Twisted Spinster

Man, where did the past two days go? I swear I meant to do something constructive… I ended up spending most of my time in bed or staring blankly at the tv due to my monthly “affliction,” which always sucks my brain dry. I did manage to get to the grocery store today (thanks to my awesome readers, who have been patiently waiting for me to write something interesting, for their donations), to find out that pre-possible-hurricane hysteria had hit. The shelves were almost completely empty of bottled water, which would have pissed me off if bottled water had been the reason for my shopping (it wasn’t). And I can’t get excited about a storm that may inch barely into minor hurricane status and back to tropical storm before it even hits this area, if it even does. By the way, in Florida tropical storms used to be known as “lots of extra rain and some wind,” not a reason to go into hoarding status. What has happened to my state? Wimps.

Anyway, I have to buckle down and watch Hamlet 2000 tonight because I want to get it out of the way already. I will try not to hate Ethan Hawke for not being David Tennant. In the meantime, check out this guy Zack’s website — he’s got some funny stuff. My favorite (so far) is this one.

Keep those donations a-comin.’ They’re keeping my head above water, definitely.

Update: okay, “A Modern Day” Hamlet has been watched. I’ll post a longer review later, but I’ll say just this: I don’t hate Ethan Hawke for not being David Tennant — I hate him for not being able to act. His mopey turn as the Dane (here a New Yorker, but never mind) had me rooting for his uncle, who was given a sympathetic interpretation by Kyle McLachlan. They might as well have called the movie “I, King Claudius.”