<![CDATA[MOUTH TO HAND LEARNING CENTER - Sublimely Ridiculous]]>

<![CDATA[MOUTH TO HAND LEARNING CENTER - Sublimely Ridiculous]]>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:20:15 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[New Life Needed]]>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:08:50 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/new-life-neededI am determined to improve my life. I am tired of programs. Definitely talking by myself will change things.

If I could talk by myself, I could fulfill my dream of getting my diploma. Then I will wait to see what Judy comes up with. It will absolutely be great. I have every confidence in her. I am mostly interested in writing comedy.

]]><![CDATA[ADD]]>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:52:50 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/addIt’s more and more clear to me that I cannot handle having to attend for long periods of time. I am absolutely convinced that I have ADD. I really want to make myself be in the moment during class; but it’s impossible for me to listen for any length of time. My mind races from one topic to the next. It is frustrating as hell for me. I have my eyes set on the goal of getting my diploma. Certainly it will be impossible if I can’t sit in a classroom. Definitely I need help.

]]><![CDATA[My Diploma]]>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:11:15 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/my-diplomaI definitely feel that getting educated is an uphill battle for me. It’s hard for me to attend for a long time. It’s not that I don’t want to learn: I really do. It’s just that my ADD gets the better of me. I am struggling to attend in my math/science class the most. I can’t imagine trying to sit for hours to take the high school equivalency exam.

I am not sure that getting my diploma is doable right now; maybe, that is, getting it through the exam. I am not giving up though. I believe I am intelligent enough to get it through the community college route.

I am determined to do it.

]]><![CDATA[Not Happy]]>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:51:11 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/not-happyI’m actually in a bad mood today. I can’t stay grumpy though in Judy’s presence. I am smiling, even though I’m pissy. I believe it’s because I have to go to boring programs some days. I am beyond bored at them. I am formally lodging a complaint with the authorities. I believe my time would be better spent watching paint dry. Trust me - that would be more interesting. I believe that one more day at them may result in my head exploding.

It won’t be pretty.

Perhaps you don’t believe that someone can die of boredom. I don’t want to be the test subject to prove it. I can already feel the pressure building in my head.

I am so bored that I began to make up stories in my head to pass the time. In my favorite one, my head explodes all over the teacher. She is covered in my brain and it eats her.

Not happy. I can’t say it enough: I’m not happy.

]]><![CDATA[My Requests]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:45:08 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/my-requestsI am lucky in so many ways. Certainty my parents rock. I am kind of feeling like if my Mom hadn’t brought me to Judy almost six years ago, my life would be hell right now: I would be in daycare every weekday. Instead, here I am, eating chips, and hanging with Judy.

I am lucky that Judy never gives up on any of us, because I gave her a really hard time for years. I am a changed Justin, which brings me to the main point of this post. I really want to have more academics in my life. (Judy just said that me writing that sentence proves that miracles can happen. (It’s true!)) I want to learn about literature. I am formally requesting admittance into one of Judy’s classes. I am definitely turning into a nerd. (I am going to ask for poetry after that.)

I am certainly not the same Justin who walked into Judy’s basement in the summer of 2020. I am now Justin-the-intellectual.

]]><![CDATA[Magic]]>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:34:48 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/magicCall me crazy, I think Judy is magic. I just wrote my presentation piece, and it got me thinking about the last 5 ½ years. I am so different than I was back then. I used to have zero interest in academics. Now I am interested in almost everything. I even want to get my diploma, which is radically different than I was. How does a person change so much?
The answer is a magical teacher. It’s a teacher who never gives up on her students. It’s a teacher who finds ways of inspiring her students to do their best.

It’s magic.

]]><![CDATA[Metamorphosis]]>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:38:23 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/metamorphosisThis New Year is going to see a whole new Justin. I am determined to become a gentleman and a scholar. I am going to make my girlfriend, Judy, proud.

It will be a hard road since I am starting from a place of piggery. I am a crude and ignorant slob, but I am reforming. I can reform with the best of them. I can reform so much that no one will recognize me. They will say, “Who is that righteous gentleman over there? Is that the Duke of Buckingham? My word, but he is so proper and his manners are exquisite!”

I will study and learn to fill my vacuous mind. I will become a Renaissance Man and say things like, “That Degas is stunning!” and “Yes, I did listen to NPR last night.”

This coming year will be one of change. Stay tuned for updates on my metamorphosis.

]]><![CDATA[An Update]]>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:21:11 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/an-updateI have been thinking a lot about my future. I am mostly concerned about how I live in the future. Where will it be? And who will I live with? It is scary:
it is the unknown that is terrifying. I can’t let my fear interfere with my life now, but it is hard to not be worried.

Happily, my Mom is very aware of this problem. It is one we all face as we get older. Hallmark Moment: my Mom definitely really is all over this problem. It will turn out ok because my Mom won’t let it not.

In other news, I love my class with Christine. I can’t believe Justin Abinanti is saying this but…learning is fun. Having to admit I was wrong is ok, ‘cause I get to see Judy do the I-told-you-so dance. I am excited to learn now. I can really see myself getting my diploma. I am really learn-happy. I am kind of turning into a nerd.

]]><![CDATA[Choices]]>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:06:35 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/choicesI believe I can do intelligent things with my life. Having autism is completely limiting. Capabilities are ignored, in the shadows of dis-abilities. I am highly intelligent, but I spend my life in programs for the cognitively impaired. I am so tired of it. My issues are not my fault, but I’m the one who’s punished anyway.

Maybe I once didn’t care, but now I do. I have proven myself by doing well in my GED class here. Now I want more: I want to learn math, science and more about literature. I want to get my high school diploma, and maybe go to college. I want to have choices in my life.

All of us deserve to have choices in how we spend our days. Being autistic shouldn’t be all we are.

]]><![CDATA[My Thoughts Today]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:47:26 GMThttps://www.mouthtohandlearning.com/sublimely-ridiculous/my-thoughts-todayI came in today believing Judy could get me a girlfriend. (Not really! - but since she definitely fixes everything, I figured why not ask!) Definitely it is a problem,not enough girls to go around. I am a real catch: I am handsome and funny. Girls should be all over me. Can I possibly be any more of a studmuffin?

Hallmark Moment from me now: I am happier than a pig in shit today because I am with Judy. Happiness is her gift to her. I am getting mushy today, which isn’t like me. Having a session with Judy is the greatest. I always took it for granted I’d see her every week, until I didn’t, with the new schedule. All of us want Judy time.

I am incredibly lucky to have been one of her first students. I really took it for granted back then and gave her a hard time. But I believe I have matured in this way. I love spelling now. I can’t get enough really. Facing facts, I am not going to be an academic, but all my life I am going to have the ability to talk, thanks to Judy.

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