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More History from the Moose!
Feb. 1st, 2007 11:01 pm10:01pm: Today is George III's father's birthdate! 1st Feb 1701, very intriguing, but confusing because he was born in Germany, but then he went to England which at the time was still on the Julian calander and thus 11 days behind! This meant that it was possible to recieve at letter from Germany that was dated after it arrived (by English reckoning). To add to all that, the year officially began to March 25th, so the years were off too... This is a bit of a problem in my George III story, because it seems a lot of of people didn't follow that, so yeah...confusing shit!
But yes, George III's father Frederick was absolutely hated by his father George II and his mother Caroline. Seriously! Once when Queen Caroline saw him from her window she declared that she wished he would descend into Hell right at that moment! :Oo As she laying dying she said she was comforted by the thought that she would never have to see he first son again. Da-yamn...
Of course, prior to those events Frederick did seriously provoke them by smuggling his pregnant wife out of the palace, when she was all ready in labour with their first child, and hurrying her off to London so his parents would not be present at the birth! And overall stupid move.
This all seems to have stemmed from the fact that when George I's became King of Britain he took his son, his son's wife and his granddaughters along with him, but left poor Fred back in Hanover at he age of 7 for 14 years! His parents didn't visit him and didn't even write and in the intervening years George and Caroline had two more sons, one of whom died, but one survived and was his parents favourite.
So yeah, over all the family was perfect for a Jerry Springer ep. "My Papa Don't Respect Me" and/or "My Son Disses Me No End."
It should be noted George I and his son were on such bad terms with each other (what with George I having sent his wife to prison for adultery- not minding the fact he was totally screwing people on the side himself!) that he had him arrested! Yikes!
Compared to all this George IV got it pretty easy.
Damn all these George's though...makes explaining shit hard, "So George was totally pissed off at George because George was being a smartass"...
Anyway, moving from the History Lesson I was pretty irritated a few times at work, I feel kinda of bad about the first thing that annoyed me, there's this guy who comes in who has an American accent. I'm not sure what region it is from but I find it real irritating (this coming from me!) and it made it hard for me to concentrate on helping him out. I wanted to keep going "Ssh! Sssh!"
Then this woman came in with her kid, I wouldn't have had a problem with this if said kid hadn't screamed the whole time! Seemed she wanted to run around the room, frankly I wouldn't have minded that, but her mother kept holding onto her so she shrieked. Oooh, like fingernails on a blackboard!
Finally I got annoyed by another woman who patted me on the shoulder...I'm a total weirdo, there are times where I just cannot stand to be touched by anyone, even though I'm usually a toucy feely type.
Yeah, I'm thinking I should really volunteer somewhere more challenging, like a Women's Centre or something, because I'm feeling like a total fake at the Computer Centre were I spend much of the day surfing the web and playing Solitare (and not having much luck at the latter!).But I'm still hoping to hear from Sydney Uni...actually I have heard from them, the sent me an email but it was only to say that they're still going over applications and hope to get back to me next week. Come on now, Papa needs a new pair shorts!
I really do need shorts, I'll have to wear jeans tomorrow because I brought a Magnum ice cream today and somehow got chocolate all over them, sigh! Well, it's been a bit chilly so it probably won't be so bad. If I can move my ass tomorrow morning I could even pop into Vinnies and see if there's anything there.
Thursday 3X
Things that need changing
List 3 things in your life that need changing (from mode of transportation to places to live to work to anything else you can think of), tell us why, and describe how/if you're going to change it.
1. Get job (see previous entries in LJ)
2. Manage my money (open savings account at the Credit Union down the road and start putting money aside there so I don't have to borrow from my parents, especially seeing as they're not going to be here for seven months! Gulp!)
3. Clean up apartment (I can hardly invite people over here because the place is a total sty! I also need to put away my Christmas tree, LOL!)
Booking Through Thursday
Habit Forming
1. What are your reading habits? Do you tend to read at specific times during the day, or does it vary from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute?
No sir I'll read anywhere, anytime and in a lot of cases anything! I used to read the back of cereal boxes when I was really bored. I take a Missal to church so I can read along with what's going on. I do like to read last thing before going to sleep though, even if it's just a few lines.
Thursday Threesome
::Slicing and dicing::
Onesome: Slicing-- your way through the fairways of life? Terrible metaphor, -eh? Do you have metaphor or simile that just drives you bonkers when you hear it?
No not really, but when people say "I could care less" it pisses me off so much! No, no that's not right! If you can care less that evidentally means you do care! Duh!
Twosome: and-- on and on and on. What's the duration of your 'long' phone calls? You know, the ones where you just chat and chat and chat? Guys, you may be able to pull an exemption on this one...
LOL, I've talked for about half an hour or so, after that my ear starts to get numb. My mother can talk for more than an hour! And in defiance of your last sentence there, my big bro was once on the phone for three hours straight I swear!
Threesome: dicing-- up anything for the game this weekend? ...or are you taking advantage of the sales? ...or is it a case of "what game?"
There are sales? Well, anyway, I think I may have to hunt for shorts again and also a swimming costume because the one I have is getting on in years. Also Church with the parental units.
Anyway here's a quizz I took yesterday:
Well, that's kinda depressing don't you think? The Best Years of my life are all ready over...damn!
