• Insomnity
  • For Anna
  • On an Angry Night
jan 3 2009 ∞
aug 2 2009 +
  • chiaroscuro-- the distribution of light and shade in painting
  • hypaethral-- open to the sky, from the Greek temples
  • sesquipedalian- many-syllabled
  • defenestrate- to throw out a window
  • crepuscule-- my current absolute favorite: twilight, pronounce "crep-es-cool"
  • acronychal-- occurring at nightfall
  • analemma-- a figure eight scale showing the sun's position
  • chatoyant--the gleam like a cat's eyes in the dark
  • insinuendo-- insinuation plus innuendo, use at your own risk
  • reduplicative-- a word used twice for emphasis, "Coke-Coke" to describe classic Coke and not Diet Coke or Cherry Coke etc
  • kelemenopy-- a ghost word fathered by poet John Ciardi meaning a straight line through everything leading nowhere, inspired...
dec 29 2008 ∞
jan 8 2009 +
  • Zeta
  • my writing
  • time
  • my health
  • my running
  • Zeta food
  • safety, all the time
sep 29 2008 ∞
jan 13 2009 +
  • Glasgow University, Dramaturgy/Playwriting (no stipend)
  • University of Iowa, Dramaturgy (assistantship)
  • University of Columbia, Dramaturgy or Acting (assistantship, lim financial aid)
  • Stony Brook University?, MFA Dramaturgy/MA Theatre Arts (fellowship/student loans)
jan 7 2009 ∞
aug 2 2009 +