blckmarks: (n) 1. small, but glorious discoveries of black scholar-nerd fandom 2. inexplicable and random outbursts stemming from dissertation writing fatigue, procrastination and perseverance. 3. a break away from and a path returning back to the inevitable. "True, there is silver under/ The veils of the darkness./ But few care to dig in the night/ For the possible treasure of stars" --Gwendolyn Brooks, "Intermission"