We are all meat...

[katekat]

Check out this totally fabulous almost-twilight-zoneish short film at utube.  Don't worry, no scary ucky stuff, it's just a conversation, but it's really cool.

And in a turn for the worst? better?  Last night I managed to finish defining all of the ID's for my American History exam - thank god.  It's the last kind of work I want to do on a Friday night, but at least that half of the process is over.  Now all I have to do is write the essay outlines, and memorize what I wrote last night, and I'll be ready for the final.

And can I just say, although I know bunches of people believe otherwise, I HATE American History.  I HATE it!!  I truly don't even have a morbid interest in what happened in the Civil War.  I know all the arguments that one needs to know one's history, and unfortunately, I also know that gray_ghost pulls historical shit out on me all the time, and now I have a better chance of understanding what he tells me because of this damn class, but still.  I would've been a happy camper never taking an American History class again. EVER.  I would've listened to my NPR and lived in relative confusion about our country's past (left behind by a public school education that wasn't terribly specific about these kinds of things) and just gone on with my life.

Now, sadly, I can form an opinion on the Jackson Presidency.  UGH.

Comments

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

I know I am not living in Americaland but I know nothing at all whatsoever about US History. Also I know very little indeed about UK history. In primary school I remember we did WWII, but that was basically "the Blitz happened. It was bad. Then the Allies won." And... oh, I did the Industrial and Agricultural Revolution for GCSE history. But other than that, I know nothing!

...wait. I know a little about the Black Civil Rights Movement in America. Martin Luther King Jr. and all that. I vaguely recall doing that in secondary school, pre-GCSEs.

Uhm. Hi. All that information you did not need to know.

But!

I CAN SEE MY WRITING! *types away!!!!!*

[katekat]

Well, in my opinion, you haven't really missed anything! Seriously. Those are the highlights. I much prefer to know what's going on now instead of what happened then... and although i know it's all tied together, i just can't muster the interest, you know?

And HI! So, the being able to see your writing is a good thing, yes? I changed the layout all around...

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I do so enjoy seeing what I am typing. It helps me to go back and delete the worsd spe3lt lisdke this! :) *sniggers at own almost-intellectualist-but-far-too-obvious typing joke*

Fair enough. You are like me. British History is rather boring, to me, unless it is now-history, ie. politics etcetera. The only drawback to this being my degree is in ANCIENT history, so I find myself in the peculiar position of being a historian, yet not entirely enjoying the study of history.