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About this blog:

I love history. (obvious enough thanks to the title of this blog) 

... and while I would love to spend my days doing research and writing about history on a professional level, alas finding such a job is quite difficult and I like were I live, so here I am.

In addition to writing about history, I write about my life, the lessons I've learned, and random thoughts that come into my head.

I will do my best to separate topics based off of the type of posts they are, but I am prone to laziness and a desire to quickly upload posts, so feel free to request it if is something you'd prefer!

About me:

Selfies are apparently required for "About Me" sections


I have a degree in European History and am pursuing my Bachelor's in Business Management and another Bachelor's in Accounting. After I finish those degrees I am going to continue my Master's in Public History. I clearly have a love of learning, which I will hopefully forever continue for the rest of my life, indefinitely (because redundant is redundant). 

I speak Japanese and have been studying German, Korean, Italian, and Old Norse. My goal is to someday learn Latin, but I feel that is a VERY long ways away as the grammatical structure of Latin is too complicated to focus on right this moment. 





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I am married to the most wonderful and amazing husband ever.
You can read about why he is perfect here.

We have some crazy puppies and adorable kitties. We thankfully have no spiders, fish, or reptiles. Though, I guess, right at this moment, we do have a black widow in a jar....










I love playing video games and will I regularly stream on Twitch; and by regularly I mean whenever I can. You can catch me randomly here.
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