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So I'm reading entries from the Newgate Calendar for PPP. (The Newgate Calendar, for those who don't know, is a collection of summaries of criminal cases brought to Newgate Prison from the late 1600s to the early 1800s. Pickpockets, thieves, prostitutes, murderers -- you name it, there's probably a story about someone who did it.)

This woman? Kind of amazing. Not only did she rob people with incredible ingenuity, when she was transported to America (for the first time), she just shipped all her stolen goods ahead of her and lived like a queen for a little while.

It's a crazy collection of documents, really. We noted in class that a lot of the criminals are specified as Scotch or Irish; the women usually repent and are still hanged, or plead pregnancy and . . . are still hanged (er); the writers are totally into how cool the criminals are.

And I'm maybe taking notes on stuff for Kim to a) have tried, b) have heard of someone trying, c) be terrified of, or d) hear about her mates doing, years later.

Dude, why do you think I wanted so badly to be in this course? *grin* Besides the fact that one of our textbooks is titled Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, I mean.

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Things to do today:

1. Talk to History dept. about getting me into that Art History course. (The prof is this tiny old Transylvanian woman. No joke. She showed us slides of her home in Cluj (sp?) to prove that it wasn't "a Dracula country.")

2. Order textbooks (list to come) from Amazon or similar, because fuck you, campus bookstore.

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3. List of homework to come.

4. Dramaturgy meeting at 11:30.

IMPORTANT ETA OF JUSTICE: 5. Call the folks.

Actually, that's not such a bad list.

And now I'm gonna go get a real, good latte, and later today I'm gonna get Kiva Han's black bean soup, 'cause I've earned 'em.

They get any money?

For RENT fans on my f-list who want to catch a last showing before the show closes (phoenixchilde, I'm looking at you):

There are half-price tickets.

My mom has said she would be willing to help me get to NY to see this, because my mom is awesome. I'll have to figure out when I have a three-day weekend in the next few months, but . . . *eyes NYC folken*

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So I got my hands on a lot of the music from s2 of SPN, and then I decided to figure out what eps the songs were from, and now I'm rewatching stuff.

. . . Y'all do know that the doctor who gets Jedi-ed into shooting people is the same actor who played Toto in Tin Man?

My head hurts.

In other news, Ash continues to be the best character ever.