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  1. longgone

    Dissapoint :/

    By longgone,

    I've been waiting about a month for a confederate frock coat. The guy's who making it said that's about the amount of time it would take to make one. Well yesterday, my dad called the guy asking the ETA on the thing, and the guy said he had just got the material . I was really hope to have it by late march, since I'm doing a living history event then.
     
     
    Guess not :c
  2. longgone
    'Right, once again the setting is school! It was during lunch where my small circle of friends were at a table talking about random crap. When, my friend said something along the lines of "I'm gonna make a deal with the government, then they'll take MLP off the air." Now, obviously he isn't a brony. He rarely talks about the show, but I just went along with it by saying "I see..."
     
    He knows I'm a brony but he's OK with it and doesn't bring it up about me or anyting. Either he forgot about it or he's just cool with it. 'Twas then that I learned the reason behind this statement: "I never really liked the bronies, but now I have reason to hate him, they made fun of Doctor Who!" (Oh yeah, he's a big Doctor Who fan) "They made a pony version of him called Doctor Whooves!"
     
    I responed again with a simple "Interesting..."
     
    He said he would probably get a crap ton of hate from the bronies (which unfortunately is kinda true). I told him that a small portion would go "OHMAHGERDDISMANNEEDZTEUBEHDESTREYED!" and the rest would just shrug.
     
    However, the most 'interesting' comment he made was that "I don't watch mlp, 'caus you know, I'm a man". That made me laugh a bit. Ah yes, because watching a certain tv show CLEARLY is a exclellent way to tell how tough someone is!
     
    I replied by saying "most of 'em would go 'disregard ignorant comment, acquire more ponies'" to which he laughed. But yeah...that's my longish story. Great way to pass the time eh?
  3. longgone

    Funneh school

    By longgone,

    So, during my last period (english), we were reading Romeo and Juliet. We got to the part where Mercutio was slain by Tybalt. After class I randomly went up to my friend and yelled "MERCUTIO! WHY!". Then when I was in the car line waiting to be picked up, other people starting shouting "MERCUTIO" at my friend .
     
    Thus ends a random blog entry
  4. longgone

    An Epiphany of Twilicorn

    By longgone,

    After watching the new episode, I realized that the Twilicorn rumor was real. I didn't like Twilicorn to begin with. Why? Because I'm a human, to which most humans don't like change. OCD and anxiety don't help that either.
     
    However, I had a realization that put lots of my worries to rest. Twilight didn't change mentally, just physically. She still LOVES her friends (she pretty much kept saying that every 5 seconds after becoming an alicorn) She's still the same science-loving adorkable pony, considering she asked Celestia if she should read a book on alicorns . And plus, we should have faith in the writers. This was one of my favorite seasons so far. I mean, it's not like Twilight will be spending 99.8% of her time doing paper work/royal duties while her friends miss her. If that was the case, they'd have to change the "Friendship is Magic" wouldn't they? This leads to me believe one of two things will happen:
    1. Twilight will see that becoming an alicorn limits her social time with her friends, thus asking Celestia to change her back.
    2. Twilight will somehow adapt, being able to do the duties of an alicorn while spending enough time with her friends as well.
     
    I am fine with either of these. The writers aren't stupid, they know what would happen if twilight became a Mary Sue.
     
    So yeah...that's my thoughts.
  5. longgone
    'Right, so I was sitting in science class, surprisingly interested in what the teacher had to say. Our wonderful teacher then proceeded to go into the world of quantum physics, which is like physics on crack. We were talking about electrons and he said something along the lines of "They're not here and there, they're everywhere at the same time, but when you observe them, they're in one place." I still can't completely wrap my head around the concept. I have a feeling I'll be meeting it again sometime in the future, and it will not be a pleasant encounter.
     
    MIND.BLOWN.
  6. longgone

    To arms! To arms!

    By longgone,

    WAR!
     
    War has broken out on this forums! The Chaotics and the Lawfuls we soon eventually do battle!
     
    I feel as though I should choose a side....I need convincing.
     
