Japanese Candy!!!

I received some Japanese candy sets for Christmas. These sets are Transforming Candy, Fluffy Bubble Shake, Gummy Land, Saku Saku Panda, and Crayon Shin Chan butt pudding. These sets are from the Marimo Marshmallow store, which I like browsing. So far, my favorite is the fluffy bubble shake because it is so sour.

Autism, Band and Radical Recpie: Pan-Fried Instant Noodles

Ingredients:
Instant Ramen Noodles
Flavoring (1/4 tsp  preferably)
Cooking spray


Equipment:
Frying pan*
Spatula**
Strainer or colander
Stove
Pot (the thing you make soup in)

* All Autism, Band, and Radical Recipes are non-stick friendly  because that's what I use.
**Use a silicone spatula on a nonstick pan.

1. Boil the noodles until they are tender.
2. Drain the water from the noodles using a colander or a strainer.
3. Transfer the noodles back to the pot and stir in 1/4 tsp of the seasoning in to the noodles.
4. Pan fry the noodles. For a nonstick skillet, the heat should be medium. It's ready to flip when the noodles get hard on one side and form a crust. Cook the other side if desired.
5. Serve.

Serves: Two or one, depending on your appetite

Reply To The Person Who Wrote This Letter

 

 

 

To the mother who wrote this letter:

 

If anyone needs to move, it's you. Babies and dogs use their voices to communicate and Max uses his voice to do so. If he bothers you, purchase earplugs and use them. Explain to your "normal" kids that he is communicating in his way. Prejudice such as this is a hindrance to the world, not autistic people.  There are people out there that will love and care for him. Employers will hire him for a job. If he is lucky, he will attract the attention of a nice girl, and maybe she will be autistic as well. Personally, I think he has a purpose and that his body parts can be donated to science if that's what he wants, but that's after he lives a fulfilling and happy life. Parents of special needs kids only want the best for their child. They do not act like they are entitled to special treatment. Instead, they are raising a child with additional challenges and don't  want that individual limited to their home. Go do this mother a huge favor and apologize for your hateful speech. You should also apologize to her son, Max. Go buy her some flowers and write a sincere apology letter. Learn how to play the flute and have an apology recital. Nobody wants to hear any more of this from you and a lot of people have the guts to tell you. Do the right thing and apologize or move. Either way, we are all better off without this offensive letter.

 

Sincerely,

One appalled autistic band geek

 

       



Autism, Band, and Radical Recipe: French Toast

Ingredients:
3 slices of store-bought white bread, any size
3 eggs
Maple syrup
Butter (margarine works too) oil, or cooking spray

Equipment:
Basting brush (optional)
Frying pan (nonstick recommended)
Whisk or fork
Stove
Microwave oven (It's 20 seconds for a 1200 watt.)
Plate

 1. Put a frying pan on the stove.
 2.Beat your eggs with a whisk or a fork.
 3.Dip your bread in the eggs, once on each side.
 4.Brush the excess egg off or  just rub the bread on the side of the bowl.
 5. Turn the heat to medium and add your fat of choice.
 6. Flip when golden brown.
 7. Repeat step 6.
 8. Either drizzle the maple syrup on a plate or heat it up for 20 seconds and serve it as a dipping sauce.
 9. (optional) Cut the toast into triangles.
10. Serve hot and on a plate for best flavor.

Incoherent Babbling

 

600 Total Views Special: Stereotypes I'm Sick Of

1. Austistic people are left brained.
*Me? Left brained? I have integrated hemispherical dominance. That means I'm neither left nor right brained. I'm an unconventional thinker, equally left and right-brained.

2. Two words: Rain Man
*Every autistic person is different and, even though autistics share the same disorder, we are all unique individuals.

3. The Autism, Band, and Radical Honesty blogger must be very high functioning!
*Yes I am, but there are some low- functioning bloggers out there. Check them out .

