Hehe - seems you understand the word thing very well. Are you sure you aren't some distant clone? :P
Yes English is my only language - much to my regret. The docs think, because of my Intuitive Savant thing, that I don't have a lot of space for more semantics. The subconscious needs what it there. Likewise, I have a bad memory, especially for things that my subconscious is working on. It's as though only 'one of us' can remember something at the same time. I'm used to it.
I also don't put much weight in to the IQ stuff. I have know some supposedly very smart people do very dumb things (myself included) and, likewise, I have lot of 'average' friends who make smart decisions. I went to one Mensa meeting - an age ago - and fled screaming. Literally. :) - I had gone in and the first 3 or 4 people I met all introduced themselves in a manner like "Hi. Angie 175" or "Hello. Brad 168" and I was like "What planet are you people from?!" :P
Apparently I was the 2nd smartest person there - on paper - woo hoo. Oh gawd. I have no issue with people refusing to be ashamed of a trait like intellect (because it does isolate us in a way) but I despise those who go too far and use it to mark themselves as somehow better. They have bought the lie - that this gift makes them superior. Tragic.
Oh I agree - there have to be more like us, surely. I just wish I could find one somewhat age appropriate :P - which is more for their benefit than mine. My longest rel (11 years) was with someone almost 10 years younger and I look at the inner voice of whoever, not the rest. Alas, the other way around I can understand why someone that much younger would think 'old' and nix anything. So yeah - hence I seek age appropriate, because most of the world is silly with boundaries and stuff. I have always seen boundaries are more like guidelines myself :P - but then I am evil - heh.
And the club thing - oh yes. Same here. One girl club and there are more straight than lez girls many days and the DJ's will play Katy Perry (urgh!) - I kissed a girl - and all the straight girls will dance to it and think they are cool, while the rest are left to idle and fume. I don't attend there. Even the girls I live with refuse to. One of them was working there and quit due to the annoyance. It's a sucky club. :)
Oh - and if you know anyone similar to yourself - close to their mid-30's :P - don't hesitate to tell her how 'special' I am eh? :D
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Date: 2009-06-04 03:42 am (UTC)Yes English is my only language - much to my regret. The docs think, because of my Intuitive Savant thing, that I don't have a lot of space for more semantics. The subconscious needs what it there. Likewise, I have a bad memory, especially for things that my subconscious is working on. It's as though only 'one of us' can remember something at the same time. I'm used to it.
I also don't put much weight in to the IQ stuff. I have know some supposedly very smart people do very dumb things (myself included) and, likewise, I have lot of 'average' friends who make smart decisions. I went to one Mensa meeting - an age ago - and fled screaming. Literally. :) - I had gone in and the first 3 or 4 people I met all introduced themselves in a manner like "Hi. Angie 175" or "Hello. Brad 168" and I was like "What planet are you people from?!" :P
Apparently I was the 2nd smartest person there - on paper - woo hoo. Oh gawd. I have no issue with people refusing to be ashamed of a trait like intellect (because it does isolate us in a way) but I despise those who go too far and use it to mark themselves as somehow better. They have bought the lie - that this gift makes them superior. Tragic.
Oh I agree - there have to be more like us, surely. I just wish I could find one somewhat age appropriate :P - which is more for their benefit than mine. My longest rel (11 years) was with someone almost 10 years younger and I look at the inner voice of whoever, not the rest. Alas, the other way around I can understand why someone that much younger would think 'old' and nix anything. So yeah - hence I seek age appropriate, because most of the world is silly with boundaries and stuff. I have always seen boundaries are more like guidelines myself :P - but then I am evil - heh.
And the club thing - oh yes. Same here. One girl club and there are more straight than lez girls many days and the DJ's will play Katy Perry (urgh!) - I kissed a girl - and all the straight girls will dance to it and think they are cool, while the rest are left to idle and fume. I don't attend there. Even the girls I live with refuse to. One of them was working there and quit due to the annoyance. It's a sucky club. :)
Oh - and if you know anyone similar to yourself - close to their mid-30's :P - don't hesitate to tell her how 'special' I am eh? :D
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