Illegitimate Sun

Kubrickabra

If I needed a pretentious, new username for some website, it would be Kubrickabra.

It emotes that air of I know more about a dead guy’s work than you and a touch of Central American folklore.

Sidenote: While Stanley Kubrick has done some amazing work, I feel no need to base my identity – online or off – on his work. I just thought of the username and found it funny.

Someday, when the universe quits trying to kidney punch me, I’ll tell the saga that has engulfed my life since last October. Until that point, know that I am still standing defiant – which is probably what got me in this mess in the first place.

American Civil War (1861–1865)

Westward Territories

Mexican Cession lands were a product of the Mexican-American War and the subsequent Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed February 2, 1848. In this treaty, Mexico gave the U.S. parts of what is Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming, and the whole of California, Nevada and Utah and recognized the Rio Grande as Texas’ Southern border. The United States paid Mexico $15 million. In addition, the United States agreed to pay claims made by American citizens against Mexico, which amounted to more than $3 million.

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