Hmmm, well that's all I have to say right now, enjoy the history lesson! :OD
PS What's with all these ads about helping men's premature ejaculation problems? I mean OK, fair enough, but then it's like "You'll last for hours". Dude that sounds painful as hell! Crazy.
But yes, George III's father Frederick was absolutely hated by his father George II and his mother Caroline. Seriously! Once when Queen Caroline saw him from her window she declared that she wished he would descend into Hell right at that moment! :Oo As she laying dying she said she was comforted by the thought that she would never have to see he first son again. Da-yamn...
Of course, prior to those events Frederick did seriously provoke them by smuggling his pregnant wife out of the palace, when she was all ready in labour with their first child, and hurrying her off to London so his parents would not be present at the birth! And overall stupid move.
This all seems to have stemmed from the fact that when George I's became King of Britain he took his son, his son's wife and his granddaughters along with him, but left poor Fred back in Hanover at he age of 7 for 14 years! His parents didn't visit him and didn't even write and in the intervening years George and Caroline had two more sons, one of whom died, but one survived and was his parents favourite.
So yeah, over all the family was perfect for a Jerry Springer ep. "My Papa Don't Respect Me" and/or "My Son Disses Me No End."
It should be noted George I and his son were on such bad terms with each other (what with George I having sent his wife to prison for adultery- not minding the fact he was totally screwing people on the side himself!) that he had him arrested! Yikes!
Compared to all this George IV got it pretty easy.
Damn all these George's though...makes explaining shit hard, "So George was totally pissed off at George because George was being a smartass"...
Anyway, moving from the History Lesson I was pretty irritated a few times at work, I feel kinda of bad about the first thing that annoyed me, there's this guy who comes in who has an American accent. I'm not sure what region it is from but I find it real irritating (this coming from me!) and it made it hard for me to concentrate on helping him out. I wanted to keep going "Ssh! Sssh!"
Then this woman came in with her kid, I wouldn't have had a problem with this if said kid hadn't screamed the whole time! Seemed she wanted to run around the room, frankly I wouldn't have minded that, but her mother kept holding onto her so she shrieked. Oooh, like fingernails on a blackboard!
Finally I got annoyed by another woman who patted me on the shoulder...I'm a total weirdo, there are times where I just cannot stand to be touched by anyone, even though I'm usually a toucy feely type.
Yeah, I'm thinking I should really volunteer somewhere more challenging, like a Women's Centre or something, because I'm feeling like a total fake at the Computer Centre were I spend much of the day surfing the web and playing Solitare (and not having much luck at the latter!).But I'm still hoping to hear from Sydney Uni...actually I have heard from them, the sent me an email but it was only to say that they're still going over applications and hope to get back to me next week. Come on now, Papa needs a new pair shorts!
I really do need shorts, I'll have to wear jeans tomorrow because I brought a Magnum ice cream today and somehow got chocolate all over them, sigh! Well, it's been a bit chilly so it probably won't be so bad. If I can move my ass tomorrow morning I could even pop into Vinnies and see if there's anything there.
Thursday 3X
Things that need changing
List 3 things in your life that need changing (from mode of transportation to places to live to work to anything else you can think of), tell us why, and describe how/if you're going to change it.
1. Get job (see previous entries in LJ)
2. Manage my money (open savings account at the Credit Union down the road and start putting money aside there so I don't have to borrow from my parents, especially seeing as they're not going to be here for seven months! Gulp!)
3. Clean up apartment (I can hardly invite people over here because the place is a total sty! I also need to put away my Christmas tree, LOL!)
Booking Through Thursday
Habit Forming
1. What are your reading habits? Do you tend to read at specific times during the day, or does it vary from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute?
No sir I'll read anywhere, anytime and in a lot of cases anything! I used to read the back of cereal boxes when I was really bored. I take a Missal to church so I can read along with what's going on. I do like to read last thing before going to sleep though, even if it's just a few lines.
Thursday Threesome
::Slicing and dicing::
Onesome: Slicing-- your way through the fairways of life? Terrible metaphor, -eh? Do you have metaphor or simile that just drives you bonkers when you hear it?
No not really, but when people say "I could care less" it pisses me off so much! No, no that's not right! If you can care less that evidentally means you do care! Duh!
Twosome: and-- on and on and on. What's the duration of your 'long' phone calls? You know, the ones where you just chat and chat and chat? Guys, you may be able to pull an exemption on this one...
LOL, I've talked for about half an hour or so, after that my ear starts to get numb. My mother can talk for more than an hour! And in defiance of your last sentence there, my big bro was once on the phone for three hours straight I swear!
Threesome: dicing-- up anything for the game this weekend? ...or are you taking advantage of the sales? ...or is it a case of "what game?"
There are sales? Well, anyway, I think I may have to hunt for shorts again and also a swimming costume because the one I have is getting on in years. Also Church with the parental units.
Anyway here's a quizz I took yesterday:
| When will your life peak? | |||
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| 0-15y | 16-35y | 35+ y | |
| Your life will peak when you are between 0 and 15. | |||
| When will your life peak? at QuizGalaxy.com | |||
Well, that's kinda depressing don't you think? The Best Years of my life are all ready over...damn!
Hmmm, well that's all I have to say right now, enjoy the history lesson! :OD
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PS What's with all these ads about helping men's premature ejaculation problems? I mean OK, fair enough, but then it's like "You'll last for hours". Dude that sounds painful as hell! Crazy.
