Kennesaw Mountain Landis

today i climbed a big mountain with no water. it wasn't fun. but getting to the top and talking on the way down was great, as was the museum at the visitor's center below. i learned lots of things about the civil war that i didn't actually know, and i also learned just how [unsurprisingly] sympathetic to the confederacy people down in the south are. it's not so much the bias that surprises me, it's that they almost begrudgingly side with the confederates out of blind loyalty despite the fact that they disagree with the sole reason for secession.

after that, we came home and watched some more of a weird old t.v. show from the early 80's. it's called 'tales of the golden monkey' or something like that, and it's quite bizarre. then we went out to dinner for italian food at a pretty sweet restaurant. the food was good, though i have admittedly high [read: near unreasonable] standards for this particular type of cuisine. ironically enough, the best italian food i've ever had was a restaurant in hong kong. go figure!

tonight was consumed mainly by getting homework done. i did my discussion questions and my quiz [which isn't due until sunday] and that was good. it took a long time to read the chapter, but it was worth it because i learned a bit and reviewed a lot. i got through the quiz without really consulting the book much, which is a step up from the way i usually do things. in typical buel fashion, i disagreed with the one answer marked 'wrong' on my quiz, and filed a complaint with the teacher. these rarely end in my favor, but i protest on principle. ;-P

i spent a good deal of time on facebook tonight, probably a bit too much. that's why it's 2:34 in the morning and i'm still typing this up. it's way too late, and i have no idea what time we're meant to be getting up in the morning, so i should probably stop writing and just go to sleep. i should be able to fall asleep tonight [unlike last night] because i'm dead tired, physically, from the hike this morning. 'murder me, harry!' november 19th feels so soon! lots to do this month. random statement. ending.