Aegis and the Lightning Rod

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alexander hamilton bleeding, aaron burr pleading, betsey schuyler weeping, ron chernow bleating, lin manuel miranda grinning. #today's the dayyyyy

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duel day.

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no-context young washington thoughts before i write a review nobody asked for:

free stock music ahhh bgm

"father why can't i leave to be on my ownnnn i've got the whole world to see" - young george washington to lawrence apparently

entirely omitted washington's west indies escapades and small pox that left him (likely) infertile...shame

damn didn't know virginia was that pretty

damn didn't know ohio was that pretty

they did sally fairfax dirty

they did george william hella dirty

the hamilton-ification of george washington's past

"there's a million things i haven't done...just you wait...just you wait..."

george walking around with unpowdered hair out here. surely this has nothing to do with appealing to modern beauty standards

sally fairfax and washington look and talk like abercrombie models

whatever happened to temperish prideful and yet also socially awkward washington? why's he a temu hamilton bro

sally is temu angelica. "i'm a girl in a world where my only job is to marry rich-"

extremely poorly handled race commentary

extremely poorly handled colonialism commentary

BEN KINGSLEY? THE ACTOR?

lawrence dead off screen...rip

constant aerial shots but the scenery is nice icl

"there's no one that can save the day...unless...." *cue heroic music

it's getting interesting and then they cut to some corny shit

george washington is cool and awesome and the future father of our country ok we get it

ok we really get it

actual shot that frames washington like a superhero with the sun streaming behind him we get ittttttt

weird ass scene where he's proclaimed to be blessed by the native american gods? this is not a good look for conotocarious

still not over that scene. that was weird.

extremely heavyhanded american revolution foreshadowing

"i'm not british i'm virginian" okay wrap it up

did virginia pay for this movie the way lotr was paid by new zealand lmfao

thought the movie was over and then a random dude starts talking about the values of the american revolution.

so no martha custis? *slams movie into ground.

not as bad as i expected. not good though.

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hamilton-washington dynamic circa 1777 - 1787

ham: hi i'm daddy issues. don't you dare insinuate that you care for me on a personal level because i sure as hell don't. btw you're an overrated, shitty boss. give me a promotion right now.

washington: ok - sent from iphone

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watching young washington in amc dine-in, recliner seats with a big ass hamburger and coke on july 4th...the Ultimate American Experience is calling my name.

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caved and got spotify premium. listened to ron chernow's hamilton in the dorm showers full volume just to feel something. girlbosses are urging me to get into quant as if electrical engineering isn't enough.

this is hamilton's america.

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just logged in for the first time in a month and reread my overdramatic crashout with fresh eyes...

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my mom just called me crying and then hung up and won’t pick up again wtf wtf

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pro tip professors but if a student emails you three times because of a funeral maybe try shooting back a quick little message so they can stop worrying about attendance during one of the worst moments of their life!

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my mom just called me crying and then hung up and won’t pick up again wtf wtf

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the rejections are coming in...the dread has returned

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unfortunately i am applying to a bunch of shit that takes grades very seriously so i've been the most unbearable twerp this year. constantly putting my scores into grade calculator. once the applications are submitted we will be living life like a normal human being, trust

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the quarter system needs to go to hell though. having 3 sets of midterms and finals is fucked up.

every single week, someone has a midterm. week 1, week 3, week 9, doesn't matter. i had a second midterm the last week of classes before finals. it's just never ending stress and winter quarter beating my ass so bad. all these mid professors suddenly changing their grading scheme and refusing to curve!!!! for engineering fuck

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unfortunately i am applying to a bunch of shit that takes grades very seriously so i've been the most unbearable twerp this year. constantly putting my scores into grade calculator. once the applications are submitted we will be living life like a normal human being, trust

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my lab instructor is making a 1 unit lab that would be humiliating to get a bad grade on, the most hellish experience possible. average final exam score last year was 40%.

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he sent a long email telling us not to panic and that he'll curve, only to release said grades today without a curve.

got an a- but that shit is infuriating when i know he literally shared the lab final answers with his students last year and gave 90% of the class an a+. dude got promoted and decided he was going to become the worst

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chem final at 10 in the morning when the class is 3 in the afternoon. they know what they're doing to us

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but this is nothing compared to the final boss (physics professor scheduling all his exams for 8 am)

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chem final at 10 in the morning when the class is 3 in the afternoon. they know what they're doing to us

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if you what to know how i'm doing, i just ate two bingsoos in one day. large. from the same cafe. seven hours apart. the first was matcha strawberry, the second was jasmine grape. this is the most shamemaxxed variant of shoveling ice cream out of the tub because it is public and expensive.