I absolutely love history. From my many years of learning about events and time periods of the past, I constantly think about certain eras when I would love to be living in. It's almost like an instant daydream as I wonder what I would be doing and what life would be like.
Everything seemed much simpler back then, and for the most part it was. Can you fathom how complicated our society is? The way humans have conquered this Earth only to destroy it and try to make amends? I apologize if I sound like a sadist or something, but I'm not the biggest fan of modern day.
I mean, my father was born in the late sixties, the youngest of five total children. He and his four brothers grew up on the family farm in New York, where they spent hours working from dawn to dusk. Life was simple, not easy, but enjoyable. He tells me stories of how they used to play kickball in the road (before it was paved). A homerun was if they could kick it up on the barn roof (the road was squeezed in between the house on one side and the barns and silos on the other) and they used to shout "Car!" if one was approaching.
He tells me stories of him working in the morning before school, and his study hall teacher letting him sleep for the first period of the day. Of how he and his father (my grandfather) rode on a tractor in the fields, of purposely getting lost on a Sunday drive home from Church, of home cooked meals, of hunting season, of being hit with a wooden spoon for misbehaving, of playing basketball in their homemade court, of raising my brother and I right down the road, all of the most memorable moments.
These are some of the times I would have loved to experience:
-A life in the Inca Empire, being able to help build the "Lost City of the Incas"
-A life in the Aztec Empire, indulging in their culture, just living as one of them
-A life in ancient Rome, witnessing a gladiatorial battle in the Colosseum
-Middle Ages of Europe with castles, knights, and awesomeness
-Colonization in America, being raised in the advancing towns
-American Revolution, rallying against the British
-French Revolution, storming the Bastille, the guillotine
-The Roaring Twenties, flappers, jazz clubs, prohibition
-Vietnam War, draft, experiencing the war
Here are some of my favorite people from learning history:
-Niccolo Machiavelli
-Andrew Carnegie
-John F. Kennedy
-James Dean
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RandomIt's my own personal ranting journal, punching bag, and even diary. I do this to release stress, to freely express my opinions, and to just... talk.
