Re: wierd and unusual obsessions

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My older son had many obsessions when younger. Some of them were animals of

the Galapogos (Blue Footed Booby) and also the area of Komodo and the Komodo

Dragon. He was also obsessed for a while with the ways U.S. Presidents had

died. He was also a list writer. He doesn't write lists that much anymore,

but he writes lots of music and songs. Pam

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My son is 12 and his obsession is matchbox cars. I think we have more of them

than Wal Mart. He always checks the display of any store we go into looking for

new ones. I think we have over 400 of them. He has been collecting them since

age 3. He also knows which ones he has and which ones he doesnt. I have

suggested making a list of the ones that he has but he says he doesnt need it

he knows which ones he has. I said i needed the list so i dont buy extras and he

said just ask me i will tell you. lol. This coming from a kid that cant remember

where his shoes are. And power rangers, omg, don't even get me started. He can

go on for hours on the subject of power rangers.

Tammy <vitzie@...> wrote: I was just wondering.. Do any of your

kids have unusual things they

are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's thing

is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes movie

words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what it's

rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos and

movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at age

2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing on

the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't know!

Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the dvd's

then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so that

I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

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My son's obsession has been the Tank Engine

since he was about 2. He is going to be 8 in October

and still plays with his trains. He collects them and

loves to play with them over and over again. He has

some toys from CHRISTMAS that he still hasn't opened

because he loves his trains. He used to be into

matchbox cars as well. He would line them up in a

straight line when he was 3. That was fun for him. Now

his new obsession is drawing. He wants anythign that

will help him draw. :-)

--- Wilke <msfixit3269@...> wrote:

> My son is 12 and his obsession is matchbox cars. I

> think we have more of them than Wal Mart. He always

> checks the display of any store we go into looking

> for new ones. I think we have over 400 of them. He

> has been collecting them since age 3. He also knows

> which ones he has and which ones he doesnt. I have

> suggested making a list of the ones that he has but

> he says he doesnt need it he knows which ones he

> has. I said i needed the list so i dont buy extras

> and he said just ask me i will tell you. lol. This

> coming from a kid that cant remember where his shoes

> are. And power rangers, omg, don't even get me

> started. He can go on for hours on the subject of

> power rangers.

>

> Tammy <vitzie@...> wrote: I was

> just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual

> things they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS.

> My son's thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the

> characters, just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar,

> etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually

> got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over

> and writes movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds.

> He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back

> of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can

> tell you what it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures

> of the logos and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them.

> He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word

> he wrote at age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is

> just amazing on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that

> I didn't know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants

> to read the dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about

> this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you

> understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't

> get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd

> obsessions " so that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

>

>

>

>

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Jake's obsessions change...it used to be muscle cars, at age 5 he was

reading HotRod magazine. For awhile it was Yughio cards, until he got

a deck that was counterfit, now they all suck. He is on his 2nd round

with Pokemon now. For a long time he was obsessed with gems....he

did'nt understand why he couldn't have a diamond or emerald for

Christmas, thank God he got over that one! For awhile it was

dinosaurs. Then there's dragon's, a new obsession that started about

a month ago, I can handle that one. At least with his obsessions

changing, he is researching and learning alot about different things.

Theresa

>

> I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing

on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

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My DS is hooked on an imaginaty place called Kids World. and Super heros.

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>

> I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing

on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

Seth's is Star Wars Lego's He can not focus on anything else. It's

all he does, talks about or thinks about. If we make him play with

other children he wants to act out scenes from Star Wars Legos.

which is not neccesarily all that unusual but it is unusual in its

all consumingness. There was a period of time where he had this

thing for the Bare Naked Ladies and he made me play their CD's like

500 times everyday and he wanted to know their names and what

instruments they're playing and everyting else about them. But at

the time he was 2, so that was a little werid. He also had a period

when he was very small where he was really into books. Not reading

them just...them. He wanted to touch them and smell them and just

look at them for hours at a time. When he was seven months old and

we started to think " Hey maybe somehting is not right here. " he would

sit in the living room for literally hours and just turn the pages of

books.

