Shakespeare in Love

I have finally caved and bought a copy of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." You see, the reason is that every time I watch "Shakespeare in Love," I always want to read the play. So the movie was playing on BRAVO last Friday (or sometime like that), and that last scene made me want to read it again. My problem comes in when I actually get ahold of the play and couldn't get into it.

So "Twelfth Night," along with "John Adams," "House of Leaves" and "Anna Karenina" are my perennial "books I can never really finish." But "John Adams" is almost done. One of the reviewers for "House of Leaves" mentioned something to the point of not reading it at night. So I guess I'm waiting for summer to read it. :)

round II

possible corneal scratch, round II?

Travelin' Soldier

DIXIE CHICKS
Travelin' Soldier

Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hairHe's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me,
I'm feeling a little low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
I got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you

Chorus: I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Over love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
He said when it's getting kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile

[Chorus]

One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your heads
For a list of local Vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

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career mistake?

In declining the offer of reporting intern for Ann Arbor, I possibly might have also passed up my chance at a reporting career. So I'm going to have to live with that realization. But Tampa is going to be AWESOME. :)