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Oh my god, I'm so sick, I have such allergies.. my brain hurts so bad... My medz my medz, please save me my medz...

Evey! Hey! It's been awhile. Sorry your brain is hurting though ;-;

Yeah it's just my allergies are out of control.. It stresses my body out, I'm tired all the time and I tend to get sick frequently when they are acting up. It's been years since it was this bad. Pollen counts are out of control in Portland this year because of the cold winter.

Hard to believe I just turned 29, but to be honest I think that I've gotten some pretty good mileage out of those years, especially considering where I came from. I officially have a girlfriend now, which is why i've been absent so much around here lately.. I'm also experiencing some ideological shifts which are pretty undeveloped so far, but I'm working on it.

Yeah it's just my allergies are out of control.. It stresses my body out, I'm tired all the time and I tend to get sick frequently when they are acting up. It's been years since it was this bad. Pollen counts are out of control in Portland this year because of the cold winter.

Hard to believe I just turned 29, but to be honest I think that I've gotten some pretty good mileage out of those years, especially considering where I came from. I officially have a girlfriend now, which is why i've been absent so much around here lately.. I'm also experiencing some ideological shifts which are pretty undeveloped so far, but I'm working on it.

A lot of people seem to be having trouble with allergies this year, but at least in a few months it'll start getting colder and seasonal allergies will change over. Unless you have autumn allergies too, then you may have to wait until winter. v_v

lol, wait until you turn 30 and you realize you're pretty much middle age now. Not that I feel middle age, mind you, but...logically 30-60 is middle agish, and over that is just old, unless something happens that dramatically improves our lifespan. That's awesome that you have a girlfriend now...hopefully she's making you happy. =]

Ideological shifts?

Well.... I got hit with a piece of news harder than a freight train.

My brother came out to me and told me he's gay. I never saw it coming and its a.... large...shock...thing to me. I can hardly believe it.

You totally should've said harder than a dick. xD

That sounds wonderful though...I don't know what kind of relationship you have with your brother, but maybe you can open up and confide in each other about things on this topic, seeing as you both like guys.

Unlikely, one of the reasons I never would have even guessed is that he is quite conservative and quite....prim and proper. His mannerisms are something akin to Jacob Rees-Mogg. I always joked that my brother was a man born 3 years before me physically and 300 years before everyone else mentally. It's just.... shock seems to weak a word.

A lot of people seem to be having trouble with allergies this year, but at least in a few months it'll start getting colder and seasonal allergies will change over. Unless you have autumn allergies too, then you may have to wait until winter. v_v

lol, wait until you turn 30 and you realize you're pretty much middle age now. Not that I feel middle age, mind you, but...logically 30-60 is middle agish, and over that is just old, unless something happens that dramatically improves our lifespan. That's awesome that you have a girlfriend now...hopefully she's making you happy. =]

Ideological shifts?

Yeah.. I'll be middle aged soon, and while I'm not excited about getting old, I'm pretty optimistic about where I'll be as long as I keep improving the way I have been. Conservatively, I have no doubt that I'm going to be a millionaire by 40.

As for ideological shifts, I'm re-examining religion as a source of wisdom if not truth.

Unlikely, one of the reasons I never would have even guessed is that he is quite conservative and quite....prim and proper. His mannerisms are something akin to Jacob Rees-Mogg. I always joked that my brother was a man born 3 years before me physically and 300 years before everyone else mentally. It's just.... shock seems to weak a word.

Just goes to show that there are all kinds of guys who like guys. Still, I think there's hope...being conservative, I'm sure that it was hard for him to come to terms with his feelings for men, and the fact that he told you instead of staying in the closet has to count for something, right?

Yeah.. I'll be middle aged soon, and while I'm not excited about getting old, I'm pretty optimistic about where I'll be as long as I keep improving the way I have been. Conservatively, I have no doubt that I'm going to be a millionaire by 40.

As for ideological shifts, I'm re-examining religion as a source of wisdom if not truth.

Rich and religious, huh? So what you're saying is that you'll become a Republican.

I've moved the religion discussion here.

