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Jan. 14th, 2009 10:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuago*flop* I'm really not looking forward to teaching Sense and Sensibility on Friday. All the students hate it and I'm not even sure what to say about it. I know that on Friday morning I'll probably be able to do it, but right now I'm just kind of spazzy.
And I'm starving because I ran out of cereal yesterday, and I accidentally slept in this morning so I was rushing and only had some bread and honey for breakfast. *facedesk* Oyyyy. Fortunately I do have a lunch, at least, but I'm hungry now and I don't think I can wait and I have class until really late today, so, eh. I think I might buy myself a crepe. With strawberries or bannanas or something like that. Mmmmmdelicious.
Let's see. I have a big gap between classes, so. Maybe some more fiddling, and then crepe, then reading, then read over my French, then French class, then home. And more reading. Need to finish Sense and Sensibility, read more of Gulliver, and slog through some poems for my Oral Lit class. And maybe jot down some notes on Halfbreed. Sigh. And then, after all that, if it's not too late in the evening, I think I'll do the editing that I need to do, and possibly type up the 1812 thing, but I won't edit it tonight because it's long.
'nother fic idea popped into my head, but I need to figure out what exactly is going to happen before I start writing it, and do a little bit of research, because I've completely forgotten all the things I learned in high school about WWI and WWII. Seriously, the only thing I remember is that in WWI the Canadians won at Vimy. *facepalm* I suck at history.
(And Turtle Island/Niiji will probably have a brief appearance in there too, mostly because in my head, I imagine him always hanging around nearby when Canada is involved in Serious Historical Stuff, 'cause really, you can't separate 'em.)
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Whoa. *was just reading through timelines* Newfoundland was still its own country in WWII. That's... kind of cool. I knew they'd been the last province to join Canada, and that they were kind've late to the party, but had no idea it was that recent. o-o Dude.
And I'm starving because I ran out of cereal yesterday, and I accidentally slept in this morning so I was rushing and only had some bread and honey for breakfast. *facedesk* Oyyyy. Fortunately I do have a lunch, at least, but I'm hungry now and I don't think I can wait and I have class until really late today, so, eh. I think I might buy myself a crepe. With strawberries or bannanas or something like that. Mmmmmdelicious.
Let's see. I have a big gap between classes, so. Maybe some more fiddling, and then crepe, then reading, then read over my French, then French class, then home. And more reading. Need to finish Sense and Sensibility, read more of Gulliver, and slog through some poems for my Oral Lit class. And maybe jot down some notes on Halfbreed. Sigh. And then, after all that, if it's not too late in the evening, I think I'll do the editing that I need to do, and possibly type up the 1812 thing, but I won't edit it tonight because it's long.
'nother fic idea popped into my head, but I need to figure out what exactly is going to happen before I start writing it, and do a little bit of research, because I've completely forgotten all the things I learned in high school about WWI and WWII. Seriously, the only thing I remember is that in WWI the Canadians won at Vimy. *facepalm* I suck at history.
(And Turtle Island/Niiji will probably have a brief appearance in there too, mostly because in my head, I imagine him always hanging around nearby when Canada is involved in Serious Historical Stuff, 'cause really, you can't separate 'em.)
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Whoa. *was just reading through timelines* Newfoundland was still its own country in WWII. That's... kind of cool. I knew they'd been the last province to join Canada, and that they were kind've late to the party, but had no idea it was that recent. o-o Dude.
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Date: 2009-01-14 06:34 pm (UTC)Don't worry, the only things I know from WWI I saw in movies. And the only things I know about WWII I saw in movies or learned in Japanese history class, so it's all kind of skewed to Schindler's List, the Pianist, and the Western Front. ...oh and Hetalia, haha. As for Turtle Island in WWII, I know you're focusing more on Canada, but re: America and the Navajo (and a few others) there's always code talkers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker)! (Yeah another thing I learned from a movie.) The irony just drips...in the 1800s the schoolkids were punished for speaking their languages, but during the World Wars the ones who knew it were suddenly incredibly valuable because Navajo was a code the Japanese never managed to break.
And haha, I actually knew that about Newfoundland! Somehow. I think it was mentioned in a book I read about how all the planes going to the eastern US on 9/11 were rerouted to land in Newfoundland instead so suddenly these quaint little towns were full of international visitors. They sound pretty cool and totally on their own wavelength. Like our Texas (who were also their own country) but maybe less obnoxious.
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Date: 2009-01-14 07:24 pm (UTC)(And you can put almost anything in them! Strawberries and cream or bananas 'n nutella or eggs and ham and cheese, oh myyyyyyy... Guh, this is making me want to make them at home! I should see if I can do that...)