Amber

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My 5 yo went through the the Train thing, too. He still

plays with them but is not obsessed like he used to be. He would

bring his trains into the kitchen (instead of playing on his train

table with the tracks) and line them all up on the lines on the

linoleum. If anyone accidentally kicked one or moved it, look

out!!

Now he is really obsessed with Power Rangers. He can name all the

Rangers from all the series whether he's seen them or not. It can

be a problem at times, because when he gets into an uncomfortable

situation or when he can't handle his emotions (anger in particular)

he becomes a PR and starts making threatening gestures, etc. Not

fun.

His other pseudo-obsession right now is scuba divers. He looks

through every Finding Nemo book he comes across looking for a

picture of the diver that captured Nemo. He also has a short video

on the computer about coral reefs that he watches for the divers,

and he likes to look at pictures of any divers he can get his hands

on. He had some birthday money to spend and bought a mask and

snorkel (which he uses in the bathtub or when we go in the

neighbor's pool) and has asked why he can't have a wetsuit, flippers

and a tank, too!

Ann

>

> I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things

they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's

thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters,

just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing

on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't

know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so

that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

[Guest guest]

Chris's are not weird but Pokemon keeps coming back....... and for years and

years he has played and still does play mainly with his army men and little

toys and pretends to shoot them kill them etc..... these toys have been on

his bedroom floor for many a year and when they get put away as a new toy

comes out they are usually back out on the floor again soon. In fact I don't

think I can not remember then disappearing for longer that a couple of

days....

Cheers Jaxx (New Zealand)

[Guest guest]

Hi Tammy

My AS son who is five has always had an obsession with magnets and buttons that

you can push. If you give him magnets he is busy for hours trying to move them

around and magnet to things. And you can not go anywhere without him seeing and

HAVING to push buttons. I.e elevators atm ect. He is also really into things

that " transform " I don't quite understand this one. He loves transformers but it

doesn't end there he thinks up transforming objects in his head and then wants

me to buy it for him. Which is impossible because it doesn't exist anywhere

except his imagination. lol could turn out to be a good thing maybe he will be

an inventor:)

( ) wierd and unusual " obsessions "

I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things they

are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's thing

is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes movie

words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what it's

rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos and

movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at age

2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing on

the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't know!

Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the dvd's

then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so that

I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

[Guest guest]

My son is a lot like yours. But he obsession is lego's. We have just

about all of them. He is very good in math too. He is doing high

school math and he's only in the 8th grade. He is teaching himself

all about the computer too. He has used the computer every since the

age of 2. Your right they just don't get it and don't care.

I was

> > just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual

> > things they

> > are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS.

> > My son's thing

> > is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the

> > characters, just

> > the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar,

> > etc.. But

> > mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually

> > got him a Warner

> > Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over

> > and writes movie

> > words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds.

> > He won't watch

> > the movie, just the end credits and reads the back

> > of the box. (He

> > is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can

> > tell you what it's

> > rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures

> > of the logos and

> > movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them.

> > He has had

> > this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word

> > he wrote at age

> > 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is

> > just amazing on

> > the computer and I have learned things from him that

> > I didn't know!

> > Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants

> > to read the dvd's

> > then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about

> > this because

> > they will probably think it's strange and unless you

> > understand AS

> > which I found most people don't.. they just don't

> > get it. I

> > would just like to hear about some other " wierd

> > obsessions " so that

> > I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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My DS does that with alphabet letters...he has lots of different sets and kinds

of them and he will take all of one set and line them up in a really long

line...he really blew my mind one day when he was lining them up on a table and

the made a nearly perfect right angle with his line (I even took a picture of

that one) He really loved it when I got him the Pop Onz (Fisher Price) Alphabet

blocks b/c they all connected! He actually got very upset with his Grammy one

day b/c she confused the " O " with a zero...he very promptly corrected her (LMAO)

and moved on

Ann <maryann1@...> wrote: My 5 yo went through the

the Train thing, too. He still

plays with them but is not obsessed like he used to be. He would

bring his trains into the kitchen (instead of playing on his train

table with the tracks) and line them all up on the lines on the

linoleum. If anyone accidentally kicked one or moved it, look

out!!

