Thursday Threads: Hamlet Tights

As a Hispanist and someone who has written a book (forthcoming in 2017 :)) about the prevalence  and importance of theater in the early modern Spanish Atlantic World, I sometimes indulge in a little biting my thumb at the Bard. While Lope de Vega would have totally bested him in a battle royal, in all honesty, I do also enjoy Shakespeare. My mother's background was in Speech and Drama Education so poetry and plays along with novels, and BBC and PBS (Doctor Who, Blackadder, and Mystery) were entertainment staples in the households of my youth. It's not uncommon for my mom and I to spend part of a vacation together rematching a series of Blackadder or a film adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

Dress - H&M, Cardigan - Target, Tights - Online Legging Store, Boots - Not Rated

When I saw that these tights were on sale a couple of months ago, I felt compelled to acquire them. I've worn them to teach in a couple of times, and I wore them last Friday for a day of meetings and events, mostly related to the presentation of and celebration of undergraduate research at my institution.

Now if only I could find Don Quixote or Don Gil de las calzas verdes (Don Gil of the Green Breeches) themed attire! In the meantime, I can sooth my inner Iberianist by drinking my morning coffee out of my Las Meninas mug. Do you have any literary themed clothing? How do you feel about Shakespeare?

I promise a training update next week, but the last few weeks of this semester have been a doozy. I've had to choose between getting in runs or blogging about getting in runs, and I've been choosing the former.

Currently: March

I love the currently posts that my friend Kyria does each month on her excellent blog, so I decided to do one of these again but to add a couple of categories of my own. (Mine are the first four listed.)

Current Netflix Obsession: After blazing through both series of The Hour (damn you, BBC, for not making a 3rd series!!!) earlier this month, I have been watching MI-5. It's amazing to watch episodes from 2002 and note not only how topical they were but also how much things like cellphone and computer technology have changed since then.

Current Running Revelation: I may be able to push through and have an alright run when I have a cold, but if my stomach is bothering me I pretty much turn into a complete mess. I cut two runs short this past week due to some tummy troubles that left me feeling not only a wobbliness in my gut but a bit of lightheadedness as well.

Current Weight Watchers' Progress: My first week was a success. The scale went down a couple of pounds, and I stayed within my points allowance. Admittedly, it probably helped that I wasn't feeling 100% so I didn't feel like eating all that much over part of the weekend.

Currently Looking Forward To: Getting a massage this coming weekend. Also I'm looking forward to finding out about a grant here soon so that I can start making more substantial summer research/travel plans.

Current Book: I just started Roberto Bolaño's 2666. But since I'm reading it in Spanish and it is long and thus it might be 2666 before I finish it, I'm also reading Aphra Behn's Oorinoko.

Current Drink: Lately I've been even more into cognac than usual, and in the afternoons I have been drinking Earl Grey Tea like I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard. (Just file this away under gratuitously nerdy.)

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Current Excitement: I'm still pretty excited that my sister is having another baby. I love being an aunt!

Current Fashion Trend: I'm loving some of the interesting floral prints that are trendy this spring. While I probably won't make many purchases due to the limited season here, I love looking at them in magazines and on style blogs.

Current Favorite Blog/Website: I love so many so it's always hard to pinpoint just one, but for this month I'll say that no site has brought me more amusement in the past few days than Undergraduate History Illustrated. Having graded more than a few Western Civ essays and exams, I've seen a few of these and similar kinds of errors myself -- just never so hilariously rendered.

Current Love: My silly-ass dog. She almost never fails to make me laugh with her hijinks, but here lately I've found them especially amusing and endearing.

Current Food: In terms of grocery store produce, this is one of my favorite times of year because Cara Cara navel oranges come back into my life. I love them and could eat them every day!

Current Indulgence: Dark chocolate with sea salt. A little goes a long way for me, and it is so, so good.

Currently Pondering: While I don't want to be deliberately and annoyingly opaque, I also don't want to over-share about other people's concerns so I'll just say that some decisions and their consequences that impact my immediate family are causing my brow to furrow a bit here lately.

Current Mood: Grateful. I'm feeling really lucky right now to have a job that I love and to have colleagues who are willing to read drafts of my work before I send them out into the wider world.

Current New Find: The Waze App. Since Mark and I share a car, it's been great for helping to coordinate pick-ups with less waiting and calling and texting.

Current Outfit: I'll show you, if you'll excuse the bad bathroom mirror shot.

Current Peeve: It drives me crazy when people talk on their phone or text at what I view as inappropriate times -- in class, at the dinner table, while ordering a latte at the coffee shop, while driving   in traffic, etc.

Current Song: I've been feeling some love for The Lumineer's "Ho Hey" here lately.

Current Triumph: Getting my copy of an academic journal with an article that I wrote in it! It's always nice to see tangible progress toward tenure.

Current Wish-List: I wouldn't mind having my own pair of snowshoes.

Currently Delaying: Anything that requires me to go back out into the snow -- at least without new snowshoes. We got an inch or two over the weekend, several inches last night, and it's continuing to fall steadily this morning.

What running revelations have you had lately? What are you currently reading?