things that are totally harmless but

> freak NTs out.

>

> An example would be gardening at night. With this

> heat in Southern California, I love it. It's

> serene, quiet, and cool. The crickets and stars are

> out, and so are my cats. They play with me and

> eachother, as that is the most active time for them.

> I'm bothered by bright light and I can see OK in

> the twilight. Sometimes I use a light- sometimes

> candles if I'm working on a project. My neighbors,

> who have a 2nd story balcony, saw me and had to make

> comments the next day, laughing at me, of course.

> They think I'm totally nuts, but that's OK, they are

> total drunks. The recycle bin gets full of " Corona "

> beer bottles.

>

> Another thing is that I like to smell/sniff things.

> I don't know if this is a stim or just something I

> like to do. I do it when I'm stressed more. I

> smell the cats, my mouse, books (paper has all

> different smells, my nose is very sensitive), etc.

> When I'm nervous I smell my fingertips and nails,

> especially if I'm thinking or writing at the

> computer. Would that be a stim or a nervous habit?

> Please don't ask me why I do this- it calms me-

> please no put-down comments - keep those to

> yourself.

>

> I catch crickets and grasshoppers for my cats to

> play with and eat- I wouldn't want them to miss out.

> Insects are very good for them- crickets are 50%

> protien.

>

> Another thing is I hate using the edger. I am

> taking care of the house while the folks are away.

> The one engine run edger is worthless, never starts,

> and is so dull it just hits the sidewalk and makes

> sparks. The weed-wacker I could never get a handle

> on, because I could never figure out which side to

> stand on when edging (until today!). So yesterday I

> thought I'd use my scissors. They are very sharp.

> In the backyard there's not a lot to edge, so I gave

> it a try and it worked out great. ( I'm a

> perfectionist-I hate choppy edges). I couldn't use

> them in the front yard, or the neighbors would shoot

> me. So I tried the weed-wacker. I stood on the

> lawn side this time, I've never done that before,

> and it worked very well.

>

> If you all could share some things that you do that

> are " odd " , that you like to do, it would be great.

>

> Jeanette

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I eat soup with a fork, too, and then drink the broth. I eat

leftover spaghetti sauce over toast, and I fry my hot dogs. I

cook my bacon in the oven (it doesn’t spatter, and I don’t have

to tend it). I like to garden at night, too; after it gets dark

the mosquitoes are gone, it’s cool and quiet, and no one bothers

me. Some people crack their knuckles; I crack my shoulders. If I

get stressed out I stick my head in the sink and run cold water

through my hair (my son does this, too). I’m anal about the

kitchen and bathroom being clean; the rest of the house can go to

hell for all I care. My hair has to be clean every day (in the

sink again) but I have to force myself to shower more than twice

a week. I cut all of the tags out of my clothes, I only wear

high-heeled black leather ankle boots (pumps if I’m in a skirt,

which doesn’t happen often), I only wear jeans when I am working

on my vehicle engines (otherwise I’m in black slacks), I never

wear T-Shirts or sweatshirts or “tennis” shoes, my skirts have to

have the hem exactly in the middle of my kneecaps, and they

cannot be “flowing”, A-line only. My shirts have to be tucked in

(body shirts are best). I almost always am doing one of the

following: picking at my skin; rubbing my forehead; running my

fingers through my hair, or scratching the back of my neck. I

sleep ramrod straight on my stomach with my hands at my sides,

and my right foot is always moving, even in my sleep.

I have a whole procedure for getting in my car: walk all the way

around it once, get in and put my foot on the brake (like it’s

suddenly gonna roll because I’m in it), lock the door, put the

key in the ignition, put on my seatbelt, make sure nothing is

going to fall over when the car moves, and then start it. When I

get out I always toss the keys from hand to hand a few times

before I close the door (keeps me from locking the keys in the

car).

Before I go to bed I take the dog out, brush my teeth, and then I

have to play seven different types of solitaire, playing one

until I win and then the next until I win, etc. The sleepier I am

the worse I am, so it’s kind of a dumb ritual if you want to get

to sleep, but I’ve been doing it since I was nine years old.

Like Jane, I will run down the right office to connect the

telephone call to, or I will take someone to the right office if

they come in person. I figure it’s a common courtesy, but my

co-workers think I am nuts.

