Hello Internet!

I have this new found zest for life right now. Much going on at the moment and a lot of things to look forward to. Today I'll be going out on an island to relax in a cottage which is just sweet, albeit it is raining outside. Some drinking activities coming up in the weekend also two of my good friends are getting married and sometime after that I get to go on a 2 night cruise. So much stuff planned right now I can't believe it ;)

So .. about that iPad.. wouldn't it be weird if I ranted on and on about it being a waste of time and maybe not being worth your salt and then after all that I'd wanted one? Wouldn't it also be weird for me to order it just on a whim? I guess that's my ADHD acting up but I just gotta have that sucker :)

Yah so I'll prolly get my iPad in july when my lovely sister comes to visit from the USA. Yah you know who you are! I will be giving more banal statements about the iPad once I get it.

I started my own tweetpage today. Although it's a certainty no one will ever venture as far as twitter.com in Finland I thought it to be socially comforting to know atleast I'm available for peeping over the internet in more venues than one. So do dare to check out my tweets and comment and whatever. Here's an incentive. Comment something interesting on either my tweet or blog and I will reward you somehow. Let's see what I'll do. Yah no I won't send you cash so stop asking already ;)
So go to twitter and bq82

http://www.twitter.com/bq82


And as always my youtube channel is still open at http://www.youtube.com/baqu82 and here is my newest edition for you straight on my blog!

The iPad vol2, (RIP vol1)

Hello internet!

So, you really think the apple iPad is worth the hype, huh? What kind of pure genious or if I may just throw it out there wondrous sorcery does Steve Jobs posess in his back pocket that a large iGroup are eating out of the iPalm of his iHand? (see what I did there?)

The iPad at first glance looks smexeh. Yes, I said that. It looks like a finger scrollers wet dream with it's large screen and multitouch capabilities. What about the rest though? Above all else I see that the iPad is an e-reader, but with added bonuses of internet, music and shiz. So where is the webcam, or external peripheral support via usb? There is none. At this time I'm not sure if the new 4.0 OS update brought the much craved multitask also to the iPad machines or only the smaller in size but not in ego iPhones and iPod Touch so I won't take much of a piss at that aspect. Otherwise if they didn't update it u all know - no music while reading or surfing. Boring. So for all you youtube bloggers this machine is really just an epeen to show off to friends with it's sleek smexy. No video updates with it nope nada not a chance.

All of that novelty fun wears off quicker than cheap eyeliner in the rain. After all that fun you're left with a machine with either wi-fi or 3G, a miniscule sized harddrive and no way to add new functionality other than what itunes store has to offer (thinking big $$$ for developers though). So what? I want it! Yes I bet you do want it. It's fun too it seems. Have you seen the youtube video with a cat playing with it? Pulling on some strings and they follow and wobble! Wheeeee! Oh yes not forgetting the touchable piano!

Still all in all with all things considered turned and tumbled yes the iSeries of touchmachines still has an unrivaled sence of stability and speed and ease of use. No machine has been able to duplicate the great innovations of apple corp.

For most that seems to be enough.

Take care iNternet, you got iT.

My email blog test

Hello internet!

I'm testing the way the blog looks like when sending via e-mail application..

This could be interesting, not :) Stay tuned for my intake of the apple iPad vol2. Yes vol1 went to rye since blogger decided to erase everything I had written down. I actually had like this epic motivational thing going on but alas it is lost. The amount of awesome written down in vol1 is irreplaceable and it cnnot be dublicated not by a longshot. That is just how awesome it was. But Vol2 will be even better! ;)

Take care internet, you will never start to sag.

Sent from my HTC

Barney Stinson has ADHD ;)

Hello internet!

I'd like to add more to my last topic, namely ADHD.

There are numerous websites which have more info for people struggling to understand childhood and adult ADD/ADHD.

