Author: Danni

The Purple Penguin! 31 year old autistic geek, living in bed with severe ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis). Likes gaming, purple and penguins.
Danni

Crash

College, Danni, Physical Disability, Real Life

I didn’t make it to college today. I think the last few days/weeks finally caught up with me, because this morning I couldn’t wake up. When I did, I sent an email to my lecturer, read TV Tropes for about 20 minutes and then slept again for several more hours. I’m still really tired, and I’m taking it easy, just watching stuff and reading simple things (like TV Tropes… yup, I’m still stuck there). I’m also in a lot of pain, but that’s not new.

Johan bought Call of Duty: Black Ops last night (he went to a midnight release with Colin). I was fast asleep, so have no idea what time he got back. He was also very tired this morning.

Tomorrow I have Computing in the morning, and watching Enrichment in the afternoon. I’ll be taking my laptop to use during the time between Computing and lunch, and I might install Kudos 2 on there.

Danni

The Test That Was

College, Computing, Danni, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Real Life

Had my Computing test today. I didn’t answer everything 🙁 I also think I got some of the answers wrong. I just hope I got a few marks. It was the only lesson I had today, as I’ve dropped Problem Solving and I couldn’t go to Enterprise as I had an appointment with my psychiatrist.

The appointment went fine. As expected, I’ve been discharged. I’m doing much better mentally, so that’s fine. She thought I’d hurt my leg because I arrived in a wheelchair (I waddled my way into the consulting room, as the doors are a bit narrow and I go in by myself). I explained it was ME, we talked about random stuff, and then agreed that I didn’t need to see her any more. I know how to access the services again if I need to, but for now I don’t.

On the way back, the first bus that arrived had a broken ramp. A man in a high-visibility jacket flagged down the bus trying to overtake, and reassured us that if that ramp didn’t work that he’d sort us out. The driver of the second bus (the ramp worked fine) joked that we always cause him trouble (we’ve had him as a driver a few times now). When we were leaving the bus, he asked us when we got all pally with the owner. Turns out the guy in the jacket was the owner of Go North East. I guess that helps explain why he was so helpful 🙂

I’ve been sucked into TV Tropes website again, so blog posts will continue to be short until I figure a way out…

Danni

In the fight between Danni and herself, the winner is…

Danni, Gaming, Real Life, World of Warcraft

I woke up this morning with a very sore eye, and several new bruises. I think I may have been beating myself up. Everything seems to still be working (within the normal limits I now have) so it’s not too serious.

Today was relatively quiet, until the evening. I finally reached exalted with the Zandalar Tribe (woot!) with help from the auction house and guildies Vitani and Eldrana (I think). (Sorry Quel’Thlaas Alliance- it was me who cleared out all the Bijous.) I now have a lot of coins to pass on to anyone else in the guild who is trying to reach that goal, but so far no-one has come forward. I think I will have to advertise a bit more in guild chat.

This evening I met up with Vicky to go to church. It went well, and the service was enjoyable. We then went to Dixy Chicken to get some food (I likes chicken) before coming home. Spending time with Vicky is always a lot of fun, as we know each other pretty well and find a lot of the same things funny. She is a good friend.

Tomorrow I have college, and get to see my psychiatrist for what’s probably my last appointment. That should be interesting.

Danni

Zul’Gurub

Danni, Gaming, Physical Disability, Real Life, World of Warcraft

Just a quick post tonight as I’m in Zul’Gurub in World of Warcraft, grinding for rep. I’m currently at ~32% of the way through revered, and my aim is to get to 999/1000 exalted before the Cataclysm hits and the instance goes away. I’m being assisted by some awesome guildies, Vitani and Triggira, who are passing all the coins and bijous on to me. Thank you 😀 Johan’s also come along on Sarontir to help with getting through the instance.

Today I overdid it. I was already having a bad day pain-wise, but decided to go to the Tyneside LUG anyway. I managed to stay for a little bit, but had to leave early (after arriving late) because I was just too tired and the noise was overwhelming. I enjoyed it though, and it was nice to see everyone again.

This evening I have been in WoW. We went and did Black Temple, which was fun, and of course now we’re in Zul’Gurub. I’m glad to have a game that’s interesting, and that allows me to socialise in a way that’s suited to me. I’ve also got a bit tipsy tonight, which has helped with the pain a bit (I’m not sure whether the alcohol reduced the pain or made me care less about it, but it’s helping). Tonight I should sleep well.

Danni

Remember, Remember the 5th of November…

Autism, Danni, Physical Disability, Real Life

V for Vendetta TV Speech

I couldn’t find an embeddable version of this clip from V for Vendetta, but it’s an excellent clip from an excellent film, and I suggest you watch it.

Today is the 5th of November, which means for those of us in the UK, it’s Guy Fawkes Night. This is celebrated by bonfires (for burning the “Guy”) and fireworks (gunpowder was used in the plot to blow up parliament). Johan and I went to a local organised display, and I enjoyed it very much. The fireworks were very pretty, we both listened to music to help cope with the noise of them, and though my wheelchair got a bit stuck in the mud we managed it well. I’m very glad I went 🙂

Also today, I received my next batch of DVDs from LoveFilm. I’m looking forward to watching them, as it includes Adam and My Name Is Khan, which are meant to be good films about autism. The other two are The Hangover and The Proposal, which are comedies. I will remember The Hangover as it was the film Johan, my brother Martin and I watched just after deciding to get married. Considering what the film is about, we both are amused by it.

Tomorrow is the first Saturday of the month, so I’m going to make a big effort to go to the Tyneside LUG meeting. I’m not feeling too bad at the moment for me, so I’m hoping I’ll be okay to go.