Well, I read it in high school, and we spent just ages and ages on it. There was a lot of discussion about whether Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” speech meant that he was contemplating suicide. I felt like that was fairly straightforward; our teacher felt like it was worth discussing FOR TWO DAYS. After a while I just never wanted to look at the damn play again, but the BBC’s version is changing my mind.

Oh I know. I have a hard time resisting those BBC adaptations of great works – it’s like a sickness!

Haha, oh yes, I have those Shakespeare insults magnets. That man cracks me up.

She’s not something we grew up with, but this year I spent New Year’s with an aunt and uncle, and my uncle’s Cajun, and my aunt loves buying presents. So there were many goodies when we woke up in the morning!

It works as long as you’ve got a good internal clock. I wake up at seven o’clock on the dot nearly every day, even weekends, but if I had to start getting up at 6:30 or 6, I’m not sure I’d manage without my alarm. Does yours beep or play music? Cause beeping makes me want to smash it, but having the radio come on isn’t bad.

Mm, the biscotti are so lovely. I only have one left now!

Plays in general are exponentially better when they’re performed – though you wouldn’t believe how long it took me to come to this conclusion. These days I never feel like I’ve really read one of Shakespeare’s plays unless I’ve seen it performed, preferably at the Globe. (:

Mmm, it would be lovely to start at ten – only then I wouldn’t be done until six. I’d always rather get up earlier and get home earlier, than sleep late and have no time in the evenings to read and spend time with friends.

I like watching Hamlet a lot more than reading it, but that pretty much goes for all of Shakespeare’s plays.