Yeah, I finally got around to posting one of these notices.

I do have rules for adding me:

1. We MUST have something in common. Compare the interests on your profile to mine and I will make a judgment.

2. I prefer friends to be 16+ due to post content, though I have made exceptions before.

3. I rant A LOT. If you don't like reading rants, this journal is NOT for you.

If you meet all of the requirements, Go ahead and add me. But PLEASE post here saying you have done so. Thanks!

I know it's really late for me to finally post it. Oh well.



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Eric Stuart, better known to anime fans as the English voice of Seto Kaiba on Yu-Gi-Oh and the original English voices of Brock and James on Pokemon, is also a musician/singer/songwriter.

I love his music so much I got two of his CDs for my birthday back in September, directly from him.

Anyway, Eric recently gave me his home address so I can send in my CD booklets for him to sign!

Evidentally his autograph is extremely rare, so it totally made my day when he told me he'd do it.

I needed some cheering up, and this was more than enough to do that!

I'll post pics after I get 'em back.

I thought this would be done after the last tour, but I guess not!

DOZING GREEN
Merciless Cult
REPETITION OF HATRED
New song #1
Agitated Screams of Maggots
LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE
The Final
CONCEIVED SORROW
New song #2
Ryoujoku no Ame
dead tree
蝕紅 (Shokubeni)
OBSCURE
HYDRA -666-
GRIEF
THE DEEPER VILENESS

Encore:

鼓動 (Kodou)
腐海 (Fukai)
鬼眼-kigan-
CLEVER SLEAZOID
THE IIID EMPIRE

I'm not going to delete this after all.

It'll be too much of a hassle re-friending everyone.

Plus my stalker situation is resolved.

But you can still expect less-frequent posts here, as I have personal issues to take care of.

Until next time...

I really don't want to, but I have a stalker, who is posting my last name in an autism message board.

But don't worry.

I will be making a new account and it will be completely friends-only. I will make one more post here, to give the new name out.

I seriously mean it.

All the great drivers of the 1990's and this decade are no more. Didier Auriol, Carlos Sainz and Tommi Mäkinen are all retired from WRC. Richard Burns lost his battle with brain cancer in 2005. Colin McRae and his 7-year-old son were killed in a helicopter crash last year.

The champion from 2004-07, Sébastien Loeb, is great, but with WRC losing exposure worldwide, he's not really a household name that people will remember.

I wish I could reverse time and bring back Burns and McRae. Both of their deaths were tragic and unexpected.

5/30-5/31: Burgettstown, PA
6/3-6/4: Camden, NJ
6/6: Bridgeview, IL
6/7: St. Louis, MO
6/9: Clarkston, MI
6/10: Scranton, PA
6/13-6/14: Hartford, CT
6/17: Darien Center, NY
6/18: Toronto, ON
6/20-6/21: Saratoga Springs, NY
6/24-6/25: Mansfield, MA
6/27: Hershey, PA
6/28: Bristow, VA
7/1: Charlotte, NC
7/2: Raleigh, NC
7/4: Charleston, SC
7/7: Atlanta, GA
7/9: Tampa, FL
7/11-7/12: West Palm Beach, FL
7/22: Omaha, NE
7/25-7/26: Noblesville, IN
7/29: Columbus, OH
7/30: Cuyahoga Falls, OH
8/1: Louisville, KY
8/2: Memphis, TN
8/5: Cincinnati, OH
8/7: Virginia Beach, VA
8/9-8/10: East Troy, WI
8/13: Oklahoma City, OK
8/15: The Woodlands, TX
8/16: Dallas, TX
8/19-8/20: Los Angeles, CA
8/22: Chula Vista, CA
8/23: Phoenix, AZ
8/25: Sacramento, CA
8/27: West Valley City, UT
8/29-8/31: George, WA
9/5-9/7: Berkeley, CA

A family member, whom I haven't seen in years, found me on Myspace.

So I added her, because she's family.

And suddenly I started to feel like time is going by quicker than it used to.

Because she was just a kid when I was born. I was a kid when her son (who is now 10) was born. Last time I was back home, her son was just a baby.

I remember everything like it was yesterday. But it wasn't. It was a few years ago.

