CW Blog Post

I finally got my research paper done. As promised, I posted it on the Civil War blog. It will put you to sleep though. And remember, I didn't write all of it. Most of it is copied and pasted. Only the first few paragraphs and the last few are written by me.

No, it is not plagiarized. I cited my sources like a good boy.

Oh, and I love today's quote. It's a funny one from Titanic. I have to put it here cos it won't format right over on the side bar where the quotes usually are.

Molly Brown: [to the group who are dining at the same table] Hey, uh, who thought of the name Titanic? Was it you, Bruce?

Ismay: Yes, actually. I wanted to convey sheer size, and size means stability, luxury, and above all, strength.

Rose: Do you know of Dr. Freud, Mr. Ismay? His ideas about the male preoccupation with size might be of particular interest to you.

Ruth: [whispering] What's gotten into you?

Rose: Excuse me.
[She rises and leaves]

Ruth: I do apologize.

Molly Brown: She's a pistol, Cal! Hope you can handle her.

Cal Hockley: Well, I may have to start minding what she reads from now on, won't I, Mrs. Brown?

Ismay: Freud? Who is he? Is he a passenger?


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Sad music from Casino Royale:

Long Weekend

I have off of school Thursday (tomorrow) and Friday. yay!! I need a nice long break. I'm spending the whole day today (except now) working on school work so I don't have any to do over break. One thing I'm working on is a paper for my US history class. The topic is Turning Points In America Before 1900. Naturally I chose the Civil War. I think this is the biggest turning point in our history. Once I get it all finished I will be posting it on my Civil War blog. So if you are interested then keep your eye out for it sometime towards the end of the week.

It is also a long weekend for the local school district. They don't have school on Friday. So I sent Alex a text message last night that said,

*searches for cell phone*

"I have Thursday and Friday off. This will be the first weekend in awhile that I won't have work to do, and I really want to get out of the house for once. Want to do something?"

Naturally he hasn't answered yet :\

So I guess I will have to find something to occupy myself with over the weekend. I will probably be bored outta my mind. The problem with living here is that there is absolutely nothing to do around here by yourself.....well, I can think of one thing ;)

Oh, and that quote over there now is a pretty good one if you ask me.

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My Favorite Music of the Day (with some movie/game stills) :



Dad hates this piece of music for some reason, so when I'm watching the movies I make sure I play the song real loud ;)

::EDITED:: No Good Titles For This Post.

I finally started my Civil War blog. Now I'm not sure where to start with it. The link to it is right over there ------------->

::EDIT:: I also created the WWII blog. The link is also over there.

Well, that's all I have for today.

Oh, my brother and wife were talking with us via webcam today. Everything is going fine with the little one. Dad and one of my other brothers are going down there tomorrow. I will have the house to myself all day.

^_^

hehe

I wonder what trouble I can get into. :p

Oh, and one more thing. I have now become re-obsessed with The Godfather movies. I have always liked them but didn't have the movies themselves. I just watched them whenever they were on TV. Well, now I bought The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. Part III is good, but not as great as the other ones, so I didn't waste my money on that one. Not yet anyway.

I also have The Godfather book by Mario Puzo which the movie was made from. I read it awhile ago. I also have The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner (I think). I haven't read Returns yet, but I read some things about it and the next one in the novel series, The Godfather's Revenge. They sound like good reads so I'm going to reread the first one, then the others.

The original Godfather book by Puzo is a classic, as are the films. I recommend you check them out if you are interested in Mafia type stuff like I am. I promise you, The Godfather is FAR better than The Sopranos.

:)

Check out the linked Wikipedia articles if you want.

Grrrr

I was going to start my other blogs today. But now I have a title problem.

Grrr

I don't want the title to be too simple, like Peter's Civil War/ World War II blog. I would like to have something creative. I don't have any creativity, so I'm gonna sponge off yours. lol

Bob suggested "Blue and Gray" for the Civil War blog. I like that one and will probably use it. But the WWII blog is harder. lol. I cant think of any titles for it.

So, any suggestions?

Uncle Pete

My brother's wife gave birth to healthy boy a few hours ago. I suspect we will be going to visit them sometime soon. They live 5 hours away so it's not like we can just drive down there for the afternoon.

Well, that's all I have to report tonight.

And of course I know that hardly anyone will be interested in my other blogs. But you might want to go back and read number 3 in the last post. That reason is the most important one. I'm not doing it to entertain anyone. Hell, even this blog, or the last one, isn't entertaining. I only started this one up again so I could tell the people I know would be interested, and possibly a few others, about the other blogs. And of course to post about my fabulously boring life. So don't expect much to come from this blog.

Plans

So since I'm going to create 3 other blogs, I better have a plan right? Well, first off, I probably won't be writing in this blog very much. As you can tell from the title, this blog is about my boring life. As there is usually nothing worth mentioning going on in my life, then this blog will remain almost untouched. The other blogs will be a different story.

There are three reasons for creating the other blogs:

1. What Tom said in his comment on my last post. lol

2. To teach others who want to learn or further their knowledge of the blogs particular subject.

And the most important:

3. I have always said I was going to write a book about the Civil War and possibly about my other areas of interest. These blogs will act as an area for me to organize things in order and to also go into detail about a lot of things. It's kinda hard to explain, but you probably get the idea.

For the Civil War and WWII blogs, I will start at the beginning and work my way to the end (obviously). I will examine reasons for the wars, then write about the battles all the way through to the end of the war. After that, I will write a little bit about what resulted from the war, and what happened after.

Not sure how to go with the Titanic blog. I think everyone knows the story already. So that one might not last too long. lol

So, there you go. My map for my other blogs. Sorry there really isn't more to write about here yet. I'm not sure how many of you will be interested in reading my other blogs, but like I said, they are for me really. You are welcome to read and comment if you want.

A Comeback

So, I've decided to come back to blogging. I was only able to make it one week.... or was it two? Anyway, I really missed this part of it. I said before that this was taking up a lot of my time. Remember that? Well, I guess it really hasn't lol.

I will also be creating 2 more blogs with room for a third. One will be focused on Titanic related stuff, the other will be focused on Civil War stuff. If I create a third, it will be focused on World War II stuff. As you already know, I have a huge interest in the Titanic and The Civil War. My interest in WWII is just really starting to develop. I've had an interest in it before, but not to the point where I wanted to study it, and now I do. These other blogs will be used to further my knowledge in their specific subject areas, as well as anyone who wants to read them. There are practically no Civil War related blogs on Blogger, so this will be a first that I know of. The same goes for Titanic blogs and World War II blogs... I think anyway.

I will try my best to update each of these blogs as often an I can. The WWII blog will require a lot of research to post something, so that one might not be up and running for some time. The other ones will also take a little while to get up. I have a basic plan for them, but that's it.

I hope I can get some of my regular readers back here, and also over to my other blogs once they get up.

So, anyway, hello again!! lol

Oh, and there are some Alex updates that have happened. Some happened before I shut the blog down, but they were overshadowed by everything else.