Hi all,

All I want for Xmas is for the general public to accept me and my Autistic excentricities. I just "lost" another job, three weeks before Christmas, because I couldn't "read" the boss well enough. If people would only be clear with what they expect of me, I would be so happy and do exactly that. I don't get "body language", "vocal tones" or other non-direct forms of comunication very well and it has put me into a place where I tend to fear anyone in authority - because I know if I screw up - I will be punished, and I know that I will screw up because I don't always "get it".

On the other hand, Autism is nice around the holidays because it is very easy to let myself focus on only the stuff I like and pretty much ignore the rest - for example, advertising works on me in only notifing me of new products - it really has no impact on whether I buy something or not. It is nearly impossible to entice me - I either want something or I could care less. I would go weeks without eating chocolate if friends weren't offering it to me fairly often - yet I love it when I eat it.

Pax yall