Well, I must admit that since I've been back from this crazy trip of mine, I felt a little empty afterwards. I had waited for it for 4 months and now I have nothing to wait for. The university seems such a drag and planet Earth doesn't seem half as much interesting as planet Mars. Don't get me wrong, it has nothing to do with the experience itself. I mean this trip was huge for me, it ment so much, I can't even pyt this into words but let's just say that I've gained a whole lot of self-confidence. I know I can hanlde things, I know I can make my thoughts and dreams a reality! It's so hard to say this without hurting anyone because this is something I really do not want to do. I love my friends, I love my family but these people are awesome as well! They are different and I love them for that. They know what this experience means, they can understand me in a different level. This whole thing was something for me, for my soul and now I know that I must pursue on that track.
What else fits in the period since I last wrote here? World Cup in Otepää. Pure fun! The jokes we had there, how we screamed our voices away and how I could spend time with my dear Ave and Krissu... this is also priceless. The week after that the actual exhaution kicked in. I was so tired that I even managed to oversleep. Official record for breakfast, doing hair, brushing teeth and getting dreassed - 12 minutes! Beat me if you can.
We also had the first Estonian promoday on February 16th which was cute an awkward. If I hadn't talked all the time, there would have been silence. But I met some great people and eventhough most of them were years younger than me, they were really interesting and fun. Later I crached my sister's place and had a really lovely evening with her and Kalli. I just can't help but to keep mentioning how I love that me and Liina get along so well!
Of course, my course on Hamlet fits into this period of time as well and the first 8 lectures with my favourite English porfessor, Prof John McRae. And he managed to make me fall in love with the play that I hated so much in high school. In 11th grade I thought that only Johann Wolfga
ng Goethe's Faust is more hideous than Shakespeare but I've been proven so wrong. I know this might be hard to believe but Hamlet is a brilliant play and Shakespeare is undoubtfully one of the most talented playwrights, not only of the Elizabethean era but ever. And if anyone wants to see the play on screen, I would recommend L. Olivier's (1948), K. Branagh's (1996) or M. Almereyda's (2000) versions. The first one is a very classic and play-like adaption, Hamlet is very tragic and Ophelia is very fragile and tender. The second is a slightly modern version and I haven't seen the full, 4-hour film, but only the director's cut, but it's a very lively play and all the characters are so much alive and you can really feel for them. And the last one, starring Ethan Hawke, is my favourite among these. The director has brought Hamlet into today's world and to Mannhattan. It's a fabulous adaption and it is amazing how Shakespeare's text still works. And how his ideas are still so very accurate. If you have the chance to see it, I strongly advise!
ng Goethe's Faust is more hideous than Shakespeare but I've been proven so wrong. I know this might be hard to believe but Hamlet is a brilliant play and Shakespeare is undoubtfully one of the most talented playwrights, not only of the Elizabethean era but ever. And if anyone wants to see the play on screen, I would recommend L. Olivier's (1948), K. Branagh's (1996) or M. Almereyda's (2000) versions. The first one is a very classic and play-like adaption, Hamlet is very tragic and Ophelia is very fragile and tender. The second is a slightly modern version and I haven't seen the full, 4-hour film, but only the director's cut, but it's a very lively play and all the characters are so much alive and you can really feel for them. And the last one, starring Ethan Hawke, is my favourite among these. The director has brought Hamlet into today's world and to Mannhattan. It's a fabulous adaption and it is amazing how Shakespeare's text still works. And how his ideas are still so very accurate. If you have the chance to see it, I strongly advise!I just found out that I got the scholaship, which is wonderful news. At least I'm "making" some money of my own and not living so much on my parents but still..
There are terrorist attacts again in Israel. You probably wonder why I would mention something like that in my blog but I guess you have already noticed that I've given up trying to give overviews of my weeks and days and tend to rant about things that worry my stupid heart and soul. But what I want to say with the terrorist attacks in Jerusalem is that how things that seemed so daily few years ago have changed. And the only reason is that I actually know people from Isreal and thinking about how they have to live in this nightmare. Luckily none of them lives near Jerusalem and are pretty safe but still... if your country is constantly in war, how safe can you be. "We are used to this, it has been like this since we were born," says Shani. People should never get used to war and killing. If you think about that than we live in such a blessed place. So what that the king Savisaar is corrupted and our government is a bunch of farts, we live in paradise, we live in such a safe place. Now evertime I hear about restlessness in Isreal I think about my dear friends over there and this is not just statistics, not just an item of news. This is the world, this is the present. Be safe my girls...
I promise to try and keep my blog up more regularly now but for now, this is all.
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