This player Keeps Harassing

Solar Eclipse on My Favorite Server

It is very beautiful and it was infuriating that no one else noticed.

This offended me a lot...

The /warp build on my favorite server...griefed

The players in the screenshot are  innocent bystanders.

Thanks for 500 total views!

That's halfway to 1,000. Keep viewing this blog and we can hit 1,000. It is possible with God. I will start a Summer Enrichment class and learn how to decorate cupcakes.

Thanks,
Anna

Thanks for Over 400 Views!

I made a giant pancake and ate it just for this purpose. I finished 88% of it.

Hi Everyone

I am bored, so I am putting this sad song up.

LVYO Audition

I auditioned for the LVYO today. I hope I get in!

LVYO

I am auditioning on May 18. Wish me luck!

Morpheus

I am going to play Morpheus for the May 21 concert.

Misconceptions

About Radical Honesty

*You can get around the truth by not talking about it. Always talking about the truth is talkative radical honesty.

*Radical honesty is not brutal honesty. We word our opinions to not hurt others' feelings.

*We will not tell you our address if you ask us for it. Asking people for their address is creepy and wrong.

Autism Misconceptions

#I am not Rain Man. Some people are, but not all of them.

#I am proud of who I am and don't want a cure. The true voice of autism is autistic people such as myself.

#Why would I pity myself? Instead, I pity the people who do not know me as the flutist in cadet band, the one who got 98% on her math final (I hate math.), and the girl who eats lunch with boys?

Band

+Band is not a geeky subject. It is just perceived as such by jealous non-band people.

+It is not hard. It, like sports, takes time, practice, and passion.

+Band people like me do not covet your athleticism, normality, or appearance. We are proud of who we are.

Cadet Band

Cadet band is AMAZING. We are considerably good at playing Court of the Noble Trumpeteers and Festivo Fantastico. However, this year, it is dominated by the annoying trumpeteers. I am not bashing trumpet players (some of you guys are talented). The ones in my band play out of turn and try to drown out the flutes, which are outnumbered 5 to 2.

Class Testing, ugh!

I tested for Algebra 1 a few weeks ago and Why We Believe, a theology course yesterday and my brain died from test overload. I had to skip only one question on the algebra test because you had to qualify for Mensa to solve it. The Why We believe test was easy, but the quantity of the questions daunted me. I got into Why We Believe. :)

My Birthday :)

It was yesterday. I frosted my own cupcake with Cool Whip, a whipped cream substitute for lactose intolerant people (I am not lactose intolerant, but my family is :p).  I am 13 now, old enough to join my friends on Instagram. I hope that my age is not detestable to my blog viewers.

P.S. Thank you for over 200 page views. I never thought I would get this many.

I Believe in Inclusion

Inclusion allows special needs kids to adapt to the real world. It also is forced social interaction because social skills are not learned out of a book like math and science. Without inclusion, I would feel like an outcast. Never knowing like the real world leads to more problems like depression and insanity.

I have a Concert Tomorrow!

It is a fine arts festival and we are playing Court of the Noble Trumpeteers and Festivo Fantastico.

Festivo Fantastico

Court of the Noble Trumpeteers

The Whole Ideal Person Thing

It started since Greek and Roman mythology. The "perfect" person was portrayed as intelligent, athletic, and attractive. I am not athletic, but I am passionate about every opinion. Success may make your life harder. I always thing I should be perfect, so when I fail, it is hard to recover because I am, for the most part, that ideal person.

A Special Thanks to Love That Max

A wonderful lady by the name of Ellen Seidman created a blog about her son, Max. It is called Love That Max.  Here is a picture of her because she is as beautiful on the outside as on the inside:



And now Max:

Awesome face!

Sabrina because she is cool and awesome:



Love That Max inspired me to write this blog. This is my thanks to them.

The Life of a Savant

Parody of Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me

I'm lagging behind all the others
When I run.
I don't get an A because
I'm short of breath.