I have a standard monthly grocery list (I can’t shop more often

than that, I hate shopping).

Louis

" Aspie " things we do

Hi All,

I'm wondering aboiut some of the " odd " behaviors of aspies. I'm

wondering if we all do similar things, or is unique, or a mixure

of both.

Let me give you and example of what I'm talking about:

I do weird things that are totally harmless but freak NTs out.

An example would be gardening at night. With this heat in

Southern California, I love it. It's serene, quiet, and cool.

The crickets and stars are out, and so are my cats. They play

with me and eachother, as that is the most active time for them.

I'm bothered by bright light and I can see OK in the twilight.

Sometimes I use a light- sometimes candles if I'm working on a

project. My neighbors, who have a 2nd story balcony, saw me and

had to make comments the next day, laughing at me, of course.

They think I'm totally nuts, but that's OK, they are total

drunks. The recycle bin gets full of " Corona " beer bottles.

Another thing is that I like to smell/sniff things. I don't know

if this is a stim or just something I like to do. I do it when

I'm stressed more. I smell the cats, my mouse, books (paper has

all different smells, my nose is very sensitive), etc. When I'm

nervous I smell my fingertips and nails, especially if I'm

thinking or writing at the computer. Would that be a stim or a

nervous habit?

Please don't ask me why I do this- it calms me- please no

put-down comments - keep those to yourself.

I catch crickets and grasshoppers for my cats to play with and

eat- I wouldn't want them to miss out. Insects are very good for

them- crickets are 50% protien.

Another thing is I hate using the edger. I am taking care of the

house while the folks are away. The one engine run edger is

worthless, never starts, and is so dull it just hits the sidewalk

and makes sparks. The weed-wacker I could never get a handle on,

because I could never figure out which side to stand on when

edging (until today!). So yesterday I thought I'd use my

scissors. They are very sharp. In the backyard there's not a lot

to edge, so I gave it a try and it worked out great. ( I'm a

perfectionist-I hate choppy edges). I couldn't use them in the

front yard, or the neighbors would shoot me. So I tried the

weed-wacker. I stood on the lawn side this time, I've never done

that before, and it worked very well.

If you all could share some things that you do that are " odd " ,

that you like to do, it would be great.

Jeanette

[Guest guest]

Jeanette wrote:

>If you all could share some things that you do that are " odd " , that you

>like to do, it would be great.

I think some of my " rituals " would seem odd to NTs. Before

I go to bed, for example, I have a saying-goodnight ritual

with the bears. Some of them shift position for the night,

others don't, but all get a goodnight from me. A somewhat

shorter ritual (with bears) starts the day.

My " tics " (I put the word in quotation marks because there

is no official decision about whether they are Tourettic

or merely AS stims) no doubt look odd to others who catch

me in the act. The most frequent movement tic at the

moment (has lasted quite a while, come to think of it)

is tapping myself on the shoulder, chest, or abdomen with

the fingers of my right hand. The vocal " tics " (or vocal

stims, take your choice) would tend to startle anyone who

overheard them. If I am any judge of my own voice, the

vocalizations usually come out in the voice that people

tell me sounds angry. And sometimes are quite loud, as

well as always being nonsensical.

There are parts of my day that are done according to a

specific series of steps. If I get interrupted or put

off step in some way, I tend to stop and " be lost " for a

while. And then have to return to the beginning of the

series of steps in order to get going again.

I think I have observed people thinking it is weird that

I cannot anwer a telephone at work without a pencil in

my hand, and that I begin writing as soon as the call

begins. This is a compensation I had to learn (the hard

way!) because of the jobs I've held. If I doni't write

down *everything* I hear on the telephone, the entire

call is gone/vanished/never-happened as soon as I hang

up. And even though I begin writing as soon as possible,

I invariably have to ask the caller to repeat the first

few sentences. My ears don't work fast enough to pick

them up.

My co-worker finds it odd that, although I have a

somewhat overblown sense of responsibility, I don't do

what she sees as patently obvious " follow-up. " Example:

I quite often (once a week, sometimes twice or thrice)

get a call (or, more rarely, a visitor) from someone

who mistakes my office for some other office at the

university. For some reason, I can't simply say " You've

got the wrong office. " No, I have to spend as long as it

takes trying to figure out the correct office and help

the caller find it. Sometimes these calls are left as

voice mail and I make long-distance calls back to

clear up the situation. It's like a puzzle for me, an

inttellectual challenge, and I can't leave it alone.

