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I really like these ideas for making history a bit more interesting to people who don't realize exactly what they're missing out on.

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (1888)

Alright, so since I'm in a 400 level Oscar Wilde class you might end up hearing quite a bit more about him because he is one of my favorite authors and a fascinating historical figure on top of that, not to mention smack dab in like, one of my top three historical periods to study and he pretty much dominates ( Read more... )

Also, finally got some books read. It's always nice to read and feel accomplished at the end of it. Got through Korda's 700 page biography on T E Lawrence, Hero. It was excellently done, especially considering how very conterversial Lawrence often is. Got through 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as well. It was interesting for being such a male book, ( Read more... )

Since I tend to think of Veteran's Day as more of the end of WWI, I decided it might be a good time to finally pick up Hero by Michael Korda, the biography of TE Lawrence that came out last year to quite a bit of acclaim ( Read more... )

 Actually went on a successful and unplanned shopping trip today. Got yarnish things ((And omg the Boa yarn is a pain and a damn half to knit with... but once I've figured it out I actually rather enjoy it. And it's such pretty colors...)) as well as made out like a bandit with DVDs. 15 Great Cinema Classics with movies from the 30s through the 70s ( Read more... )

 ... I really crave something deeply chocolaty. Just not sure what that would even be if I had access to it.

So, probably going to fail yet another German test at this rater (Must care, must convince self to care... not working so well) though I have another two days to study so I think I'll function. Maybe.

Now, with those things out of the way...

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 Mistah Kurtz -- he dead.

A penny for the Old Guy

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We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats' feet over broken glass
In our dry ( Read more... )

 Alright, so finally got around to watching the all of half hour animated short Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam. First of all, bah, yes, present Black Adam as totally black, a mindless villain set on destruction. Alright fine. Ignore all his character development ever ( Read more... )

 Before the inauguration of competitions as we know them today, the Thais were flying cargo-laden kites over their golden cities. In the late 17th century, King Petraja used kites for what was probably the first aerial bombing in history. When the principality of Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) rebelled, King Petraja tied kegs of gunpowder to kites, ( Read more... )

 So, I spent most of today pretty much feeling like I was going to pitch forward and fall flat on my face. This did not actually happen. No, it was worse than that ( Read more... )