Random happenings in the life of me
Mia bambina (Rachel) just bought me this: http://www.accoutrements.com/actionfigures/11188.html and it reeks of coolosity! Just being in the room with it makes me feel more awesome.
So she gave that to me today when we went into the city today. It was fun. We saw Spiderman 2 on IMAX, then we ate an early dinner at Ollie's, then chillaxed in Central Park for a few hours. Nothing too terribly exciting, but it doesn't matter much, so long as I get to spend time with my girl.
We also stopped in Arnold Hatters. She hates the fact that I wear old-style men's hats, but she went in anyhow. We saw some cool stuff that was reasonably priced. I'm thinking about going back and getting a wool felt homburg or porkpie. I've wanted a homburg for a long time, but a very specific style and color - the one that Pacino wears in the next to last scene of The Godfather. And I don't want it just because it was the headgear of choice of Michael Corleone. It was genuinely a very cool hat. On the other hand, the porkpies were really nice too. They also had derbies for the same price. Fact of the matter is, I can't decide.
I was thinking on the ferry ride into the city today about Hamlet. (If you're not a Shakespeare dweeb, skip this paragraph.) Specifically, I was thinking about Act I, Scene V, which is when the ghost first tells the story of his murder to Hamlet. I had long thought that the ghost uses rhetoric and powerful manipulation by words to convince Hamlet to seek revenge. Simply "revenge me" would not have done it. Instead, his words have a dynamic to them, thrust back and forth at Hamlet, even using such tools as "If ever thou didst thy dear father love" among others. But it first occurred to me today that there was a significance to the fact that Old Hamlet was killed by ear poison. What I mean is - Claudius poured poison into Old Hamlet's ear, thus sending him to his damnation. Later, the ghost pours poison into Young Hamlet's ear, thus sending him to his damnation (since revenge is a mortal sin). I have always believed that Claudius and his brother are not so different as they make themselves out to be. The only person who claims that Old Hamlet was superior to Claudius is Young Hamlet, and he is a bit biased. Both brothers are masters of rhetoric. The idea just occurred to me that perhaps Shakespeare was linking them yet again by choosing ear poison as Claudius's weapon.
In other news, "Big Joey" Massino, the boss of the Bonnano Family, was convicted on all counts recently and got life in prison. I know nobody reading this cares too much, but it matters to me (this was the biggest mafia trial since Gotti) so I thought I'd put it here.
Anyhow...leave comments on my miniature Hamlet essay, or anything else you care to talk about.
So she gave that to me today when we went into the city today. It was fun. We saw Spiderman 2 on IMAX, then we ate an early dinner at Ollie's, then chillaxed in Central Park for a few hours. Nothing too terribly exciting, but it doesn't matter much, so long as I get to spend time with my girl.
We also stopped in Arnold Hatters. She hates the fact that I wear old-style men's hats, but she went in anyhow. We saw some cool stuff that was reasonably priced. I'm thinking about going back and getting a wool felt homburg or porkpie. I've wanted a homburg for a long time, but a very specific style and color - the one that Pacino wears in the next to last scene of The Godfather. And I don't want it just because it was the headgear of choice of Michael Corleone. It was genuinely a very cool hat. On the other hand, the porkpies were really nice too. They also had derbies for the same price. Fact of the matter is, I can't decide.
I was thinking on the ferry ride into the city today about Hamlet. (If you're not a Shakespeare dweeb, skip this paragraph.) Specifically, I was thinking about Act I, Scene V, which is when the ghost first tells the story of his murder to Hamlet. I had long thought that the ghost uses rhetoric and powerful manipulation by words to convince Hamlet to seek revenge. Simply "revenge me" would not have done it. Instead, his words have a dynamic to them, thrust back and forth at Hamlet, even using such tools as "If ever thou didst thy dear father love" among others. But it first occurred to me today that there was a significance to the fact that Old Hamlet was killed by ear poison. What I mean is - Claudius poured poison into Old Hamlet's ear, thus sending him to his damnation. Later, the ghost pours poison into Young Hamlet's ear, thus sending him to his damnation (since revenge is a mortal sin). I have always believed that Claudius and his brother are not so different as they make themselves out to be. The only person who claims that Old Hamlet was superior to Claudius is Young Hamlet, and he is a bit biased. Both brothers are masters of rhetoric. The idea just occurred to me that perhaps Shakespeare was linking them yet again by choosing ear poison as Claudius's weapon.
In other news, "Big Joey" Massino, the boss of the Bonnano Family, was convicted on all counts recently and got life in prison. I know nobody reading this cares too much, but it matters to me (this was the biggest mafia trial since Gotti) so I thought I'd put it here.
Anyhow...leave comments on my miniature Hamlet essay, or anything else you care to talk about.