Yes, but is Daria out on DVD yet?
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jlhWho knew that The N had such interesting quizzes? (Then again, they do have "Who's Your Fall Out Boyfriend?")
Maybe he was a little short, a little moody, a little sickly, but the man had a mind like a steel trap -- all the better for remembering anniversaries or your favorite pizza toppings or what song was playing the moment you first met. He was sensitive and brilliant, and you guys could have stayed up 'til 4 am just talking and talking and talking and never once gotten bored. Even better, he was totally laid back in his relationship -- his wife Dolley was the number one party girl of her time, and he totally let her be herself even though he was more into, well, politics. He was one of those stealth hotties -- the kind where first you're like "Madison? Yeah, he's cool. He's super interesting." Then eventually you're like, "I love that guy. He's my best friend." And then, one day you wake up and you love him to the depths of your soul and can't live without him.
When I first saw this presidential hottie quiz, I have to admit, I thought, "Well, they'll get in all the obvious ones but it's a good idea." But I'm so happy with my answer that I am less prone to want to rewrite it with all 43 like the big wonk I am. Meanwhile, dude, Madison had this whole thing with Hamilton where at first they were totally BFF even though Hamilton was a bastard from the Caribbean and a self-made man (something he shared with Washington) while Madison was landed gentry from Virginia (like Hamilton's total enemy/rival, Jefferson) and they wrote the Federalist Papers together. But after that, Madison full on changed his mind and allied with Jefferson, only Hamilton didn't know this for a while because Madison kinda didn't tell him! I swear to god, the Federalists were as wanky as any online community. They would attack each other in newspapers under pseudonyms (sock puppets anyone?) and bitch about each other in letters to Washington until he had to come in and tell them all to STFU.
History is awesome. Happy Presidents Day!
Maybe he was a little short, a little moody, a little sickly, but the man had a mind like a steel trap -- all the better for remembering anniversaries or your favorite pizza toppings or what song was playing the moment you first met. He was sensitive and brilliant, and you guys could have stayed up 'til 4 am just talking and talking and talking and never once gotten bored. Even better, he was totally laid back in his relationship -- his wife Dolley was the number one party girl of her time, and he totally let her be herself even though he was more into, well, politics. He was one of those stealth hotties -- the kind where first you're like "Madison? Yeah, he's cool. He's super interesting." Then eventually you're like, "I love that guy. He's my best friend." And then, one day you wake up and you love him to the depths of your soul and can't live without him.
When I first saw this presidential hottie quiz, I have to admit, I thought, "Well, they'll get in all the obvious ones but it's a good idea." But I'm so happy with my answer that I am less prone to want to rewrite it with all 43 like the big wonk I am. Meanwhile, dude, Madison had this whole thing with Hamilton where at first they were totally BFF even though Hamilton was a bastard from the Caribbean and a self-made man (something he shared with Washington) while Madison was landed gentry from Virginia (like Hamilton's total enemy/rival, Jefferson) and they wrote the Federalist Papers together. But after that, Madison full on changed his mind and allied with Jefferson, only Hamilton didn't know this for a while because Madison kinda didn't tell him! I swear to god, the Federalists were as wanky as any online community. They would attack each other in newspapers under pseudonyms (sock puppets anyone?) and bitch about each other in letters to Washington until he had to come in and tell them all to STFU.
History is awesome. Happy Presidents Day!
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Date: 2007-02-19 04:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-19 04:39 pm (UTC)Oh. Oh my. *fans self*
And yeah, from my AP History class, old school politics sounded a lot like fandom politics today. Also, no one ever hits each other in the Senate anymore with canes. I kinda miss that. (I'm sure it happens like nine times a day in the House, but the House is a land of CARAZY, and no one really notices.)
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Date: 2007-02-19 06:28 pm (UTC)Even though I was already about as tall as he was...
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Date: 2007-02-19 08:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-20 02:02 am (UTC)