Finals begin tomorrow; I have five spread out over the week, and many more hours to work than usual. My minor panic has grown steadily, but I'm not yet losing any sleep. Although I've really enjoyed this semester, I'm anxious for it to be over so that I can go home. I'm also sad to see that one of my favorite professors appears to be leaving ISU ( Read more... )

Dead Week is upon me. I’m not overly worried about any of my finals, but I do believe that next week will be stressful nonetheless. After the semester is over, however, I can finally finish reading The Historian.

I've been elected Bard Scribe (secretary) of the Celtic Dance Society for next year. My reign of power begins!

Monday: first time back at the Celtic Dance Society for a month. Had a ton of fun ( Read more... )

Well, my paper is done and handed in, and I can sum the entire thing as such:

blah blah blah Raoul de Cambrai blah blah blah Norman F. Cantor's medieval social model blah blah blah huge battle limbs flying everywhere blah blah blah boring shit for twenty more pages blah blah blah the end.

After this weekend, I plan to obtain a large quantity of alcohol, and possibly a cigar or two, and go to town on them. The last two weeks have been busy and stressful in the extreme.

That joyful time of the year arrives when I must determine my schedule for next semester. The sticking point this time around is the "US Diversity" course I am required to take; as you can probably tell from the name, it's a bullshit requirement, as are almost every single one of the courses acceptable for it. None of them overly interest me, and ( Read more... )

I really love History Channel's Barbarians Week. I truly used to think that Rome was a practically invincible city that was successfully attacked only a couple of times. Rather, it would seem that every barbarian group in existence took a number and got in line to get their chance at pillaging. Good times ( Read more... )

Book survey, stolen from scaeriefaerie13

1. One book that changed your life: David Starkey’s Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne. In short, it’s the book that started my fascination with Tudor history; until then, it had been merely a passing fancy. And now, I’ve completed changed the course of my career to pursue what I love: Tudor history ( Read more... )

Apparently Austin has decided not to re-enlist in the Marines after his time is up. It's the best news I've received about anything in a while. ^_^