Now he is really obsessed with Power Rangers. He can name all the

Rangers from all the series whether he's seen them or not. It can

be a problem at times, because when he gets into an uncomfortable

situation or when he can't handle his emotions (anger in particular)

he becomes a PR and starts making threatening gestures, etc. Not

fun.

His other pseudo-obsession right now is scuba divers. He looks

through every Finding Nemo book he comes across looking for a

picture of the diver that captured Nemo. He also has a short video

on the computer about coral reefs that he watches for the divers,

and he likes to look at pictures of any divers he can get his hands

on. He had some birthday money to spend and bought a mask and

snorkel (which he uses in the bathtub or when we go in the

neighbor's pool) and has asked why he can't have a wetsuit, flippers

and a tank, too!

Ann

>

> I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things

they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's

thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters,

just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing

on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't

know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so

that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

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[Guest guest]

We are getting ready to put our house on the market and decluttering. I

have so many matchbox cars, figures and other stuff...don't know what to do

with

them all. Aarrgh!

[Guest guest]

andrew was pretty into water towers about a year ago. i had no idea there

were so many water towers in our city!! and now i know where each and every

one of them are

bernadette

On 6/27/06, disorderlybehavior <disorderlybehavior@...> wrote:

>

> Jake's obsessions change...it used to be muscle cars, at age 5 he was

> reading HotRod magazine. For awhile it was Yughio cards, until he got

> a deck that was counterfit, now they all suck. He is on his 2nd round

> with Pokemon now. For a long time he was obsessed with gems....he

> did'nt understand why he couldn't have a diamond or emerald for

> Christmas, thank God he got over that one! For awhile it was

> dinosaurs. Then there's dragon's, a new obsession that started about

> a month ago, I can handle that one. At least with his obsessions

> changing, he is researching and learning alot about different things.

>

> Theresa

>

>

> >

> > I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things they

> > are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's thing

> > is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

> > the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> > mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> > Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

> movie

> > words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> > the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> > is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

> it's

> > rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

> and

> > movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> > this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

> age

> > 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing

> on

> > the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't know!

> > Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

> dvd's

> > then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> > they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> > which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> > would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so that

> > I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Parts of things... always bits and pieces. For example, this

afternoon, I needed to retrieve something from 10 year old son's

backpack. What I found was this: Pokemon cards (this phase comes and

goes), Hot Wheels cars, assorted rocks and chips of stone, pages

from a newspaper (son declared that these were of significance

having a hundred dollar coupon inside - turns out it was for money

off furnace installation), a key from the swimming pool locker, and

a baby shoe (yup, asked about that one and he says it has been on

his teacher's desk so he asked her today if he could keep it), and

finally, a tire off of some toy vehicle. I have no clue why these -

and the like - items are of importance to my son. ly, I see

junk and when asked he doesn't seem to be able to answer; he appears

to " know " that most the stuff is worthless, but to him it serves

some sort of purpose that goes beyond my comprehension.

>

> I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things

they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's

thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters,

just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing

on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't

know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so

that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

[Guest guest]

Oh, we could have a count-off - lol - there are SO MANY vehicles in

my home I wouldn't even know where to begin to measure. We have 4

sons and all have collected the cars from time to time, but son #3

is just like yours: can tell you what the vehicle is, the make,

whether a sibling has one and if so, if it is in a different colour,

etc. etc. As a baby, his little hand would grasp one and he would

carry it with him into the crib to sleep in place of a stuffie. In

fact, the only way he ever began to show any interest in stuffed

animals was after I found a stuffed police car that lit up and

whaled its siren. This boy is a car fanatic!

