wow

I had a discussion last night with Alex about socializing and other stuff. In a mopey mood today (and freakishly tired), I snooped in on some people I used to hang out with. Wow, some things change and some things really don't. I mean really.

I need to set up a topic and research it to keep my brain working. Not sure what I should do though. I usually think of something and then dismiss it or worse, forget it. Recently I've thought of:
-viewpoints on suicide from official documents (ecclesiastical and political) and diarists in pre-1800 Europe, especially (depending on the number of sources)the views across the classes
-the reasoning behind 19th impoverished Ireland turning to crocheted fancy-work as a means of income and the acceptance of the art as a hobby for wealthy young women shortly after
-any connection existing between medieval Germany being the center for women's religious ecstatic visions and then later the center for the Reformation
-parenting practices pre-1800 (that might be a hoot)
-medieval Ethiopia and its attitude toward surrounding areas in Africa and the Arabian peninsula.

That's all I can think of for now. I'm soooooo tired.