First Holocaust class

IT WAS AWESOME!

I ended up upstaging the teacher and monopolising the class by accident and got told to be quiet like five times. And then we had a massive nerd-debate over the meaning of the term Holocaust and whether it's a good term and if Shoah's better and we all completely forgot what the Romany version is called. And I upstaged the teacher again when he asked what percentage of people in germany were Jewish and I went, about 1% and he looked at me and said thank you for messing up the class, everyone always guesses something like 20%. Then we talked about the history of anti-semitism and I took like A MILLION NOTES. Then it was over and I had tea with one of my classmates who is also pure awesome and we spent the time geeking out about the Holocaust over tea and fruit tarts. She's American so I then gave her a tour which only ended when she couldn't keep going any longer (heavy laptop bag).

THIS WAS LIKE THE BEST DAY EVER HOW CAN I WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK

(Incidentally, for those who haven't heard, going to see Trollhunter on Sunday, all welcome)

First Holocaust class

IT WAS AWESOME!

I ended up upstaging the teacher and monopolising the class by accident and got told to be quiet like five times. And then we had a massive nerd-debate over the meaning of the term Holocaust and whether it's a good term and if Shoah's better and we all completely forgot what the Romany version is called. And I upstaged the teacher again when he asked what percentage of people in germany were Jewish and I went, about 1% and he looked at me and said thank you for messing up the class, everyone always guesses something like 20%. Then we talked about the history of anti-semitism and I took like A MILLION NOTES. Then it was over and I had tea with one of my classmates who is also pure awesome and we spent the time geeking out about the Holocaust over tea and fruit tarts. She's American so I then gave her a tour which only ended when she couldn't keep going any longer (heavy laptop bag).

THIS WAS LIKE THE BEST DAY EVER HOW CAN I WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK

(Incidentally, for those who haven't heard, going to see Trollhunter on Sunday, all welcome)

(no subject)

Went back to the German Historical Institute today to get some of my reading done. Wow. Everyone, if you ever want to read up about anything german related/ are German and are int he UK for whatever reason, go there. It's awesome. It's like some 18th century palace with chandeliers and mahogany desks and carpets and things. I ended up in the common room on an overstuffed leather chair with both my feet up (sans shoes) on the oak cofee table. The book was interesting (German Jewish History in Modern Times, vol 3) although I did get the feeling I was reading about the social history of the middle classes in the late 19th, early 20th C with indicental racism.

(no subject)

Went back to the German Historical Institute today to get some of my reading done. Wow. Everyone, if you ever want to read up about anything german related/ are German and are int he UK for whatever reason, go there. It's awesome. It's like some 18th century palace with chandeliers and mahogany desks and carpets and things. I ended up in the common room on an overstuffed leather chair with both my feet up (sans shoes) on the oak cofee table. The book was interesting (German Jewish History in Modern Times, vol 3) although I did get the feeling I was reading about the social history of the middle classes in the late 19th, early 20th C with indicental racism.

At the Mountains of Madness

( Yeah I should have read it ages ago, I didn't. Happy? Spoiler cut )

At the Mountains of Madness

( Yeah I should have read it ages ago, I didn't. Happy? Spoiler cut )