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Start here => M.O.-Introductions => Ask Away Threads => Topic started by: Graelwyn on January 03, 2007, 10:05:45 PM
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Ok, since most seem to be in on this, and since I seem to like sharing about myself, here is my ask anything thread...just a warning, I have little experience in sexual relationships and am not greatly comfortable talking about sex in great detail...other than that, I talk about anything... I hope :green:
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What is your name??.............
What is your quest??........
What is the average velocity of an unladen sparrow??........
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Name is Katharine Zoe Ruth, but most call me Kate.
My Quest is to discover the meaning of everything in life, insofar as I can, even though my interpretation will be highly subjective lol and to leave my mark on the world...either through my writing or through my photography.
The final question... I don't know, and I can't be buggered to look it up on google, if it is even there :green:
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have you ever experienced multiple orgasms?
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have you ever experienced multiple orgasms?
Psssst McJ....... you're supposed to kiss her a few times before you go for the clitoris. ;) :eyebrows: :laugh:
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have you ever experienced multiple orgasms?
Psssst McJ....... you're supposed to kiss her a few times before you go for the clitoris. ;) :eyebrows: :laugh:
i forgot!
it's been a while.
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i forgot!
it's been a while.
9 months.... right?? ;D
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i forgot!
it's been a while.
9 months.... right?? ;D
only about 1 month.
hey i am guaranteed a handjob later though. and i don't even have to do it myself.
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have you ever experienced multiple orgasms?
Nope.
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You mentioned that music was important to you, but you did not say what kind of music you like the most.
Are you a musician?
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You mentioned that music was important to you, but you did not say what kind of music you like the most.
Are you a musician?
I used to play piano and clarinet, but my gift has always been my singing voice. I am voice trained, but I have yet to make something of it as I lack the confidence to make a living from it. I have loved music since I was a child and I suppose, one might say it is a kinda...hmm, stim? or an escape from the noise and chaos of the world around me.
I like so much music... I cannot name one band or singer I like most, but I think I shall have to say I like celtic the most...as in Enya and a group called Clannad. Close behind those are Nightwish, Within Temptation, Sting/The Police, Art Garfunkel, Vangelis (Did music to Bladerunner) and Rasmus. I like show music and War Of The Worlds too. There is little I don't like, tho I dont like really heavy metal or country too much. I like classical, especially renditions done by Sky.
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That's interesting. I, too, enjoy all forms of music, but old rock gets the most airtime around me, followed closely by fifties and sixties jazz. I can't pin down a favorite rocker, but Hendrix gets a lot of plays, followed by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. I actually enjoy metal, but I have to be in the mood for it. My favorite jazz musician is Miles Davis, especially his "Bitches Brew" era. Monk and Coltrane are also in the top spots, along with Herbie Hancock. I managed to work it out so I could meet him this summer. He is every bit as strange as his music. Bach is hands down my favorite classical composer, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven, tie for second place. That's kind of predictable, I guess. I only draw the line at rap, but I don't consider it music, anyway. I need to explore more Celtic bands, since I'm only familiar with the ones who came to the USA and made commercial successes of themselves. I know there are many more.
I listen to music about twenty hours per day - it goes off, sometimes, when I take my naps. A nap sounds like a good idea, right now. :laugh:
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Is that Stonehenge in Your avatar?
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That's interesting. I, too, enjoy all forms of music, but old rock gets the most airtime around me, followed closely by fifties and sixties jazz. I can't pin down a favorite rocker, but Hendrix gets a lot of plays, followed by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. I actually enjoy metal, but I have to be in the mood for it. My favorite jazz musician is Miles Davis, especially his "Bitches Brew" era. Monk and Coltrane are also in the top spots, along with Herbie Hancock. I managed to work it out so I could meet him this summer. He is every bit as strange as his music. Bach is hands down my favorite classical composer, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven, tie for second place. That's kind of predictable, I guess. I only draw the line at rap, but I don't consider it music, anyway. I need to explore more Celtic bands, since I'm only familiar with the ones who came to the USA and made commercial successes of themselves. I know there are many more.
I listen to music about twenty hours per day - it goes off, sometimes, when I take my naps. A nap sounds like a good idea, right now. :laugh:
That's interesting. I, too, enjoy all forms of music, but old rock gets the most airtime around me, followed closely by fifties and sixties jazz. I can't pin down a favorite rocker, but Hendrix gets a lot of plays, followed by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. I actually enjoy metal, but I have to be in the mood for it. My favorite jazz musician is Miles Davis, especially his "Bitches Brew" era. Monk and Coltrane are also in the top spots, along with Herbie Hancock. I managed to work it out so I could meet him this summer. He is every bit as strange as his music. Bach is hands down my favorite classical composer, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven, tie for second place. That's kind of predictable, I guess. I only draw the line at rap, but I don't consider it music, anyway. I need to explore more Celtic bands, since I'm only familiar with the ones who came to the USA and made commercial successes of themselves. I know there are many more.
I listen to music about twenty hours per day - it goes off, sometimes, when I take my naps. A nap sounds like a good idea, right now. :laugh:
Hmm, I have some of my favourite songs on a site called esnips, but not sure how much celtic is there. Have some nightwish there though. Some of that is quite beautiful, especially a song called 'Angels Fall First'. I listen to music almost as much as you do, though not quite as I sleep for 7-8 hours a night and cannot sleep with any noise...or any light. Anyway, here is link to my uploaded songs on esnips. You should be able to just click and play.They use windows media player.
http://www.esnips.com/web/GraelwynsOtherStuff (http://www.esnips.com/web/GraelwynsOtherStuff)
Kevv... Yes, it is Stonehenge in my avatar. Have been there once, and you couldn't get near the stones due to barriers. I much prefer a stone circle here called Avebury.
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So You live in England?
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Yes, in Southampton, which is a port.
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would you care to talk about your bouts with anorexia?
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I am ok talking about it. It started when I was 13 with a diet. Silly really, another girl was going on a diet and I decided to follow suit. I was troubled already though at this point. But it wasn't too bad until I was 17, when I got worse. I left school 2 weeks before my final exams and the doctor diagnosed anorexia. It was easy to do, I suppose. I was intelligent enough to work everything out.. I loved making lists anyway, I now made lists of calories for everything and spent my days reading every calorie counter I could get my hands on. I suppose that is pretty aspergers, heh. I started abusing laxatives, and I avoided people like the plague. I didnt mix much anyway, but I became downright unpleasant at this point around anyone who visited me, and a few girls did. I dont remember this, but my mother told me.