Ahaaa, ja, my knowledge of the world wars is skewed similarly, only 'tis more toward novels like Findley's The Wars and Wiesel's Night. And certain movies such as The Razer's Edge. You know, I just couldn't sit through Schindler's List and The Pianist; I found them far too disturbing. I think I'm becoming a bit more sensitive to things like that as I age.
Ahh, and code talkers, yes! I think we had some too, only they spoke in Cree. Maybe. I need to check my Aboriginal History textbook. I do know that our Native soldiers were the absolute best snipers Canada had. And they didn't even have to join up; in fact, they were discouraged from doing so, and often turned away, but many of them entered the forces anyway. *flails* Argh, the more I think about things like this, the more angry I get about, well, you know.
Newfoundlanders are as ye describe. Cool and on their own wavelength, I mean. Well, mostly, anyway. And probably somewhat less obnoxious than Texas.
Newfoundland is kind of like... Oh, hell, I don't know. It's like Quebec, only without the French and the separatism, and with more fish and flannel. And still quite a bit of nationalism; they like to stick the Newfoundland flag on everything.
Alberta is more directly like Texas. In fact, sometimes it seems like Alberta is trying to become Texas. Or TexasLite. With a dash of separatism on the side. Geeze. D:
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Date: 2009-01-14 08:48 pm (UTC)Yeah, Schindler's List is very disturbing in parts...would you believe I watched it at school in eighth grade? We had to get permission slips signed to see it. And The Pianist has some parts like that, but most of it is just the one man's journey alone, because his situation was different. He never went to a camp, he lived in the Warsaw ghetto and then spent a lot of time hiding in Warsaw even after it was evacuated. So it's a survival story, and pretty bad, but not the more standard concentration camp survival story. (Did we already have this conversation? I feel like maybe we have. Sorry if I'm repeating myself.) I've read the book, too.
Yeah the enthusiasm of the minorities in our armed fources is really guilt-inducing. They're always so proud to be there, and never forced, even though in their civilian life they faced discrimination. I've seen it all through the history I've studied, with Native Americans and African Americans and a little bit of Asian Americans too (I think some Japanese American soldiers even served in WWII - it was bizarrely one of the things that could get you out of the relocation camps. Do you know if they had the same 'deal' in Canada?)
Oh dear, Canadian Texas! Save us! (Haha, not really, I love Texans. And Albertans. <3)
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Date: 2009-01-14 10:44 pm (UTC)However, this might be because I had watched Schindler's List the night before. Rather, my mum watched it and I kind of hid under a blanket, having found it just too much after about an hour or so. And of course there was the whole "Oh, btw, your great uncle died in Auschwitz" while we were watching said disturbing movie. asdfjasdf I just wanted to scream at her, "you had 22 years to tell me this, and you're choosing to do it NOW?! D:"
Mm, whether or not the same 'Deal' went on in Canada, I'm not sure. I did a little bit of poking around, but could not find much on it. There were some who were permitted to serve instead of being interned, mostly to do interpretation and so on, but from what I can tell it was a very small number, and the vast majority were interned.
This is one of those other things that I get pissed off about. Was there mention of this when we were studying WWII in high school? No! Not a single thing! I had to find it out by reading a novel (Obasan by Joy Kogawa, very good, but her writing style is kind of strange). And when we were studying WWI, there was no mention of Canadian internment of Ukranians, either. I don't know, maybe I just went to a crappy school. People go on about how amazing the Alberta school system is supposed to be, but when I measure my education to that of people down east, I always come up short.
And speaking of Albertans - pfffft, you only love the cool Albertans ;) Trust me, the general populace of that province is craaaaazy. The following is kind of a summary of the Albertan impression of the rest of the country; satire, yes, but I know a ton of people who think like this. Hell, my mother thinks like this (though that shouldn't be a surprise at all x.X) :
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Date: 2009-01-14 11:01 pm (UTC)Ohhh, woooow. Yeah, that would make it suddenly so much more real. I don't have any personal connections to the Holocaust so it's a little different.
Yeah, I think it was Obasan where I learned that Canada had the internment camps too. That's at least one thing I can say, they did at least tell us about what America did to our citizens of Japanese ancestry.
And...I guess you're right! After all, I really only know two Albertans. But the two I do know, are totally awesome! And that video....ahahaha. That's kind of amazing. I don't think any of the boring middle states down here are as proud of themselves as your boring middle province seems to be of itself. (Well, Illinois is getting full of itself now because of Obama, but they were always the exception to the boring rule anyway because they have Chicago.) I guess you have to respect a pride like that!
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Date: 2009-01-14 11:58 pm (UTC)Then there's the fact that Alberta has a separatist party (just like Quebec does), which frankly, I find really disturbing. Fortunately they're too small to really do any damage. x.X