And yet, once the puzzle is solved, that's it. It's

over. My coworker would not bother expending effort on

nine out of ten of these calls, but on the one

she does undertake, she does so because she sees a

connection between it and someone she knows. She sees

it as an opportunity for networking. Example: If she

has no idea what office the caller wants, she will say,

" Sorry, you have the wrong office " and hang up. But

if she figures they really want an office where there's

someone she knows (through work), she will be involved

and follow-up by mentioning it to the person she knows

in that other office. She and I seem odd to each other!

I eat the same foods every day. The checkers at the

grocery store probably could ring up my weekly

purchases with their eyes closed. The only variety is

in terms of complete change. For example, I will eat

one item every single day for two years and then

replace it with another single item that I will eat

every day for four years. Also, I get stressed if I

can't have my meals at the time and in the way I am

used to. Alone. (There are two people I occasonally

go out to eat with, so my eating rules are not as

strict as they are with some autistics.)

I remember that my mother was surprised when she found

out I have a thought-out sequence of steps for taking

a shower. Don't know whether that would seem odd to

anyone else.

I forget about the outside of my house for months at a

time. My mother contracted with Ken to come cut the

grass when it needs to be cut. He is very reliable

about doing that, and he also edges, leaving his bill

in the mailbox for me. Other than that, it's a jungle

out there. Two years ago, I finally realized that I was

having a hard time getting the garbage can around from

the back to the front of the house and took a minute to

figure out why. Turns out that bushes from one side of

the backyard were meeting up with bushes from the other

side of the yard. So I made myself go out and trim

both sides back. Amazing how much bigger the yard was

after that!

Just in general, I often fail to see things that other

people consider obvious. And yet, I often focus in on

details that other people haven't noticed. Soemtimes I

startle strangers on the street by suddenly remarking

to them about something I have observed that is funny

(to me) or beautiful, invariably something they had

not noticed.

No time to think more right now about what other people

might think odd.

Jane

P.S. gardening at night sounds very sensible to me.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm glad somebody else here does that. That little quirk has always been

somewhat embarrassing for me...NTs tend to associate it with stupidity.

Re: " Aspie " things we do

Jeanette, I forgot to say that I am a " finger sniffer, "

too.

Oh, and I " wring my hands " an awful lot. And walk, I am

told, leaning forward, usually with arms bent at elbow.

Jane

[Guest guest]

Jeanette, I forgot to say that I am a " finger sniffer, "

too.

Oh, and I " wring my hands " an awful lot. And walk, I am

told, leaning forward, usually with arms bent at elbow.

Jane

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I don't sniff my fingers but I do other things. I take off all the

cheese of my pizzas and eat it seperatly. And When I go into stores I

touch everything, especially soft fabrics. (Much to the annoyance of

whoever is shopping with me.) I also speed walk almost everywhere I

go. And When I hear trucks or other vehicles comming down the I go

running to

investigate. I Can't stand wearing socks so I only wear them where I

have to. This means I never wear them inside, even on the coldest

days. And I also only type with one finger, because I'm uncordinated

like that.(smiles)

(I'm new but haven't introduced myself first. Please excuse me, I

don't remember if we're supposed to do that before anything else. If

so, I'll do it soon.)

-Tasha

> Hi,

>

> I'm glad somebody else here does that. That little quirk has always

been somewhat embarrassing for me...NTs tend to associate it with

stupidity.

>

>

> Re: " Aspie " things we do

>

>

> Jeanette, I forgot to say that I am a " finger sniffer, "

> too.

>

> Oh, and I " wring my hands " an awful lot. And walk, I am

> told, leaning forward, usually with arms bent at elbow.

>

> Jane

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yup – socks and shoes, or bare feet. Not just for me either; my

son wears just socks on his feet around the house, and it drives

me nuts!

Louis

From: mukudori_aoi

Hello all,

I don't sniff my fingers but I do other things. I take off all

the

cheese of my pizzas and eat it seperatly. And When I go into

stores I

touch everything, especially soft fabrics. (Much to the annoyance

of

whoever is shopping with me.) I also speed walk almost everywhere

I

go. And When I hear trucks or other vehicles comming down the I

go

running to

investigate. I Can't stand wearing socks so I only wear them

where I

have to. This means I never wear them inside, even on the coldest

days. And I also only type with one finger, because I'm

uncordinated

like that.(smiles)

(I'm new but haven't introduced myself first. Please excuse me, I

don't remember if we're supposed to do that before anything else.