At 18, I dropped down to 74ibs and I am 5'10. The village doctor had never had a case of anorexia, so he did not take any action other than to tell my parents I had 24 hours to live if I didn't start eating. I guess I got frightened as I did start eating and for a short time I was ok. But once I started college, a btec in performing arts, I went downhill again. I left due to an issue with an older male on the course, and from 19 until 25, I was on and off laxatives. I stayed at around 118 ibs until I started working in London in the theatre after my parents split up. I didnt cope too well with the pressure and the people I suppose as I went a little crazy. I got back into weighing myself several times a day on different scales, I would go around trying on clothes to see if I could fit the smallest, my every waking moment was consumed with thoughts of my weight and my laxatives. I was taking 70 of them a day. Eventually, my kidneys failed and I was rushed into hospital. But I was manipulative and totally addicted and even in hospital they gave me laxatives as I threatened to pull my drip out if they didn't. I was back in twice more with kidney failure before I stopped taking the things. I started to improve when I found a new obsession to lose myself in, Doctor Who. My weight went up, I stopped taking the laxatives and was ok. I met my ex, moved to a new location, briefly went back to having eating issues but I have been fairly stable now for 4 years, although I still have body image issues and still try and keep a firm control of my weight.
I recently read that 18% of those with anorexia also fulfil the criteria for aspergers, interestingly. It is another obsession really, isn't it
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i am in awe. and i just do not understand. speechless. me.
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In what sense are you in awe and in what sense don't you understand lol ?
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In what sense are you in awe and in what sense don't you understand lol ?
i am in awe because i cannot understand. 74 pounds!
anorexia involves not eating food, and i just love food so damn much. i might even give up sex for food. especially all things fried.
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How are your kidneys now, Graelwyn? Was there any lasting damage to them?
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No, not as far as I know, though I don't suppose my heart is wonderful as it did go into failure at one point without my realising. I was walking around London at the time, and had been to see a play with Rene Auberjonais, one of my obsessions at that time..(Odo in Star Trek DS9) He told my mother I looked very unwell. The next day, I took an overdose and they found out then that my heart had been failing. My bones and joints have suffered as a result, those are quite poor. And some might say my underactive thyroid is as a result of the anorexia. My smoking did more damage than the eating disorder actually, since I now have Copd, which is quite rare as I was only 28 when diagnosed.
McJagger... I love food also. Too much, maybe. It was a control thing and a total obsession. My weight, my bones and the calories I took in were all that mattered. That one number. I would even weigh myself after having a drink, and vomit after having a low fat yoghurt, I was that bad. At worst, I was living on 1/2 a ricecake a day. Now, I couldn't do it and wouldn't do it, as I know my body wouldn't take it again.
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Oooh, check out that posting time, lol. 11:10:22. Cool.
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My daughter had congestive heart failure when she was a baby, but her heart is really doing quite well now, all things considered. Her problem was a big hole in her heart when she was born, but they fixed it when she was three weeks old. Are there any medicines that can help your COPD, like asthma medicines or something?
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I refused an inhalor as I do not like taking medications in general and what I have is mild, thank God. I only really become aware of it when I do heavy exercise or it is damp outside.
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Hmm, I have some of my favourite songs on a site called esnips, but not sure how much celtic is there. Have some nightwish there though. Some of that is quite beautiful, especially a song called 'Angels Fall First'. I listen to music almost as much as you do, though not quite as I sleep for 7-8 hours a night and cannot sleep with any noise...or any light. Anyway, here is link to my uploaded songs on esnips. You should be able to just click and play.They use windows media player.
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Does this (needing total darkness and absolute quiet) an A-S thing? I had been like that as a child, the only one of my family like that, it was quite frustrating.
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I enjoyed your esnips link. It's great to find people who have a wide variety in their musical tastes. Even when I worked with musicians, I was often in closed minded crowds, who thought that music had to be one way or it was not good. To me, music is like any other art. It's not just good or bad.
I noticed you had Nightwish in there, also. I've been playing them quite a bit today. I really love hard rockin' girls.
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Hmm, I have some of my favourite songs on a site called esnips, but not sure how much celtic is there. Have some nightwish there though. Some of that is quite beautiful, especially a song called 'Angels Fall First'. I listen to music almost as much as you do, though not quite as I sleep for 7-8 hours a night and cannot sleep with any noise...or any light. Anyway, here is link to my uploaded songs on esnips. You should be able to just click and play.They use windows media player.
Does this (needing total darkness and absolute quiet) an A-S thing? I had been like that as a child, the only one of my family like that, it was quite frustrating.
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Not sure, but my mother doesn't half kick up a stink about the fuss I make with having to put up extra covers over her windows when I visit. The first 2 nights there, I kept waking up throughout the night due to the light. I need almost total darkness to sleep. Dont think I have always been that way though, not sure. It is odd, at night, I have to have dark and total silence. In day, I need a lot of light, as much as possible.
Dawg... I am glad you liked some of it. I will add to it when I have time as I have lots more I am loving. If you have time, seek out a song by enya called Amarantine...or look at the lyrics. It is a beautiful song as is 'a moment lost' by Enya also.
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I'm 44 now, and have quite grown out of it. Going through the military caused me to HAVE to adjust. They always kept lights on, just that at night, they shifted to a dim red glow. There was always some sort of activity around the sleeping quarters. However, they kept us so tired, I could have slept just about anywhere, under any conditions and had too at times. I still prefer quiet and total darkness, but I can survive sleeping through a lot more now. I think a lot of my characteristics have decreased over the years, due to enhanced copeing skills. But it has helped to explain why I was wired like I was when I was younger... My brothers would walk by and bang on my bedroom door while I was trying to go to sleep, or simply reach in and turn the switch on, knowing it would upset me. I'd get to the point where I was to upset to even go to sleep. If I didn't get into bed by 9 pm, I became agitated. Nobody knew why back then.
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I find it hard to recall how I was as a child. I was, apparently, the kind of kid to go around and hug everyone and talk a lot to anyone, tho mainly adults as I recall, as a child... I didnt mix with my peers hardly at all. They didnt like me. I do recall though that from an early age, I liked to play alone. I liked to go to my room, close the door and listen to music and dance by myself, or play with my cuddly toys and imagine they were talking to me...and I talked to myself a lot. I have always had intense interests too. But I would never have imagined I had aspergers due to the fact that until around 8 or 9, I was apparently, quite a loving child.
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if i had my way, real life would only happen after the sun goes down and before it rises again.
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Ah, but what is real and what isn't real lol ?
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Ah, but what is real and what isn't real lol ?
The voices in my head are real...... at least that's what they tell me!!!! :GA:
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:laugh: Never trust the voices *dramatic voice* they might be lying...
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What if you can't understand the voices, very well ...
First voice: ﷲﯓﯓ ﺆﭵﷲ ﺲﷲ ﺆﺊﭺﻹﻕ ﺲﷲﯓﭵ
... and you accidentally start an argument between two of them?
Second voice: נּטּכּתּ שּׁגּףּכּ תּשּׁגּ שׁהּףּﭏנּטּכּתּ שּׁגּףּﭏנּ
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:laugh:
DD+
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Thanks, Odeon. I was hoping, someone would get it. It's total gibberish - I have no idea what I wrote.
