glacier_kitty | Life With Autism

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I talk about my experiences with autism! I definitely didn't cover *everything* (the video was long enough haha), but hopefully enough to get an idea! (I uploaded it straight to Facebook, and when I saw it was done but nothing showed up, I was like "whaat?? Why didn't it p-p-po-po-post??! Was it too big??" But a few minutes later I checked again and it was there..phew! Haha). Mom has said multiple times I should write a book, but a video seemed easier to me lol

Ryan flew to Anchorage a couple days ago, and when he got back yesterday, he was like "you would have been so jealous!" and showed me a video he took flying RIGHT by Denali! He said it was uncomfortably close! I've heard stories from many different people of pilots flying around the mountain on nice days, but not with me yet! Though to be fair, I've done at least 3 or 4 flightseeing trips around Denali, but I'm STILL jealous haha. He said one of the glaciers was huge..I bet it was epic :D

2-4-04
Wow! I found a locked chest in a cave! I was exploring in the cave [like] I always do, when I saw something in the dirt. I dug it up and then ran to my house to get my family and an axe to break the lock. We carried the chest back to the house and broke the lock. Inside was 4 free tickets to Scotland (!), a kilt, books on Scotland, and a sword. Well, now I’m going to Scotland! Shades! That would be awesome! Then I’d know that chest would’ve been specifically for me! Or I would want passes to go see Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortensen in person! *yummy* My Internet friend, Mistlerose, or Misty, loves Viggo too. Who wouldn’t love him? I now visit the Viggo board. I should tell Misty to

2-4-04
Yay! Free journal! Well, I saw ROTK again this weekend! It was my 4th time. As you can tell, I really like it. I like the Elvish line Onen i-Estel Edain, u-chebin estel anim, which means I gave hope to the Dunedain, I kept none for myself. It was originally said to Aragorn by his mother before she died. I liked how they incoperated it into the movie. I’m reading the Silmarillion now. People say it’s boring, but I don’t think so. But, there’s a lot of characters. It seemed like there was 50 in the 1st chapter! [Listening to “Nightfall in Middle Earth” by Blind Guardian before reading it (an album about the Silmarillion) helped me follow things too.] I most wanna read about Feanor and the Silmarils. Seems interesting

2-6-04
Well, I’ve picked up trash to make the park clean. I liked doing it cause I was making the environment more clean, maybe even saving some trees. Who wants the environment to be polluted? I have this ceirtain shirt I wanna wear on Arbor Day, but I always forget! I don’t even know when Arbor Day is! I think it’s in April or May. You know what’s cool? When I was in London the air always smelled bad, but when I went to this park it smelled good. The trees probably did it [it’s quieter too! I noticed that at Central Park once lol]

2-6-4
I wanna change my living place, of course. I, of course, wanna live in the Scottish Highlands. I hate Texas. I pine for lush, green hills. One day, I saw these clouds, and immediately I thought of hills or mountains cause they were layered straight-like accross the horizon, and looked really cool. Too bad they went away. And it was too bad I didn’t have a camera with me (I was coming home from fencing). Fencing yesterday was awesome. We all like LOTR, and talk about it often. One person said Aragorn’s speech to the Dead was stupid cause he kept saying “what say you?” but I didn’t think so. I loved the line “you *will* suffer me!” Aragorn is so brave!

2-9-04
A memorable event? Hmm…well, I went to Wisconsin for a family reunion. It was really fun. There was more than 50 people there. We slept in my grandpa’s motorhome (fun!), except when our flight home was delayed and we slept in the people who thought of the party’s house. Which was also fun. There was another house down the street that had a pond and me and my brother had a blast swinging from a rope into the pond. One day it stormed and the sky literally was black. I brought a book with me, The Druid of Shannara, so I could read. [That book will always be special to me because of that trip.] That’s when I got obsessed with Morgan Leah. I think Terry Brooks copied Tolkien, which isn’t cool, cause he has the ability to make his own story. They’re still good to read, though. There are a lot of good memories of that Wisconsin trip. There’s always good memories when I go on trips. I always pine to go back and do it again when I get home. People at McKamy called me the traveler cause I always go somewhere. I love going on trips! It’s better than staying in Texas! I bet I’ve been to California over 100 times in my lifetime! (Ok, maybe not 100, but close enough!) We can fly free, so that’s why we travel so much. And I love defacing the magazines on airplanes (I take them with me, of course)

