Mr. Haynes: (Gestures at a graph showing immigration to the United States) You can see that there was a big dip in the 1930s and 40s. This was mostly due to the Great Depression. World War II was also in there. That pretty much involved the whole world.

Me: *headdesk ( Read more... )

We've been talking about the Vietnam Conflict lately in my "Current World Problems" class. Somehow, the class has morphed from "Current World Problems" to "Modern American Conflict", but it's still pretty interesting so I'm not complaining ( Read more... )

I haven't felt like myself all week, in between the holiday on Wednesday and the anniversary of my dad's death today. I realized that I have amnesia about what I did during this week last year. I know I went to see Superman Returns at some point and I got drunk while watching the fireworks in the park, but I don't actually remember doing those ( Read more... )