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Funny, lol. Whatever it is, it looks aesthetically pleasing. :P
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I think the first one is Arab and the second Hebrew, but I have not a clue what it means.
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I think the first one is Arab and the second Hebrew, but I have not a clue what it means.
Arab and Hebrew, well it can't be good :o
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Gee whiz, was that the best you guys could come up with in questioning me lol? I mean, hell, there must still be a fair amount you don't know about me, even in spite of my open nature on the rest of the forum ::) :eyebrows:
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Oooh ohhh, a 3:33 post. Kewl.
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Gee whiz, was that the best you guys could come up with in questioning me lol? I mean, hell, there must still be a fair amount you don't know about me, even in spite of my open nature on the rest of the forum ::) :eyebrows:
Could you post a link to some of your pics??
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Oh, can't you see them? They are all in my creative endeavours thread in Submissions?
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Gee whiz, was that the best you guys could come up with in questioning me lol? I mean, hell, there must still be a fair amount you don't know about me, even in spite of my open nature on the rest of the forum ::) :eyebrows:
the moment you stated that you aren't interested in sex then i lost all my material.
you see i am one dimensional.
now if you wish to talk about the unspeakables, then i have alot of questions for you.
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Gee whiz, was that the best you guys could come up with in questioning me lol? I mean, hell, there must still be a fair amount you don't know about me, even in spite of my open nature on the rest of the forum ::) :eyebrows:
OK Graelwyn, here's one for you. YES or NO only please....
Would you ever visit a man that you've met only over the internet... (we'll work on the details later :eyebrows:)
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Yes
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Gee whiz, was that the best you guys could come up with in questioning me lol? I mean, hell, there must still be a fair amount you don't know about me, even in spite of my open nature on the rest of the forum ::) :eyebrows:
the moment you stated that you aren't interested in sex then i lost all my material.
you see i am one dimensional.
now if you wish to talk about the unspeakables, then i have alot of questions for you.
Now, that is sad...the only interest you have in a female is their sex lives?
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Yes
We shall talk soon! BTW, McJuggs doesn't speak for all of us...
Q#2: What is your favorite food?
Q#3: If you found a very large amount of cash, would you keep it?
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Yes
We shall talk soon! BTW, McJuggs doesn't speak for all of us...
Q#2: What is your favorite food?
Q#3: If you found a very large amount of cash, would you keep it?
Q2- Cannot choose favourite food as I have several... seafood, vegetables, fruit, anything chocolate, cake.
Q3-No, I would probably hand it in to the police station...my conscience wouldn't let me keep it.
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Yes
We shall talk soon! BTW, McJuggs doesn't speak for all of us...
Q#2: What is your favorite food?
Q#3: If you found a very large amount of cash, would you keep it?
Q2- Cannot choose favourite food as I have several... seafood, vegetables, fruit, anything chocolate, cake.
Q3-No, I would probably hand it in to the police station...my conscience wouldn't let me keep it.
Both of those are great answers....
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Gee whiz, was that the best you guys could come up with in questioning me lol? I mean, hell, there must still be a fair amount you don't know about me, even in spite of my open nature on the rest of the forum ::) :eyebrows:
the moment you stated that you aren't interested in sex then i lost all my material.
you see i am one dimensional.
now if you wish to talk about the unspeakables, then i have alot of questions for you.
Now, that is sad...the only interest you have in a female is their sex lives?
what else is there?
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What is your favorite color?
What should go on a pizza?
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Gee whiz, was that the best you guys could come up with in questioning me lol? I mean, hell, there must still be a fair amount you don't know about me, even in spite of my open nature on the rest of the forum ::) :eyebrows:
the moment you stated that you aren't interested in sex then i lost all my material.
you see i am one dimensional.
now if you wish to talk about the unspeakables, then i have alot of questions for you.
Now, that is sad...the only interest you have in a female is their sex lives?
what else is there?
Hmm, are you insinuating that the only use for a woman is to have babies and provide sex for the male?
There is plenty else...interests, history, wishes, dreams, philosophies, ideologies, experiences...sex is a tiny quantity in my life. It is a primitive, basic and in general, brainless activity. That is my opinion of it. It has its place, sure, it is pleasurable, but it isn't the be all and end all of life. And if it is, well, that is a very narrow existence.
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What is your favorite color?
What should go on a pizza?
I seem to like all colours apart from yellow and orange, but Blue and green are my current favourites.
Pizza? I don't have it that often, but when I do, I usually have a vegetarian one with egg, spinach and pine nuts on it. We have a place called pizza express where you can watch it being made and they have some amazing combinations of toppings.
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Hmm, are you insinuating that the only use for a woman is to have babies and provide sex for the male?
There is plenty else...interests, history, wishes, dreams, philosophies, ideologies, experiences...sex is a tiny quantity in my life. It is a primitive, basic and in general, brainless activity. That is my opinion of it.
but for many men, their dominant brain is in their smaller head. ;)
It has its place, sure, it is pleasurable, but it isn't the be all and end all of life. And if it is, well, that is a very narrow existence
shall i explain where babies come from? :P
i am sorry, but it was a legitimate question: what else is there?
i wasn't really meaning to demean you. i was simply prying more information out of you.
so you like to write and you enjoy photography.
what elkse is there? do you like to dance?
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I like history, archeology, movies, ghost hunting, visiting old buildings, researching things that catch my attention, studying people and analysing them, art, museums, walking in countryside, spiritual concepts... I have a lot of on/off interests. Oh, I am also interested in places like Easter Island and Stonehengs, and lost cities and things like that.
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history:
if you could live at any time in history when would it be and why?
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The renaissance...there was no many new ideas floating around in that period of time, the art was beautiful, I like the music from that time and the clothes worn were incrredible too.
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What is your favorite color?
What should go on a pizza?
I seem to like all colours apart from yellow and orange, but Blue and green are my current favourites.
Pizza? I don't have it that often, but when I do, I usually have a vegetarian one with egg, spinach and pine nuts on it. We have a place called pizza express where you can watch it being made and they have some amazing combinations of toppings.
I also have a hard time choosing between blue and green. The darker shades of those colors. And I shall try that pizza!
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have you ever done any archeology?
any finds?
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Nope, but there is an archeology society here that apparently does digs as well as lectures in one of the oldest buildings in Southampton ( A tudor merchants hall). I keep meaning to join. I am fascinated by it all and vaults are of great interest to me too.
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my eight year old daughter wants to be an archaelogist.
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That is a cool job for a girl to want. Most seem to want to be nurses or popstars and such things.
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i would think that an archaelogist would be a dream job for an aspie.
excebt for the hobnobbing involved for grant money.
