Bugger.

I'm having difficulty reading this chapter for History of Canada for a critical review due Monday evening. Granted, I'm learning tons about 'ancient Canada' and 17-18th century Canada in addition to remembering material and facts long believed to be forgotten from Jr High. (Did you guys know that Christopher Colombus was a total bastard, forgive mon français, going about semi-dellusional-like thinking that the Arawaks in Jamaica/Haiti had gold mines and chopping the hands off of the ones who didn't meet the "Gold Excavation" quota for the day eventually slaving them all into extinction?---Granted that's not a totally clear explanation...) but I cannot for the life of me want to critique how these authors wrote and explained vis à vis their POVs the era from 1604 to 1763. I would gladly go to 1945 to Today but "Today" stops at 1994 right when the PQ were elected and also, that chapter has over a 110 pages compared to other chapters which have 60 pages or so.

Mind, 1604-1763 is the foundings of Quebec City (1608--400th annivesary next year!), Ville-Marie (aka Montréal 1642), the seigneuries, fun French absolute monarchies, the 7-year-war, the Filles du Roi, the fall of Nouvelle-France to the English. It's interesting but my god, I'm avoiding their little blurbs on the sides because they always end them with useless questions and critiquing this is proving difficult...especially since I have not bought the coursepack which contains a Guide de Rédaction des Résumés Critiques. I have one from a lecture where she outlined (brief) steps, short and not detailed and usually if I have a guide, I for some reason, need it to be detailed completely or my mind goes: "AWIHOAW!" and I end up getting unnecessarily frustrated and NOTHING gets done.

Instead, however, of finishing reading all of this (as easy to read as it sounds--it is. Just, you have to get me in a willing mood to read it (hey, now I feel a bit in the mood. I've got three units in the chapter left to read) I be knitting.(Plus the critical review is 4-5 pages double spaced about 2 1/2-3 pages single I suspect).

Also, aunt baked gingerbread cookies. But also, I am reading and knitting.