Poll Results: Your favorite Tempest character was... ?

Your favorite Tempest character was...?

Miranda/Ferdinand/Fernando
1 (33%)
Prospero/Gonzalo/Alonso
0 (0%)
Trinculo/Stephano - Winner! *crazy crowd noises*
2 (66%)
Caliban/Sycorax
0 (0%)
Ariel/The Spirits
0 (0%)
Antonio/Sebastion
0 (0%)

1/25th of the way there, and you're jealous.

Here are some links for the first four that I've written.
I know you're all very proud.
And I'll try to contain myself.

1. Introduction [link]
24. No Time [link]
32. Night [link]
50. Breaking the Rules [link]

Robot Dreams

Just remembering that it was such a sad story.

I cry when I tell it.

I tell it, because it has no words.

Lyrics for Thought?

"Books Written for Girls" - Camera Obscura

You can compliment me on the style of my hair
Give me marks out of ten for the clothes I wear
You probably thought I had more upstairs
I disappoint you, I can see through your perfect smile

He likes to read books written for girls
Prides himself on being a man of the world
It’s in the darkest places he gets his thrills
He will disappoint you, if you see through his perfect smile

I think separation is ok
You’re no star to guide me anyway
You only wanted me to play the fool
Play by your rule

Now my door has swollen from the rain
God knows we’ll never see her face again
People get shattered in many ways
They can disappoint you if you see through their perfect smiles

I think separation is ok
You’re no star to guide me anyway
You only wanted me to play the fool
Play by your rule

Unfortunate Tag Placements, and the Like.

[ start Penelope/]
I never made the connection between Penelope and the Beast, from Beauty and the Beast, where the only difference between the plots seems to be that Penelope is a girl, and the Beast was... a boy? until perhaps now, after watching the 'making of the movie' special feature.
The movie was filmed in a style that reminds me of Mirrormask, except for the lack of the metaphor stick. Unless you count the "I like who I am" moment, which could be considered a beating with a metaphor stick, and actually plays into assumptions of syntax as well as how humans perceive information and suspicion.
She looked cuter with the snout.
[/end Penelope]

I have challenged myself to write 100 literary pieces, consisting of the inspiration/concept/theme/title/etc. from the list below. I'll update with links, I guess? I don't know. Maybe I won't keep you informed at all.

1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

SAT Vocabulary

(extracted from current studying)
SAT Vocab:

