-
Per Alex's request, italicised in all its severity.
THE MORNING AFTER:
THE HANGOVER AS A DEVICE IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE STALINIST PERIOD, NAMELY MIKHAIL BULGAKOV'S MASTER AND MARGARITA AND YURI OLESHA'S ENVY
Although the hangover may not receive major mention in a plot summary of either Master and Margarita or Envy, it does play a role integral to the plot and character development of any ( Read more... ) -
I want to throw that dedication out the window.
Who are without mercy,
Who confide in trumpet flowers,
Who carry loose change in their pockets,
Who dress in black velvet,
Who wince and fidget like bats,
Who balance their haloes on hatracks,
Who watch reruns of famine,
Who powder their noses with pollen,
Who laugh and unleash earthquakes,
Who sidle in and out of our dreams
Like magicians, like ( Read more... ) -
Follow the wise old rule -- cure like with like. The only thing that will bring you back to life is two glasses of vodka with something pickled and hot.
Pennsylvania/New York/Connecticut/Massachusetts/Rhode Island/Massachusetts/Rhode Island/Connecticut/New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania
There are lessons about la vie boheme that are inherently forgettable in their nature. Life is far prettier that way. However, one, on occasion, remembers to forget, and there the trouble begins ( Read more... ) -
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.
Places I've forgotten to mention over the years:
August 2002
North Carolina (Durham/Chapel Hill) / Richmond / Charlottesville / West Virginia
October 2002
New York City
December 2002 - January 2003
Gaithersburg / Richmond / North Carolina / Atlanta / Orlando / Tampa / Atlanta / Richmond
April 2003
The MCATs (It's a trip, dearies.)
May ( Read more... ) -
The only thing to do is jump over the moon.
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why ( Read more... ) -
Every morning is a fresh beginning/Listen my soul to the glad refrain/And, in spite of old sorrows/And older sinning/Troubles forecasted/And possible pain/Take heart with the day and begin again.
It's the birthday of Constance Garnett, born Constance Black in Brighton, England (1861). She's best known for providing the first widely available English translations of the important Russian novels of the 19th century. After marrying the literary critic Edward Garnett, she became friends with some Russian exiles and decided to learn the language ( Read more... ) -
Jeremeic Response (to my rambling voicemail)
i have listened to a rather lengthy message from you, now i am tired, not because of the length of the message, although surely it had a great deal to do with it, but because i lost my sleep schedule, what can one do when there are three in the morning snow ball fights to be had, not much i suppose other than have the snow ball fight and call livio ( Read more... ) -
He heard that women often love unattractive, simple people, but he did not believe it, because he judged by himself, and he could only love beautiful, mysterious, and special women.
The Purification of Space for Dorothy
translated from the Romanian by Liliana Ursu and Bruce Weigl
She has hair the color of rust.
She wears a red dress
and three watches:
one for her daughter in California,
one for her sister in New York,
and one for her sister in Scotland.
She smokes cigarette after cigaretteShe takes lithium and tells ( Read more... ) -
And you went to the library to get yourself a book, but you looked and you looked and you didn't find anything to read. And I don't know.
Reasons to Survive November
November like a train wreck
as if a locomotive made of cold
had hurtled out of Canada
and crashed into a million trees,
flaming the leaves, setting the woods on fire.
The sky is a thick, cold gauze
but there's a soup special at the Waffle House downtown ( Read more... )