I can never run at the speed
That they do.

I'm in the room.
It's a typical Tuesday night.
I'm slaving at my homework
As it piles up.

Everyone does it faster than I do.

You rush through it,
Look at your grade
You are appalled
Because I did it better.

Been contemplating life
And thinking about the day
That you'd stop being
Ignorant and see through my eyes.

If you see that being smart is a challenge
And that I am portrayed as
An immaculate being
Can you see that you're lying?

Walking to the room, another normal face
Anxiety building up within my brain.
Asking others if I'll fail, but they will say
"You can't if you tried!"

And my sense of humor can light up a whole town,
But I think you only want me for my brain.
I think, without it, I'd be nothing but a pain.

I get an A, and I rejoice
But no one wants to hear my voice!

I take longer
You look at me.
Two days later,
I got a better grade.

Been contemplating life
And thinking about the day
That you'd stop being
Ignorant and see through my eyes.

If you see that being smart is a challenge
And that I am portrayed as
An immaculate being
Can you see that you're lying?

Standing, waiting
For the doors to open
And I feel the pressure already.
Uncognizant you can be...
Please don't lie about me...

Oh, I remember you
Saying that I cheat
Right before my science test.
I'm the one who has advanced
And yet you insulted me
With offensive words like that
Hurt more than cichlids' bites.
I think you should lay off
Because I'm not what I seem.


If you see that being smart is a challenge
And that I am portrayed as
An immaculate being
Can you see that you're lying?

Standing, waiting
For the doors to open
And I feel the pressure already.
Uncognizant you can be...
Please don't lie about me...

I just an answer..
Can you see that you're lying?

Messing Around in the Practice Room

In band class, all the woodwinds were messing around in the practice room. I liked to hide behind a chair and play high notes.

New Music

We got new sheet music for the concert! It has lots of crazy dynamics; passages, and accents! It is Festivo Fantastico.

Running

I had to run 12 laps today. I hate running. It's so tedious.

We have a new Religion Teacher!

His name is Mr. Oldenburg. Our class has a lot of evergy now. He writes everything thst we are going to do on the board.

WWYD...

..if a band director was disparaging an autistic student?
 (It has never happened to me)

Situation 1: Band director repeatedly yells at Student for no reason. Student cries and can't say anything.

Situation 2: Band Director is trying to teach Student a concert b flat scale. Student makes several mistakes and Band Director says "You know what, autistic people never learn anything," and gives up.

Reactions: Sit. 1

Other students: That's just wrong. What if that was you?

Nearby Teacher: You shouldn't yell at students for no reason, special needs or not.

Retaliations for Sit. 1:

It's not me.

Student causes me a lot of stress.

Counter-Reactions for Sit. 1

A heart for music is a heart for all. You should know that.

So do mine, but that's no excuse for what you did.


Sit. 2 Reactions

Other Students: You're slowing the entire band down!

The Wonderful English Teacher: Many teachers have sinned against their students, but giving up on one is unforgivable. 

Non-Band Students: That's right! No one should be given up on!

Sit. 2 Retaliations:

Other Srudents: Yeah, but she's so slow to do things!

She's such a burden. I feel sorry for you.

Band Students: We would have been on the page 28 if this waste of human life wasn't in band!

Counter-Reactions:

Principal: I don't know what talking about! One student needing more time than the rest is no excuse to give up on the one!

The Wonderful English Teacher: It's not about how long you take. It's about whether you are satisfied with yourself.

Student's friend: She's not a waste of human life. Needing more time does not make you a waste of human life. Everyone serves a purpose in the world.

I miss band

Break had been nice, but I miss band! I need the organized chaos to keep me on my toes. I practice, but it's just not the same.

A Special Thanks to kallery.net

Kallery.net, thank you for viewing my blog. I never knew anyone would care about a random 12 year old autism self-advocate. Maybe it is because you see yourself in me, another face seeking recognition in this unfair world.