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Day 02: Weird things you do when you’re alone

In public, i’m surprisingly sane when alone. I know this is hard to believe, given how loud and obnoxious i become when out with friends – but it’s true. If you happen to see me wandering around town i look incredibly calm and normal and (DARE I SAY IT).. cool.

So i guess under the public eye, the only abnormal thing about me is that i walk a hell lot. And i visit incredibly strange and obscure places on these walks. Whenever i can i get out and hike around. I’ll start out where civilization is (usually train stations), pick a blind direction and just.. walk. For hours on end. Or longer if i come across interesting places/shops. I also have this thing for dubious looking pathways and corridors; can never resist going down one just to check if there’s an opening to an alternate universe there. Everything is extra fun because my tendency to get lost brings me to completely unexpected places (but also making sure i’ll effectively NEVER find my way back there again if i wanted to.)

This is also why my knees are slightly screwed and i have the most hideous blisters and horse calves.

When alone, i’m still relatively quiet – but i dance around a shit lot. In my room i lose the ability to travel about by usual means. Getting to my closet involves a set of embarrassing shuffling, forward rolls across my bed, a failed attempt at a jump split, and some pretentious pirouettes. I’m highly kinaesthetic and can’t help expending unnecessary energy.

As for the weird things i do do.. they’re really just inane projects that no one else would bother with. I’m not sure how to generalize them so here are some examples:

– Charting out the best places to pinch on the human body and the different physical effects they yield. (Complete with a multi-colored diagram with legends and footnotes and all).
– Making perfume.. yeah. Because i’m obsessed with scents and it makes me happy. Ok?
– Laying out booby traps for my sister. These often fail.
– Playing games with insects. Having tea parties with them. Not really. But i do observe them and play God quite a fair bit.
– Hitler’s genealogy. I’m still incredibly proud of that one, i am.

I’m really a lot less weird than most would expect me to be when alone. I’m mostly quiet and calm, if not a little too prance-y. Other than that i’m just being an autistic kid with obscure interests.