Fredrick Douglass remained an advisor to President Clinton for years..
I feel like I've discovered an essential piece of my life that I didn't even know was missing. The other night, my roommate introduced me to something wonderful I had to share it with you all. It is a little something called "Drunk History". It's where histoy experts get really drunk and then discuss a historical event, while actors act it out through their narration. It? Is incredible.
Example?
Abraham Lincoln (who “wasn’t a douchebag”) & Fredrick Douglass (“a black, former slave, a good black man, who has some speeches, he would like to talk to you - I’m not being prejudiced, I just wou - he’s black, I’d like to let you know”):
Lincoln would have fuckin’ loved that - it’s exactly his style.
Here are a few more to enjoy:
- Nikola Tesla: Father if Western Technology, whose job was digging ditches for Edison, who was an asshole. This is awful. I am inventing electricity and you look, like an asshole
- William Henry Harrison: Old Dude President. Here’s some leeches. Here let these snakes bite ya for a liitle bit, these snakes will make you all better pneumonia
You're welcome.
+ Aside from downloading Jersey Shore Fist Pumpin’ Mix cds and Tim-a-palooza t-shirts, I've also taken to stalking the sytycd kids' twitter accounts - mainly b/c they are all adorbs and they post things like this (plus I &heart Ade and Kathryn and anthing that suggests them being bffs - AND they survived the intense Drumming Song routine together!)
+ Now time for a favorite character meme! partaken gave me doctor who, being human, merlin, community, and true blood! for fandoms!
doctor who:
I think I’m gonna have to go with Eleven on this one, because he is just all around brilliant all of the time. Don’t get me wrong, Amy Pond is beyond amazing - I love her to bits, and River’s a total BAMF and Rory’s adorably hysterical, and Donna was FREAKING DONNA NEVER EVEN BOVVERED Noble, but Eleven is just INSANELY AWESOME. He’s so bizarre, spastic and ALIEN, but DAMN he can be INTENSE - but not in an “omg emo emo emo” way, but in a “BITCH DON’T MESS WITH ME” way, which is INCREDIBLE.
being human:
Annie…? I DON’T KNOW CAN’T I JUST SAY ALL THREE OF THEM? I guess with the other two, there’s been aspects of their character or storyline that I haven’t loved, but with Annie I’ve pretty much adored everything about her and her story. Yes, I’ve wanted to knock her upside the head when it’s come to the men she’s chosen, but that’s an incredibly human flaw and I can’t fault her for it. Plus she’s just so cute and bubbly with her tea-ocd and getting excited over being called a “slag” and she’s such a great friend to both her boys AND I BAWLED LIKE A BABY WHEN SHE GOT DRAGGED THROUGH THE DOOR.
merlin:
It’s Morgana, bitch! She’s so regal and poised and BADASS. And she’s had to deal with being magical ALL ON HER OWN - no thanks to Merlin or Gaius (srsly, I can’t believe they WILLINGLY kept her in the dark - don’t they know that never turns out well???) But she’s handled things like a fucking CHAMP, and while she’s taking a different (and perhaps dangerous) path than Merlin, he really has no one to blame but himself (and I luv u Merlin, but you were an idiot about this. Listening to Gaius and the fucking DRAGON? SRSLY???). If Merlin would just MAN UP and confide in her, they could be magical bffs forever! It would be awesome.
community:
OH this was a tough one, because they are all SO AMAZING AND HILARIOUS! One day I could say Annie, because she uses her Disney Princess looks to guilt Jeff into doing shit; or I could say Troy, b/c he always walks away from an episode with the best lines and LOL moments (“I hope I develop multiple personalities - I get lonely in long showers.” “My monkey hates this caviar!” “My friendship with Abed is a giant cookie!” etc); OR I could say Abed, b/c his pop culture references are always apt and never tiresome, OR I could say Jeff, because he’s Jeff Winger!
I’ve loved all of them in different ways - but at the end of the day, I think it’s gonna have to be a tie between Annie and Troy, b/c no matter HOW out there Annie can be, I can always connect with her, and when the season ended, I realized that Troy was going to be the character I missed the most.
true blood:
Tara - and this is basically discounting everything from S2, because it totally took away everything I loved about her. But in the midst of S3, it looks like she’s coming back - and while she’s had to deal with just as much (if not MORE) shit, she’s looking it in the face and telling it to FUCK. OFF. Rather than allowing herself to be hypnotized into submission by it. Go back to being your badass bitch self, Tara Mae!