     
    I imagine the battle would go like this, Confederates are the Lawfuls and Union is the Chaotics:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3po17QbHLRQ
  7. longgone
    Right, so last night I had a strange dream. All I remember is that I was able to play a piece of wood like a fife and make notes out of it (dream logic) and that my grandpa was sick (I think it was a heart attack in the dream)
     
    Anywho, when I woke up at like 10:30, my mom came in to my room and said my grandpa was going to have surgery to get his appendix removed.
     
    COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!
  8. longgone
    As the title suggests, I really want a frock coat. For what purpose? Reenacting of course! Frock coats are epic! They come down to your knees and they're bring back memories of the olden days! Plus, lets face it, I'm sure anyone could look handsome in one of those.
     
    "But HistoricallyInaccurate, why would someone spend up to $500 on a peice of wool?" When you're a reenactor, you'll understand these things. Why did that one guy spend some 12 million dollars for a box of twinkies? I know I got a bayonet and scabbard for christmas, but the selfish side of me will not rest until I have a cadet grey handmade frock coat in my hands!
     
    "HistoricallyInaccurate, why would you want a cadet grey frock coat, you're a yankee!?" It pains me to say this..but...I've been forced to take up reenacting with a rebel unit due to my craving for living history! I'm....I'm...turning into them! Yesterday....I said winder ;_;. NOT WINDOW, BUT WINDER! Why! Why! DAMN YOU ANCESTORS, YOU'VE BEGUN THE CORRUPTION OF MY YANKEE MIND, BUT I SWEAR TO YOU, I SHALL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT! IF I GO DOWN, I SHALL GO DOWN SINGING THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM
     
    LONG LIVE THE UNION, DOWN WITH THE TRAITOR!
     
    :3
  9. longgone
    I have about 3 fan-fics of which I wouldn't mind writing. Of course I'm not what one could call a great writer, merely an amateur. But none the less, I don't see why I can't exercise my writing skills. Just don't know which fanfic(s) to start. I'll just start one of 'em if someone asks me to.
     
    1. A fan-fic about my OC, Golden Age. He is placed in the midst of one of the 'Changing Wars'.
    2. Twilight is working on a time travel spell, and Pinkie being Pinkie, messes it up and they both are transported back in time.
    3. A ponified version of the French Revolution.
  10. longgone
    Well, this next summer is the 150th reenactment at Gettysburg YEAHH! It' so big there's two sponsers hosting it, one being the Blue and Gray Alliance, and the other I forgot :3. I have the epic opprotunity to go there, of which my regiment will be portraying the Iron Brigade at the railroad cut and the Irish Brigade (our unit is irish so it kinda makes sense). An' me being 14.87 years of age, I am not allowed to carry a musket/fire one at events . But I am a musician, of which I get a surpisingly huge amount of compliments for being one.
     
    I learned that the Iron Brigade DIDN't play Hell on the Wabash when they marched into Gettysburg. I was very dissapointed, I love that song, it gets my legs going forward! Plus, my Lieutenant loves that song, and I just learned it not too long ago. I wonder if I should get a Hardee Hat since I'm portraying the Iron Brigade. There's also original pictures of the unit that I portray wearing hardee hats as well. Plus they look badass to me.
     
    If you wanna listen to Hell on the Wabash (highly suggest you do) 'tis here (Funny, the video's full of pictures of the Iron Brigade )
     


  11. longgone
    A few days ago, I was convinced by none other to read the fanfic An Affliction of the Heart. I did like the story. Although I had a few complaints on it, overall I thought it was pretty good.
     
    But, there is this thing...inside of me. Why do I feel...sympathy...for the Changelings? I know most of 'em are evil, but..I feel sympathy for the small percentage.
     
    Oh, I'll never hear the end o' this from Golden Age
     
    BronyHeart, ye dinnae ken wha ye done!
  13. longgone
    Chickens and corn
    Guy 1: How do chickens eat corn?
    Guy 2: I gives it up!
    Guy 1: Why, by the pack! (pack ,as in a pack of wolves or something)
     
    And now, for a rant on politicals. I am pretty tired of those crooked politicans that run the US. I'm sure by now their crookedness has rendered them beyond recongization as a human being. I'm hoping some one will invent regeneration. And not zombies, I mean full generation. I would bring Thomas Jefferson from the dead and let him work his magic. I am pretty close to the consitituion, with the amendments as well. But think both parties are stupid. We should just come together and work for a goal they both have, the future of America. (I hope it's a good future).
     
