I dislike papers about American History. It's just an accepted fact now. I'm so over writing about slavery, progressivism, women's rights, and the Civil War. I find that Meg Ryan quote from French Kiss applies here sometimes: "It's bullshit! Everything with you is bullshit." Kind of how I feel about American History sometimes. Then again, I relate to a lot of Meg Ryan's lines.

Right now I'm being asked the question "What was the significance of the Year of Victories?" Year of Victories. Well...1759...Britain becomes master of the world. Basically. So many papers are wearing my brain out. It's time for another mini vacation. I have Vienna and Salzburg on the horizon, along with two other papers and a book review (which I've already started). Edmund Burke is difficult reading. I've decided I don't like 18th century political rhetoric, just because of him.

And so the madness begins with the many papers I have due. Two at the end of the month on the same day as I leave for Brussels (although apparently one is due on the 28th, not the 29th). Then I have four due next month, including one due the week I go to Vienna and Salzburg (failed to notice that until today - stupid me) and one due the following week. All of this means that I will essentially be spending the next week (blessedly a reading week) in the library. Oh joy. Queen Mary's library. It really makes me appreciate Gettysburg's library, which is open 24/7 except on Friday and Saturday night. I've already completed one rough draft of a paper, and hope to finish the next rough draft of another paper tomorrow. Maybe I'll start it tonight, get a head start, being as I have to check a few citations on the other paper and I forgot to get all the pertinent biographical information for one book. Sometimes, footnotes and bibliographies can be so irritating. Plus, I don't much like Stuart history, and two of my papers deal with it, and two of my papers deal with slavery, although I picked the questions regarding slavery because I feel comfortable with it. Goodness knows we hear enough about it.

mood: aggravated