I’ve been driving a lot… just driving in life with no actual direction. Not heading toward any specific place. And it’s like… “For who? Is it for me? Am I happy?” ─ Lil Nas X I turned 28 this year. Technically, this isn’t really a huge “milestone” birthday in the way turning 16, 18, or 21 […]
Is this how it is?Is this how it’s always been?To exist in the face of suffering and deathAnd somehow still keep singing…─Florence + the Machine I did nothing this past year. Or…did I? On Valentine’s day of last year, I signed the lease of a brand new apartment and was dead set on hitting the […]
It feels so amazing to see so many faces here today. I am incredibly thankful to everyone who has joined us from near and far to join my Grandma and her family in celebrating a man many have called Donald, but someone I had the honor of calling Grandpa Sir. On behalf of our blended […]
Image: Enjoying a little pink wine (Grandpa Sir’s signature) at Willamette Valley Vineyards. Although I am pretty sure the old fart would faint at the thought of paying anything more than $20 for a bottle! Hi. Hello. How are ya? It’s been far too long since I have bothered publishing anything, but it’s not for […]
A NOTE FROM THE AUTISTIC FREAK: I wrote a lengthy essay about representation in the media and ultimately, I decided against publishing it. The message was good, but the writing wasn’t something I felt proud to publish. But with the recent popularity of the show Wednesday reimagining the infamous Addams Family character under a new […]
This is a new series I have been wanting to do called Morgan’s Musings. I have gone back and forth about whether it would fit in with the overall theme of my blog, until it dawned on me: an essential part of my Autistic experience is passionately talking about the things that bring me so […]
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS STORY DISCUSSES EMOTIONAL ABUSE IN-DEPTH, BUT ITS A STORY I FEEL NEEDS TO BE TOLD BECAUSE IT’S MY PENULTIMATE LIFE LESSON. READ AT YOUR ON DISGRESSION. As many of you know, I was involved in a toxic relationship with a 51-year-old semi truck driver named Jerry Atkins that started February […]
I AM A 25 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC, BISEXUAL WOMAN. I have no inclination to be a parent, as my maternal instincts are strictly reserved for dogs. I have a love for fashion, a fascination for anthropology, and a love for design that I suspect is intrinsically linked to my neurodivergent need for satisfying visual stimuli. […]
Oh Sia. Sia, Sia, Sia. Did you learn nothing from the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021? Were you too busy sitting on your high horse, eating peanut butter straight from the jar with your fingers, reading the supposed “mean” tweets from the Actually Autistic community to actually take in what they were […]
I don’t always screw my life over, but when I do, it’s always to epic proportions. I am writing this after spending exactly seven weeks and one day with a guy I initially fell head over heels over. It went well…at first. We were instantly enamored with each other and “felt a special energy” about […]
Confessions of an Autistic Freak 