If

so, I'll do it soon.)

-Tasha

[Guest guest]

Tasha wrote:

>And When I go into stores I

>touch everything, especially soft fabrics. (Much to the annoyance of

>whoever is shopping with me.)

I do that too! I love touching things. One time a boyfriend I had who was into

art took me to an art museum. I thought it was great- but I wanted to touch

everything and he got so mad. How could you not want to touch things at a

museum? They look so neat, and with the 3d art it as all texturized, neat,

knitted chunky things, etc. Needless to say, he's not my boyfriend anymore.

Before I try something on I have to touch it before I even bother. Feel has a

lot to do with what I buy.

Jeanette

[Guest guest]

> Before I try something on I have to

> touch it before I even bother. Feel

> has a lot to do with what I buy.

>

> Jeanette

I would think that's an important thing

to everyone, the way a fabric feels.

But maybe not everyone is so insistent

as I am that everything touching my skin

must be cotton. I never used to wear jeans

back in high school, because in the 50's

and early 60's, jeans were rough and course.

Now they have softer jeans, and that's all

I wear. I don't have any other types of pants. It's easy to find

cotton shirts, short sleeve cotton prints, or polo-type shirts

(without manufacturer's logos on them). I also cut out any labels

on my clothes, towels, sheets, whatever as soon as I get them home.

Even the leather Levi's label above the right rear pocket. I don't

like to " dress up " , wear suits and such, because I'm always un-

comfortable wearing them. No ties for me! All my clothes look

pretty much the same, the casual style. Wouldn't have it any other

way.

Clay

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

" Stay " is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. "

...................Louisa May Alcott.....................

[Guest guest]

> jeans were rough and course.

Of course, I meant " coarse " , and not " course " .

I can't believe I did that! How coarse of me.

Clay, the perfectionist 8<{)

[Guest guest]

> I also cut out any labels

> on my clothes, towels, sheets, whatever as soon as I get them home.

>

> Clay

> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

> " Stay " is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. "

> ..................Louisa May Alcott.....................

I like to leave the tags on the clothing for several reasons:

(1) It helps me to put on the clothing with proper orientation, e.g.

right side out, not an arm through a sleeve hole, etc..

(2) I have had a label fetish since early grade school. They are made

with nice pretty designs and interesting textures.

(3) I often memorize the style of tag for a particular garment. This

helps sort my stuff from others in the household.

I also have some interesting stims as follows (as in my post on AS-

Proud group) :

One of my favorites is to hug and/or stroke a fuzzy inside-out

sweatshirt. It may look funny but it is alot better than the

alternative - being an edgy father heading toward overload. I also

like to handle shirts with alot of buttons, pleats, buttonholes and

stiff collars & cuffs. They DO relieve stress that tends to build up.

While away from home, a couple of my stims are a walkman stereo and a

watchman tv. I don't always have to use them, but they are available

if I need to use them. A good stim is a cell phone with a built-

in electronic game. The following are a few portable stims:

(1) Rubbing hands together as in washing them (dry w/o water), (2)

stroking the surface of a garment or its hem, (3) running my hand up

& down the front of my shirt.

Are the above stims common or outlandish?

Thanks, Jim

[Guest guest]

Hi Tasha,

I do the same things you do--that is, eating all the cheese off the pizza first

and touching fabrics in the stores--but I didn't include them because I wasn't

sure if they were truly Aspie quirks.

With pizzas, if they have pepperoni on them, I usually take them off and eat

them, then the cheese, then the rest of the pizza. Is it the same with you? And

it seems I like the crust about as much as the pizza itself.

Re: " Aspie " things we do

>

>

> Jeanette, I forgot to say that I am a " finger sniffer, "

> too.

>

> Oh, and I " wring my hands " an awful lot. And walk, I am

> told, leaning forward, usually with arms bent at elbow.

>

> Jane

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

That's exactly what I do. And here I thought I was the only one! I'm

not sure if that's an aspie thing though. (If eating foods in a

certain order is aspie, then yes.)

