What's freaking you out?

[logandog1]

Its a nice sunny day outside and I only just noticed.

*sound of door shutting as I go out*

[herzeleid]

The Pharmaceutical industry.

Quite a few big product patents have just ended / are due to end in the next year.

Why is this freaking you out?

Because there seems to be less and less work for Biostatisticians by the day. I also decided to give consultancy a go, this could prove to be a really good time for consultancy (loads of very short term work) or one of the worse mistakes I have ever made! I have a nasty feeling about this though.

I guess I need to ride the Walrus. If I made a mistake then can always start back from square 1.

[Lick Mars]

Just over 2 months til I move away and its gonna come by so fast. Got pretty much everything sorted (except a job) but still lots of little things to do..and what with working full time all week then plans at the weekends, the weeks fly by and its hard to find time to finish sorting things. The time I do get I just wanna chill out. Gah! Can things just SLOW DOWN FOR A MINUTE!!

[Fjar]

Scored 36 on an Autism-Spectrum Quotient test, where eighty percent of people diagnosed with autism score 32 or higher.

(Test is here if anybody's interested: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html)

[isabiggles]

Scored 36 on an Autism-Spectrum Quotient test, where eighty percent of people diagnosed with autism score 32 or higher.

(Test is here if anybody's interested: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html)

37

*scratches head*

[Big D]

I scored 29. I think that means I'm not autistic, just odd.

[isabiggles]

I doubt these tests are reliable at all tbh.

[Amelia]

i got a 10, which is somewhat surprising considering how anti-social i can be sometimes.

[Fjar]

I doubt these tests are reliable at all tbh.

It only points out behaviour that's associated with autism - it says at the top of the page that some people return 'autistic' scores, yet have no problem functioning in every day life, as autistics might.
I have trouble answering the phone or answering the door, and because I like order/categories and find it easy to memorise dates and numbers, I obviously scored high on the test.

[Amelia]

I doubt these tests are reliable at all tbh.

It only points out behaviour that's associated with autism - it says at the top of the page that some people return 'autistic' scores, yet have no problem functioning in every day life, as autistics might.
I have trouble answering the phone or answering the door, and because I like order/categories and find it easy to memorise dates and numbers, I obviously scored high on the test.

yeah, it seems like someone who is a bit anal about organization would be counted as being likely to be autistic.

[Finnvitka]

14.

I'm far too talkative and social to even have worries about being autistic.

[Jim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROGsAUG ... re=related

Red Dwarf USA. I've watched it. I cannot un-watch it.

[black_rose]

I'm moving to Germany in less than a week.
I haven't started packing.

[isabiggles]

I doubt these tests are reliable at all tbh.

It only points out behaviour that's associated with autism - it says at the top of the page that some people return 'autistic' scores, yet have no problem functioning in every day life, as autistics might.
I have trouble answering the phone or answering the door, and because I like order/categories and find it easy to memorise dates and numbers, I obviously scored high on the test.

Know the feeling.

Confession:

Public transport scares the daylights out of me. I'm ok on busses but I just can't do the underground at all. I litterally brick it everytime I have to make a journey. Most of the time I just trust my bike.

[Jim]

That test is cringeworthy as hell. I scored a 6.