Happy Autistic Pride Day!

I started the party last night, and stayed up the whole night. Didn't really have much to do, so I took an online Raven's IQ test around 4:30 this morning.

It was fun, but I must've been so wired on my imaginary coffee, because I got through the first three quarters of the thing in five minutes. Got a 104 (not a high fever though). Not bad - though I still feel foolish for having zipped through it, thinking I was getting everything right. Ah, well. Good to put arrogance to bed, even if the rest of me failed to nod off.

Another way to celebrate: I figured out how to do a makeshift version of smores involving my microwave. I learned from the last time my lesson about plastic in the microwave, and the WRONG way to melt chocolate, so I did some research, and heated up some water, then put the chocolate I wanted melted in a measuring cup and let the heat energy transfer from the hot water to the plastic to the chocolate.

It was a good experiment. One I'm sure any self-respecting hungry chemist would be glad to review. ;-)

Still working on a couple video projects so far. One is part of a thread on AFF, which will involve me talking about various experiences as an autistic person.

Another one is more of a self-contained, mini-documentary (mini both for time length and because of a limited selection of subjects). Also am working on the planning stages for another video project to submit to the possibility of being included in a...er, a London something, I can't remember, except that I'm excited to submit my contribution as soon as it's ready.

Gay marriage! Not htat it's new news, just, yeah, they talked about it more on the news because the licenses are getting issued. Ah. Gotta love California. I wonder sometimes what would be the social-political analogue of the legalization of same-sex marriage to autistic rights.

*shrugs*

Well, don't think it really matters. There wouldn't be an exact equivalent anyway, in terms of nature of it. Though I do sometimes worry about the threat of people who claim that autistics would make lesser parents, which particularly strikes a nerve with me as the daughter of a spectrum dad and me, with hopes to raise (a) child(ren) at some future time.

Watch this page for pics! I will edit them into my post as soon as I get them.

Oh! Boredom has it's better edges. Apparently I'm a chiuwuwa:

You Are a Chihuahua Puppy

Small, high strung, and loyal. You do best in the city with a adults - young kids could crush you!

What Breed of Puppy Are You?

Meme-orable

Abfh tagged me.

5 Things in my bag:

1-A ruler that also functions as a calculator

2-A print card for the local community college

3-Bubbles

4-a Straw

5-pamphlet from the Mars Society

5 Favorite things in my room:

1-My Invader Zim figure collection

2-Animator's clay and some figures made therof

3-my two tarantulas

4-Globe

5-Telescope

5 Things I have always wanted to do:

1-direct a documentary

2-establish a school primarily for autistic kids

3-publish a book (or two or three - some autiebiography, some science fiction and some mainstream fiction)

4-get a Ph.D. in physics (emphasis on astrophysics or particle physics)

5-make an animated cartoon

5 Things I am currently into:

1-astronomy

2-animation

3-writing (especially novel and sitcom)

4-Japanese language and culture

5-making up my own language (I invented an alphabet yesterday - now I just need the words and grammar!)

5 people I'd like to tag:

1-Marla

2-Casdok

3-abfh

4-Bev

5-Big Time Sysnaesthe

Consider yourselves tagged! :)