"Then the long-headed man with care-chiselled face who sat in the White House saw the inevitable, and emancipated the slaves of rebels on New Year's, 1863."

W.E.B. Du Bois, I love you.  That is the best reference to Lincoln that I have ever seen in my entire life.

I'm way behind in fandom stuff - NFE fics to comment on, vids to make, fic to write - but RL has been busy and awesome this week.

I've had one of every class now (and three of Latin), and I think everything's going to be good this quarter.  Philosophy just really isn't my thing, I'm coming to understand, but that's okay - at least the prof seems ( Read more... )

...over a few different things.

Firstly, I don't think I've squealed to y'all about this yet - I'm taking Latin next year!  I am so so so so so soooo excited!  This is great for so many reasons.  Firstly, it's looking more and more like at least my history major, if not the lit one as well, will be focused on classical and medieval studies, so ( Read more... )

Weekend!  It is so nice to not have crazy amounts of work for once.  Not that I don't, but nothing's due early this week, so I can actually breathe.  And shockingly, it's also kind of nice to not be racing through Supernatural.  That was fun and epic, but not something I want to do all the time.

Field trip!  Had the final trip of this quarter's ( Read more... )

Sir Orfeo "lived in Thrace, a mighty place now called Winchester." akshtaoeihhed Sam and Dean are descended from Orfeo and Heurodis and must go fight the evil body-snatching faeries.  This is the real conclusion of my paper; too bad I can't actually write that.

Also, Advil is my best friend ever.  Except maybe for IHOP and its classy music selection ( Read more... )

I am tired, sore, my room smells like campfire smoke, my feet hurt, and I may have possibly sprained my ankle - in short, it was the perfect weekend ( Read more... )