Touching every soft, shiny, of you're favorite color, piece of

clothing (or anything that fits that description)I'm sure is an aspie

thing.I just love soft, shiny things. I bet you're the same way. And

that's a good thing!

-Tasha

> > Hi,

> >

> > I'm glad somebody else here does that. That little quirk has

always

> been somewhat embarrassing for me...NTs tend to associate it with

> stupidity.

> >

> >

> > Re: " Aspie " things we do

> >

> >

> > Jeanette, I forgot to say that I am a " finger sniffer, "

> > too.

> >

> > Oh, and I " wring my hands " an awful lot. And walk, I am

> > told, leaning forward, usually with arms bent at elbow.

> >

> > Jane

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

< Re: " Aspie " things we do

At 03:16 AM 8/21/03, you wrote:

>3) Eat soup with a fork. I'm serious. See, I'm rather fond of ramen,

and

>know that the Japanese put it in small cups, eat the noodles with

>chopsticks and drink the soup. Since I can't bring a spoon to my mouth

>without getting soup all over me, I " Westernized " that method a bit,

>putting my soup in a capuccino cup. I then eat the noodles with a fork

and

>drink the soup.

>

>I adapted this method to other, non-Asian soups as well. With any

>vegetable or noodle soup, I eat the vegetables and noodles with a fork

>first, then...you guessed it. Again, I use a capuccino cup.

I like eating Snickers and other candy bards in layers

I do that too. And sandwiches. And if I have colored candy I have to eat

all of one color before I move to the next

kassiane

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[Guest guest]

Tasha wrote:

>Touching every soft, shiny, of you're favorite color, piece of

>clothing (or anything that fits that description)I'm sure is an aspie

>thing.I just love soft, shiny things. I bet you're the same way. And

>that's a good thing!

I touch leaves. Last week I noticed that a catalpa tree on

my route to work has put out some low-level leaves, within

touching range. Wow! Those leaves are like super-plush

velvet. Now I look forward to touching them every day on

my way to work. Of course, those leaves will be dying and

going away before long....but then they will be back next

spring. :-)

I bet you fabric-touchers would find my house an

overload. Everywhere you look, masses of bears.

Jane

P.S. Tasha, you may not have seen my bears? If you want

to, go to http://staff.washington.edu/mjane and scroll

down towards the bottom of the page where there are

links to a dozen pages of bears. The bears shown there

are only a few of the 120-or-so bears I've made myself,

and I also have 300-some bears I've adopted (made by

someone else).

[Guest guest]

Hudson danced around singing:

>I like eating Snickers and other candy bards in layers.

Me too! I've always liked to stick them in the freezer so it's not as

messy to eat off the layers... My favorites to do that with are ones that

have peanuts in the outer layer and some kind of nougat on the inside.

DeGraf ~*~ http://www.sonic.net/mustang/moggy

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I always use chopsticks when I eat Chinese food. I learned when I

was in junior high (I'm 44 now)

When I was in junior high I had a little routine that was pleasant to

act out.

Go to the store (actually it was a liquor store that had this neat

pebbly concrete floor)

Buy a 3 Musketeers bar.

Bite the end in such a way as too remove just the end layer of

chocolate.

Break off pieces of the top slab of chocolate and eat them,

try to get similar slabs off of the sides and bottom (really hard to

do on the bottom, it's thinner or something)

Eat the middle part.

All of this on the walk home from the store.

It works a little better when they are frozen.

I also have to touch anything that looks interesting, which is almost

everything in a fabric store.

I interrupt my daily doings at any point to vacuum my carpet.

Whenever I think the limit has been reached for the amount of lint,

bits of stuff, that I can stand to see on the carpet has been

reached, I vacuum right then. This usually works out to once a day,

but sometimes more.

I have a hard time with going to visit people and getting bored. I

have frequently just picked up whatever reading material they have

and start reading it while trying to look like I am interested in

being there. I'll bring my own reading material sometimes.

I avoid people alot,i.e. see people I know, and basically like, in a

grocery store and dodge down an aisle to avoid talking to them.

Camille

> I like eating Snickers and other candy bards in layers.

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> http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhduson765/

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[Guest guest]

> Buy a 3 Musketeers bar. Bite the end

> in such a way as too remove just the

> end layer of chocolate.

