Grrrrrrrrr-ate begining

OK.  This is tough.   I am not used to talking about myself.

No, I am much more comfortable speaking on a subject and then maybe how it pertains to me, or my interest, etc. 

There's nothing like the "So, tell me a little about yourself" question to make my mind go blank.  If I'm lucky and prepared for it, I have a canned answer.  I never did perfect that "elevator speech" that everyone is supposed to have ready for when they meet someone important.  Each situation seems to call upon it's own needs.

When caught off guard, I am like Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects.  I hunt around looking for a hook, something to interest the listener. Ergo I am very apt to go off on tangents.  Kevin Spacy's character was named "Verbal" because he talked so much, mostly about inconsequential details. Like Verbal, there are times when it's like my brain springs a leak and I dump whatever is on my mind out my mouth. 

As I've aged, I've gotten better at controlling this, because the consequences of this diarrhea of the mouth has taught me it's best to shut up.  But this is a function of nerves and being face-to-face with people without a script. 

Now, here I am - blank screen.  Writers block. 

Trite, isn't it?

So, what you have been reading here is basically the brain-dump of 'Verbal' Roz.

Nothing like forced public introspection to at once shut me up and make be babble nonsense.

Ahem!

That word above is simply the sound of me clearing my throat.  “Figuratively speaking”

This is to be a blog about me and my reflections on life with Aspergers. As with any of my blogs, I make no promises as to how often I will post – I only promise to apply a certain level of written English grammar and usage.

Having been raised 10 years in a Lutheran school, this feels completely narcissistic. So to delineate: I will be covering my childhood and youth, observations on my family history, my experiences combating my Aspergarian tendencies, including my struggle with depression and the great success I had with “self-help.” It is this very self-help that I am sure causes many to be surprised at this diagnosis – but let me assure you that if you read and follow How to Win Friends And Influence People, it does actually work. I think ol' Dale wrote it for us Aspies before we had a name.

That's it for now. Stay tuned for more.

~ RLJ