... In German class yesterday I looked at the textbook and realized I have no hope of ever learning the damn language. I feel better about it today, but I have past tense and cases and irregular and sein and haben all meshed up in my brain and I have no idea how to sort it ( Read more... )

 From page 34 of Alexis Troubetkoy's 'A Brief History of the Crimean War': "Americans were unabashed Russophiles."

Me:... *headdesk*

Hello there OTP, what are you doing in my history book...?

 Ahahahahaha, survived the first week of school. *Wilts slightly ( Read more... )

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Watching your friend's friendship fall apart is almost as painful as seeing your own friendships hit the rocks.

The only plus side is I'm not in the middle of it anymore (Having never forgiven the other for dragging me into the middle of it since, honestly, of course I'm taking the my friend's side, I know and adore her and see her every couple ( Read more... )

Have I never mentioned before that Robert D. Kaplan is kinda like my history book writer god? I love this man's writing so so so much. And after today I can actually devote time to reading the newest book of his I picked up (Which is not to say it's his newest, just the newest one to reach my hands). Right now I just have to skim one of the ( Read more... )

Bah. Eventually I will learn.

Though, at least this time I had credit, so I didn't actually end up spending cash. Which helped a little... except I walked out with two 700 page books. Someday I will learn...

Going to *skin* my characters. Since they are anamorphic cats, this means I'm going to have some lovely rugs with which to keep warm this winter ( Read more... )

Yeah, this is pretty much a rant ( Read more... )

• 1939: Police are ordered to arrest all Gypsies in Germany and transport them to concentration camps.
• 1944: The blackout ends in London as the lights of Piccadilly, the Strand and Fleet Street are switched on.
• 1962: The United States raises its naval blockade of Cuba, in the last act of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

(Holy fuck it's snowing.)

Registration for next quarter time! Woo!

I was having a bit of a not happy time with it, since the one class I really wanted to take (German History, 1871 to 1945) conflicted by twenty minutes one day a week with my 499 (Senior Thesis: Cold War Americas). Talked to both of the teachers, they said we could work it out, I'll just miss some of either/ ( Read more... )