Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious (“manifest”) and certain (“destiny”).

I sold all my furniture, packed up all my books, vacuum-sealed my clothes, and flew west for good. Now what?





twitter.com/mmmeghan:

    in vegas with frenchies

    pat:wait, how old are you?
    meghan:23! like very recently 23, not even a month in, it just happened in december.
    pat:oh, so you're a little jesus? what are you, like the 24th? 26th?
    meghan:19th.
    pat:so you're a tiny jesus.
    meghan:no one's ever said that to me before.
    — 1 year ago