I was just wondering.. Do any

of your kids have unusual things they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's

thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing

on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't

know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so

that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

>

>

>

>

>

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Metal detector! We let son use one this Spring during a camping trip

and while at the beach and we barely saw him with anything else! He

had a ball finding bottle caps!

>

> Hi Tammy

> My AS son who is five has always had an obsession with magnets and

buttons that you can push. If you give him magnets he is busy for

hours trying to move them around and magnet to things. And you can

not go anywhere without him seeing and HAVING to push buttons. I.e

elevators atm ect. He is also really into things that " transform " I

don't quite understand this one. He loves transformers but it

doesn't end there he thinks up transforming objects in his head and

then wants me to buy it for him. Which is impossible because it

doesn't exist anywhere except his imagination. lol could turn out to

be a good thing maybe he will be an inventor:)

>

> ( ) wierd and unusual " obsessions "

>

>

> I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things

they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's

thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters,

just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a

Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't

watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box.

(He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just

amazing on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't

know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this

because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand

AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so

that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

i don't know what it is with power rangers, but it seems all of the kids i

know that are on the asd are crazy about them!! andrew stays up half the

night, just to catch the show on boomerang.

bernadette

On 6/27/06, Wilke <msfixit3269@...> wrote:

>

> My son is 12 and his obsession is matchbox cars. I think we have more

> of them than Wal Mart. He always checks the display of any store we go into

> looking for new ones. I think we have over 400 of them. He has been

> collecting them since age 3. He also knows which ones he has and which ones

> he doesnt. I have suggested making a list of the ones that he has but he

> says he doesnt need it he knows which ones he has. I said i needed the list

> so i dont buy extras and he said just ask me i will tell you. lol. This

> coming from a kid that cant remember where his shoes are. And power rangers,

> omg, don't even get me started. He can go on for hours on the subject of

> power rangers.

>

> Tammy <vitzie@... <vitzie%40verizon.net>> wrote: I was just

> wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things they

>

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Sneak preview the all-new .com <http:///>. It's not

> radically different. Just radically better.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

andrew spent hours lining up his matchbox cars. i remember him being 2 years

old and lining up cars (all pointing the same way of course) for 2-3 hours.

i couldn't get over his attention span. i remember thinking, well whatever

this is, at least we know he's not adhd....lol!

bernadette

On 6/27/06, <melly217@...> wrote:

>

> My son's obsession has been the Tank Engine

> since he was about 2. He is going to be 8 in October

> and still plays with his trains. He collects them and

> loves to play with them over and over again. He has

> some toys from CHRISTMAS that he still hasn't opened

> because he loves his trains. He used to be into

> matchbox cars as well. He would line them up in a

> straight line when he was 3. That was fun for him. Now

> his new obsession is drawing. He wants anythign that

> will help him draw. :-)

>

>

> --- Wilke <msfixit3269@... <msfixit3269%40>>

> wrote:

>

> > My son is 12 and his obsession is matchbox cars. I

> > think we have more of them than Wal Mart. He always

> > checks the display of any store we go into looking

> > for new ones. I think we have over 400 of them. He

> > has been collecting them since age 3. He also knows

> > which ones he has and which ones he doesnt. I have

> > suggested making a list of the ones that he has but

> > he says he doesnt need it he knows which ones he

> > has. I said i needed the list so i dont buy extras

> > and he said just ask me i will tell you. lol. This

> > coming from a kid that cant remember where his shoes

> > are. And power rangers, omg, don't even get me

> > started. He can go on for hours on the subject of

> > power rangers.

> >

> > Tammy <vitzie@... <vitzie%40verizon.net>> wrote: I was

> > just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual

> > things they

> > are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS.

