I don't have any hobbies, any longer--well, I write. Whoo-hoo. Big flipping deal--if you could read those two Dr Who stories and the play, you'd know what I mean. Bleh. Though I gotta' admit, David Tennant's Doctor is really a blast to write about. Eccleston was okay, but Tennant's got the goods, as far as I'm concerned. He's nailed it, (the part/character) bang-on, if you ask me.

Speaking of Mr. Tennant, I wish I could see his Hamlet-gosh, that would be interesting. I am dying to know how he's going to portray the character. Maybe he himself, doesn't know that yet, who knows? Hamlet is such a complex character, I think.

About four years ago, I took a crash course in World Literature at Castleton State--I'd had to take the Spring semester off, due to the sudden death of my dad, my mum's equally sudden bad turn with her kidney failure, and my just as sudden extreme illness, that I contracted---along with half my other college's study group---while in Egypt. So, to make up the classes, I took a few summer courses--these are 3 month courses that are taught in six weeks...ouch. But, it was okay. Except getting caught in the traffic jams (tailbacks) behind those elderly tourists and their big, slowmoving caravans. Ugh!!! There was only one way to get to Vermont from my Adirondack home, and that was on the equivilent of a bad B road, otherwise known as the dreaded Route 149 (dreaded as it has often proved dangerous and even, fatal, because there's so few places to pass safely).

Whoops! Got off the beaten path, didn't I? Sorry.

Anyway, we had to, in two weeks, do a through study of Hamlet. Wow. That was TOUGH. But, it was fun, too. I'd always longed to study Shakespeare (our public/state schools, when I grew up, didn't dwell overmuch on the bard, sadly). We got stuck reading 'Failsafe,' and watching the movie Romeo and Juliet, in high school--and I have to admit, I was more interested in the costumes and sets, then I was in the story, at 15 years of age.

It wasn't until I was 42, that I even saw a Shakespearean play live onstage (MacBeth), which, I must say, was awesome!

Anyway, I enjoyed delving into Hamlet, and we watched the movie twice. One thing I remember though, is that our professor asked us, after we'd read, I think, about halfway into the story, to discuss how we each saw the character--I mean, how we envisioned him, what motivated him, etc. Funny, each person saw the character of Hamlet, very, very differently. I remember, I got a laugh when I said that I saw him as a bit of a mama's boy. Well, some of the students laught, the prof didn't think it was so funny, apparently.

But, what I meant was, that I saw him as this sheltered guy, living with his parents, privlidged and all...and suddenly, his world's turned upside down. Dad's dead, mum's an adultress, and uncle's a murderer--of course he's gonna' flip out, and be ticked off and all!

Well, that's how I see it, anyway. They're locking up the office, gotta run. Have a nice night, all.