“Attended one and only one Mensa meeting.”
As mentioned earlier, I was stunned by what complete jerks most of them were. There was no way I wanted any of them as friends. I was expecting much more, and was profoundly disappointed. So,,, I kept on making poor decisions on my own! I really wish I had never gotten involved in music, but it catered to my creative side, when my schooling was just failing to provide me with what I really craved! I’m a very good guitarist,,,, but I haven’t touched a guitar in two years, except to move it out of my way. Very sad.
Interesting about your career in music versus your high aptitude in architecture. I can relate somewhat (not the ultra-high IQ part) in that I have strong aptitudes in music and in math/physics. I chose a career in engineering, and this has worked out very well for me, but I have always felt like I have failed to find a way to adequately express my musical ability - I am considering doing something about this, with tentative plans to create a blog to share my compositions and arrangements. I actually majored in music one year...surprisingly, engineering was much easier for me.