Diary Entry -- Introduction

I've decided to start a second blog where I can post the tedious details I've been throwing on my Insane Ramblings blog lately, such as my progress reports on writing essays for my university course. From now on I'll save that one for my weird and wacky ideas, political rhetoric and attempts at fiction.

I spent years in my first incarnation as a university student studying history and sociology, so those two subjects are very important to me. I was so entralled with history in particular that I entered the Honours Programme at ETSU (although it would have been spelled "Honors Program", obviously) as that was the only way to graduate with Honours. I did a thesis titled "Two Men of Conscience: Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More". I ended up graduating with the second highest level, so I have a BA with High Honours. I would have loved Highest Honours, but you can't have everything. I then went on to graduate school, specialising in medieval England, though I taught freshmen American history as a teaching assistant. Just prior to finishing my thesis for my MA, family upheaval! I was forced to move to England to keep my family together and, alas, the MA eluded me.

My Insane Ramblings blog seems to be more of the sociological side of my personality. This second blog is intended more as the historical side of me. I've seen the importance that diaries have played in telling the story of the rich and powerful as well as more humble individuals. I don't have any grand illusions that my diary blog will be of historical significance, but the idea that someday someone might take a look at this and be amused by what life was like for a woman living in Britain in this day and age is very appealing!