so tired

[caramelsilver]

I am so tired right now. I went to Bergen, like I told you I would. Six hours on a bus to get there, and wouldn't you know? Six hours to get back too. I had forgotten how awful long bus journeys are. They kill your body! I'm aching all over the place after sleeping in various awkward positions. We came home at 4 am. Instead of cycling home, as we'd planned, we cheated and took a taxi. So worth it. Still all loopy from the alcohol excitement. The game was awesome. We were fifty supporters against a whole stadium, and I think we made the most noise. The game ended with a tie, though, so that sucked a little. Still, not a loss!

MEME: (I urge you all to do it, plz!)

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes office supplies." I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. (Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal. In return, ask me anything you'd like to know about me and I'll give you an answer.

Comments

[makinhistory.livejournal.com]

Well, hello thar. Sounds like you had fun! :)

A little bit about myself...my real name is Rachel, and I share my middle name, last name, and first initial with my paternal grandmother. And I'm a 100% Dutch, third-generation American.

Whenever people ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I always just tell them "a high school history teacher," because my real plans are so complex they can't be explained very quickly. I want to teach high school history for a few years, but get my PhD and teach college history. But I also would like to run for public office here in the states - a small-town mayor or state representative, or something. But I would also like to work for the National Park Service - Ranger Rachel! :D ...And I'd like to get married and have a big family, too, so. We'll see.

I have a book complex - no matter how boring and not what I thought the book in question was going to be, I have to finish reading it. It's a matter of pride.

I like nerdy, fannish things - Narnia, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Merlin, Call of Duty, Lewis and Clark...the list goes on and on.

I'm a northern redneck at heart - though I basically was raised completely in the suburbs of Chicago, my family is from the boondocks of western Michigan. They hunt deer, drive pickup trucks, and shoot off fireworks in their front yard - I belong in that world so much more than in the politically correct and well-groomed avenues of suburban Chicago.

Speaking of political correctness, I'm of the Jacksonian form of conservativeness - "My country's the best, global opinion be damned." :)

Oh, and I'm a sucker for detective shows.

[caramelsilver.livejournal.com]

I did! I'm not much of a drinker, but sometimes the occasion calls for it. I turn twenty soon and then I can buy my own liquor as well. (Don't know if you knew that the legal drinking age is 18 here? Since we are in a sharing mood and all:P)

Your ambitions sounds fun! I have no idea what I want to be when I "grow up". Something to do with books, I think.

I HAVE THE EXACT SAME COMPLEX!! I refuse to stop reading a book. I can count on one hand the books I've stopped reading. (The latest being The Picture of Dorian Gray. That book both bored me to tears and enraged me with its blatant misogyny.)

I'm pretty patriotic as well! No matter how small my country is, it's pretty damn awesome. :P

Detective shows rules! I love watching them and figure out who did it half an hour before everyone else:)

[makinhistory.livejournal.com]

Books are always good. :)

I know, right??? Except, for me, with Dorian Gray, I was so morbidly fascinated that I couldn't put it down. And then I wrote a really awesome paper about it, but that's beside the point. Anyway, half the time I just get so bogged down in the dryness of a book that I put it aside and give it a permanent place in the "Currently Reading" list. :/

What shows do you watch? I really like Law & Order: SVU, but all the CSIs (except Miami) are good, as well as House, M.D. :)

[caramelsilver.livejournal.com]

I guess it's not completely off my reading list, it just may be a few months until I try reading it again, cause ugh!

I'm a huge fan of House and stuff like that. But my favorites are the British ones; Lewis, Trial and Retribution, Waking the Dead, ect. I like them because the episodes are longer and I don't know, there's more to figure out? I'm also a huge fan of Agatha Christie, but I won't watch a film unless I've read the book..

[makinhistory.livejournal.com]

I feel ya. I only read it because it was required summer reading (along with Wuthering Heights, which I also recommend, and Beowulf). Currently, I'm reading a scholarly book about the Druids - slow going, but I'm putting my head down and plowing through it.

I LOVE Agatha Christie. I'm having surgery on Monday, so I got a DVD set of Poirot dramatizations from the library to enjoy while I'm recuperating. 8)