"How dumb do I think the Americans are...?"

My History Honors class is full of freshmen and that's funny. XD

All of the icons on my desktop are fish-related now. ^__^ I took care of that the other day, really, but I'm just now getting around to loving it fully. (Not true. I have loved it for a loooong time. I'm just now getting around to telling all y'all about it.)

Eep. I have lots of email in my inbox I need to answer. It's sort of... piling up. T_T I'm so lazy.

Classes so far are all right. Japanese is much the same, minus Carl but plus Ron. Kahoru gave everyone some sort of sweet snack thing that Joan and I have yet to make but will still undoubtedly enjoy. The sugar stuff spilled inside my coat pocket and it was good, though. ^.^ Yay good! Um... British Survey is a good class. Lutz teaches it and I heart me some Doctor Lutz because she's an odd ball who doesn't give a damn about fire regulations but does really. S'lot of reading, but what's new about that? History of Maryland, with Doctor Wiseman, is good, too. Wiseman reminds me of a leprechaun. Or a gnome. I haven't decided yet. He's old and has an earring. I like him already. And... that's it for Monday/Wednesday/Friday.

Obviously Tuesday/Thursday is still in progress... I started my day with History 111 -- the honors history class that is full of freshmen. I love Doctor Boniece, though, because she's very... quirky. Also, the class seems easy (it had better be easy, since it's full of freshmen) and she's only going to make us the stuff that happened after 1900.

I have three more classes today. Creative Fiction Writing is at two with Barkley (should be interesting...), followed by band, which is going to be the same old song and dance, and then, at 6:30, Joan and I will be heading off to Critical Writing about Literature with Idris. I like Idris, but his class... well, it's rather involved. I may actually have to pay attention to him this year. T_T

Have I mentioned that I love Jim Gaffigan? He is funny as can be. ^__^

Righto. I have homework to do (blah), so I'll be off. Bai, everyone.

Celibates and pirates!

*jaw drops*

Okay. I have four text books for my History of Maryland class, but I've already fallen in love with Maryland: Unity and Diversity, edited by A. Franklin Parks and John B. Wiseman (two of the professors at FSU). Know why? First off, the foreward was fantabulous. And then, on page five, I found the following:

"Maryland from the beginning welcomed a variety of Christian settlers: Catholics and Quakers, persecuted elsewhere; Labadists, who preached celibacy and soon died out..."

Anyone else find that funny? I liked it. Two pages later, I found another quote which made both me and Joan squee ourselves.

"Scoffing at British and French maritime restrictions and using the bay's waters to full advantage, Maryland watermen smuggled; when those countries went to war, Marylanders went to sea as privateers and armed merchantment prepared for whatever fell their way. By 1812 pirating on the high seas had become a Maryland specialty. In declaring a blockade of the entire English coast from the deck of the privateer Chasseur in 1814, Captain Thomas Boyle, like Tohmas Cresap before him, epitomized Maryland audacity."

*love* Did you know Marylanders were pirates? I didn't know that Marylanders were pirates.

I. Love. This. Book.