> > My son's thing

> > is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the

> > characters, just

> > the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar,

> > etc.. But

> > mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually

> > got him a Warner

> > Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over

> > and writes movie

> > words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds.

> > He won't watch

> > the movie, just the end credits and reads the back

> > of the box. (He

> > is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can

> > tell you what it's

> > rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures

> > of the logos and

> > movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them.

> > He has had

> > this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word

> > he wrote at age

> > 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is

> > just amazing on

> > the computer and I have learned things from him that

> > I didn't know!

> > Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants

> > to read the dvd's

> > then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about

> > this because

> > they will probably think it's strange and unless you

> > understand AS

> > which I found most people don't.. they just don't

> > get it. I

> > would just like to hear about some other " wierd

> > obsessions " so that

> > I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> > Sneak preview the all-new .com <http:///>. It's not

> > radically different. Just radically better.

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> > removed]

> >

> >

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

LOL Bernadette, if you find out please let me know, Hunter loves Power Rangers,

and had a lot of action figures. More then any child could ever need.

Leanne

Bernadette Waguespack <bwaguespack@...> wrote:

i don't know what it is with power rangers, but it seems all of the

kids i

know that are on the asd are crazy about them!! andrew stays up half the

night, just to catch the show on boomerang.

bernadette

On 6/27/06, Wilke <msfixit3269@...> wrote:

>

> My son is 12 and his obsession is matchbox cars. I think we have more

> of them than Wal Mart. He always checks the display of any store we go into

> looking for new ones. I think we have over 400 of them. He has been

> collecting them since age 3. He also knows which ones he has and which ones

> he doesnt. I have suggested making a list of the ones that he has but he

> says he doesnt need it he knows which ones he has. I said i needed the list

> so i dont buy extras and he said just ask me i will tell you. lol. This

> coming from a kid that cant remember where his shoes are. And power rangers,

> omg, don't even get me started. He can go on for hours on the subject of

> power rangers.

>

> Tammy <vitzie@... <vitzie%40verizon.net>> wrote: I was just

> wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things they

>

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Sneak preview the all-new .com <http:///>. It's not

> radically different. Just radically better.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My son is also a hot wheels fanatic. He has several hundred. He likes to line

them all up and if they get bumped he gets really frustrated and angry. He also

has an obsession with maps. By the time he was 5 he knew most of his states.

He is now 6 and knows a lot of the capitals and some countries. He loves the

globe. I've bought him serveral atlas' and maps and even card games that have

to do with identifying states. Funny that most of you mentioned the power

rangers. Just in the last few days my son has been paying more attention to the

show.

[Guest guest]

Our son is obsessed with the computer. At the age of three he couldn't speak a

word but he could navigate his way around a PC no problem. I still laugh at

vidoe footage we have of him babbling away in jibberish whilst laoding up a game

that he wanted to play. We put a PC in his room last year and he is amazing on

it now. I hope that it might one day lead to some kind of employment that he

enjoys.

Beck

( ) Re: wierd and unusual " obsessions "

>

> I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing

on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

Seth's is Star Wars Lego's He can not focus on anything else. It's

all he does, talks about or thinks about. If we make him play with

other children he wants to act out scenes from Star Wars Legos.

which is not neccesarily all that unusual but it is unusual in its

all consumingness. There was a period of time where he had this

thing for the Bare Naked Ladies and he made me play their CD's like

500 times everyday and he wanted to know their names and what

instruments they're playing and everyting else about them. But at

the time he was 2, so that was a little werid. He also had a period

when he was very small where he was really into books. Not reading

them just...them. He wanted to touch them and smell them and just

look at them for hours at a time. When he was seven months old and

we started to think " Hey maybe somehting is not right here. " he would

sit in the living room for literally hours and just turn the pages of

books.

Amber

[Guest guest]

My son is also into the computer. He has been since about age 2, he is now five.