Now I feel old...

TMBG recently did two shows in one night at Beacon Theatre in NYC. Second show contained horns and awesome rarities. Awesome setlists.

( Set 1 )

( Set 2 )

* = John and John only
^ = First time ever played live

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080204/ap_on_re_us/four_dead

15-year-old boy, who is well-behaved, according to people who know him, just threw away his life.

Just because you don't get along with your dad is no excuse to kill your parents and brothers.

It's messed up enough parents kill their children.

It's even more messed up teenagers (and even younger kids) kill their entire family.

Over nothing but a stupid family argument.

My other blog, now called Thoughts of An Autistic, has been added to the Autism Hub, which is a collection of blogs devoted to autism awareness and diversity. Members include autistics themselves, as well as parents of autistic kids, and even a few who don't have a connection, but advocate for us regardless.

Some of the more prominent members of the Autism Community are also members, and it is a great honor to be included among them.

I now have an autism awareness lapel pin and lanyard that I got from AutismLink. Will be getting a keychain from there soon.

Today I preordered Mike Doughty's new album Golden Delicious with what was left on my Best Buy gift card. Can't wait until it gets here next month.

Note: Not everyone experiences it exactly like this, but it is typical for mine.

1. Take high levels of stress, sensory overload, etc.

2. Add in the uncontrollable urge to cry profusely.

3. Also add in the urge to scratch myself repeatedly until blood vessels show. Sometimes include punching myself in the forehead repeatedly.

4. If self-injury doesn't take place (or even if it does), I will start stimming. In my case, stimming will consist of either rocking, foot tapping or something else. Stimming is controlled and relieves stress, and is more desirable than self-harm.

Come to think of it. I should get a punching bag. Next time this happens (and it will, no doubt), I want to be able to hit something other than myself or the furniture.

I think I have been blessed to have such wonderful and understanding parents.

I know they're blessed to have me in their lives.

However, there are some things they don't know about me. I need to come clean.

1. I have extreme sensory issues, which if left untreated, will prohibit me from driving. Ever. Even if I wanted to, Arizona state law forbids this. It's a mere safety issue, which is understandable. I need sunglasses wherever there is a fluorescent light (and I'm surrounded by them). The same applies to sunlight, strobe lights and really, just about any light source. I need earplugs when I'm walking to Arco or to Target. It's THAT bad.

Whenever I return home from somewhere, I have frequent meltdowns due to sensory overload. Thankfully I'm alone when they occur, as they get rather ugly at times. Do you really think I should be driving? I don't.

2. I'm a lover of things cute and cuddly. Especially stuffed animals and other plush dolls. Matter of fact, during my most recent trip to Target, I bought myself a new teddy bear. If this somehow makes me "girly" or whatever, please tell me. I could honestly care less about how people perceive me. I want to be me and nobody should make me into something I'm not.

3. High-functioning autism/Asperger's syndrome is NOT a bad thing. The reason technology and science have progressed this much is because many of the world's greatest minds were autistic. Newton, Galileo, Einstein, Bill Gates. Just to name a few. Some autistics have even made great progress in music. There is autistic savant Matt Savage, as well as Gary Numan and Craig Nicholls (of The Vines). Heck, John Lennon is speculated to have had AS. Judging by his profoud way with written language, plus his mannerisms during interviews, I tend to agree with this.

So really, just because I might have AS, and am not currently holding a paying job, doesn't mean I'll end up a nobody. I'll work when I'm ready to. Right now, I'm not ready. There's a chance I may never be ready. So please, don't try to rush me.

There was a #4, but I can't remember it right now. Perhaps I will at a later date.

Someone please expalain how Green Bay lost to freaking Chicago. There's absolutely NO excuse for this.

Dropkick Murphys.

March 3.

Marquee Theatre.

I'm there.

He is the best NFL quarterback ever.

This time, Collective Soul gets the treatment.

I'm not necessarily going in chronological order here (though the tracks would be if I were making a CD).

1. December
2. The World I Know
3. Gel
4. Why, Pt. 2
5. Better Now
6. Precious Declaration
7. Run
8. Heavy
9. Shine
10. Home

Gotta love political correctness.