(February 10, 2018 at 12:58 am)Hammy Wrote: I once spent 8 months reading the a huge dictionary/thesaurus combo every day.
That is crazy, but this is not surprising if you're an Aspie.
By the way, this reminds me.
Earlier, I mentioned I had a special interest as a little kid in Greek mythology.
Back then, when I hadn't yet gotten comprehensive books on Greek mythology, I used to get all my cravings on Greek mythology from two huge dictionaries we used to own. I would sit at the table and go through every single word (by skimming, not fully reading, of course), keeping an eye on every word related to Greek mythology and noting down the relevant definitions on paper.
After I was done with all that (it took me a week or two), I then reconstructed the Greek myths based on just the definitions alone. So I had stories of war and love noted down, the list of all the monsters and their descriptions, the gods and goddesses, the heroes, etc. All based on just the definitions alone. And I would go over them every single day.
Until my uncle got me a set of books all related to Greek mythology. And I was the happiest kid alive then.
Oh, and just to get it off my mind and onto this screen, the Hecatoncheires still baffle me to this day. How the hell did they have all these heads and arms connected to what otherwise was just one normal giant-sized body. Even as giants, there is something inconceivable about having all the heads properly connected to the body along with the arms. And I've yet to see an image of them portrayed exactly as depicted in the mythology (50 heads and 100 hands). If anyone has an aesthetically satisfying and accurate picture of the depiction, link me to it.
