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	<title>The Alternate Lexicon &#187; ali</title>
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	<description>autism, feminism, intersectionality, and life</description>
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		<title>said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know where I am or how I got here &#8211; I don&#8217;t have a stamp.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I go in tomorrow morning to fill out paperwork for HR to begin my new job. I&#8217;m waiting for Stina and Dylan to do some reference letters and send them along, but I&#8217;ll get them when they come&#8211;no major concern. My major concern is falling into a pattern of presumed incompetence. It was coincidental that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/07/25/said-i-dont-know-where-i-am-or-how-i-got-here-i-dont-have-a-stamp/</link>
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		<title>the one thing I know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is that I like spreadsheets, organization, and Kate Miller-Heidke. Just got done making a spreadsheet that shows the titles of the songs from which I&#8217;ve pulled titles, the songs in the official canon I haven&#8217;t used yet, the songs that are official or semi-official canon but are covers, and the demos which have any sort [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/07/22/the-one-thing-i-know/</link>
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		<title>they&#8217;re stuck in traffic now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a JOB. I&#8217;ll be working with young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their group home(s) and work program. I go in on Monday to fill out all the HR paperwork. It looks like the timing might be a bit weird since I&#8217;ll be in Florida August 8-14, so I hope that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/07/22/theyre-stuck-in-traffic-now/</link>
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		<title>I thought we talked this over yesterday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My attention span is currently at a level I would describe as &#8220;kitten.&#8221; I&#8217;ve known for a long time that my attention is directly correlated to the interestingness of the material&#8211;this isn&#8217;t unusual for kids identified as gifted (nor the adults they grow into), or anyone on the spectrum. In fact, it was this extreme [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/07/16/i-thought-we-talked-this-over-yesterday/</link>
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		<title>it&#8217;s easy to tell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the loss of spoons and almost inevitable migraine that will have me in bed tomorrow afternoon through sometime on Tuesday, I have to say that this weekend has been incredible. I drove up to Staunton yesterday (Saturday) morning, taking a long route through a national forest and over many pretty streams. Lots of wildlife. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/07/12/its-easy-to-tell/</link>
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		<title>so I throw myself on to the bed, onto the mercy of the truth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just got back from my diagnostic interview at TEACCH. I have forms to fill out and turn in, at which point I will be on the wait list for an official diagnosis. As I &#8220;passed&#8221; the intake interview round, they agree that I&#8217;m almost certainly on the spectrum and want to work out precisely where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/07/01/so-i-throw-myself-on-to-the-bed-onto-the-mercy-of-the-truth/</link>
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		<title>your skin was electric</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please allow me to begin with shouting. If anyone loves me $13 worth, I am SO EXITED. Anyway. I&#8217;m constructing a post about spoons and variability thereof and executive function, but, ha, I do not currently have the ability to construct this in a manner that is grammatically correct or readable. I will return to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/06/26/your-skin-was-electric/</link>
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		<title>and you won&#8217;t convince me otherwise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things I have said to my cat today: &#8220;No, Prosper! Prosper! Lettuce is not for cats&#8211;oh, you want to try it? Put the whole leaf down. Down. Stop that. Ugh. Prosper! Here. Oh, you like lettuce? You&#8217;re a weird fucking cat.&#8221; &#8220;Prosper! Stop that! Green beans aren&#8217;t for kittens! They are for mamas! Prosper, no, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/06/20/and-you-wont-convince-me-otherwise/</link>
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		<title>no going back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Damn. I missed Autistic Pride Day, due to the fact that I was driving back from a visit to Staunton and Stina and Dylan, and then there was family and small children here. So, thanks to stark. raving. mad. mommy&#8216;s post about it, I&#8217;ve been inspired to do my own top ten list. The top [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/06/20/no-going-back/</link>
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		<title>all that we&#8217;ll have is this photograph</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catching up on the last bit of Melbourne, the trip home, what I&#8217;m doing OMGRIGHTNAO and plans. We went to Kate&#8217;s hens night, which involved thai and karaoke and a lot of overstimulation, and the wedding, which was beautiful. We also went to a place trying to bill itself as molecular gastronomy coffee. It wasn&#8217;t, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alternatelexicon.com/2010/06/17/all-that-well-have-is-this-photograph-2/</link>
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