resurrection

\ˌre-zə-ˈrek-shən\

noun

1 a : the rising of Christ from the dead

b : the rising again to life of all the human dead before the final judgment

c : the state of one risen from the dead

2 : resurgence; revival

Dear readers and friends:

Three weeks ago I decided to stop this blog because I had filled my plate with too much responsibility. As usual, my eyes are bigger than my stomach, so I decided to scrape some food off my dish into the trash when no one was looking and quit my newly acquired internship in favor of: a) not going insane, and b) having more free time to write, read, think, fuck, or do any number of enjoyable activities in my free time. These reasons may sound familiar, as they are the same reasons I cited for giving up the blog. That said, I soon realized the blog is a more enjoyable and rewarding and valuable experience than learning how to market children's books which I will never write or sell or need to market.

Forgive me readers, as this has been an interesting year in my decision-making history. Since the year's start I have participated in the following acts: broken up with a boyfriend, started to drink after a lifetime of sobriety, quit my job, decided not to quit my job, slept with a stranger, slept with a friend, firmly chosen thesis topics only to abandon them within hours, obtained an internship, let go of my year-long commitment to this blog, quit my internship, and now, RESURRECTED the blog. I want to say something like, "This behavior is out of character," but judging by this list, that statement is perhaps not so. Perhaps I am simply segue-ing into my thirties, a crazy grad student, learning how to change my mind with grace.

RESURRECT is not today's word, but I chose it to properly illustrate the theme of this note.

I have missed a total of 21 blog entries, including today's real word: UNTOWARD, a good word to describe how unrealistic it would be for me to try and make up these lost entries. HOWEVER, I saved all of the emails, and I will now amuse you with the lost words, listing them chronologically and offering the definitions along one thing the word inspires within me.

Starting tomorrow, the blog will resume in an ordinary fashion.

Here goes:

9/17

farrago

noun

: a confused mixture : hodgepodge

one thing: the phrase: everything but the kitchen sink

9/18

scintillate

verb

1 : to emit sparks : spark

2 : to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks : sparkle

one thing: a c.d. in a microwave

9/19

fret

verb

1 : to eat or gnaw into : wear, corrode; also : fray

2 : to become vexed or worried

3 : agitate

one thing: the image of James Dean yelling, "You're tearing me apart!" in Rebel Without a Cause

9/20

plaintive

adjective

: expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy

one thing: old people with perma-frown

9/21

caravansary

noun

1 : an inn surrounding a court in eastern countries where caravans rest at night

2 : hotel, inn

one thing: "Your whole family has died of dysentery."

9/22

permeable

adjective

: capable of being permeated : penetrable; especially : having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through

one thing: the crappy rain jacket I bought before knowing the difference between "water resistant" and "water proof"

9/23

reminisce

adjective

: to indulge in the process or practice of thinking or telling about past experiences

one thing: this blog

9/24

demeanor

noun

: behavior toward others : outward manner

one thing: fuck off

9/25

flippant

adjective

: lacking proper respect or seriousness

one thing: boys

9/26

phatic

adjective

: of, relating to, or being speech used for social or emotive purposes rather than for communicating information

one thing: girls

9/27

rectilinear

adjective

1 : moving in or forming a straight line

2 : characterized by straight lines

one thing: graph paper

9/28

eternize

verb

1 a : to make eternal

b : to prolong indefinitely

2 : immortalize

one thing: my youth

9/29

parlay

verb

1 : to bet in a parlay

2 a : to exploit successfully

b : to increase or otherwise transform into something of much greater value

one thing: The Blair Witch Project

9/30

raconteur

noun

: a person who excels in telling anecdotes

one thing: self

10/1

tittup

verb

: to move in a lively manner often with an exaggerated or affected action

one thing: that which a bra holds

10/2

amok

adverb

1 : in a murderously frenzied state

2 a : in a violently raging manner

b : in an undisciplined, uncontrolled, or faulty manner

one thing: last day of school

10/3

caucus

noun

: a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy; also : a group of people united to promote an agreed-upon cause

one thing: an event my mother has mentioned attending, to which I replied, "I'm sorry, but there's no way CAUCUS will ever stop sounding dirty to me."

10/4

dorsal

adjective

: relating to or situated near or on the back especially of an animal or of one of its parts

one thing: tramp stamp

10/5

sigmoid

adjective

1 a : curved like the letter C

b : curved in two directions like the letter S

2 : of, relating to, or being the sigmoid colon

one thing: "Fuck a B, it's got more holes and better curves."

10/6

kismet

noun

fate

one thing: "Call it fate, call it luck, call it karma." -Pete Venkman

10/7

untoward

adjective

1 : difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly, intractable

2 : not favorable : adverse, unpropitious

3 : improper, indecorous

one thing: sticky fingers.

Until next time...