2-11-04
My life is exciting! I was born in California, then moved to Texas when I was 9 months old. Ever since then, I’ve been the traveler, like I said on Monday. Some of my best trips have been to Catalina Island, California, Mammoth, CA, London, Wisconsin, Kansas of 1999, New Braunfels, TX, Spring Break of 1999 - going to CA, Arizona with my friend, Sedona, AZ, Hawaii, and other places. The other part of my life is school and talking to Internet friends. I told some of my Quizilla friends about IMDb and they came over there! Now I can talk to them both places. I got one of them who didn’t know Honor to ask him if he knows me and why he keeps ignoring my PMs. She came back with his answer, which was “I haven’t gotten PMs from her in a long time.” I’ve sent like 20 in the past 2 weeks! He could always PM me [yeah, which means “this friendship is dead now.” Ouch]

2-11-04
Weee! Free journal again! What shall I write about? Yesterday was my brother’s birthday. He turned 12. Next year he’ll be a teenager. AHHHH!! At fencing we had his cake. After fencing Ryan picked to go to Outback Steakhouse. [He still loves Outback Steakhouse! We went there when we went to Anchorage earlier in the year lol.] The waiter figured out it was his birthday and brought him ice cream with a candle. I wanted a bite, so he gave me the whipped cream. Yummy! Ryan had a good birthday

2-18-04
Memorable story? Um, well, Mrs. Minnis [math teacher] told me that when she was a kid she got hit by a car and it broke her leg really bad. She had a cast for a long time then 2-3 months of physical therapy. I can’t imagine how painful it would be to get hit by a car. Or run over by one [She had arthritis in that leg because of that, and when it flared up she had to use crutches to get around. I felt bad for her, I think she was only in her 30s!]

2-18-04
Aragorn. He grew up in Rivendell with his mother, then his mother died. He learned Elvish. While he was there he met Arwen and fell in love. Aragorn then became a wandering Ranger, not caring he was the heir to Isildur and the true King of Gondor. He called himself Strider. One day, he met Frodo & the Hobbits, and soon his quest began. He became one of the 9 people of the Fellowship of the Ring, who was Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Gandalf & himself. He became a corageous fighter in battle, and even went to the Paths of the Dead to get help from the Dead. In the end he became King of Gondor. He was 88 years old! (Viggo showed him young! *yummy*)

2-20-04
Lord of the Rings is a big craze right now! When people found out that Peter Jackson made the LOTR movies, they were so excited! (I wasn’t at the time cause I [had] never heard of LOTR.) I’m in a LOTR craze now. Everyone wants to buy the real books [they’re eternally popular!], books on how PJ made the movie, and anything else that says LOTR on it. I finished The Silmarillion last night, but I’m not finished with the book. I still have Akallabêth (whatever the thing is over the e, I don’t know) which is describing the Dunedain and the downfall of Numenor. After Akallabêth is the Rings of Power and the 3rd age (where LOTR took place). That should be an interesting chapter. LOTR is a good thing to be crazy about! But it messes with your mind, just like Viggo Mortensen. *yummy* times 1 billion. [Haha what??] I looked at a whole page filled with Viggo pictures, wow I went crazy. I showed them to my Internet friend, Mistlerose, who also loves Viggo, she went crazy too. I had to change the CD I was listening to (which was “Nightfall in Middle-earth”-Blind Guardian) just to hear Viggo singing on the ROTK soundtrack!

2-20-04
Let’s see, what shall I write about? It was very windy yesterday, and when I got home from fencing, a streetlight was broken. The top of it fell off. Well, last night after staying up till 10 to finish my book report, I needed some fresh air, so I went on my balcony. The top part of that broken streetlight with the light was swinging back and forth (the light still worked), creating a lighthouse effect. It reminded me of Sauron’s lighthouse beam thingy in ROTK. [LOL I remember that! Like how I see glaciers in food now. :P] LOTR IS MESSING WITH MY MIND!! I’m LOTR crazed, yay!!

2-25-04
I dunno if I would really like to be a dog. I like being a human. I wouldn’t want to be anything else but human. But if Middle-earth existed, I would love to be an Elf or a Dunedain. If I was a Dunedain, I would live a really long time and look as good as Aragorn did at 87! If I was an Elf, I would live forever (unless killed in battle), always look good, and maybe even go to the Grey Havens. I wish Gil-galad lived (he was killed by Sauron in the Last Alliance battle). He was cool

2-25-04
*My Archeologigst Jour[n]al*

We went to the spot where we were digging, as we had been the last few weeks, and I wasn’t excpecting to find anything. I started digging when I saw something. It was a bone! I yelled for the others to come and they were as excited as I was. We all started to dig, but slowly, cause bones are fragile. We don’t know if it is a human or animal bone, but we also unearthed some pottery. Looks like we found an ancient city!