aesthete – one who appreciated and seeks beauty
acme – the highest point, as of achievement or development
alacrity – cheerful readiness
amalgam – an alloy of mercury with another metal used in making dental cements; a mixture of different elements
anathema – a solemn curse; a person or thing accursed; one intensely disliked
apex – the highest point
aphorism – a wise saying; an adage; a maxim
arable – able to be cultivated; farmable
arboreal – relating to trees
archaic – having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses; belonging to an earlier time
ascetic – practicing self-denial especially for spiritual reasons
auspicious – foretelling well for the future
avant-garde – cutting-edge; new; experimental
aversion – a feeling of repugnance for something with a desire to avoid it; something decidedly disliked
behemoth – a huge animal; something of great size or power
bequest – a gift upon one’s death
bevy – a large group or collection; a group of animals and especially quail
bilk – cheat; swindle
breadth – a range or scope
brook – to endure; to put up with
Byzantine – intricately involved and often devious
capacious – able to contain much
celerity - cheerful speed
cerebral – intellectual
chagrin – embarrassment
circumlocutary - the use of unnecessary words in expressing an idea
circumscribe – to constrict the range of activity of; to draw a line around
circumvent – to check or defeat especially by stratagem
cloying – oversweet; saccharine
colluding – secret agreement or cooperation for an illegal or deceitful purpose
commodious – comfortably spacious; cozy
convivial – enjoying companionship and the pleasures of feasting and drinking
decorous – having propriety
denuded – made ineffective or infertile
desultory – aimless; lacking a plan or purpose
didactic – relating to instruction, lecturing
dilatory – lacking goals or purpose; aimless
dirge – funeral song
discretionary – based on personal choice; showing prudence
edifice – building
effacing – to obliterate or obscure by or as if by rubbing out
effigy – a crude likeness of a loathed person
effusive – gushing forth; unrestrained utterance
egregious – blatantly wrong
elicit – to draw out or forth
emollient – a soothing lotion
empirical – based on data, evidence, and/or experiments
enervate – to drain of energy; to weaken
espouse – to support
execrable – extremely inferior
execrated – to declare to be hateful or abhorrent
expurgate – to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text
extant – existing
felicitous – suitable; pleasant
fervidly – very hot
galvanize – to incite; to arouse to action
harbinger – a messenger; an omen
hermetic – sealed in an airtight manner
histrionic – over theatrical; melodramatic
hubris – excessive pride
inchoate – not fully formed
incisive – harsh; cutting; vitriolic
incumbent – one who holds political office
indelible – unable to be erased; permanent
ineffable – incapable of expression in words
inexorable – steadfast; resolute
insular – isolated; remote
intemperate – excessive; immoderate
interlocutor – one who participates in conversation or dialogue
jingoism – aggressive touting of one’s patriotism
jocular – marked by jesting
juggernaut – relentless force
juxtapose – to place things side by side for the sake of comparing
lavish – to expend or give freely
legion – a very large number
leviathan – a large sea animal; something large or formidable
licentious – morally lax
milieu – environment
myopic – short-sighted
nihilism – a philosophical belief involving the rejection of established values and morality
obdurate – stubbornly resistant
oblique – indirect; slanted
occlusion – obstruct; to come together with opposing surfaces in contact
obfuscation – to obscure the meaning of
olfactory – relating to the sense of smell
onerous – burdensome
opprobrium – disgrace, disapproval
ostensible – apparent
panacea – a cure-all
partisan – biased; opinionated
pedagogic – relating to education; instructive
pedantic – narrowly or pretentiously learned
perfidious – disloyal; traitorous
philistine - a person who is smugly insensitive or indifferent to intellectual or artistic values
plaudits – applause; praise
pontificate – to speak in a supercilious and self-important manner
pragmatist – a practical person
precept – a rule of behavior or action
precipitate – to hurry up; to make happen before planned
predilection – an established preference for something
prescience – advanced knowledge; foresight; anticipation
probity – honesty; integrity
profligate – extravagant to a fault; prodigal
promulgate – to make known, formally, a law or set of beliefs
punctilious – marked by precise accordance with codes or conventions
pundits – erudite (learned, scholarly) persons
quagmire – soft miry land that yields under the foot
quixotic – romantic or dreamy
quotidian – daily; commonplace; ordinary
refractory – stubborn
rescind – to take back; to withdraw
reticent – tending not to talk or give out information
serendipity – faculty of benefiting (e.g. finding valuable objects) by random chance
sedentary – characterized by or requiring much sitting
spate – an outpouring
specious – false, not authentic; spurious
sundry – several; divers; various
supplant – to replace; to substitute for
surfeit – a surplus, an oversupply
sybarite – a pleasure-loving person
synergistic – working together and having a greater combined effect because of simultaneous operation
temerity – reckless boldness
tortuous – marked by twists or turns
truculent – belligerent
unctuous – inky, oily
untenable – unable to be defended
vaunt – to brag or boast
venial – forgivable; pardonable
verdant – green, lush
verisimilitude – probability; something that has the appearance of truth
vestigial – extremely small
victuals – food
vignette – a brief written description
visceral – relating to the abdomen; instinctive rather than reasoned
vitiate – to impair; to render ineffective
vitriolic – harsh, biting, caustic
Zephyr – a light breeze

Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest 2009: Poem One

A Supermarket in California

By Allen Ginsberg

What thoughts I have of you tonight Walt Whitman, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon.
In my hungry fatigue, and shopping for images, I went into the neon fruit supermarket, dreaming of your enumerations!
What peaches and what penumbras! Whole families shopping at night! Aisles full of husbands! Wives in the avocados, babies in the tomatoes!—and you, Garcia Lorca, what were you doing down by the watermelons?

I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber, poking among the meats in the refrigerator and eyeing the grocery boys.
I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel?
I wandered in and out of the brilliant stacks of cans following you, and followed in my imagination by the store detective.
We strode down the open corridors together in our solitary fancy tasting artichokes, possessing every frozen delicacy, and never passing the cashier.

Where are we going, Walt Whitman? The doors close in an hour. Which way does your beard point tonight?
(I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel absurd.)
Will we walk all night through solitary streets? The trees add shade to shade, lights out in the houses, we'll both be lonely.
Will we stroll dreaming of the lost America of love past blue automobiles in driveways, home to our silent cottage?
Ah, dear father, graybeard, lonely old courage-teacher, what America did you have when Charon quit poling his ferry and you got out on a smoking bank and stood watching the boat disappear on the black waters of Lethe?

Berkeley, 1955