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Grael a guest? Maybe it is my sex drive talking(this oughta belong in the drunk posting thread) talking, but grael, you talk to me, I will not make you sorry for telling me anything you are thinking. Intensity itself does not ban for speaking your mind, but it provides no other protection.
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Doh! Always screws me up when some posts by the same user are done by guests and some are done while theyre logged in.
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Both Graelwyn and DriftingBlizzard deleted their accounts, last week, after a spat.
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Yep, it is a shame there is no way to merge the two accounts sort of thing, it is most disconcerting to see my doppelganger sitting there so smugly :laugh:
And Nomaken, sex drive talking or not, thanks... I would + you, but again I cannot so I will wish you to hit the minus karma you want lol.
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The only reason my number is held at something close to 666 is because others like that number. My number is so low and so fucked up because I dont like seeing it move up and down in response to my behaviors. I choose that number randomly using a calculator. It is negative because I would feel presumtuous using a positive number. So anything you'd like to do it, go ahead.
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I see Graelwyn! Hope you start posting again, I enjoyed reading what you wrote, back in the day. :)
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I see Graelwyn! Hope you start posting again, I enjoyed reading what you wrote, back in the day. :)
Thanks. That surprises me. I am not sure how I ended up back here, I got a pm and that sort of bought me back to nose around. That, and I have a bad cold so am not up to doing my usual stuff. I am willing to answer questions if anyone has any, well, most questions. I am honestly not all that interesting. :lol1:
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Well, a simple one: how have you been?
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Well, a simple one: how have you been?
That is not a simple one for me, as how do you cover 7 -8 years, without writing an essay, lol? I have been up and down, as I always have been. I am gradually trying to bring some order into my life, and work through the things that hold me back. Started my own group in my city for people who are introverted, socially awkward, eccentric etc, which is going well. Hoping to write a book around my current special interest of criminal profiling, death row and the like. I was finally officially diagnosed with Asperger's in November last year(I had suspected for 8 years, as had my doctor, but I never had an official DX), which has not really changed anything much, and I was fairly indifferent to it, to be honest. Other than that, I sort of struggle with such a question, as it varies from month to month, year to year. There have been no hospital admissions, so I guess I must have not been too bad. :lol1:
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Hoping to write a book around my current special interest of criminal profiling, death row and the like.
Did you ever get into the TV series Lt. Joe Kenda, Homicide Hunter??
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Hoping to write a book around my current special interest of criminal profiling, death row and the like.
Did you ever get into the TV series Lt. Joe Kenda, Homicide Hunter??
That is one I have not heard of. Is it American? I have Netflix so I can access quite a lot of stuff on there. I have lately been watching Forensic Files, Women Behind Bars, various documentaries about Death Row and serial killers, including Cleophus Prince Jr (story behind how I came to look him up) and fictional Uk series like Silent Witness, Broadchurch, Wire In The Blood... I have watched endless forensics and detective series, to be honest. But my main interest is in real life crimes, namely murders. I am looking into a diploma you can do in Criminal Profiling via distance learning, but it is bloody expensive.
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That is one I have not heard of. Is it American? ...I have watched endless forensics and detective series, to be honest. But my main interest is in real life crimes, namely murders.
Yes, The series is about the case files of Lt. Joe Kenda who was a homicide investigator for the Colorado Springs police department. He solved about 380 murders in his career that began in the early 70's. He had one of the highest conviction rates of any homicide investigator in the country and became a legend in law enforcement circles so they made a TV series about the crimes he solved.
I really enjoy the show, Joe Kenda narrates his thoughts on the case in between reenactments of the investigation. It has a very Film Noir feel about it.
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That is one I have not heard of. Is it American? ...I have watched endless forensics and detective series, to be honest. But my main interest is in real life crimes, namely murders.
Yes, The series is about the case files of Lt. Joe Kenda who was a homicide investigator for the Colorado Springs police department. He solved about 380 murders in his career that began in the early 70's. He had one of the highest conviction rates of any homicide investigator in the country and became a legend in law enforcement circles so they made a TV series about the crimes he solved.
I really enjoy the show, Joe Kenda narrates his thoughts on the case in between reenactments of the investigation. It has a very Film Noir feel about it.
That sounds like my sort of thing, definitely. I am sure I saw something about that guy before, but cannot remember if it was just mentioned in one of the other documentaries I watched or what. I wonder where I could find it. I have no idea why I am so fascinated in this area, especially given I am not good with gore, but it just fascinates me. Women behind bars is good as it covers their lives before the crime as well, where Forensic Files is mostly evidence based and about the actual crime. Do you reckon all serial killers are Psychopaths ?
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I studied intro to criminology as an elective for uni and found it bloody hard. My essays were severely criticised to my dismay. The unit was all about the history of criminology and I am not good with history because of all the facts that must be remembered (I have a poor memory), so I just barely passed.
Profiling sounds much more interesting.
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I studied intro to criminology as an elective for uni and found it bloody hard. My essays were severely criticised to my dismay. The unit was all about the history of criminology and I am not good with history because of all the facts that must be remembered (I have a poor memory), so I just barely passed.
Profiling sounds much more interesting.
Yes, I have to admit, I would find the history aspect rather boring... I like to get straight into the depths of it. I even spent a small fortune on the only book I could find on criminal profiling, which is a textbook as it turns out, but it goes into specific cases and the traits of psychopaths and signatures and such things. There seem to be slightly different disciplines in this area, including forensic psychology and criminal psychology, and they do not seem to be the same thing. I did a search on the differences. I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
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I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
... those who persue monsters...
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I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
... those who persue monsters...
I have sometimes wondered, actually, if some of those who get into law enforcement or similar areas, might have ended up the other side of the law if they had not taken their chosen career path. I, personally, cannot imagine killing anyone, even if I were pushed into a position where it was me or them.
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I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
... those who persue monsters...
The quote is about fighting monsters.
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I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
... those who persue monsters...
The quote is about fighting monsters.
This is the quote, I am guessing, by Friedrich Nietzsche?
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
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I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
... those who persue monsters...
The quote is about fighting monsters.
This is the quote, I am guessing, by Friedrich Nietzsche?
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
Yeah that's what I was getting at. You must take care that you don't begin to sympathise with the evil you fight. It happens often enough.
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I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
... those who persue monsters...
The quote is about fighting monsters.
This is the quote, I am guessing, by Friedrich Nietzsche?
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
Yeah that's what I was getting at. You must take care that you don't begin to sympathise with the evil you fight. It happens often enough.
Yes. No chance of that happening for me. I have an interest in how their minds work, but do not feel sympathy for them.
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I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
... those who persue monsters...
The quote is about fighting monsters.
This is the quote, I am guessing, by Friedrich Nietzsche?
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
Yeah that's what I was getting at. You must take care that you don't begin to sympathise with the evil you fight. It happens often enough.
Is that what Nietzsche meant? Sympathizing?
