The AspieGoth? Blog

   Hello. Today is Monday, November 14th, 2012. I am currently sitting at a Mac, which is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay different from a PC. So, bear with me here.

   Anyway, recently, as in very, very, very very, recently, I was seeing the main source of traffic for this here blog. By seeing, I mean, I was trying to see where half of you come from, and why you are reading my blog, & how you got here. (This was before I posted my last two posts, just in case you were wondering.) Either way, I clicked on the one traffic source. And, it took me to a search on Google UK. Now, this search was for the topic "Why are so many people with Asperger's Syndrome Goths?"
 
   Other than some other blogs about similar topics, (hey fellow dark guardians of the internet :)), there were some websites written by psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, etc, etc about this particular topic. There were even, to my suprise, some parenting websites talking about this particular subjects. And, on a side note, there even was a page on GodhatesGoths.com on how "God hates Retards". That's a side note becaus this post is not about them (*cough * bigots *cough*).

   Anyway, what these sites & blogs all seemed to ask the same question (aside from GodhatesGoths.com). Why are so many people with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of Autism that severely hinders social functions & queues, Goths, members of an elite subculture that, stereotypically, glorifies depression, homicide/suicide, teen angst, & follow Satanism under the Marilyn Manson, Pretty Reckless, Evanescence denominations, & dress like Abby from NCIS' children?
 
   Well, as I referred to the above stereotype overload, & as I read the websites basically ALL ASKING    THE SAME THING, I had to sit back for a moment. After a moment, (and some deep (and, I do mean DEEP) breathing exercises) I decided to write a little essay/lecture/tangent from the viewpoint of an AspieGoth on why there are (apparently) so many "Aspie Goths".

   Let's begin with something that I will assume is partway fact & not opinion since it is true for me: Most AspieGoths were diagnosed with the disorder/syndrome/disease/ailment thing known as Asperger's Syndrome BEFORE  they discovered the subculture/culture/lifestyle to which they became accustomed to. I was only watching cartoons that showed the subculture to me & introduced me to it when I was diagnosed.
 
    Next, the main reason for this is also (I think) two reasons. The first one is that a lot of Asperger's/Autistic people are strange. I personally only stayed with the subculture because I really do not fit in anywhere else. My mother in hindsight has admitted this once to me.

   The second reason I think is that a looooot of Asperger's/autistic people are, by nature, nonconformists. They aren't neccessarily all Goths like me. But, by nature, most Asperger's/autistic people don't obey society's rules because they can not understand them simply.  Now, that being said, just because someone's autistic/Asperger's does not make them a nonconformist. And, just because someone's a nonconformist does not make them autistic/Asperger's. There. I feel better already.

 Well, there's my opinion on the matter. What's yours?

Sex-And-The-City Tangent #3

    Hey. I was just needing to blog to keep from typing for tonight. But, in the meantime, those of you who have seen my Sex-And-The-City Tangent will notice this Tangent is not about rock music or any subcultures. However, it is about the media, which these things are usually on. And, like Carrie Bradshaw on the television series 'Sex-And-The-City', I will ask more than one question that is to be taken rhetorically.
   Okay. I was just watching TV. And, I came across a channel on commercial break. And, I discovered an episode of a  children's show had appeared, & the show was now over in two minutes. It was an episode I've never seen fully but I've seen before. But, the television show is called 'Fairly Oddparents'. The episode was called 'Land Before Timmy' (A side note: This is a cartoon show). I'll end this paragraph, & the link will be under the paragraph.                                                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairly_Oddparents
   Either way, in this particular episode,  Timmy had a really rough day technology-wise. So, he wishes for life to have no technology. And, they send him back to a time similar to the stone age, where everything is worse. And, then, some volcanoes erupt, so, he wishes for technology back.
   Now, this episode has been on at least several times already. And, I have just finally started to wonder Can humankind live without any technology whatsoever now? Or, would that make us neanderthalistic (new term coined by me) in nature?

Madonna Read My Blog?!

    Okay. Before anyone tries to disagree, I would like to say the following story is hypothetical, realistic fiction. But, either way, I prepared some illustrations to help move this story along.

   So, Madonna* was working on her new album and tour. She got tired and bored. So, she decided to find a blog to read. And, she just happened to come across my blog.

        Unfortunately, she happened to come across The Aspiegoth blog when I had just finished my first Sex-And-The-City Tangent. That was what she ended up reading. And, much to everyone's surprise, she got to thinking.

     Now, Madonna being Madonna, Madonna felt she had to do something. So, she thought about her tour and things she could do to help.

    The decision of where the first concert of her MDNA tour complete & over with, Madonna started to decide on how to help Lady Gaga look innocent in the eyes of  Indonesia's religious right and make her look like an even worse influence on Indonesian youths.

               And, that is why I think Madonna made some of the decisions she's made recently.

    *I mean Madonna the singer.
    **Although, in hindsight, Madonna seems to be the type of gal that uses the term "pussies". I just used the least offensive term I could think of to use as I am not Madonna and I have to use the social filter or else I'll get banned from the internet or something.

                                            The End