    I don't mean to sound like a radical nut, but we're turning into a police state. I'm sure nowadays it's not so different from when Stalin ruled. Exepct they don't send you to death camps (yet) and you aren't required to have a portrait of Obama in you house (yet).
     
    Cops using excessive force is the norm now. And if a cop is convicted of excessive force/brutality (Which is quite rare) they may get 2 years in prison, but they get out in about a week. A week! One freaking WEEK! it just blows my mind that we are doing nothing. London had high gas prices and high poverty rates, and they started blowing up police cars and smashing buildings and assulting riot police. I wanna see change..FOR GOOD!, NOT FOR WORSE!
  14. longgone

    Naming my musket?

    By longgone,

    Well, since my friends in my unit have named theirs, and because I'm assuming it's bad luck to have a gun without a name, just like with a boat, I have decided to name it. But alas, I can't think of one. I'm wanting it to be one that's close to home in KS. Dorothy is right out! And there's really no girl that has had a significant role in my so far. And last time I checked, there's no "state female name".
  15. longgone

    More Fife (continued)

    By longgone,

    Apparently you can't put more than 2 media clips on a blog. So I will continue with this.
     
    John Brown's March: After transposing this from a fiddle, it has become one of my favorite tunes.


     
    Funeral March/Merry Men Home from the Grave: A sad funeral march (there's many of them) followed by Merry Men,which would be played after the funeral to I guess end the event on a happy note, t'would be bad for morale! Merry Men is a real breath taker!


  16. longgone

    My Musket an' Pistol

    By longgone,

    Since a few of you wished to see my musket, I thought 'briliant Idea!' I also have a few pictures of my pistol.
     
    Here is my 1853 Enfield @Dimitri, If it takes a while to clean your musket, use windex instead of water. Sounds crazy but it actually works!

     
    If you can read it, it says "1853 Enfield"

     
    Here's my 1862 pocket pistol. Not a big fan of them. They take about 5-10 minutes to load and about 5 seconds at the least to shoot.

     
    Here's a view looking down the sights.

  17. longgone

    More fife songs

    By longgone,

    Here are some more songs I recorded for the public's viewing! (Hmm, that sounds too posh :/)
     
     
    Rogue's March: This was used to drum disorderly soldiers out of the army, or when punishment/executions were to take place. Don't ye just love the old days!?


     
    Hell on the Wabash: A famous Union fife and drum song, and ironically, I didn't learn until recently.


  18. longgone
    So, I have this little erm..statue of a fifer on my desk. And simply because I am bored, I am going to criticize it's historical inaccuracy! I can imagine most of you would not care about such a thing, but i'm still doing it .
     
    As you can see, the musician has red colored piping on his frock coat, yet a bugle on his kepi. Bugle was the insignia for infantry, yet the color red stood for artillery. So, this guy is an artillery-infantryman? Another thing is that he had a pistol on his belt. Musicians did not carry fire arms such as pistols or rifles. They were lucky if they even got a tiny musicians sword (which he does have). So, to all people out there who are making anything history related, get your facts right!!!
  19. longgone

    Jokes from the 1850s!

    By longgone,

    I have a set of jokes your great great great grandfather probably told. And in the likely event that you will not understand this, I shall provide the catch!
     
    Candle maker and a Gentleman
    Guy 1: Sir What was your Father?
    Guy 2: My Father was a candle maker
    Guy 1: Pity he didn't make one out of you!
    Guy 2: Well what was your father?
    Guy 1: My father was a Gentlemen
    Guy 2: Pity he didn't make one out of you!
     
    Hardtack
    I was eating some hardtack the other day and I bit into something soft, a nail!
     
    New Hat
    Guy 1: Hey sam where'd you get that new hat?
    Guy 2: Well I got it at the store down town
    Guy 1: Really? How much did he charge you?
    Guy 2: I don't know, the man wasn't there!
     
