Asperger's Are Us Page #3

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around my parents,

and yet I still do, actually,

but probably more so back then,

and definitely in some ways,

and anyways, they

were home and upstairs

in this room actually,

and I was downstairs

recording it.

If I sound held back

or insecure on it,

it's because of that.

Playlist...

- You feel more comfortable

with your parents now?

- With my mom, yes.

- There's the tour of my

broken down garage,

which I plan on

replacing the door

in a couple of months.

Occasionally I have him ride

the mower, cut the grass.

His name is New Michael.

We always called him by

his middle name, Aaron.

When he was a baby growing up.

So, he doesn't like that name,

that's fine.

He likes New Michael.

But he always still

has that Aaron name

as a middle name.

And that's my

story on that part.

I kind of wish I was

more educated and

smarter

than what I am.

Well, I'm not as smart as he is.

I wish I was so I could

more interact with him.

You know?

I enjoy being with him,

he's fun to be with,

and he's a real good kid.

I feel like I don't do enough.

Maybe it's 'cause I work,

I always worked a lot of hours,

so I didn't really

get to grow up with

both of my kids,

Amanda and my son, New Michael.

So, that's why my

wife knows more

about Asperger's Are Us

and his friends.

I don't really know

as much as she does,

but I'm starting

to see a lot now.

- They all actually met

through the program,

which was kind of a

last resort for me

to try to find a place

where he could fit,

because we wrestled as parents

with some of his

unique qualities.

- Now this is one of

I guess five binders that we got

from the summer program.

So Jack said this was the

worst part of the day.

Every single day,

at the end of the day,

they did a self-evaluation.

- I had this strange compulsion

to be honest on these.

I think this is

the sort of thing

that the average person

is better at than

someone on the spectrum,

trying sort of hard

but not as hard as you can.

Like, this is why you never see

anyone on the spectrum jogging.

Either you want to

run full out or,

either you're going

to run full out

or you want to walk.

I mean, there's

no point in being

kind of, and making things

kind of difficult by jogging,

but not actually putting

your full effort in.

I mean, technically

there is, but,

it doesn't appear that

way to your brain,

so it's stressful.

- So they had

to rate one to five?

- One to five.

- I think that was it.

- One to 10, I had

low self-esteem that summer.

- Oh was it really one to 10?

- No, I'm just kidding.

- Oh, okay.

This is a pretty good day.

- For a long time,

the only way I could

be liked by people

was by making jokes

and being funny.

That's still by

far the easiest way

I can relate to people.

This is my high school

graduation photo.

By the time I graduated

from high school,

I was voted the class,

I was voted most

outgoing by the class.

Which is insane,

and I think that was because

I finally in high school

learned to use comedy.

People literally changed

their opinion of me over time,

because I learned to connect

with them through humor.

Like this is the

way I learned to

cross the bridge between myself

and the rest of the world.

This is how I learned

to have an identity,

by making jokes.

- Well Literate Man has to like

explain to him how

to form the letters,

but it's all messy and stuff.

- That's too confusing!

I don't want four

steps in this one joke.

So wait,

what were the two ideas you

had that were really good?

Gandhi definitely...

- All of them.

Literate Man could

run in and be like,

"Guys!

"Gandhi's been kidnapped!"

And then Pun Man's like,

"I would listen, but

I'm not that India."

People keep interrupting

him with like

whatever their stupid

personalities are.

Whatever their powers are.

Like Bad Idea Man's like,

"Nope, I think we should

burn down our house!"

Condescending Man interrupts

and says, "Nope, it's time

to check the chore wheel!"

- But also if we ever want

to save money on actors,

we can just use

Invisible Man more often.

Darkness Man takes

over the world.

- Darkness Man takes over!

- What if we

actually gave someone

a coffee enema on stage?

- I'm not doing it.

- One of the problems with

the pilot we tried to do

was it didn't have

enough of a plot.

- Shut up,

Contradictory Idea Man!

- Ethan, you all right?

- Yeah, I'm just tired.

- Guys, I just...

- He's holding the

dictionary of crime.

- Yes, guys...

- What are you do-

who did that?

- New Michael was

not being careful.

- Oh, sorry about that.

You need to wipe it off.

- We need to clean this up.

- Was it literally

a major disaster?

I don't think so.

- Nah, it's not.

- It could have been!

- It literally could have been.

- Yeah,

everything could have been

a major disaster.

- Nope, most things

probably never would be.

- It could be.

- No.

- the word.

- Can you guys get to New

Michael's house tomorrow?

- No wait.

I don't know about

doing it at my house,

but no one could

stay at my house...

- Well, we don't

have anywhere else

to do it in Beverly.

- You know, I guess we

could do it at my house.

I guess I feel like I...

- If we're just doing a writing

session, not a run through.

- Yeah, and also my family's

more apt to leave me alone

if there's a camera crew.

- How do you know that?

- I've lived with

them for 20 years.

- How many camera crews

have you had in your house?

- Well...

- So do you want to do a

part in this documentary

where we all just talk

sh*t about each other?

This train leaves at noon,

gets to Gloucester, which

is the next stop, at 12:08,

West Gloucester at about 12:13.

Manchester at 12:18,

Beverly Farms at 12:24,

Montserrat at 12:30,

Beverly at 12:
34.

I don't have as

intricate a knowledge

of like all the mechanics of it

as some quote-unquote

rail fans do,

but I do enjoy the trains,

and I know the different

systems in the country

as well as around the world.

So we are at Bear

Skin Neck in Rockport.

Sometimes,

I'll come here and

get a good outlet

for my creativity.

In fact, I'll stand right there.

It's a great outlet.

Recently, I've

been more stressed

than I have been in the past,

but I think that has to do with

like sort of still transitioning

into like, into college, and

gaining more independence

and worrying what I'm

going to do with my life.

Like...

- What are you

gonna do with your life?

- Yeah, exactly.

I don't know.

We'll see where things

take me, you know?

- The next train from Rockport

has departed from Salem!

The next train to Boston

has departed from Montserrat.

- What train are you taking?

- Train to Rockport.

- He doesn't want

me to interrupt.

He doesn't want me to interrupt.

He wants to read.

That's okay.

- Train to Rockport.

- He's covering his ears

'cause he doesn't want

me to talk to him.

Such an Aspie.

- Next train to Boston!

Next train to Rockport

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