Arian-Sinclair

Thanks.

WB! Rewriting sounds like a good way to freshen up your inspiration. Good luck!

Thanks, @CloverReef. ^_^ Looking back at it, it would be good to rewrite it rather than try to continue with how it already is.

I always think that kind of thing takes a lot of confidence, I hope you get a lot of positive responses for your pics!

@JayDee

Thanks! I have been. Haha~ It is only my face and the two pics are set to Friends Only, so not everyone on the site can see. Honestly, I think it’s the best I’ve ever done with my makeup in regard to the eyeshadow. I’m glad I took pics right after. I didn’t think about posting those pics until an hour later and went ahead and did it.

I just fixed the link, so others should be able to get to it through there now~

Sounds like he really loves what he’s writing about. It was well done, and there was actually a movie in there I haven’t even heard of! Kudos. 

Haha~ Maybe leave him a comment on it? I use Discus for commenting. He’d definitely appreciate some positive comments going his way.

AFF is my support group

@CloverReef

Yes!~

@BronxWench

I don’t really care for labels except as an extension to describe oneself with clarity, but functioning labels are just used by NTs so often to discredit what auties have to say and not listen to us, whether it’s “But you’re high functioning, so you don’t know what it’s like for my low functioning child!” (Excuse me? But, honey, I’ve got a better idea than you do in all consideration. I’d advise listening to your kid.) or “Oh, they’re low functioning, so they can’t do anything for themselves.” (Darling, I guarantee that “low functioning” person has the ability to do things, just not how you’d go about it because they need a little help, not a damn warden.). It’s annoying and messed up. Of course, this isn’t everyone, it’s just the ones who are ableist. No, Karen, “You don’t seem autistic” is not a complement; that’s just denying me validation of what I already know. You wouldn’t tell a person with arthritis “You don’t seem like you have arthritis” just because they’re doing stuff you wouldn’t expect someone with joint pains to do, and that’s because it’s not exactly the same for everyone, yet autism is stereotypes into behind this particular way when it’s not really like that for everyone. So yeah, definitely pretty saddening we have to use those labels. Support levels would be a lot better than functioning labels.

@Desiderius Price

AFF is an amazing place. :3

Hey, congratulations! I’d be stoked if I got a 47/50 

Absolutely! You’re preaching to the choir, sister. Even though in the fiction writing world, the rules of spelling, grammar, and word precision are a little more pliable, I am still a firm believer that you need an intimate knowledge of the rules before you can properly bend them over a barrel.

@CloverReef

Knowledge is power, but is is also a distraction. XD

Congratulations!  Hopefully, your first day went well.  Almost everyone I’ve met who has gone into nursing “working their own way” has started out as a CNA.  The “trick” is to keep up your studies to work up to LPN, RN, and so on without burning out.  The clinical experience you gain will help you become a better nurse as time goes on.

Hope it went well for you!

@Wilde_Guess

I don't plan on going on to LPN or RN. I'm just going for PCT so my mum isn't on my ass about having a career that pays well. I plan on moving out of state far away from my current residence as soon as I'm done with phlebotomy this semester and EKG next semester so that I have the PCT completed to make things smoother when parting ways with her. I do want to maintain a decent if not good relationship with her. I just have to get a job near my intended location to move to once I've got PCT so that I have a steady income while finishing my books(at least one of them) and other plans I have.

@Desiderius Price

You didn't get that from my last comment? XD Thanks, Des. It really did. Haha~

Phlebotomy has to do with drawing blood, @CloverReef. Haha~

@Desiderius Price, thanks. Haha~ I'll try not to jab things up. Class is pretty cool.

Best of luck to you.

Thanks. :3

There also need to be more stories that don't perpetuate the misinformation that female virgins always bleed the first time having intercourse with a male. That happens because of inexperience and not knowing how to do it without hurting the partner; it's not supposed to hurt. I did my research on that. It's also going to hurt more if you're expecting it to, so it could just be the partner's mindset, in which case it's better to wait a bit and help her relax, get her mind off that. Of course, there's too much taboo on sex for actual facts around that in particular to be taught in a sex Ed class, so that misinformation will still get around. France has better sex Ed classes than America, as does Italy and other places. Oh, look, I ranted. XD

If I’m writing blood, there’s something else going on.  See Bones http://original.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600108780&chapter=6 (my halloween story) for further details.

Cool. I'll give it a look.

Welcome

Welcome! We’re an eclectic bunch, to be sure, but I think the forums add a dimension to AFF no other fiction archive can quite match.

I think so as well, and I've only recently been a part of the forums. I don't think I've ever seen a forum connected to a fiction archive anywhere but for AFF. It has a different feel to it that I quite enjoy.