    Greece
    Guy 1: Hey Sam have you ever been to Greece?
    Sam: No but I fell in a big tub of soap once!
    (Greece as in grease, the stuff you find under cars and stuff.)
     
    And finally, the hardest joke to understand
     
    Chicken and a ship
    Guy 1: Hey sam, what's the difference between a chicken and a ship?
    Guy 2: I don't know
    Guy 1: The hen lays one egg and the ship lays two!
    The world "laying" is a term used by ships for nautical navigation.
  20. longgone
    I feel the desire to express my profound amount of gratitude for the forums and it's members.
     
     
    I'm 15 years old at the moment, I've spent only one of those 15 years as a member on these forums, yet I've seen more kindness and more compassion in that one year than in the other 14. The amount of kindness and genuine concern that is expressed for each other daily on this site astounds me at times, even now when I should be used to it. Suicidal status updates can be flooded with comments of people begging them not to do it. Suicidal life advice threads are filled with posts of people offering help them as best they can and giving words of encouragement.
     
    I honestly believe if it were not for you kind people, I would've lost my faith in humanity a long time ago. You people put a spring in my step, seeing all this compassion fills my heart with happiness. People have been there for me when I've was hit hard, even when I was going through some mild rough weather in life. The kindness, the compassion, the friendship I've witnessed on this site, in my personal opinion, is far too few in the world. I just wish to thank all of you for making this site a wonderful place, and I have a few honorable mentions for those that have stuck out to me.
     
     
    Rainbowswag4
     
    Sir. Flutterhooves
     
    AngryUnicorn
     
    The Paris Swing Cake
  21. longgone
    Although the term PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) has only been around for the past 30-40 years, physical and mental changes in soldiers have been obserbed all through out the era of "civilized warfare" and beyond.
     
    Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War
     
    There is only one possible case of PTSD that I know of during the Napoleonic Wars -and even then it's still highly debatable whether it was actually PTSD- which involves one of France's most well known people from the First Republic, Marshal Michel Ney. His condition most likely started during the disastorous Russian campaign in 1812. It was during their horrid retreat back to France in the brutal Russian winter that Ney began to experience the symptoms. Because honestly, when you see dead frozen bodies and starving horses all around you, you tend to become a bit traumatized to say the least. Some historians believe this influenced his rather rash descision to charge the the enemy cannon at Waterloo. This maneuver proved rather diastorous as well, for the British infantry were formed in anti-cavalry square formations, simply known as squares. As expected, the French cavalry suffered horrendous casualties and failed to break the squares, though it very well might have succeeded if Ney had infantry and artillery supported him.
     
    The American Civil War brought about a revolutionization in the American Medical Department. Lessons were learned that would benefit futher generations of soldiers in future wars, the same goes for PTSD. It was during this war that doctors first began to notice a "change" in soldiers returning home. They were not quite sure what is was, but they seemed different. They eventually discovered that many of the veterans had an increased blood pressure and heart rate. This led to perhaps the first coining of PTSD, which was henceforth known as Soldier's Heart. They called it this because they only obserbed the physical part of the effected soldier (The blood pressure and heart rate), and not the mental part.
     
    It is not to hard to guess why many soldiers were effected. Unlike today's US army, where companies are formed up of men from all of the States, companies back in the civil war all came from the same town or city. It was not uncommon for all the boys in a small town to go down to the recruitment office and all sign up for a single company. Therefore, the soldier beside you might very well be the boy you went to church with every Sunday, or the kid you sat next to in school back in the day, and you might very well be the one to have to tell his mother that he is not coming home.
     
     
    WWI
     
    World War One brought about a wonderful revolutionization in battlefield tactics and battlefield weaponry. It was during this war that the machine gun, posion gas, the tank, and the airplane were first used. This was also the war where doctors first obserbed the mental part of PTSD, which was now known as Shell Shock. Soldiers suffering from shell shock may have had uncontrollable twitches or muscle spasms, which I am guessing was caused by the action of flinching when an explosion occurs near you. Repeating this over and over again for 4 years could very well have burned the proccess forever in your nervous system. Some soldiers also have been frightened to death if they saw a uniform of the enemy, though this video here best shows you what Shell Shock can do to a person.
     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRv56gsqkzs
     
     
    During WWII, the name was changed to Combat or Battle Fatigue. This was the type of PTSD that many are familiar with, mental breakdowns, outbursts, etc.
     