I've been looking at my booklist for next semester. It's pretty good so far; the American History book covers what appears to be all of American history, and the second book I'll read in one English paper is Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austin. Not my standard fare, so it will be good to try something new.

What's the first book? Horton Hears A Who. I love English, oh my goodness. XD

Edit: And I now know that the "Posting Activity By Time" user stat has 4AM as my equivalent 9AM. Yay. That took me far too long to work out.

The question is whether you'll actually cover all of American history...all the American history courses I had in school and college, and only one got past the Civil War, and that's only because the class started at 1900, lol.

I'm kinda dabbling in several books myself at the moment: Change by Design by Tim Brown, I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi, and The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers by Amy Hollingsworth. That's not even counting the books on my list to read...

Is the news feed broken for anyone else?

It just says Wintreath new feed but doesn't display any posts.

I've been looking at my booklist for next semester. It's pretty good so far; the American History book covers what appears to be all of American history, and the second book I'll read in one English paper is Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austin. Not my standard fare, so it will be good to try something new.

What's the first book? Horton Hears A Who. I love English, oh my goodness. XD

Edit: And I now know that the "Posting Activity By Time" user stat has 4AM as my equivalent 9AM. Yay. That took me far too long to work out.

I just googled the US history book's author, and the Wikipedia link was purple... checked my browser history, and apparently I searched him up the night before my APUSH test. Interesting.

Is the news feed broken for anyone else?

It just says Wintreath new feed but doesn't display any posts.

That happened to me the day before, but it worked for me yesterday, and it's now broken again.

I just googled the US history book's author, and the Wikipedia link was purple... checked my browser history, and apparently I searched him up the night before my APUSH test. Interesting.

That's encouraging. Had to google what an APUSH test was, but the author being used as a source lends weight to his legitimacy. (And hopefully a lack of bias).

The question is whether you'll actually cover all of American history...all the American history courses I had in school and college, and only one got past the Civil War, and that's only because the class started at 1900, lol.

From the look of the syllabus, we are absolutely covering everything. First class covers colonial America, last one covers the early 21st century. (Same thing happened in my Global History paper and my European History paper last year -- these classes jump decades at alarming rates). We're likely to touch on everything but not end up going highly in depth.

I just googled the US history book's author, and the Wikipedia link was purple... checked my browser history, and apparently I searched him up the night before my APUSH test. Interesting.

That's encouraging. Had to google what an APUSH test was, but the author being used as a source lends weight to his legitimacy. (And hopefully a lack of bias).

Not necessarily; I was probably looking him up to figure out his bias (though in this case he seems like a fairly mainstream historian, ie, conservatives call him a Marxist).

AP history (at least these days) generally places a far larger focus on historical interpretation and argumentation, and part of that is reading basically every source as an argument for a particular viewpoint.

The question is whether you'll actually cover all of American history...all the American history courses I had in school and college, and only one got past the Civil War, and that's only because the class started at 1900, lol.

From the look of the syllabus, we are absolutely covering everything. First class covers colonial America, last one covers the early 21st century. (Same thing happened in my Global History paper and my European History paper last year -- these classes jump decades at alarming rates). We're likely to touch on everything but not end up going highly in depth.

Seems fairly standard to me. European and world history typically cover a longer timespan, though, so if anything, the US history course would be more in-depth.

I've been gone for awhile ;o;

@Lumenland! You return to us.

From the look of the syllabus, we are absolutely covering everything. First class covers colonial America, last one covers the early 21st century. (Same thing happened in my Global History paper and my European History paper last year -- these classes jump decades at alarming rates). We're likely to touch on everything but not end up going highly in depth.

But the depth is what makes history both important and interesting! If you don't know the people and the times, and thus why people made the decisions that shaped history, then all you have is a bland recounting of events. This happened, then that happened, and oh, later on something else happened too.

The way history is taught in school is all wrong. There should be more detail, including required reading of biographies of people involved in that history...for example, biographies of at least some of the founding fathers if the topic is US History. Maybe if we taught the full context of history, people would actually get something out of it.