2-27-04
I heard of this person who was flying a fighter plane at mock 2 (2 times faster than the speed of sound) and he blacked out. Then, he woke up right before impact and ejected out. Well, he was ejected at mock 2 speed. The force hit his right arm around the seat so hard it broke his arm at 3 places. His legs were slammed under the seat, messing his kneecaps up. His legs were thrown the other way, almost tearing off. […well that sounds awful..OMG. D:] He lived, got through all [h]is injuries, and is one of the only Air Force people to go back to flying after being ejected. It’s amazing what people can survive through. I saw this on Impact: Stories of Survival. That’s my fave TV show, but my mom canceled the channel it was on to save money. Good thing she only said it’s for awhile

2-27-04
Yay free topic! Well, this weekend will be interesting. Tonight I’m going to fencing, and Sunday I have my first ever fencing tournament (my mom’s making me). I also might see “Passion of the Christ” (Mel Gibson’s movie about Jesus - supposed to be really good!). [OMG that was one of the first movies to make me cry..so brutal I don’t think I could watch it again. D:] On Monday I’m getting my braces off. I’m scared, dunno why. Maybe I should look at a picture of Viggo Mortensen. He always makes me feel better. Seriously, I had a headache the other day, and when I looked at Viggo, it went away! [Wow. I wonder if looking at a picture of Cherry would take my headache away LOL.] And he just makes me happy. I’m gonna have a “getting off braces party,” and I think I’m gonna see ROTK again! (5th time!) Oooh, Viggo’s movie Hidalgo is coming out March 5th! I SO can’t wait to see it! Rugged, sweaty Viggo…*yummy* times 1 billion. [OMGG I can’t believe my teacher read this LOL.] Just thinking about him now is making me happy! My speech teacher also thinks Viggo is cute! Yay, something we agree on!

3-3-04
I was in a severe storm. The lightning looked like it was touching down near us. The thunder was *extremely* loud. Me and my mom were watching from our house’s balcony. My dad was swimming in the pool! That is a *very* bad idea to do during a storm, especially with close lightning. [Seriously, we hated when he did that!! He also stood outside when he thought there was going to be a tornado..uhh, what?] You can tell what that would be in 3rd person right? I wanna tell about my weekend and Monday! On Friday I went to FIT (Fencing Institute of Texas) to practice for my fencing tournament. Nothin’ important happened on Saturday. Sunday I had my tournament. This was my 1st ever tournament. I got 3rd place! It was cool. Monday I was *supposed* to go to school *shifts eyes*, [WHY WOULD I ADMIT THIS TO MY TEACHER??! OMG lol that’s asking to get in trouble!] but I got my braces off and me & my mom had a party. I saw ROTK for the 5th time. It was fun

3-3-04
Carousel animal? What on Middle-earth is a carousel? Uh, I’ll just describe an animal then. It has furry brown fur and big, cute blue eyes and a wonderful personality. This is a dog, and its name is Viggo! *winkgrin* [Hahaha that made me literally LOL. And “furry brown fur”?? Really?? Haha]

3-5-04
Hello. This is Isilwen reporting, and I am 1st on the scene where a large tornado struck. Everything is gone. Every tree and house is leveled. Surprisingly, there was no deaths. All this damage is gonna take a long time to clean up and a long time to rebuild. But we can do it, if we work together. This is Isilwen, for radio 16.1

I guess I was thinking of tornadoes cus there was a huge storm yesterday. This is like, the 8th time it has rained in the past 2 or 3 weeks! I don’t think the school grounds are ever gonna dry up. It’s like a swamp or something. I really wish this school had a courtyard, like McKamy. I still have dreams about it at night even though I haven’t visited it in forever. It’ll always be my precious courtyard! [LOL. I'm surprised I didn't say "myyyy precioussss courtyard" haha!]

3-5-04
Yay, free topic! Weee! I'm so happy and hyper! I think I've been thinking about Viggo Mortensen too much! *biggrin* I even hugged Mrs. Aistrup-er-Usinski (she got married). I was so happy Yummy Viggo...*sigh* *swoon* *drool* LOL!! HIDALGO CAME OUT TODAY!! I just remembered! I *have* to see it tonight! I hope it's good. I wonder how yummy Viggo will look. I'm supposed to be studying for a test...oh well. I bet if you just look in my eyes now you could see hearts in my eyes! Let's describe Viggo, shall we? Shades! Times up! Closing sentance...I LOVE VIGGO MORTENSEN!!

4. Do you have a crush on anyone that you haven’t really talked to before? Umm..I'd say Cherry, but I talked to him at his grave and he said hi to me through my phone, so I guess that doesn't count? I've had crushes on other people I'd never talk to before though

5. What is your least favorite sour patch kids color? Red I think

6. Have you ever won a competition? If so, what was it and what did you win? I think so, I can't really remember though

Today's trivia: John Entwistle's bassline solo in "My Generation" is one of the first bass solos ever in rock music history (that song always gets stuck in my head LOL)