I've come to a conclusion...

I absolutely despise all of the pointless sectarianism involved in academia, especially the study of the Civil War. It's gotten to the point where other people's opinions are annoying me, which is not something that happens typically and it bothers me. For this reason, I'm going to take a break from this for a short while, probably a few weeks. Besides, I will be busy with some freelance stuff and going back to school. I don't want to wind up hating what I actually love doing, you know?

Huzzah!

I've just been informed by Tina Grim that I have won a scholarship to the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College this summmer. I am beyond ecstatic!
If any of my readers are attending, I'd love if you left a comment.

I also am now an employee of the train station, working Saturdays 10-6 and Sundays 12-4 (which are our new weekend hours). I've also procured a position in Visitor Services at the new Visitor Center. I'm going to be quite the busy lady this summer!

As my best friend recently said, I'm really "on a roll lately." I have good news galore, but I won't bore you with everything else.

Huzzah for Spring (despite it not really being all that warm yet)!

Happy Easter and slightly late Purim to all. This is the first time in maybe three years that I have not been able to make any hamantaschen.

Another personal note, I've been selected as a semi-finalist for a very prestigious scholarship from the Lenfest Foundation... $12,000 a year for four years of college if I find myself at the end of the process. The only bad thing about this is I now have to write more essays for them. One of them is about where I feel most at home. Perhaps I will say that I find myself most at home walking down the streets of 19th century Gettysburg, Pennsylvania :)

A personal update

Well, look out everyone, as I now have my driver's license! This is bad for the world, but very good for me; once I have my own set of wheels I will be able to drive myself out to Gettysburg to do research and just generally hang about pretty much any time my heart desires.

I have a busy weekend ahead of me, but as soon as possible I am going to post a review of Shades of Gray by Jessica James and perhaps some other stuff if I can.

Oh, and may this spring be sweet to you all.

Happy Valentine's Day!

So I have not posted for quite a while. This is mainly due to my lacking anything even remotely interesting to say.

In my History Seminar class in school we have been talking about the Cold War and so my mind has basically been filled with Joseph McCarthy and that sort of thing for the past few weeks. It will continue to be filled with the Junior Senator from Wisconsin for at least a few weeks longer, as I just checked out a book on him for a report. McCarthy has even invaded my other classes, as I have a random sticky note on my AP Calculus binder with his name on it (I'm not sure why) and I just completed a Spanish project that basically summarizes the McCarthy/Murrow situation with all of the main players as animals. Eisenhower is a giraffe.

Hope everyone has had a nice Valentine's Day (or Velociraptor Day, if you so choose).

I decided to take this opportunity to publicly declare my love for the following:
♥ My friends.
♥ My family.
♥ Those who have influenced me (er, positively) over the years.
♥ Cookies. Oh! and dark chocolate.
♥ Presidents' Day (which is quickly approaching!).
♥ Classical music and music history.
♥ Henry Clay and his failed presidential campaigns. Clay in Oh-Ay(t)!
♥ Abraham Lincoln and his always being around for me to talk to outside of the train station.
♥ Old documents and artifacts.
♥ My readers. Especially those who leave me comments or have contacted me personally to give me your input.
♥ The history community.
♥ Anyone who has any part in the preservation of historic sites.
♥ Riding on carouselles. This is much more fun to do as a teenager than I remember it being when I was a little kid.
♥ Politics, for being interesting.
♥ Monty Python's "Hungarian-English Phrasebook" sketch (and Zack Fry for reminding me of it just now).
♥ Life.

And that's sort of a short list!

You can expect another post from me on Presidents' Day. It will be picture-filled (and delicious!) hopefully.