It is funny because I have to ask him for help when I am doing things on the

computer now. He is also really into his gameboy. He is so good at it to! I hope

that you are right and these kinds of " obsessions " do turn into great careers.

( ) Re: wierd and unusual " obsessions "

>

> I was just wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things they

> are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's thing

> is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters, just

> the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a Warner

> Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't watch

> the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box. (He

> is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just amazing

on

> the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't know!

> Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand AS

> which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so that

> I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

>

Seth's is Star Wars Lego's He can not focus on anything else. It's

all he does, talks about or thinks about. If we make him play with

other children he wants to act out scenes from Star Wars Legos.

which is not neccesarily all that unusual but it is unusual in its

all consumingness. There was a period of time where he had this

thing for the Bare Naked Ladies and he made me play their CD's like

500 times everyday and he wanted to know their names and what

instruments they're playing and everyting else about them. But at

the time he was 2, so that was a little werid. He also had a period

when he was very small where he was really into books. Not reading

them just...them. He wanted to touch them and smell them and just

look at them for hours at a time. When he was seven months old and

we started to think " Hey maybe somehting is not right here. " he would

sit in the living room for literally hours and just turn the pages of

books.

Amber

[Guest guest]

Tammy, my son has the same movie info obsession. He is 10 now and

it has only become stronger. he knows every movie production

company statistic, box office info, actors, etc. He doesn't just

like to watch them but prefers the research on them and knows every

bit of info possible. He has used this obsession to write his own

scripts and has started to make his own " movies " on video. I

think these obsessions can be channelled into something very

positive and productive in their lives. Just wanted you to know

that you are not alone in this and I totally understand. We try to

relish his uniqueness (and pray for patience with all the obsessive

stuff!).

thanks for posting.

carol

I was just

> > wondering.. Do any of your kids have unusual things they

> >

> > are obsessed with? I read that it is common with AS. My son's

thing

> > is Warner Brothers and other movie logos. Not the characters,

just

> > the logo itself, 20th century fox, Columbia Tristar, etc.. But

> > mostly WB. He will be 6 in 3 days and we actually got him a

Warner

> > Bros. Cake. He just draws these logos over and over and writes

movie

> > words. He absoultely LOVES movie theaters and dvds. He won't

watch

> > the movie, just the end credits and reads the back of the box.

(He

> > is hyperlexic) I could name any movie and he can tell you what

it's

> > rated. Also he will go online and save the pictures of the logos

and

> > movie ads, then create a slideshow and look at them. He has had

> > this " obsession " since age 2, in fact the first word he wrote at

age

> > 2 1/2 was " Columia Tristar Home Entertainment " He is just

amazing on

> > the computer and I have learned things from him that I didn't

know!

> > Most kids in a store wants toys.. not him he wants to read the

dvd's

> > then pick 1 to buy I don't tell many people about this because

> > they will probably think it's strange and unless you understand

AS

> > which I found most people don't.. they just don't get it. I

> > would just like to hear about some other " wierd obsessions " so

that

> > I know we are not alone Thanks Tammy

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> > Sneak preview the all-new .com <http:///>. It's not

> > radically different. Just radically better.

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

the thing with our AD is her obsession with electric outlets,they talk to here

and she talks to them EVERYWHERE! you should see the looks we get in church when

she offers the communion wine to the outlet.

The funniest thing was when she was speaking Spanish(self taught)in a Mexican

restaurant and the waitress (speaking very poor English) was trying to warn her

not to put her drink in the outlet.

she was no no no no,eeeze no to be good por to do that, no no no dunt pweeze!

then Annie turned to her and had a 15 minute talk with her in Spanish about how

she was just playing and did not mean to scare her......when i went to pay the

check was asked where she learned...we told them she taught herself and they

were amazed said she had the best dialect that they ever heard on a white girl

and we are in Tennessee......She was so happy jumping all around and

embarrassed her mother and grandmother

I just laughed it off (my skin is a bit thicker)

Just thought I would share this funny story

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