diotina

Ooh baby.

diotina Dec 14, 2009 00:43

I'm just a hunk, a hunk of burning diotina
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning diotina.

Which song was this lyric from?

What might it be like to encounter a radically different culture and country entirely through its literature? To relinquish all preconceived notions held about it, and instead allow its words to tell you of the meaning of its existence and how it came into being, to make those words a talisman against the simulacrum of perceptions that flood your ( Read more... )

rare sighting of the diotina, poetry

thoughts for a Monday morning

diotina Feb 02, 2009 11:17

I have decided that my life philosophy is going to be along the lines of those aeroplane safety instructions--"Please put on your mask before you help others on with their masks." To wit--one needs to get one's house in order before one can start helping other people. So I'm going to stop feeling guilty about not saving the world, yet.

thinking, overthinking?

jigsaw

diotina Nov 18, 2008 13:38

I love how this poem interlocks with the previous, another favorite poet: "You know that cool sly verb write".

poetry

I don't know whether I've ever brought this up

diotina Nov 18, 2008 08:43

but its beauty merits repetition.

One Art
Elizabeth BishopThe art of losing isn't hard to master ( Read more... )

poetry

pokes her head around the door

diotina Nov 11, 2008 19:08

I'm planning to go to this in case any one would like to join me ( Read more... )

events, busyness

Missed opportunity

diotina Oct 10, 2008 11:57

On occasion of National Poetry Day belatedly, have this: Katheryn Simmonds reads her poem "The Woman Who Worried Herself To Death." So much happening, so little time to chronicle it in. Maybe later.

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rare sighting of the diotina, poetry

curtain up

diotina Aug 03, 2008 18:08

I used to act quite a bit when I was in university and have missed being on stage, so I somewhat rashly and ill- advisedly spontaneously auditioned for a Fringe play this year. It was a spur of the moment decision, and I'm not entirely sure I don't regret it, but here we are, two weeks from the actual performance, and it is only right that I pimp ( Read more... )

fringe, theatre

fly by night

diotina Jun 30, 2008 19:07

Quite appropriate, since I finally graduated! More, quite a bit more, possibly, later.

rare sighting of the diotina

for those still dissertating or were/are sustained by the joy that is PhD comics

diotina May 13, 2008 16:33

The Power of Procrastination: Surviving Graduate School and Deciding What's Next ( Read more... )

event