football and shakespeare

well.. thats the answer for what has been keeping me busy of late - football and Shakespeare.

American football... till last season, I dismissed it as rough and something that dint make sense to me. However the start of this season had my boyfriend hooked to the games and as I sat beside him watching them, I picked up the rules and I should admit that it was more than just interesting. What I had earlier thought of as rough hit slowly made sense as a defensive tackle :) Now I root for my home team- the Bills and of course the indomitable Colts!!!! I should mention here that now I cant imagine Sunday afternoons without the games!

Now for the other, the book I'm currently reading, 'Tales from the age of Shakespeare' is quite a read. Being an admirer of the works of Shakespeare, I've always wondered where he drew his inspiration from, how the society was during his time, what the other stories from his time was like.... I happened to find this book in a charming old bookstore in Northampton (Thanksgiving break travel)... that is a collection of stories from other writers from the time of Shakespeare and I'm loving it so far! Better yet, the book is in old English... which makes it all the more fun. Somehow during my time doing my Masters my reading habit went down the drain, but now that I'm working and life seems way more ordered than it ever was... that leisure reading is one of the few constants in my life! I should say after a day of work... its one of the most relaxing things I can imagine doing.


btw.... my thanksgiving break was the best - Amherst, Mass and Northampton... i miss it already! More about it on my next post... till then...

Go Bills!

~Sinds~