[Linderel]'s diary
Written about Monday 2010-07-19
Written: (5242 days ago)
Quite probably unreachable 'til Wednesday.
Word of the Day for July 18th, 2010
marmite
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
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Word of the Day for July 16th, 2010
pedantic
1. ostentatious in one's learning.
2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.
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Word of the Day for July 15, 2010
onerous
1. burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
2. having or involving obligations or responsibiliti
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Written about Thursday 2010-07-15
Written: (5245 days ago)
Rainwalk
Velvet beneath
where water blurs concrete
enveloping
from feet up
head-to-toe in sky's embrace
even that fragrance
fills your being
Clap, laugh
twirl,
dance with these drops
No cold
only joy, bare skin on asphalt
the music of the storm
Written about Thursday 2010-07-15
Written: (5246 days ago)
I don't need this shit right after a poorly slept night. Everyone can just go hang themselves and their sardonic comments.
edit: A few minutes of looking at the stuff on this site and my mood is significantly improved. http://www.reg
Word of the Day for July 14th, 2010
unguent
an ointment or salve, usually liquid or semiliquid, for application to wounds, sores, etc.
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For those of you who are not my friends (or Emu's) on Facebook: http://iwl.me/
Find out who of the English-speaki
Written about Tuesday 2010-07-13
Written: (5247 days ago)
Word of the Day for July 13th, 2010
tenebrous
dark; gloomy; obscure.
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You learn fun new (or old, actually) words when reading Lovecraft.
Written about Tuesday 2010-07-13
Written: (5248 days ago)
I just had a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly in my room o_O
Who said butterflies don't come this high! (Our house is on the slope of a hill and I'm on the second floor.)
Word of the Day for July 12th, 2010
debonair
1. courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm: a debonair gentleman.
2. jaunty; carefree; sprightly.
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I'm going to start taking care of contest business again in the next few weeks. This includes getting more participants for Pick a Prompt 2; assistance in this would be very much appreciated. I'd like to be able to close at some point before the end of summer.
Word of the Day for July 11th, 2010
gumption
1. initiative; aggressiveness
2. courage; spunk; guts: It takes gumption to quit a high-paying job.
3. common sense; shrewdness.
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It's taking half an eternity to upload a ZIP file. Whyyyyy.
Word of the Day for July 10th, 2010
implicit
1. implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
2. unquestioning or unreserved; absolute: implicit trust; implicit obedience; implicit confidence.
3. potentially contained (usually fol. by in ): to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.
4. Mathematics. (of a function) having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x² + y² = 1. Compare explicit (def. 5).
5. Obsolete. entangled.
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I just realised that I have a crapton of images I could submit as reference. Ho, boy. *starts gathering*
And she returneth again.
Word of the Day for July 9th, 2010
dubious
1. doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
2. of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable: a dubious compliment; a dubious transaction.
3. of uncertain outcome: in dubious battle.
4. wavering or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt.
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Helsinki Pride 2010 is, for me, now over. I only attended the opening on Monday, a picnic on Wednesday and today's parade, but it was awesome. I spent pretty much all of today with Miss Curls, which makes Lami a happy kitten. Not so happy is the sunburn and stuffs, but I'll live.
Why must relationships be so difficult?
Don't answer that. I know why. Nyaaaaaargh. People. *sigh* Carry on, nothing to see here, I'll just be over there in that corner tugging my hair out.