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I listened to the entire new album by Arctic Monkeys (Tranquility Base)

What do you remember from when you were ten years old?

“I’d like to teach the world to sing.....in perfect harmony.”

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OMG with the nice candles outside. That was a good ad.

I asked for a basketball for my tenth birthday because I was copying the cool girls at school.
I was given my basketball and I sat out in the garden staring at it because I didn't have a basketball net (nor did I want one), and I didn't know what I was supposed to do with it.


What do you remember about being 14?

Seeing T Rex perform on Top Of The Pops - the group, or more specifically Marc Bolan, has been a 'special interest' of mine ever since.

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Starting high school, listening to music and playing badminton in gym class, listening to the radio while procrastinating on my assignments and dying inside, getting a laptop for Christmas.

What was the best year of your life?

Best year of my life.... Hmmm.... I loved being four. We had a cabin cruiser boat and I got to feed the ducks a lot. We spent all our time on the boat going around to various locations to dock for a night or two. I had a life vest that smelled good.

I love ducks.

What age did you realize you were autistic and / or different?

About 9 or 10. I used to stand in exactly the same spot by the railings in the school playground at break times, and never spoke to anyone.

Did you ever want to 'grow up' as a child?

I haven't grown up. Honestly. Not just in a cute "inner child" way, but my emotional development literally stopped at puberty. I have the same insecurities and same lack of skills I had then. I was standing at the fence too, holding a book. I think I still am.

Yes, I wanted to grow up desperately. I prayed one night "please make me mature". It didn't happen. I'm not immature but I definitely never transitioned to adulthood like the other adolescents. I've been an adult for many years and dealt with a lot of things using the skill set of a middle schooler.

How old do you feel?

About 15. Sometimes younger. Seriously. And I remember the Kennedy assassination....

Do you remember the Kennedy assassination? I mean John, but if not, Robert.

No, I wasn't born for JFK. It happened on my parents' wedding day, though.

Robert... well, I was gestating then. Not quite born. lol.

What were you doing on 911?

I was drifting around aimlessly in Central Manchester. I saw a young bloke jumping about and punching the air, celebrating the event. Got home and watched the coverage on TV, it all seemed rather distant and unreal.

When out and about in a town or city, do you like to have lots of activity going on around you?

No, I don't. I'm agoraphobic. I prefer to go out in the dark to do things, if possible, to avoid small talk on the streets.

That's an awful recollection for 911

Do you like being alone?

Yes.

Same question.

Yes, and more so with the passage of time.

Can you keep your house or flat tidy?

It's usually clean and tidy.
Sometimes it can get out of hand if I get focused on other things.

Same question

Depends on how bad my depression is.

Are there times when you can't concentrate on anything?