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Always thought it was more about people taking extremes which go against their own moral code, in the course of fighting something they believe to be wrong.
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From my reading, it seems the quote can be interpreted in multiple ways.
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From my reading, it seems the quote can be interpreted in multiple ways.
Just have never read anyone interpret that way. Left Shark once stated that quote to me, so now wondering what that was about. :laugh:
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I have a question for you, Graelwyn:
Do you mind if this Nietzsche issue swallows up your thread?
Cos i can see that happening oh-so-easily
(currently resisting posting my own point-of-view :LOL:)
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I have a question for you, Graelwyn:
Do you mind if this Nietze issue swallows up your thread?
Cos i can see that happening oh-so-easily
(currently resisting posting my own point-of-view :LOL:)
Nope, I don't mind at all, it lets me off the hook of any potentially unwanted, awkward questions :lol1:
Plus, I might learn something new.
Post away.
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I have a question for you, Graelwyn:
Do you mind if this Nietze issue swallows up your thread?
Cos i can see that happening oh-so-easily
(currently resisting posting my own point-of-view :LOL:)
Nope, I don't mind at all, it lets me off the hook of any potentially unwanted, awkward questions :lol1:
Plus, I might learn something new.
Post away.
Dammit, you replied before I corrected my spelling.
Now everybody knows I'm not perfect . :headhurts:
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I have a question for you, Graelwyn:
Do you mind if this Nietze issue swallows up your thread?
Cos i can see that happening oh-so-easily
(currently resisting posting my own point-of-view :LOL:)
Nope, I don't mind at all, it lets me off the hook of any potentially unwanted, awkward questions :lol1:
Plus, I might learn something new.
Post away.
Dammit, you replied before I corrected my spelling.
Now everybody knows I'm not perfect . :headhurts:
Well, guess what... I guess I am not perfect either as I did not even notice the error :green:
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I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
... those who persue monsters...
The quote is about fighting monsters.
This is the quote, I am guessing, by Friedrich Nietzsche?
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
Yeah that's what I was getting at. You must take care that you don't begin to sympathise with the evil you fight. It happens often enough.
Always thought it was more about people taking extremes which go against their own moral code, in the course of fighting something they believe to be wrong.
*phew* now I've got all the different interpretations onto the same page (i think)
Actually i don't see that those interpretations are mutually exclusive, nor even contradictory. It could be that Niezsche had both in mind. I mean, if you stare into the abyss and absorb something of it's quality, or empathise too much with your enemy, it seems fairly logical that you'll wind up breaking your own moral code, or alltering it somewhat ( does it really have to be inflexible?)
But I prefer to take a more psychological view. Or a Jungian view, specifically.
According to my view of it, the abyss and the enemy clearly represent what Jung called the "shadow" ; which you could say represents the whole of your unconscious mind: everything that your Ego refuses to acknowledge as part of yourself. Now, this isn't just sinister stuff. It could be things you've judged to be "evil" or "unworthy" or equally things you think are far above your humble little self; anything you'er uncomfortable with, in any way. Here, angels and demons are born. And here your annoying next door neighbour who reminds you too much of yourself is born; or rather your unflattering image of the next door neighbour is born here. You've never met the guy in reality, cos the moment you get a whiff of him, you're spitting nails at your own unconscious projection.
So, when we engage in a fight with some evil enemy, we're really engaged in a fight with ourself , a fight with all the nasty habits that we'd rather not acknowledge. It's a cop-out, really. Someone who's interested in self-awareness fights the devil within instead...and eventually winds up calling a truce, because there's only so much beating-yourself-up that body can take. And besides , the devil isn't such a bad guy, once you let him out of that dark dismal prison cell and listen to his grouch against you. You wind up as a much more rounded, sympathetic, likeable human being, who can see both sides of the coin. And who occasionally notices that his neighbour is actually human, after all.
..well, eventually (that might take about a zillion lifetimes, ofc, depending how stubborn your Ego is).
The thing is: when you stare into the abyss, you are staring at your own reflection, whether you know it or not, so of course the abyss stares back. And you put a bit of work into self-analysis, you might start to twig that.
Is that a bad thing? actually no, not at all. If you start to bend your own principles on account of that encounter, it will be because you started out as inflexible son-of-bitch who caused misery to everyone around you, or something like that.
The bad things happen if you fail to realise what's going on, and carry on thinking that the devil is always "out there" and so you have to keep jumping on your white charger and thrashing him. Then you hurt the people you're close to. You go on jihad. You plant bombs. You go nuts with the strain of keeping all that evil under control. Then you act like the devil you were seeking to vnquish; and the harder you try to vanquish him, the more you act like him. You might not know it, but everybody else is gonna know it.
Well, that what I think to myself, when I read those words.
-Walkie
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(does that get one of us off the hook, Graelwyn? :LOL:)
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( does it really have to be inflexible?)
Yes, because Jack is inflexible. :laugh:
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I must confess, I start feeling a bit creepy when I have watched a certain number of forensic files or documentaries about serial killers and have to force myself to put in a nice, tame costume drama to compensate :lol1:
... those who persue monsters...
The quote is about fighting monsters.
This is the quote, I am guessing, by Friedrich Nietzsche?
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
Yeah that's what I was getting at. You must take care that you don't begin to sympathise with the evil you fight. It happens often enough.
Always thought it was more about people taking extremes which go against their own moral code, in the course of fighting something they believe to be wrong.
*phew* now I've got all the different interpretations onto the same page (i think)
Actually i don't see that those interpretations are mutually exclusive, nor even contradictory. It could be that Niezsche had both in mind. I mean, if you stare into the abyss and absorb something of it's quality, or empathise too much with your enemy, it seems fairly logical that you'll wind up breaking your own moral code, or alltering it somewhat ( does it really have to be inflexible?)
But I prefer to take a more psychological view. Or a Jungian view, specifically.
According to my view of it, the abyss and the enemy clearly represent what Jung called the "shadow" ; which you could say represents the whole of your unconscious mind: everything that your Ego refuses to acknowledge as part of yourself. Now, this isn't just sinister stuff. It could be things you've judged to be "evil" or "unworthy" or equally things you think are far above your humble little self; anything you'er uncomfortable with, in any way. Here, angels and demons are born. And here your annoying next door neighbour who reminds you too much of yourself is born; or rather your unflattering image of the next door neighbour is born here. You've never met the guy in reality, cos the moment you get a whiff of him, you're spitting nails at your own unconscious projection.
So, when we engage in a fight with some evil enemy, we're really engaged in a fight with ourself , a fight with all the nasty habits that we'd rather not acknowledge. It's a cop-out, really. Someone who's interested in self-awareness fights the devil within instead...and eventually winds up calling a truce, because there's only so much beating-yourself-up that body can take. And besides , the devil isn't such a bad guy, once you let him out of that dark dismal prison cell and listen to his grouch against you. You wind up as a much more rounded, sympathetic, likeable human being, who can see both sides of the coin. And who occasionally notices that his neighbour is actually human, after all.
