Achievement Unlocked

Oh, hey. It's been a while. How have you been? Good? Good, good. Sigh Me? Oh, I've been... okay. Just been super busy. Feeling crushed, I guess. I mean, I guess I deserve some of it for not working and getting stuff done on time... Yeah.

Anyway.

So, in my busy busy times, some pretty cool things have been happening! First of all, I finally found the time to actually beat Portal 2 (I've had the game for about 6 months but I haven't played it a lot.) Kind of cool. I thought the game was really fun. I've been told that if I actually would have played Portal, I would have enjoyed the storyline a lot more. I really enjoyed the storyline, but, he was probably right. Maybe I'll just play it backwards. I don't know. But I really thought it was fun, and the last few levels were pretty difficult, but I eventually figured it all out.

Another thing. The Omaha Public Power District (the biggest power district in Nebraska that kind of branches throughout the state) is having a video contest called Project Greenflick. First place is $1,000, second is $500, and third is $200. All of the prizes are split in half going toward the school and half to the creators of the video. Of course, I'm entering (with some help). The video is called Saving Energy and it features me, and my two partners, Catherine and Haley. It's a stop motion animation and it took a lot of work to do. One of the perks of the contest is that OPPD is having a "Fan Favorite" vote and the winner of that gets $100. The "Fan Favorite" is where people vote for their favorite video on Facebook. Then winner, as said before, gets $100. So, can I get some help on winning? I know it's super early and voting hasn't started, but you can vote for the videos on OPPD's Facebook Page when voting begins. It begins on October 14 and ends October 27. Vote every day and hopefully we can win! I'll post the video here when I enter it.

Third thing. It's homecoming season! I get to march in a dumb parade with the band and I'm not going to the dance. Next thing.

Speaking of the band, our first competition is coming up and, as it would turn out, we're trying to incorporate a story for the first time. The story has little monologues in between each song and guess who is taking care of them? Me! So now, when we get this year's t-shirt, I can go under as "Frontline Section Leader" and "Sound Technician" or something cool like that. I'm really excited for that.

Finally, I managed to find enough time to post something to update you people. Are you happy now?

Just kidding, I love you guys.

What sucks about all this is I've done so many difficult and cool things, but I'm still swamped with stupid stuff that actually matters.

Well, would you look at that...

Anyway, still working on uploading AdventureLand stuff and I could still use some ideas. Check out how to give me ideas here.

Also, I could use some more eyes on my blog! I'm trying to sign up for review sites where I can actually get paid for the blog, but I need more viewers. So please, spread the word about my blog! Tweet about it, post it on Facebook, do whatever you can!

Thank you guys for sticking with me through all this!

Thoughtful Thursday: America Isn't the Best Anymore

Thoughtful Thursday

There have obviously been some events with the Federal Government and them closing down. I'm not super into politics and I don't really like getting into debates with people about politics, but this video has surfaced and I think it really needs to just be watched and thought about.

This video is from some movie, but I don't know what movie it is. The video really tells more truth about the US in 5 minutes than any official, whether that be working or retired, running or sponsoring, or even dead or alive, would tell you about our country in a lifetime.

Anyway, the video has surfaced recently, I found it on Facebook. I just think everyone needs to watch it and just let it sink in.

There is some foul language in the video, I apologize for that, but there is ultimately nothing I can do about it.

BlogThis: What Should I Talk About?

I haven't posted in a while and there are a few reasons for that.

One, I have been SUPER busy with school and band and things like that and I haven't been able to find time to post.

B, I have been getting home later and going to bed earlier, so I haven't exactly figured out when I can fit posting into my schedule.

And tres, I have kind of been too busy to actually think about what I'm going to post about when I have time to post.



This is where you guys come in. I'm asking everybody to leave a comment in the comment section of this post or the update on Facebook, post on my Facebook page, or tweet me @LiAutisticF and include #BlogThis.

I will pick out my favorite things to blog about and will post about them with the name of the person who gave me the idea.

If this becomes popular, I'll make it a regular thing, maybe every Wednesday.



There is one thing I'm going to post about, eventually. My family and I took a vacation to Adventureland this last weekend, and I want to post about it, but I need to get the photos uploaded, and, like I've said multiple times, I don't have the time.



So, send me ideas, new post coming as soon as I can, and stay in school so you don't fail at counting like I do.

