Weekend at last.

Its late. I just finished a paper alot faster than I thought i would, so now i'm all caffed up with no work left. Hoorah. At last its Friday.

The past two days have sucked.. probably the worst few i've had in a long while. Stupid people, lots of stress, unexpected changes in plans. I hope things even out.. i'm sure they will, they always do.

Yeah, the power went out last night at like 9:00, which would've been fine cause we were playing trivia over at Wing Shack, but it stayed out for three hours. Nedward, myself and T-Rev all sat around drinking by light of tea candles (the most masculine lightsource on the face of the earth) and made the kind of stupid pointless arguements we easily amused undergrads so often argue. It was enjoyable. Good chips too.

It went out again at about 5:00 in the morning, so my alarm didn't go off. Great way to start the day, if any of you havn't tried it. UGH.

So, yeah, living history at White Oak Museum this weekend.. good first person, promises to be lots of fun. Its off of 218, not too far past Belle Palins, at the old school house across from the firestation if anyone feels like going. You should see the museum SOMETIME if you dont come to the living history. Its one of the largest personal civil war artifact collections in the world.

Ever feel like you wanna break free of everything thats expected of you and just go fuck around for a while? Maybe hitchike across the south or just plain walk to Tennessee or something? Maybe put off a career for a decade to get a low paying job in a small town, just to be content? Or go live in a big city doing the same just for fun? Yeah... Yeah me too. Ha.

Peace out sports fans... Hope you all have an awsome weekend! And many more to come!!

Sidenote:

I just spent the morning reading my cousin Rus' blog, and its fuckin HILARIOUS. just look through his archives, there are some interesting things in there. Could just be me though. After almost putting my shoes on and walking out the door (sans shirt or pants) this morning and spending 5 mins parting my hair because i was zoned out, I'm feeling a little discouraged about today. Oh, yeah, and its raining out... the intelligent guy I am, i wanted to trim down on the amount of crap I brought with me back to HSC, so I have no coat, umbrella, longsleeved shirt or even hat. Awsome. Well, all you peoples out there, you have a GREAT day. !!!

UGH!!

May term is lots of work!! I have so much crap hanging over my head- reenacting Cravats, suck up letters to former bosses, reenacting schedules AND my school work and independent classes. Boo hoo hoo... hehehe.

Enough about that. May term is busy, but its been really pretty (when it hasn't been raining). I actually went to church this past sunday, and it became the best day I had in a long time. Had an awsome dinner at a professor's house, and some mighty fine beverage as well. It was a beautiful day in every way.

I just copied a bunch more sources for my independent study on the lifesaving service. I'm looking forward to being able to start writing it, but it seems as though that could be a few weeks away. History is such an infinite thing... God i love it. Spent some time with my cous in C'ville while I was up there as well. Good times.

Well, hope summers moving along as steadily for all of you as much as it has been for me. For those of you who've been slacking and find yourselves to be bored or incomplete, i suggest you start getting up at a regular, reasonable hour!! Lazy bums. ; ) hehehe.

Bro comes back in less than a month from Angola, going to see the other in Paris in about the same time. Been driving the GTI, havin tons of fun in that little guy, which my bro is gonna fix up when he gets back. That little car's been a real trooper! I have hopes that I can write this next paper well enough to be published, but I doubt it will be... maybe i'll rewrite a few times and finish it post-masters/phd/law degree and get 'er done. Maybe i'll write another. Who the hell knows... Its a story that needs to be recognized though.

Skype Telephone Service This thing is free and looks like it kicks ass!! Check 'er out if you have a mocrophone. Drumme_USLSS

Oh yeah, and check out the links in the left sidebar, my cousin's blogs are every bit as entertaining, if not more so than mine are! On is in Kyrgistan working for the peace corps, and he has a really good sense of humor about it. One is in California and the other is at UMD gettin 'er law degree. If i know you and you wan me to put one up there, lemmie know!

Goodnight! Godbless, Godspeed, and may god be with you. No matter what you thing of this or him, he loves you and all us sinners equally. =D

Worthwhile

Damn. Gaul dernit!! THIS IS GONNA BE ALOT OF WORK!! Some people need to have a little more faith. I'm frustrated. Cant wait to go to UVA thisafternoon.

Along with the two classes I'm now taking with May term, I'm conducting research on the Mass. Humane Society which was the precursor to the US LiveSaving Service, which was one of two precursors of the US Coast Guard. The Humane society was formed before the radification of the constitution in 1786, and had support from many of the founding fathers. It established houses of refuge, small shacks with provisions of breads, hard tack, and other foodstuffs as well as hay for bedding and firewood and lanterns. Many a sailor's life was saved because he could find safety from a storm not far from the beach on which he would find himself stranded once his ship went down. The humane society eventually raised enough money to buy boats and organize volunteer crews that would man stations during storms and rescue shipwrecked sailors.

This organization eventually gained support from the federal government and was responsible for a movement that saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Anyway, I think thats a topic worthy of research, espically since vey few if any people know of its existance.

May/McDowell

Begin May Term.

May Term is lookin awsome! It already seems to have confirmed for me the relaxed superfun reputation it has earned itself. I'm a few beers in now, and looking forward to tackling the workload that lies ahead of me over the next month. Reviewing French in preparation for going to France afterward and I'm gonna have to work really hard over the next month to party my balls off and keep in contact with all these people I havn't heard from in a bagillion years. Thanks Facebook... hehe. I'd like to send a shoutout to my Richmond peeps Alison and Moose for first getting me drunk then making sure I didn't die.

Went to reenactment the other weekend, McDowell which was a whole lotta fun, and went to see my Phili friend which was equally as exciting. Hehe. Lots of walking, lots of driving over the past few weeks...

McDowell was freakin AWSOME! Lots of marching, lots of fun... some things on Saturday were a little dissapointing, but the realism of the situation definitly made up for it. On sunday, we drove up the mountain in trucks and marched to the side of the peak opposite the town. We (Confederates) Marched a very long way to the top of the ridge along the same routes as those soldiers had done over 140 years ago. We walked over the face and carried out the battle against the Yankees in the exact same manor as both opposing sides did during the war. The feeling was beyond discription.

After the battle we marched up a second peak to a clearing which allowed us to see for miles in every direction. We, Yankees and Confederates lined up in order and said a prayer, then sat and talked for a while. We conversed with the tool/officer who had been placed in our command and he thanked us for coming out, then we marched down the mountain. The sights and experience were nothing short of awsome. Very powerful. I should like to return to that place as soon as possible and look forward to the next reenactment there.

Private H. Willis,

47th VA, Co. I, In For The War Mess.