..well, eventually (that might take about a zillion lifetimes, ofc, depending how stubborn your Ego is).
The thing is: when you stare into the abyss, you are staring at your own reflection, whether you know it or not, so of course the abyss stares back. And you put a bit of work into self-analysis, you might start to twig that.
Is that a bad thing? actually no, not at all. If you start to bend your own principles on account of that encounter, it will be because you started out as inflexible son-of-bitch who caused misery to everyone around you, or something like that.
The bad things happen if you fail to realise what's going on, and carry on thinking that the devil is always "out there" and so you have to keep jumping on your white charger and thrashing him. Then you hurt the people you're close to. You go on jihad. You plant bombs. You go nuts with the strain of keeping all that evil under control. Then you act like the devil you were seeking to vnquish; and the harder you try to vanquish him, the more you act like him. You might not know it, but everybody else is gonna know it.
Well, that what I think to myself, when I read those words.
-Walkie
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(does that get one of us off the hook, Graelwyn? :LOL:)
Pretty interesting reading. I like analysing quotes sometimes, well, the more ambiguous ones anyway.
I analyse most things actually, but I tend to not share my thoughts lest they get ripped to shreds before my very eyes :lol1:
Much better to watch everyone else most of the time.
I think I am off the hook. No-one is overly curious about me, and I am pretty much an open book anyway.
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Pretty interesting reading. I like analysing quotes sometimes, well, the more ambiguous ones anyway.
I analyse most things actually, but I tend to not share my thoughts lest they get ripped to shreds before my very eyes :lol1:
Aww. that would be your parents doing. I had one like that, as you know. Always wanted to know what i was thinking, so she could hit the target more effectively when pouring scorn.
it takes a very long time to get over such training. And maybe here is not the best place :apondering:
I think I am off the hook. No-one is overly curious about me, and I am pretty much an open book anyway.
Hmm you might be right about the first point, but two and three strike me as most likely dead wrong. Very common Aspie misconceptions.
Yeah, i get them too., mostly in the form of flashbacks , nowadays. Number three ( "I am pretty much an open book anyway") is the one that gets my friends pissing themselves with laughter. But I never actually shared that thought until I was in my thirties (that's how much of an open book I was) Then it took my about ten years of introspection, retrospection and pondering to decide that actually they are probably dead right to find that so funny.
Can't speak for others, but actually, I've reined in my curiosity about you a few times, having decided that the question I wanted to ask was too intrusive.
But I usually, prefer, anyways, to let things come out naturally in the course of conversation. Which is pretty much happening .
I don't think taht grilling anybody is a very good way of getting quality info out of them, least of all an Aspie who had emotionally-abusive progenitors. It doesn't work on me. why the hell should it work on you?
-Walkie
(if I ever make my own "Ask Away" thread it will be called "Ask Walkie. She might even answer eventually")
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Woot!
I thought of a question that that doesn't seem too intrusive:
How do you pronounce "Graelwyn"
What does it mean?
Why did you choose that name?
( :apondering: OK that's three questiions , I suppose *counts fingers carefully* )
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Pretty interesting reading. I like analysing quotes sometimes, well, the more ambiguous ones anyway.
I analyse most things actually, but I tend to not share my thoughts lest they get ripped to shreds before my very eyes :lol1:
Aww. that would be your parents doing. I had one like that, as you know. Always wanted to know what i was thinking, so she could hit the target more effectively when pouring scorn.
it takes a very long time to get over such training. And maybe here is not the best place :apondering:
I think I am off the hook. No-one is overly curious about me, and I am pretty much an open book anyway.
Hmm you might be right about the first point, but two and three strike me as most likely dead wrong. Very common Aspie misconceptions.
Yeah, i get them too., mostly in the form of flashbacks , nowadays. Number three ( "I am pretty much an open book anyway") is the one that gets my friends pissing themselves with laughter. But I never actually shared that thought until I was in my thirties (that's how much of an open book I was) Then it took my about ten years of introspection, retrospection and pondering to decide that actually they are probably dead right to find that so funny.
Can't speak for others, but actually, I've reined in my curiosity about you a few times, having decided that the question I wanted to ask was too intrusive.
But I usually, prefer, anyways, to let things come out naturally in the course of conversation. Which is pretty much happening .
I don't think taht grilling anybody is a very good way of getting quality info out of them, least of all an Aspie who had emotionally-abusive progenitors. It doesn't work on me. why the hell should it work on you?
-Walkie
(if I ever make my own "Ask Away" thread it will be called "Ask Walkie. She might even answer eventually")
Eh, I am taking it easy and sticking to threads that I am comfortable in, mostly lighter topics, other than that which I started, lol, which is certainly not light. I still have very bad reactions to any semblance of criticism as my esteem never seemed to recover. It is really annoying as it totally goes against my logic. It is like a trigger.
I tend to assume I am an open book as I have often been guilty of over sharing. I am no good at hiding things... not consciously anyway.
Grilling me probably wouldn't work, but I liked the alliteration, lol.
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Woot!
I thought of a question that that doesn't seem too intrusive:
How do you pronounce "Graelwyn"
What does it mean?
Why did you choose that name?
( :apondering: OK that's three questiions , I suppose *counts fingers carefully* )
Graelwyn is pronounced 'grail win'
When I once looked it up, it seemed to mean 'fine grail' which I suppose translates basically to holy grail. Welsh.
As to why I chose it... I didn't really. Probably not a good thing to share on a forum full of highly logical, analytical aspies, but I was very much into spiritual things for some years and was involved in mediumship and the like, myself. The name simply came into my head one evening when I was on my feet doing something and I wrote it down as close to how it sounded in my head as I could get it, and I have used it ever since. Research told me that the holy grail basically was a cup of truth.
Sounds far fetched, I know, but that is what happened. I had way more outlandish experiences than that one during those years.
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was involved in mediumship and the like, myself.
Were you the medium? :orly:
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I still have very bad reactions to any semblance of criticism as my esteem never seemed to recover. It is really annoying as it totally goes against my logic. It is like a trigger.
well, your logic nowadays, and the logic that was operating way back when that emotional reponse was forming are two entirely different things.
If you want to adress that question logically, you have to get close enough to the wounded little girl inside you to understand her point-of-view on it. She' not gonna be willing to listen to your kind of logic otherwise. You might be able to talk her round, but not whilst your dismissing her as nothing more than a bad piece of programming.
I think they've got we Aspies dead wrong as regards our capacity for empathy. But we are undoubtedly crap at empathising with our own selves.
Nope I'm not trying to say you have multiple personalities. It's just another bit of my Jungian stuff (you made a big mistake encouraging me by taking an interest :green:)
Actually that's not so simply done as said , of course. But worthwhile :)
I tend to assume I am an open book as I have often been guilty of over sharing.
