[Linderel]'s diary
My laptop seems to have broken. It shut itself off all of a sudden and refuses to turn back on. This, of course, means that (depending on how badly it is broken and how quickly I can get someone to fix it) I might have slightly limited computer access for a while. The large computer lab here at the uni is open until 11PM Mondays through Saturdays, so the situation is not dire... but anyway, just a heads-up.
I feel like a teenager but I doooon't caaaaaaare! :D Much, anyway.
Light the Torch
The heart stutters,
skips—
surrenders;
against you I have no armour
the pearl of my shell chinked
by a simple smile, a subtle scent
each and every greeting—
yes, you had me at hello
Written about Tuesday 2009-09-22
Written: (5542 days ago)
For sale!
Written about Sunday 2009-09-20
Written: (5543 days ago)
Word of the Day for September 20th, 2009
extrapolate
1. to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.
2. Statistics. to estimate (the value of a variable) outside the tabulated or observed range.
3. Mathematics. to estimate (a function that is known over a range of values of its independent variable) to values outside the known range.
4. to perform extrapolation.
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Words from [Rainbow Dragonflies]: belly dancers, toasters, ambulances.
Making her way
through the crowds of a sin-coloured dusk
she runs to love, its twisted image
on the speed-dial of faceless,
tasteless men — their arms never quite enough
to smother the flickering of her dreams
of a world where:
belly dancers are not two-dollar whores,
melted toasters don't sit next to broken coffee machines
in junkyard apartments and
most of all
the sound of ambulance sirens
is not a nightly lullaby
—but she runs every twilight,
runs closer to the edge for she knows:
dreams are a folly she can never afford.
I'm considering making wallpaper-size
For reference, my photography wiki is Camera Happy.
Written about Saturday 2009-09-19
Written: (5545 days ago)
I discovered today that robins are extremely reluctant subjects. But that's alright; I'll just go again and out-stubborn them.
Also bumped into a fellow photographer, although her gear was much more efficient than mine. She had a DSLR with a huuuge lens. After the fact, I'm dying of envy. Either way, I sort of took an instant shine to her. She seemed nice, and we chatted a bit. I'm kind of hoping I'll see her again. Maybe she could become my mentor... :P
(Take your minds out of the gutter, folks. She's middle-aged.)
Word of the Day for September 18th, 2009
sardonic
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
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Word of the Day for September 16th, 2009
vitriol
1. Chemistry. any of certain metallic sulfates of glassy appearance, as copper sulfate or blue vitriol, iron sulfate or green vitriol, zinc sulfate or white vitriol, etc.
2. oil of vitriol; sulfuric acid.
3. something highly caustic or severe in effect, as criticism.
4. to treat with or as with vitriol, esp. sulfuric acid.
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Joined a choir today - finally! This is the kind where you just show up at practice; no auditions, no nothing, and it is thus a lot less scary than the one I had first thought of attempting to join. Now I can really sing again. <3
Also, Pronunciation 2 begins tomorrow. 90 minutes of Ian every Thursday. Looooove. It's a play-reading course, so it's going to be quite different than the first one... but probably also more interesting. :3
Word of the Day for September 15th, 2009
viable
1. capable of living.
2. Physiology.
a. physically fitted to live.
b. (of a fetus) having reached such a stage of development as to be capable of living, under normal conditions, outside the uterus.
3. Botany. able to live and grow.
4. vivid; real; stimulating, as to the intellect, imagination, or senses: a period of history that few teachers can make viable for students.
5. practicable; workable: a viable alternative.
6. having the ability to grow, expand, develop, etc.: a new and viable country.
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Word of the Day for September 14th, 2009
obfuscate
1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
2. to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information.
3. to darken.
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Word of the Day for September 13th, 2009
perspicacity
1. keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
2. Archaic. keen vision.
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Holiday photos, finally.
Trondheim 2009
New description, yay! Tomorrow (or today, really, since it's already Sunday in Finland) is the first 'Writing Day'. I shall probably attempt to put to words at least one of the short stories floating about in my head. Will also try and put some new photos up. Right now, though... bed! Long day behind, must sleep.
Word of the Day for September 12th, 2009
incorporate
1. to form into a legal corporation.
2. to put or introduce into a body or mass as an integral part or parts: to incorporate revisions into a text.
3. to take in or include as a part or parts, as the body or a mass does: His book incorporates his earlier essay.
4. to form or combine into one body or uniform substance, as ingredients.
5. to embody: His book incorporates all his thinking on the subject.
6. to form into a society or organization.
7. to form a legal corporation.
8. to unite or combine so as to form one body.
9. legally incorporated, as a company.
10. combined into one body, mass, or substance.
11. Archaic. embodied.
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Written about Friday 2009-09-11
Written: (5553 days ago)
Word of the Day for September 11th, 2009
percolate
1. to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
2. (of a liquid) to filter through; permeate.
3. to brew (coffee) in a percolator.
4. to pass through a porous substance; filter; ooze; seep; trickle.
5. to become percolated: The coffee is starting to percolate.
6. to become active, lively, or spirited.
7. to show activity, movement, or life; grow or spread gradually; germinate: Interest in the idea has begun to percolate.
8. a percolated liquid.
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Word of the Day for September 10th, 2009
livid
1. having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
2. dull blue; dark, grayish-blue.
3. enraged; furiously angry: Willful stupidity makes me absolutely livid.
4. feeling or appearing strangulated because of strong emotion.
5. reddish or flushed.
6. deathly pale; pallid; ashen: Fear turned his cheeks livid for a moment.
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Word of the Day for September 9th, 2009
morbid
1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
2. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
3. pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
4. gruesome; grisly.
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