{"id":139,"date":"2009-09-19T22:16:11","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T05:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chineseeinstein.wordpress.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2009-09-19T22:16:11","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T05:16:11","slug":"im-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jason-fu.com\/blog\/im-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m &#8220;normal.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there are two words I hate in this world they are &#8220;normal&#8221; and &#8220;weird,&#8221; including all of their synonyms.<\/p>\n<p>Brief history about myself. I grew up studying in an accelerated program; by sixth grade I was doing geometry that high school sophomores do, learning U.S. History that I&#8217;m currently relearning this year, as well as Greek history that I relearned in 9th grade. I think some of you can understand why I didn&#8217;t particularly enjoy moving over to the Mukilteo school district. They basically forced me to re-learn things. My brain shut down for about four years.<\/p>\n<p>I remember, in that program&#8230; kids made fun of us all the time. We were the &#8220;challenged&#8221; kids.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I&#8217;ve had this skin disease that makes me itch. \u00a0So, basically, every day since I&#8217;ve been born, I&#8217;ve been told that either my lips are chapped, or a certain part on my exterior body is bleeding or red (from scratching). About every morning I have a nosebleed. I have a thing on the side of my bed to stop me from falling off (I&#8217;m a very violent sleeper).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always been praised for my &#8220;skill&#8221; at playing piano. So basically, everybody&#8217;s known me as &#8220;the guy who&#8217;s really good at piano.&#8221; And like I said in my previous post, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m that good at it.<\/p>\n<p>People constantly turn to me about problems with their computers. 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