I've decided to add memorable quotes from any point in my life to this list here, and tag the quoters if they are found on Facebook.
If you object to the wording, or to the presence on the note, kindly correct me and I will make amends.
If you can think of quotes between each other, post it and I will add it to the list.
1. BIG YES BOMB!!!!!! - Jason Carter (Facebook message, presumably SLC, UT, July 25, 2009)
2. That's 'cause we've got land! - Stephen Reed Matheson (Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-ken, May 2008)
3. Muri means impossible. - Jordan Anderson (Urakami Station, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-ken, Late June 2009)
4. ...the Church will pay for it. - Anne Gundersen (or her mission partner, Sister Webb) (Manhattan, KS, May 2009)
5. Lauren? - Me
5a. Becca! - Becca Johnson Foster
5c. Oh, well you look a LOT like Lauren Terry. - Me
5d. I don't look ANYTHING like Lauren Terry! - Becca Johnson Foster (Manhattan, KS, Spring 2009)
6. *tap*, *tap* - Me, attempting to turn on overhead light in car
6a. It doesn't push! - Andie Spry (March 2009, while returning from a hockey game in Topeka, Westbound on I-70, KS)
7. (Paraphrased) After you played San Andreas all night, I think it was better for you not to go on the Temple trip after all. - Chris Speirs (Manhattan, KS, Early September 2009)
8. (In music class) You're driving me nuts! - Cary Cuff
8a. (pulls out snack from pocket) Oh, then you want a peanut? - Me
8b. (Cary gets up to tell on me to Mrs. Meyer, our Music teacher.) (Chapman, KS, 1994-1995 school year)
9. (Mrs. Schuler reads my answers, points to the answer, "Answers May Vary.")
9a. Did you copy my answer book? - Mrs. Sally Schuler
9b. Uhh, no? - Me (Chapman, KS, 1992-1993 school year)
10. (Withheld, pending my youngest sister's permission.) - Mimi (Chapman, KS, starting from Winter 2004)
11. HEY! YOU ****ING IDIOT! LEARN HOW TO ****ING DRIVE!!! - Unknown early-20s male Hispanic in gold early 2000s Mercury Cougar (A somewhat rough-looking part of Kansas City, KS, December 31, 2007)
12. ...And you very nearly caused an accident... - Unknown Shawnee County trooper (West of Topeka, January 1, 2008)
13. (Withheld, pending my youngest sister's permission) - Jessica Van Ranken to Mimi
13a. (Withheld, pending my youngest sister's permission) - Mimi to Jessica Van Ranken (Facebook wall posts, Lindsborg, Spring 2009)
14. Today, Michael Jackson died. FML - Anonymous submitter (FMyLife.com, New York, June 25, 2009) (FML: http://www.FMyLife.com/miscellaneous/3207661 )
15. Well, attending church is: Super-important. - Chelsy Pollock (Manhattan, KS, Fall 2008)
16. It's all over Wal-Mart. - Chelsy Pollock (Manhattan, KS, Fall 2008)
17. Yes, I did, thank you. Please don't message me anymore. - Mimi (Text-message, Lindsborg, KS, January 19, 2009)
18. Don't you think that in the time that it takes to examine my entire bag, I'll miss my next connecting flight? - Me
18a. Naw, don't you worry, it'll take no more than five minutes. - Unknown U.S. Customs baggage inspector (LAX, Los Angeles, CA, August 9, 2009)
19. I went down to Bompton for a bup of boffee. - British documentary interviewer interviewing a Los Angeles County Sheriff officer (Youtube video, Compton, CA, October 31, 2008) (Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SDutDJOa9k )
20. You are a good kid! - Shanel Rigby (Manhattan, KS, Spring 2009)
21. Mrs. Dippel is a WITCH!! - Emma Anderson (Facebook, Lindsborg, KS, Spring 2009)
22. (Withheld, pending my youngest sister's permission) - Mimi to Hannah Carlson (Facebook Wall Post, Lindsborg, KS, Spring 2009)
23. Wow, Christian, good memory! I probably said that I wouldn't recommend it. - Cami Webster, over frowning on energy drinks (Facebook Honesty Box message, Manhattan, KS, Summer 2009)
24. I'm going to be in all your classes! No matter what! - Mrs. Charlene Potter (Chapman, KS, Fall 1997)
25. Oh, what happened to you today?! - Mrs. Joan Dawson (Chapman, KS, Spring 1995)
26. Your name is already on the board. - Mrs. Samantha Askew (Chapman, KS, December 1994)
27. Ab-so-lute-ly NOT! - Mrs. Sally Schuler, on observing me shaking my can of Wildwood Cola (Chapman, KS, 1992-1993 school year)
28. Christian is pretty generous! - Mrs. Joan Dawson, on my giving extra toys away to classmates in the end-of-year class auction when we cashed in "points" (an imaginary money system earned by good grades on all our assignments) for toys, and I had enough toys for myself (Chapman, KS, May 1995)
29. Christian, I'm teaching! Sit back down! - Mrs. Cindy Erichsen, when I served detention by working in the "detention cubicle" in her classroom. (At my elementary school, students served detention in classrooms different from their own.) (Chapman, KS, 1992-1993 school year)
30. ...And sorry to bother ya! - Unknown Missouri State Trooper, after letting me go with a Warning for failing to stop at a stop sign. (SW Missouri, May 1, 2009)
(More quotes on this second installment.)
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
If I had a chance to do the Sasebo trip all over again, here's how I'd do it right: (Personal Entry)
Time: June 28, 2008, about 8:45 AM.
Place: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, on the route from my dorm to Urakami Station
Why can't I do everything right the first time? Why does my life have to always be riddled with mistakes? I often later think it through and realize how I could have done it differently to avoid those mistakes in the first place.
