and i just read your letter - that was great too

Oh, awesome, Barb! I'm envious of how beautifully you move!

Todd, it's now saved in my Netflix queue--which is where I put movies I might want to purchase as well as watch. Thanks!

Barb you were fantastic!!

I probably came off like Jordan.

Oh, man. That just reminded me -- Tim's doctor told him yesterday that he thinks Tim has some Asperger's traits. And the thing is -- I think it's probably easy to mistake some ADD traits for Asperger's traits (one large one being ADD hyperfocus being confused for Asperger's persistence of obsession with one thing).

I know that not many of you have met Tim, and even then it wasn't like we got to spend a lot of time together. But, honestly, I know that I'm on the non-NT spectrum (whether I fall under the umbrella of Asperger's or not), but he really, truly doesn't seem that way to me. I'm a little flummoxed. So his doctor (this is his primary-care doctor) is talking about medication for it, etc., etc., and all I can think is, I want to talk to his doctor.

Although that's the point at which I would be interfering. He's my spousal-equivalent, not my kid-equivalent.

But sometimes having an advocate helps.

But sometimes having an advocate helps.

Only if he wants it. He's an adult, and I really don't want to interfere or try to run his life. Which is fucking HARD, since I always want to run *everyone's* lives.

Could you ask him if he wants an advocate on this? Then as an adult he could say "yes" or "no".

But watching Real Genius the other night I realized that to those women I probably came off like Jordan. And that thought left me obscurely comforted. "Pardon?"

Dude, I'd totes take being like Jordan. She was awesome. Refinishing the hall floors because she had an excess of energy.

Rice Krispies:

Thank you for the comments on the dancing. As I said to Lewis after summoning up the nerve to watch: "It wasn't... bad. Some things I did very well, some, not so well, but it gives me something to work on."

And I'll be working, believe me since *mumbles* that's going to be my competition rumba.

Happy birthday, Epic!!

I wish I could watch your video, Barb, but my office blocks YouTube. Darnit.

Dude, I'd totes take being like Jordan. She was awesome. Refinishing the hall floors because she had an excess of energy.

In Ebert's review of Real Genius, he says, "Real Genius allows every one of its characters the freedom to be complicated and quirky and individual. That's especially true of Jordan...I recognize students like this from my own undergraduate days. One of the most familiar types on campus (and one of the rarest in the movies) is the self-styled eccentric, who develops a complex of weird personality traits as a way of clearing space and defining himself.