::Quote:
-“zoning out” without realizing it, even in the middle of a conversation.
-extreme distractibility; wandering attention makes it hard to stay on track.
-difficulty paying attention or focusing, such as when reading or listening to others.
-struggling to complete tasks, even ones that seem simple.
-tendency to overlook details, leading to errors or incomplete work.
-poor listening skills; hard time remembering conversations and following directions.
::End quote :: helpguide.org

The thing is: ADHD also comes with many benefits. Being impulsive keeps things fresh and innovative. Empathy is something common with ADHD people, and I consider myself having it. Although it's not always as obvious as one might hope, but alot of things I do is a compromise due to empathy. It's all about knowing your strenghts and utilising them when the time comes.

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Another capacity brought on by ADD is the ability to hyper focus on things. For instance, if one sees something they want to achieve, then he or she will make a great endeavor out of focusing on that objective and will be obstinate about not letting go what he or she has attained.
::End Quote :: www.adhdchildparenting.com

I am still eagerly waiting for a letter from TAYS that will tell me when my next real appointment is. All in all the times are changing and maybe soon enough I can start a relatively productive life. The thing is alot of this has affected my school progress. Although I don't like to admit it, I have been progressing at a diminishing rate. It's not that the courses are overwhealming or that I don't have the time - it's just a huge effort to get things done so classes get dropped. This is something I hope to correct with the upcoming diagnosis.

Wish me luck and take care Internet.

References:
http://helpguide.org/:

http://www.adhdchildparenting.com

Wait, why -wouldn't- you pick ADHD as a superpower?

Hello internet.

Having been an outgoing internet geek for what seems like my whole life it has been a small wonder that I haven't started a blog sooner. Many times I have found myself wanting to pursue things be it writing a blog or cleaning the apartment or skydiving off a plain. I'll call this occation one of my larger triumpfs against the pitfalls of my "later later" attitude. :)


I do have a point to this though. See I have always been a very forgetful person. I've usually brushed stuff like this off like "yah I'm excentric" or "I've got alot of things on my mind" - while these are true they have never adressed the actual source of the problem. Not untill fall of 2009 when I said right, enough is enough. I wen't to a psychiatrist and told her maam I think I have ADHD .

Admitting that I might have something wrong and that something being ADHD has turned my life around a whole 180°. The first awe and then shock when realising how my life has been how it is and how it could be just blew my mind away. See I have had huge problems with losing stuff, remembering to do tasks, being able to perform with boring tasks etcetera. To finally have a reason for it all at the same time has made me happy and a tad sad.

Countless times I have been in pointless arguments where in fact we have both been right or agreed on something but I have not had the ability to grasp the whole conversation and insisting that the other person has been wrong. This has affected many of my past relationships with people. That and the way I fuss with everything. Im here there and everywhere and the amount I talk - I can see would bother many.


I have been to this psychiatrist three times now and she tends to agree with me that yes you have ADHD, but the thing is she is not completely qualified to diagnose me so she said she will send me to a panel of doctors - three actually - who will evaluate our meetings (that have been written down) and they will further test me to see exactly what is ticking within. Now all the while they are pondering all of this I am positively sure by now that I have identified this -disability- if you will.


In my present state I could describe myself as being fidgety, forgetful, loud, always on-the-go, interruptive, single minded, happy.. Makes me wonder sometimes why on earth a person with all these symptoms has never been diagnosed, but instead been labeled as "he's just like that". While that's true that again has got nothing to do with the underlying reason for it all. I've spent countless nights browsing through youtube with people talking about their ADHD and doctors describing different aspects of ADD/ADHD and I'm just thrown down speechless on how much their stories resemble my life in that sence of living with a disorder.

Are you with ADD/ADHD? How did you react when facing it? I honestly can't tell you wether I'm better off right NOW, but I'd imagine with proper cognitive therapy and maybe the proper medication I too could cease to forget things. That's the dream anyway.


Take care internet, you'll never go out of style!