Well, here's my journal entry, which I'm trying to do more frequently than I am (I want to do them, just by the time it gets to 1am, I don't feel much like doing them anymore)
But anyway, here I am. Well, I'm reading "Into the Darkness" by Harry Turtledove, and its better than I think it is. I mean, its better than I thought it would be at first. My major complaint with it was that it had no characters.
Or rather, that it had so many characters that you could never be attached to any of them, and they never really had any connection to any other characters. However, I'm seeing that this is changing slightly, and the I am getting to kind of know the setting.
And, I'm getting to know some of the characters (however, only the really evil ones). Which kind of gives me someone to cheer. (it is kind of nice to see a story told from all points of view, as this one is. However, when you're not cheering for anybody, its not really fun to read)
The other good thing about this story is that it is supposed to be based on World War I. So, its kind of fun to try to figure out which country is which. Algarve is obviously Germany and Austria, while Unterlant is obviously Russia. However, it gets a bit hard after those two. Of Valmeria and Jelgava, one is definately France.
However, I haven't actually figured out which one is, or what the other is supposed to be (or are they both France?) The other could definately be Britain, although it leaves out a major difference, that Britain is an island. Sibui could indeed be Britain, because its an island, or it could be Belgium, which got invaded by Germany.
If it is Belgium, than Lagos is probably Britain, which joined the war after Belgium was invaded. Or Lagos could be America, because earlier they were concerned about the rights of neutral countires. Now, Forthweg would definately be Poland if we were talking about WWII, which we might be. (Poland divided between Germany + Russia, Forthweg divided between Algarve and Unterlank)
Of course, the plot doesn't really follow either war entirely, so it might be a combination of the two. In WWI, Russia invaded Austria, and therefore Germany (not really, but I won't go into the detailed history in my Journal entry. This paranthesis is here due to the small chance that my history teacher might actually read this one day) while in the book Unkerlank and Algarve aren't even at war (yet).
However, WWII was caused by Germany invading Poland, which brought on France and Britain (but not yet Russia). This definately resembles the story, except that it was Valmeria, Jelgava and Forthweg that invaded Algarve, not the other way around. (imo that is a pretty big difference). I could go on, but I won't.
Now for something completely different. Tonight, as I was writting my English paper, I decided to listen to some music. I decided to put in Harry Chapin. Now, in order for you to fully realize the importance of Harry Chapin in my life, you must first understand a bit of my history. In high school, one of my favorite things to do was outing club.
I loved climbing mountains, not only because I like hiking and enjoying nature, but because I liked the people who did it, and I always felt included. Now, after every hike we went on, we always popped in the advisors Harry tape (the advisor just happens to be the same history teacher who would kill me if he found me writtin slightly inaccurate things about WWI)
But anyway, I always like listening to Harry Chapin, so much so that I now one an album of his. But anyway, one of Chapin's songs is "Circle." And it the first few lines are "All my life's a circle/Sunrise and Sundown/The moon rolls throught the nightime/till the day break comes around/ All my lifes a circle, but I can't tell you why/seasons spinning round again, the years keep tumbling by"
But anyway, its a really nice song. And while listening to Harry, I was wondering if my life was really a circle. I wondered iff all the people who made a difference in my life, would keep on coming back to me, or, if I would simply move on to the next stage of my life, leaving the past behind me. So then, I decided to IM my friend from Outing club, Seth. Our conversation wasn't too deep or anything, but it was nice to say hi and stuff, and to let each other know that we still care about each other.
But anyway, (have you noticed that I've started 3 sentences with the phrase "but anyway?") one of the songs on the CD was "Story of a Life," which I must have heard before because I kind of recognized it, but I haven't played it as much as the songs that I really like (such as Taxi). Anyway, I can't belive that "Story of a Life" wasn't one of my favorites, because it was soooooo good, both the lryics and the overall sound, and the song nearly made me cry, and it definately made me think about my life. And, with that thought, I will leave you, and hopefully go to bed.
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