is it everybody's birthday?

This week has an unnaturally high number of birthdays. For instance, as I type, my study hall class is cutting the birthday brownies (complete with tealight candles) for two people in the room, and this week also has the birthdays of Lisa B and Heather (Boldog Szuletesnapot, guys!) :) In honor of Lisa B. we actually went to a steak place. Beef, for some reason, is different here, and decent steaks are hard to come by. It was a welcome change.

Anyway, we're well into Hamlet now, as evidenced by the fact that students are now starting to use phrases like "Get thee to a nunnery! Go!" and "Devil, thy name is woman!" with each other. I do love Shakespeare....and today we get to watch Mel Gibson's Hamlet! Despite his recent descent into craziness, I love this movie.

Speaking of movies, how much do I love amazon.com??? I ordered some movies for Christmas cheer, and they have already arrived! Almost a month ahead of schedule! I'm pretty excited, because it wouldn't be Christmas without George Bailey and Ralphie... let the holiday season begin!