Here's the weird thing: I have always had a bit of soft spot for Alexander Hamilton

[athenejen]

I did a report on him in fifth grade; I think I picked him because he was the one people almost never talked about (I was pretty obsessed with the Continental Congress around that time -- I had a Scholastic book about it and also one about the US presidents that I read over and over). And I discovered that he was kind of a dick (well, I probably

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[desireearmfeldt]

*waves hello*

*is too sleepy to say intelligent things about Hamilton at the moment*

[athenejen]

*waves back*

Later thoughts are also welcome, should you feel like expounding later! :)

[desireearmfeldt]

I haven't actually listened to it that much yet, because it's one of those albums I can't text-process while listening to (at least, not until the lyrics are familiar), and when do I have a couple of hours to listen to a thing while not text-processing? :) So mostly, I've been watching it be a phenomenon on the internet & among some of my real-life friends, and being kind of bemused about what makes something a phenomenon. (And also occasionally getting cranky about the way it handles gender, given its stated philosophy about race/ethnicity, or perhaps about the fact that I don't know of anyone doing the equivalent thing for gender

[telophase]

Hamilton is slowly overtaking my f-list, like some sort of creeping plague... :)

[athenejen]

It's a plague worth catching! :)

[littlestclouds]

Hello!

[athenejen]

Hi! :)

That Larkin kid is really something, eh?

[littlestclouds]

Oh yes! :D It's actually kind of exciting to watch hockey again!