    It was during the aftermath of Vietnam that we currently have the present term, PTSD. This was also when our knowledge of the condition greatly increased, as we now have a better understanding of how the human brain and anatomy works.
  22. longgone
    A few years ago, I was watching a burial of 6 boys from Massachusetts that were killed during the battle of 1st Manassas. During the funereal, the fifes and drums were playing a funeral march that I loved but couldn't find the music too!
     
     
    Years later I finally found the tune on a CD I got from one of the many giftshops in Gettysburg, and it's called Rosaline/Rosalind/Roslin Castle (its spelling can differ quite a bit XP).
     
     
     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2A2lm46RoE
  23. longgone
    So, I was going to a gunshop to get some black powder (we're rolling rounds like the devil in preparation for the 150th Gettysburg), we decided to stop by a gun store we don't usually go by for some reason, probably because lots of the stuff we need is at a closer gun shop.
     
    But nonetheless, we entered! And that store had a gold mine of guns!
     
    In the selection, there were three that stood out to me:
     
    A 1916 Spanish Mauser (Bascially a k98)
     
    A m1903 Springfield
     
    And my personal favorite: An 1870's Trapdoor Springfield!
     
    The Trapdoor springfield is really interesting. After the muzzle loading rifles, the trapdoors spring was one of the first breach loading rifles. It was also one of the first, if not the first, gun to use the bullets we think of today, brass tubes with a charge in them.
     
    Bascially, the bullet goes into that little chamber there. Then you close the breach, cock the hammer, and fire! It didn't even need a percussion cap! It was one of the first "modern" guns, if you think about it, though these were soon replaced by bolt action rifles.
     
    (Why am I getting so worked up over this? XD)
     
    Here's a pic of the Trapdoor:

  24. longgone
    I was bored, so I made this!
     
     
    #1. When people call German Soldiers that fought in WWII Nazis: Ok...I cannot believe it is so hard to grasp that the Nazi party, and the German war machine are two seperate things. Just because the Nazi party had control of the Army, doesn't automatically make every soldier a Nazi. Many soldiers were forced to fight. Those that did volunteer did it for their country, just like you and I might. Not for Hitler!. Lots of the soldiers hated Hitler, but speaking out would get you a bunch of threats to you and your family.
     
    When ever my English teacher says "And the Nazis...", I want to knock some sense into her...with a history book XD
     
    2#. Corruption: Even though I highly doubt there's somebody who likes corruption (besides those that are doing it), this is pretty big. I absolutely hate it when people (particularly aristocrats) abuse power for their own gains. Especially in a place where the government they represent was founded on the concept of "We the People".
     
    Politics + Religion: OK, I am not intending to tread on other beliefs, but religion and politics just don't mix. Here me out, please. When you bring a certain religion into legislature of a nation, especially a nation as diverse as America, you're going to be kind of discriminating the people who follow other religons/beliefs. It's like me saying everyone must be required to hang up a painting of Jesus, because my religion tells me to do so (Even though I've yet to see that in the Bible XD). Well, what about the Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Atheists, and other possible religons I'm missing here? Do they have to do it because it's law, even though it doesn't follow their beliefs? I don't think so!
     
    Same thing with gay marriage. Even though my lord doesn't necessarily approve of it. I still thing they should be given the opportunity to choose their own path. It is their life, who are we to dictate what one does in privacy? It's not like as soon as we ilegalize gay marriage, you'll see a bunch of 'em on the streets doing whatever! I'm guessing you'd see a gay couple kiss as much as you'd see a straight couple kiss (which I don't see very often).
     
     
    So yeah...rant on society over/Pet peeves over!
  25. longgone
    After...1,2,3,4...4 months of suffering from what I call CWRWS (Civil War Reenactor Withdrawal Syndrome) The season is starting back up! YESH!
     
    The first event I'm doing is a union encampment with a confed. regiment. That's great because I have all my union attire and stuff. The wait is over! I just have to keep myself together for about a week or so.
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