Oh, well if we're talking about candy bars,

I have always had a special way of doing

that. When I first saw other kids eating

a candy bar, I saw that they took it right

out of the wrapper, and held it in their

hands. Ack, chocolaty fingers! Not for me.

No, I devised a way to open each different

kind of candy bar so that I could hold it

with the wrapper. Also, I've never had a

milk moustache. It's not hard to raise your

upper lip a little when drinking milk, so

as not to get it on your face. Since learning

to feed myself, I've never gotten any food on

my face, and no, I don't eat chicken with BBQ

sauce.

> I interrupt my daily doings at any

> point to vacuum my carpet.

Low priority to me. I have to force myself to

vacuum as often as every two weeks, and my cat

has long white hair that continually sheds.

I see a few clumps laying around now. Doesn't

bother me. But having any sort of food on my

face, that bothers me. That *IS* an aspie sort

of thing, isn't it? (Not that it's common to

all aspies, or even any others, but there's

something intrinsically aspie about it.)

Clay

[Guest guest]

One thing I like to do lately is rub off the clay that gets in the

wheelwells of our vehicles. It has a slightly rough texture that feels very

good on my fingers. I run my fingers over the surface and rub off the clay,

and when I find clumps in the wheelwells (sometimes I will find them on the

sides of the vehicles) I will break them off and crumble them between my

fingers.

I do this when no one else is around. A few times my husband caught me and

thought I was trying to send him a message that the vehicles needed to be

washed. I didn't want him to wash them, it would have removed all that

lovely clay!

Take care,

Gail :-)

[Guest guest]

Bet you'de love our lovely red PEI clay!!

-jypsy

At 06:04 PM 8/22/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>One thing I like to do lately is rub off the clay that gets in the

>wheelwells of our vehicles. It has a slightly rough texture that feels very

>good on my fingers. I run my fingers over the surface and rub off the clay,

>and when I find clumps in the wheelwells (sometimes I will find them on the

>sides of the vehicles) I will break them off and crumble them between my

>fingers.

>

>I do this when no one else is around. A few times my husband caught me and

>thought I was trying to send him a message that the vehicles needed to be

>washed. I didn't want him to wash them, it would have removed all that

>lovely clay!

>

>Take care,

>Gail :-)

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I always kept my 3 musketeers wrapped somehow, I also didn't like

chocolatey fingers. I used to be horrified that my kids would take a

chocolate bar and remove the wrapper, throw it away!! and then eat

the thing...I really tried to teach them to eat with the wrapper on

everything that had one, like hamburgers. It's a germ thing, too.

I'm not panicky about germs, but why not leave the wrapper on the

hamburger?

I hope you know the description of your carpet gave me chills. My

dog is a pug and sheds like a maniac, as they are wont to do. I

vacuum all the time anyway, but I get lots of dog hair in the vacuum,

which gives me a kind of fascination/pleasure...

I think trying to keep food off of your face is probably an AS

thing. I don't like hand lotion for a similar reason. I wash my

hands as soon as I walk in the door at home after being out because

my hands feel sticky from touching stuff.

Camille

> Oh, well if we're talking about candy bars,

> I have always had a special way of doing

> that. When I first saw other kids eating

> a candy bar, I saw that they took it right

> out of the wrapper, and held it in their

> hands. Ack, chocolaty fingers! Not for me.

> No, I devised a way to open each different

> kind of candy bar so that I could hold it

> with the wrapper. Also, I've never had a

> milk moustache. It's not hard to raise your

> upper lip a little when drinking milk, so

> as not to get it on your face. Since learning

> to feed myself, I've never gotten any food on

> my face, and no, I don't eat chicken with BBQ

> sauce.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Magnolia leaves are fantastic things. Shiny and hard on one side,

velvety cocoa brown on the underside. They have really neat seed

pods, too.

Camille

[Guest guest]

Jane,

OK, my curiosity has the better of me--how on earth do you brush your teeth with

your mouth closed? It seems to me you would have to have your mouth open for

that...

Re: " Aspie " things we do

Clay wrote:

>...I've never had a

>milk moustache. It's not hard to raise your

>upper lip a little when drinking milk, so

>as not to get it on your face.

I brush my teeth with my mouth closed. It amazed me

when I found out some people do it with their mouth

open.

Jane