Oh yeah! I used to use that same rationalisation. It's a good one, isn't it? Really convincing. Of course, there's a huge difference between over-sharing and being an open book, but they do look very much the same from the inside. And then there's this big plus with over-sharing in that it's so predictably disastrous that it provides a handy rationale for closing the book even further.
Nice one.
Fun isn't it. :apondering:
(Btw, i'm mocking myself ,not you, in case you wonderered. Now that really is fun. But then I've got a warped sense of fun)
I am no good at hiding things... not consciously anyway.
Ahhh, that's a very nice bit of qualification there. Gotta love the aspie honesty.
Grilling me probably wouldn't work, but I liked the alliteration, lol.
Agreed! Poets anonymous hmm? *high five*
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was involved in mediumship and the like, myself.
Were you the medium? :orly:
I did do that, yes, but not for money or anything like that.
It just happened. I don't do it now as it went against my logic.
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Graelwyn is pronounced 'grail win'
When I once looked it up, it seemed to mean 'fine grail' which I suppose translates basically to holy grail. Welsh.
As to why I chose it... I didn't really. Probably not a good thing to share on a forum full of highly logical, analytical aspies, but I was very much into spiritual things for some years and was involved in mediumship and the like, myself. The name simply came into my head one evening when I was on my feet doing something and I wrote it down as close to how it sounded in my head as I could get it, and I have used it ever since. Research told me that the holy grail basically was a cup of truth.
Sounds far fetched, I know, but that is what happened. I had way more outlandish experiences than that one during those years.
"highly logical analytical aspies" :LMAO:
You do know that the highly logical analytical thing is a defense against the raving intuitive inside? check out that personality type thread: INTP , INTP, INTP , INTP, INTF, INTP.... (those classifications are all based on Jungian typology . btw. Not a lot of people know that :green:)
Of course, takes a long, long time to learn to trust the inner intuitive, if ever. That's why the really young aspies are such pains. But if you can manage that trick, and get the two working in tandem ,you wind up with a much more incisive brain.
Sheeeeeesh! There I go again. *clambers off podium and blushes*
Ahh, umm. OK, in short, it isn't far-fetched. And I happen to think it's a great way of making choices. And thanks for sharing :)
-Walkie
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Graelwyn is pronounced 'grail win'
When I once looked it up, it seemed to mean 'fine grail' which I suppose translates basically to holy grail. Welsh.
As to why I chose it... I didn't really. Probably not a good thing to share on a forum full of highly logical, analytical aspies, but I was very much into spiritual things for some years and was involved in mediumship and the like, myself. The name simply came into my head one evening when I was on my feet doing something and I wrote it down as close to how it sounded in my head as I could get it, and I have used it ever since. Research told me that the holy grail basically was a cup of truth.
Sounds far fetched, I know, but that is what happened. I had way more outlandish experiences than that one during those years.
"highly logical analytical aspies" :LMAO:
You do know that the highly logical analytical thing is a defense against the raving intuitive inside? check out that personality type thread: INTP , INTP, INTP , INTP, INTF, INTP.... (those classifications are all based on Jungian typology . btw. Not a lot of people know that :green:)
Of course, takes a long, long time to learn to trust the inner intuitive, if ever. That's why the really young aspies are such pains. But if you can manage that trick, and get the two working in tandem ,you wind up with a much more incisive brain.
Sheeeeeesh! There I go again. *clambers off podium and blushes*
Ahh, umm. OK, in short, it isn't far-fetched. And I happen to think it's a great way of making choices. And thanks for sharing :)
-Walkie
I an INTJ, lol, occasionally an ISTJ, it seems to vary according to my mood when I take the test, but INTJ has been the most consistent. My ex was an INTP and proud of it.
I tend to not listen to my intuition, that 'other' brain these days. Actually, I have to confess my psych issues get substantially worse when I disconnect from that.
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was involved in mediumship and the like, myself.
Were you the medium? :orly:
I did do that, yes, but not for money or anything like that.
It just happened. I don't do it now as it went against my logic.
Did you see dead people? :orly:
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was involved in mediumship and the like, myself.
Were you the medium? :orly:
I did do that, yes, but not for money or anything like that.
It just happened. I don't do it now as it went against my logic.
Did you see dead people? :orly:
Only a few times. One time was when my aspie ex and I were exploring a derelict Victorian mental asylum and both saw one at the same time in one of the corridors. Another time I saw a head without a body floating above my ex's computer tower in his room one night.
Other than that I just heard rather than saw, in the sense, of information in my head, or sometimes, a physical symptom.
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exploring a derelict Victorian mental asylum
:plus: I got hooked on pictures of abandoned asylums and prisons about a year or two ago. I used to explore weird places with a friend when I was young, but have never been inside anywhere really big like that. Which asylum?
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exploring a derelict Victorian mental asylum
:plus: I got hooked on pictures of abandoned asylums and prisons about a year or two ago. I used to explore weird places with a friend when I was young, but have never been inside anywhere really big like that. Which asylum?
It is called Whitecroft Hospital and was on the Isle Of Wight. At the time, it had simply been abandoned and doors were very easily accessible. Later on, they got security in, once one of procession of developers took interest. It took a long, long time for anything to be done with it, and apparently, those living in the flats there now have been having issues with, well, unexplained activity. It was a typical Victorian asylum with a large main building with a curving corridor going all along the front, a laundry, clocktower, administrative buildings and a private wing which is, oddly, where almost all of the activity centered around. I did recordings there that I lost, sadly. They were on minidisc and I lost them when I left my ex. I had the main ones online, but the site they were on, which was called esnips, just vanshed :(
Anyway, it became a huge obsession for me, this asylum. I went to the records offices and went through the old Victorian minutes books, I researched historical photos and went there frequently over a 2 year period, with my ex, who in spite of a joint interest, was very cynical in nature. Even he had some really unnerving experiences in that place.
Here are some photos I took at the time.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/graelwyn/Image24small.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/graelwyn/rhodescorridor2correct-1.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/graelwyn/inoneofthewards.jpg)
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(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/graelwyn/derelictward4.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/graelwyn/maincorridor2a.jpg)
I got in a whole team at one point for a night there.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/graelwyn/settingup-1.jpg)
When it was first built in 1896.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/graelwyn/whitecroftunderconstructsmall.jpg)
Site about it.
http://iowhospitals.org.uk/whitecroft.php (http://iowhospitals.org.uk/whitecroft.php)
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Are you aware of Midgets in Green Suits?
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Are you aware of Midgets in Green Suits?
No.
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Interesting, about the hospital. I did a bit of a Google search after that and found that it is common for Psychiatric hospitals to be reputed to be haunted. And that got me thinking about my Mother's cousin George. I rather wish i hadn't now.
