Abe likey the soldier-boys...

I am totally crushing Abe Lincoln right now. Which is very weird. I got sucked into History Channel special on him...which I recommend despite cheesy use of bluegrass music everytime they mentioned his childhood. Featured, surprisingly, talk about the whole gay rumor, as well as a lot of talk about his depression (as well as Mary Todd's existence as a psycho hose beast) which of course I found riveting. I love the fucked-up-psyche-leading-to-greatness syndrome. Mmmm it was like a little Lawrence of Arabia documentary...but the crazy wife to torture himself instead paying some mechanic to do it. Also comforting to see him calling himself a loser until he was about 45 and then suddenly rising up like gangbustahs. (I like to say gangbusters...it makes me feel like a very old man who grew up listening to radio shows LOL)

I am a history geek! Yay! Lincoln groupie!!!

And I adore Gore Vidal--who actually tears up as he recounts how Lincoln died. How can you not love this?
*as she alienates entire household by monopolizing TV for this for two hours*

Still...surprisingly good. All should watch.