It's funny how beautiful people look when they're walking out the door

...There's a Hamlet reference in Nymphetamine. At 4:13 she's seen pouring poison into his ear.

*is very amused, because now she's thinking of Nymphetamine lyrics in the sense of Hamlet*

Ohoho. :D

( As promised, why I hate Ophelia )

And that's all, in a nutshell, shazam with the pun xD

So guess what I picked up at Barnes and Noble today, hmm?

Guess. Guess.

Hamlet. Hamlet the fucking GRAPHIC NOVEL.

Yup.

It's amazing.

I read it throughout my whole shift at work tonight (and still managed to rack in $50 on a three hour shift, shazam) Haven't finished yet, but I'm glued to it. It's SO FUCKING GOOD, even though it's supposed to be a supplement for the actual play, like people who have a hard time understanding Shakesperean literature. The art is b-e-aOOTiful, too (especially the rendition of Ophelia, even though I hate Ophelia. The artist made her pretty, but not breathtakingly beautiful, more like "mousey", it's perfect.)

She also has this fabulous method of portraying the character's emotions through the panels. I don't know how to explain it. It's kind of cartoony...like in the panel where Hamlet is describing life as a rank, corrupt garden that chokes the good out, it shows him completely incarcerated by vines. Also, Hamlet's pretty spot-on to my own personal mental image, even though he slightly resembles Severus Snape in some panels 0.o

Her style also really reminds me of Johnen Velasquez. (the guy who created Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Invader Zim, for those who don't know.)

I think that I found another book that is going to be on my person at all times. ^_^

http://www.hamlethaven.com/haven.html

God help me, I'm such a fucking nerd. I love Hamlet...too much. Need another copy...now. *starts babbling about her old copy that broke in half from her reading it too much at Battleground one time, all the notes she made in said copy which is soaked through from the vitamin water incident, scribbled on and dogeared (lol, my Our Town script), dream role, hearing the Prince's voice in her head, etc etc etc*

*nerd*

So yesterday, instead of buying myself a pair of new headphones like I desperately needed, I bought Hamlet instead, because I'm a loser and have wanted to own it for a really long time.

I stayed up until one in the morning last night watching it. I thought I was going to watch a little bit and fall asleep, but no, it kept me up for hours. Should have known better, really. I fucking love Hamlet. It's so thought-provoking. I think I read somewhere that it's the second most analyzed piece of literature ever written, aside from the Bible.

I just can't stop thinking when I read it or watch it. The paperback copy that I own is ripped in half from being creased open in so many places. I've scribbled notes everywhere throughout. I seriously can be entertained for hours if I pick it up.

...The film version that I bought is amazing. The scenery is just...breathtaking. I don't really think that Keneth Branagh is that great at playing Hamlet, but then again, the reasoning behind that is the same as why I didn't think Lady Macbeth was great in the film adaptation of Macbeth. It's just because I personally would have taken the character in a different direction...that's all.

And Kate Winslet makes me hard with her l337 acting skills, per usual xD

Well, enough babbling about Shakespeare...my bath smells amazing. I mixed honey with vanilla bubble bath and I can't wait to get in there ^_^ Have to smell good for the boyfriend xDD

I need to be on stage again.

I know I said I was going to take a year off before I even thought about college...but I can't do that. I'm signing up for classes in the spring because I can't take this, I can't stand not learning things, and the fact that I haven't been on stage since February is positively killing me. Guess that shows how Ravenclaw/melodramatic I am, huh?

I've been reading Hamlet again when it's slow in the coffee shop and I've realized that I really, REALLY identify with the prince. I can hear his voice SO clearly in my head. I would love to play him someday...then again it has always been an ambition of mine to have a mans role. Ever since when I was a little girl and I saw The Fiddler on the Roof, and the fiddler took off his cap at the end, revealing this WATERFALL of golden blonde hair, and the fact that he was, well, a girl.

Sorry about that rambling stroll down my memories. Hem.

Well, Im going to buy a wig for Alexiel today. Sara has been helping me a lot with my costume and its coming out really, REALLY well. Its going to be an amazing costume, and I think I actually have a shot at winning the contest this Halloween.

(I am NOT being grammatically incorrect by the way. Firefox is being gay and opening another browser every time I type an apostrophe, or try to use HTML *growls*)


Look! Haircut!



Old loves they die hard
Old lies, they die harder....