George was a biochemist. according to the family he "always had his nose stuck in a book" and had only one , close friend. Prior to World War II he was perfectly sane, it seems, just odd. An Aspie, hmm? During the War, he was pressed into service identifying the remains of the dead. The work drove him out of his mind, and he was committed to Hatfield Hospital, Warwickshire, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was visited by his brother, but didn't recognise him, nor recall his own name.
I always felt a bit of an affinity for George. I'd first heard about him during my teens, i think, when Mum admitted that George was the reason why she discouraged me from reading so much; and told me the reason being that I reminded her too much of George , who'd been driven mad by reading too many books. Seriously, that's what she believed. Well, she's been a very young girl at the time, andmental health matters were spoken of in whispers , if at all; so that's the idea she got, and it made a deep and lasting impression on her. She didn't find out the real story until 1990-ish, when George died, and she had a good long talk with his brother about him.
So Mum and I were both wrong. My own, long cherished private theory had been that George had been blessed with a Mother just like mine, and that was what had driven him mad :LOL:
Anyways, so I just had to go and see if there anything online regarding ghosts at Hatfield Hospital, didn't I? In the course of which, i found the video below, which is creepy, but largely on account of the reepy soundtrack, I believe. But more than creeped-out, I found it really profoundly sad. I got about 2/3 f the way through and couldn't stand any more of it.
That's unusual for me, believe me. I thrive on depressing stuff :LOL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVrvMsf36jo
I don't know what to think about the ghost stuff. I just feel horribly sad for my own family ghost, all of sudden.
-Walkie
PS I deliberately didn't embed the link, because I don't want to look at it. But would welcome any comments :)
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Here are some photos I took at the time.
:2thumbsup:
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Seriously, Graelwyn?
:poop:
Are you really back or is this latest crap some poser who just wants to yank our chains?
Pretty sure you will know how to answer me.
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UHm, two days?
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Sorry, I was not really sure how to answer. Well, actually, I was wary of answering if I am honest.
I am not sure I would say I am back, in the sense that, I doubt I will hang about long.
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Sorry, I was not really sure how to answer. Well, actually, I was wary of answering if I am honest.
I am not sure I would say I am back, in the sense that, I doubt I will hang about long.
Well, that was pretty far from an answer.
... but how the HELL are you these days?
You know you are missed by some.
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Sorry, I was not really sure how to answer. Well, actually, I was wary of answering if I am honest.
I am not sure I would say I am back, in the sense that, I doubt I will hang about long.
Well, that was pretty far from an answer.
... but how the HELL are you these days?
You know you are missed by some.
I know, I am sort of not very good at knowing what to say these days in some respects, especially given I have not been here in around 8 years. I am trundling along these days. Ups and downs like most, I guess. Never sure what people are wanting to know when they ask how you are, so I am pretty crap at answering that question... always wonder, does it require an 'I am fine' or 'I am crap' answer, or for an answer going into details of what I am doing these days.Anyway, actually, no, I did not know or consider anyone would miss me remotely, in truth.
How are you yourself ?
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Anyway, actually, no, I did not know or consider anyone would miss me remotely, in truth.
I miss you already. :emosad:
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I do too. She might not think so, but I think Graelwyn is interesting. I enjoy reading her posts.
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Has she left?
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She said somewhere that she wouldn't stay long. I hope she's getting along well with her cat.
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I saw her lurking last week.
(que Possum to tell me I'm posting in the wrong thread) :autism:
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I saw her lurking last week.
(que Possum to tell me I'm posting in the wrong thread) :autism:
que? Channeling a little Spanish today?
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I saw her lurking last week.
(que Possum to tell me I'm posting in the wrong thread) :autism:
que? Channeling a little Spanish today?
I did have carne asada for lunch, so it would appear so. I mean cue, not que.
So are you MLA or not??
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Stop babbling incoherently and answer the callout :viking:
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You did not just disappear for a while, but completely left. :(
Bye Graelwyn.
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Her account wasn't deleted.
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No, but she isn't here.
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That's correct.
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Weird, yesterday she showed as guest. :apondering:
Is this the board acting up, or my brains doing weird stuff?
Hmmmm, maybe not answer that.
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Weird, yesterday she showed as guest. :apondering:
Is this the board acting up, or my brains doing weird stuff?
Hmmmm, maybe not answer that.
No need to be in denial hyke. :hahaha:
OP of this thread is Graelwyn as a guest. She reregistered under the same name, hence my confusion.
Come back, Graelwyn, tell us about your cat.
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:tinfoil:
It must mean something.
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OP of this thread is Graelwyn as a guest. She reregistered under the same name, hence my confusion.
Yes, didn't notice that. Strange the software allows that, register under a used username.
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It doesn't. There's always a difference. I don't know what, in this case, but there's always one.
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Was thinking maybe a space at the end, but that's not it. Can't find any difference; neither does the search function.
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Just submitted a registration using the same name of a deleted account. Software didn't stop me.
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Just submitted a registration using the same name of a deleted account. Software didn't stop me.
You can't have a sockpuppet, Jack. :hahaha:
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Kayleigh registered her GalileoAce account again and she was not stopped.
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Apparently I'm wrong. :-[
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Grilled graelwyn sounds delicious :drool:
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She was from before my time, but her pictures were pretty awesome.
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Why does an inactive member have such an active thread?
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She was active on here a few months ago. She did say she wouldn't be here for long and I guess it is true.
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Why does an inactive member have such an active thread?
Graelwyn shows as an inactive member as the OP of this thread. But when she became active again, she chose the same name. Causing confusion for me.
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Why does an inactive member have such an active thread?
It's a rare thing for a person to express something so profound as to challenge my basic perspective of the world and leave a permanent mental mark to last a lifetime. Never had much contact with Graelwyn, but she was worthy of my thoughts before ever encountering her here.
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To those who asked... I sadly had to part with my beautiful kitty, as I got offered a new flat in a new building, and given I had been living in a condemned cesspit (well, to environmental health guy who visited a few times, anyway), I was advised to accept it so have been busy moving the last few months and dealing with all of that.. But, she went to a nice big house in Chichester, with a big garden, which I feel was much better for her than a small flat/apt.
I find it hard to focus on several places on the net, as I tend to focus so totally when I have an interest, and Second Life is my primary online interest at the moment (having been there on and off for 7 years now). I post on fb somewhat regularly too... I just struggle to know what to say on forums these days. I am so used to communicating in a way that is more immediate.
I have also been trying to make myself get out more and mix with people since having the official diagnosis has not offered me any help, per se, with social difficulties...so, gotta get out there and do it myself somehow
It was, again, a message from Jack that dragged me back in here :LOL: as I do tend to check my emails daily.
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Good to see you back.
Pitty you had to say goodbye to the cat. Congratulations to your new living space.
Do you like it?
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Welcome back.