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luckycanuckUp early in the morning to run laps of Parliament House to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation. It's nearly 2km around and I did four laps, one of which I ran whilst accompanied by an ex-Israeli commando. He didn't look especially imposing, but I suspect he could have killed me with one finger if he was so inclined.
Trivia tonight with ex-housemate and our usual team which we won. My knowledge of the four countries that border Thailand and my ability to workout the formula to convert Celsius into Fahrenheit never cease to amaze people it would seem. Hooray for Asperger's Syndrome. (Oh yeah, did I mention I've been diagnosed with a mild case of Asperger's Syndrome?)
For anyone who is unfamiliar with Asperger's Syndrome, it is basically a mild form of autism (so I've got a mild case of a mild case of it.) Most of the time it doesn't present much of a problem. Once in a while it does. Any activity that requires me to process or organise lots of information (like most kinds of social interaction) can be difficult. Accurately anticipating people's reactions can be difficult. Often I can cope so long as things go according to the script I have planned in my head, but you can't rely on that happening.
Last Saturday I was in a cafe in Darlinghurst with two friends (whose pseudonyms for this blog I have not yet worked out.) The combination of conversation at our table, the background chatter and half heard conversations from the hipsters patronising the cafe, and the sound of coffee being ground and milk being frothed and cutlery... making the sound that cutlery makes (let me know if you can think of a word) was all too much for me to take in. With nothing to focus on to let me shut out the distractions I went into my blank faced "screensaver mode" as my overwhelmed brain began to shut down. Shortly thereafter I went into my handwringing phase, but mercifully we left before I went into "rocking back and forth mode."
On the upside, I do tend to have a very good memory for certain things, I can maintain an intense focus, and I get free rein to make Rain Man jokes.
Today's Workout: - Core - 2*Ab Centuries (20*5 different exercises for the abs), 100*Medicine Ball Drops (dropping a 5kg medicine ball onto my belly), 50*Medicine Ball Incline Sit Ups (Sit ups on an incline, then bouncing a medicine ball against the wall at the highest point), other core stuff that I can't be bothered to describe.
Trivia tonight with ex-housemate and our usual team which we won. My knowledge of the four countries that border Thailand and my ability to workout the formula to convert Celsius into Fahrenheit never cease to amaze people it would seem. Hooray for Asperger's Syndrome. (Oh yeah, did I mention I've been diagnosed with a mild case of Asperger's Syndrome?)
For anyone who is unfamiliar with Asperger's Syndrome, it is basically a mild form of autism (so I've got a mild case of a mild case of it.) Most of the time it doesn't present much of a problem. Once in a while it does. Any activity that requires me to process or organise lots of information (like most kinds of social interaction) can be difficult. Accurately anticipating people's reactions can be difficult. Often I can cope so long as things go according to the script I have planned in my head, but you can't rely on that happening.
Last Saturday I was in a cafe in Darlinghurst with two friends (whose pseudonyms for this blog I have not yet worked out.) The combination of conversation at our table, the background chatter and half heard conversations from the hipsters patronising the cafe, and the sound of coffee being ground and milk being frothed and cutlery... making the sound that cutlery makes (let me know if you can think of a word) was all too much for me to take in. With nothing to focus on to let me shut out the distractions I went into my blank faced "screensaver mode" as my overwhelmed brain began to shut down. Shortly thereafter I went into my handwringing phase, but mercifully we left before I went into "rocking back and forth mode."
On the upside, I do tend to have a very good memory for certain things, I can maintain an intense focus, and I get free rein to make Rain Man jokes.
Today's Workout: - Core - 2*Ab Centuries (20*5 different exercises for the abs), 100*Medicine Ball Drops (dropping a 5kg medicine ball onto my belly), 50*Medicine Ball Incline Sit Ups (Sit ups on an incline, then bouncing a medicine ball against the wall at the highest point), other core stuff that I can't be bothered to describe.