It's some tiime after 8:30 towards the end of June. I'm in a taxi going to Michinou station when Jordan calls me and says a friend screwed up and we have to go to Urakami Eki. I have to be there by 9:04. He tells me to ask the taxi driver to take me to Urakami-Eki instead.
I tell Jordan: "Okay, I'll put you on Speakerphone so you can hear his response."
I tell the taxi driver. His response:
"______ _ _____ __ ____ ___ _____ ...Muri... ____ __ _ _____ _____ ___."
Christian: "Jordan, what did he just say? What's "Muri?""
Jordan: "Christian, Muri Means Impossible. He said that it's impossible to take you down to the station in just 10 minutes. I'm sorry, but you're gonna miss the train."
Christian: "Oh, can you all PLEASE go on without me? I'll catch up on the next train to Sasebo!"
Jordan: "Well, the next train will arrive in an hour. How'll you pass the time?"
Christian: "I brought my laptop. I'll just use it in a cafe nearby. But how do I get to the bandstand you were talkin' about?"
Jordan: "Just go out the front entrance at the station, turn left, and walk about 100 feet. You'll see the bandstand."
Christian: "Easy enough! Now, I'll tell the driver to pull into the next bus station so I can get to Urakami-Eki more cheaply the rest of the way."
Jordan: "Yeah, please do that. It's so expensive getting down here by taxi."
(At ~$4/mile with the exchange rate back then, and worse today at ~$4.41/mile, it was expensive to take a taxi in Nagasaki.)
Christian: "Okay, I'll see you Sasebo, Jordan."
Jordan: "Okay, see you then."
Christian: (Hangs up.) つぎのバスのりばをとまってください。バスにうらかみえきまでわやすいです。タクシにわたかいすぎね。"Tsugi-no basu noriba wo tomattekudasai! Basu ni Urakami-eki made wa yasui desu. Takushi-ni wa takai-sugi ne." ("Please stop at the next bus stop. To Urakami Station in a bus is cheap. In a taxi is too expensive.")
(Pays fare, leaves taxi, takes bus to Urakami-Eki, and passes the time on this laptop at a cafe nearby until the next train arrives.)
(Rides to Sasebo, then leaves the station and meets the Missionaries at the bandstand.)
Mistakes slow me down in life, but only a few times have they stopped me. I typically learn how to do the same situation better next time if I'm ever in it again.
I don't know how many mistakes the typical guy makes but with Asperger's, I have made more than my fair share. Look on the bright side though: I've known friends who have failed out of college or decided to quit because it was too much for them. Not me. My mistakes have only slowed down my progress to graduation, but they haven't stopped me. Perseverance despite these setbacks, will eventually pay off.
Place: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, on the route from my dorm to Urakami Station
Foreword
Why can't I do everything right the first time? Why does my life have to always be riddled with mistakes? I often later think it through and realize how I could have done it differently to avoid those mistakes in the first place.
How the Sasebo trip could've been done better
It's some tiime after 8:30 towards the end of June. I'm in a taxi going to Michinou station when Jordan calls me and says a friend screwed up and we have to go to Urakami Eki. I have to be there by 9:04. He tells me to ask the taxi driver to take me to Urakami-Eki instead.
I tell Jordan: "Okay, I'll put you on Speakerphone so you can hear his response."
I tell the taxi driver. His response:
"______ _ _____ __ ____ ___ _____ ...Muri... ____ __ _ _____ _____ ___."
Christian: "Jordan, what did he just say? What's "Muri?""
Jordan: "Christian, Muri Means Impossible. He said that it's impossible to take you down to the station in just 10 minutes. I'm sorry, but you're gonna miss the train."
Christian: "Oh, can you all PLEASE go on without me? I'll catch up on the next train to Sasebo!"
Jordan: "Well, the next train will arrive in an hour. How'll you pass the time?"
Christian: "I brought my laptop. I'll just use it in a cafe nearby. But how do I get to the bandstand you were talkin' about?"
Jordan: "Just go out the front entrance at the station, turn left, and walk about 100 feet. You'll see the bandstand."
Christian: "Easy enough! Now, I'll tell the driver to pull into the next bus station so I can get to Urakami-Eki more cheaply the rest of the way."
Jordan: "Yeah, please do that. It's so expensive getting down here by taxi."
(At ~$4/mile with the exchange rate back then, and worse today at ~$4.41/mile, it was expensive to take a taxi in Nagasaki.)
Christian: "Okay, I'll see you Sasebo, Jordan."
Jordan: "Okay, see you then."
Christian: (Hangs up.) つぎのバスのりばをとまってください。バスにうらかみえきまでわやすいです。タクシにわたかいすぎね。"Tsugi-no basu noriba wo tomattekudasai! Basu ni Urakami-eki made wa yasui desu. Takushi-ni wa takai-sugi ne." ("Please stop at the next bus stop. To Urakami Station in a bus is cheap. In a taxi is too expensive.")
(Pays fare, leaves taxi, takes bus to Urakami-Eki, and passes the time on this laptop at a cafe nearby until the next train arrives.)
(Rides to Sasebo, then leaves the station and meets the Missionaries at the bandstand.)
Endnote
Mistakes slow me down in life, but only a few times have they stopped me. I typically learn how to do the same situation better next time if I'm ever in it again.
I don't know how many mistakes the typical guy makes but with Asperger's, I have made more than my fair share. Look on the bright side though: I've known friends who have failed out of college or decided to quit because it was too much for them. Not me. My mistakes have only slowed down my progress to graduation, but they haven't stopped me. Perseverance despite these setbacks, will eventually pay off.
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