There's a real post in here somewhere....
Example?
Abraham Lincoln (who “wasn’t a douchebag”) & Fredrick Douglass (“a black, former slave, a good black man, who has some speeches, he would like to talk to you - I’m not being prejudiced, I just wou - he’s black, I’d like to let you know”):
Click to viewLincoln would have fuckin’ loved that - it’s exactly his style.
Here are a few more to enjoy:
- Nikola Tesla: Father if Western Technology, whose job was digging ditches for Edison, who was an asshole. This is awful. I am inventing electricity and you look, like an asshole
- William Henry Harrison: Old Dude President. Here’s some leeches. Here let these snakes bite ya for a liitle bit, these snakes will make you all better pneumonia
You're welcome.
+ Aside from downloading Jersey Shore Fist Pumpin’ Mix cds and Tim-a-palooza t-shirts, I've also taken to stalking the sytycd kids' twitter accounts - mainly b/c they are all adorbs and they post things like this (plus I &heart Ade and Kathryn and anthing that suggests them being bffs - AND they survived the intense Drumming Song routine together!)
+ Now time for a favorite character meme! partaken gave me doctor who, being human, merlin, community, and true blood! for fandoms!
doctor who:
I think I’m gonna have to go with Eleven on this one, because he is just all around brilliant all of the time. Don’t get me wrong, Amy Pond is beyond amazing - I love her to bits, and River’s a total BAMF and Rory’s adorably hysterical, and Donna was FREAKING DONNA NEVER EVEN BOVVERED Noble, but Eleven is just INSANELY AWESOME. He’s so bizarre, spastic and ALIEN, but DAMN he can be INTENSE - but not in an “omg emo emo emo” way, but in a “BITCH DON’T MESS WITH ME” way, which is INCREDIBLE.
being human:
Annie…? I DON’T KNOW CAN’T I JUST SAY ALL THREE OF THEM? I guess with the other two, there’s been aspects of their character or storyline that I haven’t loved, but with Annie I’ve pretty much adored everything about her and her story. Yes, I’ve wanted to knock her upside the head when it’s come to the men she’s chosen, but that’s an incredibly human flaw and I can’t fault her for it. Plus she’s just so cute and bubbly with her tea-ocd and getting excited over being called a “slag” and she’s such a great friend to both her boys AND I BAWLED LIKE A BABY WHEN SHE GOT DRAGGED THROUGH THE DOOR.
merlin:
It’s Morgana, bitch! She’s so regal and poised and BADASS. And she’s had to deal with being magical ALL ON HER OWN - no thanks to Merlin or Gaius (srsly, I can’t believe they WILLINGLY kept her in the dark - don’t they know that never turns out well???) But she’s handled things like a fucking CHAMP, and while she’s taking a different (and perhaps dangerous) path than Merlin, he really has no one to blame but himself (and I luv u Merlin, but you were an idiot about this. Listening to Gaius and the fucking DRAGON? SRSLY???). If Merlin would just MAN UP and confide in her, they could be magical bffs forever! It would be awesome.
community:
OH this was a tough one, because they are all SO AMAZING AND HILARIOUS! One day I could say Annie, because she uses her Disney Princess looks to guilt Jeff into doing shit; or I could say Troy, b/c he always walks away from an episode with the best lines and LOL moments (“I hope I develop multiple personalities - I get lonely in long showers.” “My monkey hates this caviar!” “My friendship with Abed is a giant cookie!” etc); OR I could say Abed, b/c his pop culture references are always apt and never tiresome, OR I could say Jeff, because he’s Jeff Winger!
I’ve loved all of them in different ways - but at the end of the day, I think it’s gonna have to be a tie between Annie and Troy, b/c no matter HOW out there Annie can be, I can always connect with her, and when the season ended, I realized that Troy was going to be the character I missed the most.
true blood:
Tara - and this is basically discounting everything from S2, because it totally took away everything I loved about her. But in the midst of S3, it looks like she’s coming back - and while she’s had to deal with just as much (if not MORE) shit, she’s looking it in the face and telling it to FUCK. OFF. Rather than allowing herself to be hypnotized into submission by it. Go back to being your badass bitch self, Tara Mae!
There's a real post in here somewhere....