Thoughtful Thursday: Band Sprinklers

So, here's a new thing that I've seen on other blogs in variations so I'm going to try it. Every Thursday, I'll post something that kind of really strikes me and just let you enjoy it.

So without further ado, here's the first Thoughtful Thursday.

Thoughtful Thursday

Being in a band is hard enough, I can tell you that without hesitation. Though I can't say much about the people marching, I know that being in the frontline sucks because of all the moving and rolling and you have to guard those instruments with your life. We have had rehearsals where the frontline would stay in the Band Room to practice because it appeared that it was going to rain and they didn't want to get the instruments wet and filled with water and things like that. That's all hard, but this is just crazy hard. This band was in the middle of a competition performance (Yes, this happened during a COMPETITION) when the sprinklers for the field turned on and started spraying everyone. I have to say, I have some serious respect for these guys. That's fantastic that they didn't move or anything as they got pelted with water and they even finished the song with the sprinkler spraying in their faces. WITHOUT BREAKING ATTENTION!! So some serious respect to these guys. If you want to check out the full video you can go here and watch the video.




Also, new information about more ways to follow me. If you look on the sidebar to your right, there's a place where you can put your email and it will automatically email you whenever I post. I'm also setting up a Facebook page and a Twitter account. Those are still in the making, so there's nothing really on them. If you want to, you can come and like and follow me and wait for the improvement.

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ATeeninanAutisticFamily
Twitter - https://twitter.com/LiAutisticF

So do what you will. Thanks for sticking with me so far. I'll see you next time

Lazy Day and Movie Night

We had a long weekend this weekend thanks to a teacher work day. I spent all Friday and Saturday working on homework and trying to get caught up. Today, everybody (but me) was sick and so we didn't go to church or anything, so it was a lazy day. Nathan, Rebekah, and I got out some board games, but we only played Monopoly for about half a game. Tomorrow is part two, and it is on!

I was impressed by Nathan's ability to understand everything that goes on in something so seemingly difficult as Monopoly! And Rebekah did fantastic (even though she never stops buying properties) and is showing more ability than I thought she would have with this game!

After Monopoly was over, we took a break to work on homework, and then we ate dinner. Then, to finish off the night, we had a little Lilo and Stitch marathon! (May not be a marathon, considering we only watched two movies.) Rebekah has only seen the original movie recently.

I managed to catch a picture of the munchkins watching Stitch Has a Glitch.

By far, our favorite scene was the "She's Touching Me Scene." That's always been a laugh.

And, of course, the scene where Stitch dies in Stitch Has a Glitch. Rebekah started sniffling, and suddenly she walked away. We told her to come back and we saw tears flowing down her face. For a new fan of Stitch, that is really hard! I had her come cuddle and I tried convincing her that it was going to be okay, but I couldn't even get the word "okay" out, I was crying so hard! Strangely enough, Nathan was the only one who didn't cry!

After Stitch Has a Glitch, we watched Leroy and Stitch. Thought it was another amazing movie. Haven't seen either of them in so long, it was ridiculous! I'm really glad we got to watch the movies. I hope we get to have more of these marathons, maybe even with the series!

Aloha!

Hey, keep spreading the word! I got an incredible amount of page-views after my first post! I hope I can keep that up. Thanks!

Real Post, Birthday, and Advertising

So I haven't posted anything since I first got this blog started. Now that I'm more into the routine of high school this year, I think I'll start posting.

My birthday was recently, and that was a lot of fun. I got some awesome presents like a letterman jacket and some Whataburger items, and an awesome drawing from my best friend, Gillian. I also got a total of $100 in birthday money!

We went to Olive Garden for my birthday dinner. It was AMAZING! Nathan was even very good at ordering on his own and not freaking out, even though it was a little noisy. I always get so proud of him when he does the simple things like ordering his food.

I look forward to a great year. 15 years down, plenty to go.






Before I go, I'm going to start advertising this blog to my friends and everyone and I ask that you guys start spreading the word. The more people I can reach about living in an Autism family, the better. It's time the world knows what it's really like. Hopefully, I'll also eventually be doing things like contests and everything like my mother does at her blog. So please spread the word and I'll see you on my next post.

The Beginning

Hey there! I'm Andrew. I started this blog to show the life in the eyes of a teen in an Autistic family. If you want to know more about me and our family, click the "About Me" tab above. I'll be posting a lot soon so follow me! I hope you enjoy my blog!