Bye Bye Ponds

Doctor Who.  Season Seven.  Episode Five.  

Farewell, Amy and Rory.  You will be missed.  *snifflesnifflesob*

Once Upon A Time

We just finished season one today.  WOW.  This is one of my new favorite shows.  Retold fairy tales come to life on the screen, in creative, unique, and still classic ways!  Can't wait for season two!!!

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My Little Pony

Look! It's me and My Little Pony, Fluttershy!!!

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My Pygmy Puff

This is Puffskein.  Isn't he so cute?  I was playing with my mom's zoom lens, which I haven't truly practiced with before.  Puffskein was one of my subjects ^_^

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Knitting during Hamlet

I spent the afternoon watching Hamlet (staring David Tennant!) and knitting ^_^  I was making this little hat, which turned out to be the perfect size for Aly's American Girl doll... and apparently Rory!  Doesn't he look so adorable in this hat?  We know everybody loves a Fuzzy Snuggle ;)

This version of Hamlet was amazing!  The first movie of this play I have seen, and my favorite of the Shakespeare movies we have seen so far.  

The movie was also relatively clean.  There was one short but crude scene, perhaps not appropriate for younger audiences.  Also a part or two that might need moderated for some guys (depending on your standards.)  Other than that, the movie was amazing.  The language was not a problem, as it was all Shakespeare's words.  David Tennant's interpretation of some of Hamlet's lines was beyond genius.  Though  his hair needed messed up in the beginning of the movie, I have no complaints of him in this role! 

To be, or not to be...

His emotion was amazing.  

He also manged to pull of the madness of Hamlet with humor and kept the audience captivated!  Though I did seem to expect him to pull out a sonic screwdriver... (too much Doctor Who!)

All the other actors were amazing also.  I was just a bit focused on this amazing actor who played the doctor XD  It was well worth the three + hours we spent watching this!  We managed to consume quite a few Oreos, Twizzlers, and (I at least) had a lot of popcorn :D  This would definitely be a movie I will watch again.  I am finding Shakespeare to be so very enjoyable!

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Book 2 - Pygmalion

Last week's book was Pygmalion, by Bernard Shaw.  I definitely enjoyed it, though it wasn't what I was expecting.  I haven't read many plays other than Shakespeare (who gives little to no stage direction) so it was very different to see this perspective.  It didn't end how I expected either, but I liked the ending all the same.  I didn't actually find a cover for this book (and I don't recommend searching either, as Pygmalion is part of Greek/Roman mythology and they had interesting choices of art.)  (Though the book has nothing to do with mythology.)  Today, we watched a production of Pygmalion, entitled My Fair Lady, staring Audrey Hepburn.  She is beautiful and elegant and classic.  A joy to watch!  The movie followed the plot of the book quite well, adding nearly six months that the book just skimmed over (and I was very happy to finally see some interpretation of those months!)  The ending was...I thought the same, but implied something different if you hadn't read the book.  Oh well.  I still enjoyed the movie nonetheless.  Very delightful.  Enjoyable.  And musical, lol.

  Skyeler