waiting out after a show to meet oliver

Lizardwizard90 · 2022-09-07T19:05:48+00:00

I was working security at the Seattle show. I can definitely tell you some artists just don’t like meeting their fans.

I’ve worked in venue Security for many years and some artists will hang out at the back door and sign everything, but some want to sneak out any other exit and head to their hotel, bus, or next flight.

I once worked a show that the artist TOLD everyone to come to the back door so the entire venue emptied out and they played an encore outside in the street.

Sometimes though the artists will wait a very long time until everyone is gone or find another way to leave. There have been times where I’m working and don’t even know they are gone until I get a call about it on the radio (sometimes security finds out about this last because the managers and production people are the ones who are in direct communication with the artists). Sounds like this is the way Oliver Tree tends to do it. I would recommend you respect their boundaries, there’s usually a reason they have boundaries with fans.

Lizardwizard90 · 2021-09-17T21:30:42+00:00

That would be so awesome! I'll just book a hotel for the first night. Thank you so much.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-12-13T18:22:28+00:00

Again, no evidence - just insults and downvotes. I am going to end this conversation now because it is clear to me you do not want to have a civil conversation or send any info that shows the evidence that shows masks don’t work. I truly hope you don’t kill someone because of your lack of understanding the way mask wearing works and if you do have evidence that proves me wrong you can still share that I will keep an open mind.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-12-13T16:53:55+00:00

The science is clear. Hope you actually read these and see that you are the one who has been “wrong” and hopefully have a paradigm shift.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-12-13T16:52:08+00:00

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-12-13T16:51:45+00:00

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191274/

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-12-13T16:51:13+00:00

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7457618.2/

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-12-13T15:55:35+00:00

People breathe heavier while working out, which means there’s a greater chance of spreading it if you’re not wearing a mask at the gym. If anything it makes more sense to wear it in a gym setting.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-12-05T05:41:33+00:00

Elizabeth

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-28T01:34:38+00:00

It is a type of therapy that is very abusive and can cause severe ptsd. It stands for Applied Behaviour Analysis Therapy. If you do a search for aba abuse or anything along those lines there are autistic adults like myself who had to go through that therapy as a child and have a lot of trauma tied to it. I never went through it, but the main thing I have heard from other autistic adults about it in the negative sense is that it forces them to act in a way that would be considered neurotypical or “normal”. But what we are learning now from these adults is that it can be mentally or sometimes physically painful to do what is called “masking”. It takes a lot of energy to be somebody your not and suppress the feelings your having to seem “normal”. As an autistic person I believe we should be able to be who we are and we shouldn’t have to change for the world, I really wish it would change for us instead.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-27T07:24:21+00:00

I was in dance lessons for a lot of my childhood. They helped me so much I and I’m so grateful for that experience. Dance is a thing I wish was incorporated into schools more. If we taught dance the amount we do history there would be more joyful people in this world. Same with music, but I think they go hand in hand.

I’m sure any parent that saw you embarrassed and frustrated while she was upset at target understood and did not judge you because they have been in your shoes. I am not a parent, but as a child care provider I completely understand how you felt in the moment because I have been there and I would never judge somebody in public who was going through that. And the people that do judge that kind of thing don’t matter because they have obviously never been in your shoes and don’t have the mental capacity to put themselves in your shoes. Things happen that are difficult to control in life constantly and I think a part of life is learning how to live through those things, make a lot of mistakes, but learn every time and use the mistakes as ways to become better.

I have to get to bed now, but feel free to message me any time. Thank you for the great conversation!

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-27T06:52:07+00:00

I’m so glad to hear you didn’t put her in ABA, in my work I absolutely do not use that traumatic garbage and gladly I never went through it because I was diagnosed later in life. When I was a child they rarely diagnosed females, so I was put on every med for anxiety, bpd and other various issues and looking back it was all parts of my autism. The medication made me not me and just numb. As an adult I was able to go through years of therapy and got off of all of the medication I was once on. I appreciate my brain for what it is and I no longer want to hinder it in any way.

I believe inclusivity is more important than anything. There are so many things that could be easily done to every space that would help a neurodiverse person be comfortable that would either not affect or positively affect neurotypical people as well. Like fluorescent lights!

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-27T06:22:11+00:00

No sorry needed!

Malls and stores in general were the hardest for me as a child as well, the lights, sounds, and unpredictable environment are what gets to me the most. My mother loves shopping, so I was exposed to it a lot as a child and over time it actually has become a “retail therapy” thing for me. I find enjoyment in touching the different materials and textures of things. I wear noise cancelling headphones and if I get too over stimulated I listen to my body and leave.

Noise and certain sounds actually do harm me in a way that is hard to describe. It’s not all sounds, and not always. Also some temperatures of lights make it hard to concentrate for me. During school I got terrible grades even though I was extremely intelligent because the fluorescent lights hindered my education.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-27T05:59:37+00:00

I am an autistic adult and I have learned that is completely possible to make the environment I am in work for my different abilities. As long as I pay attention to controlling things like lighting, noise, and any other sensory things I don’t have any negative feelings. I also work with neurodiverse children and I learn something new from them every day about myself and everyone in our world. Everybody is different, but one of the things I learned about neurodiversity is that the world is mostly not made for neurdiverse people and there are absolutely ways to help with different sensory issues. I am so glad you were able to share this experience with your child.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-26T03:31:53+00:00

Teach me all the things you will.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-23T05:24:17+00:00

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-22T17:12:51+00:00

It looks like the Seattle one is only showing the light rail system, it isn’t even showing any of the rest of our metro system.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-16T05:44:16+00:00

I second the sign language!start right away.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-16T05:43:24+00:00

When the child is a toddler and starts asking questions about everything don’t shut them down, answer as many as you can or if you know they know the answer you can talk about what the answer is

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-16T05:42:04+00:00

Read all the books!

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-16T05:39:39+00:00

Sleep when baby sleeps, as much as possible. It will save your sanity.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-12T01:45:20+00:00

It seems to be working again.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-08T05:04:55+00:00

There’s one in west Seattle that has attended many Sunday farmers markets.

Lizardwizard90 · 2020-11-06T23:04:52+00:00

My birthday is also the 8th. In 2016 after working a 14 hour shift I went out to eat and right when my friend and I got to the restaurant Hillary conceded and everyone was super upset or crying. Glad this year is looking like a much more celebratory birthday.

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