Just a few odds and ends.

[katernater]

I got my hands on an audiobook version of Relic the other day. It was dubbed from a series of cassette tapes and occasionally I can hear the rumble of an elevated train in the background from whatever living-room-cum-recording-studio it was taped in, but it's nice to have. I forgot the lengthy preamble to Pendergast's arrival. I'm on chapter 13, and there's still no sign of him. Plus, the guy doing the recording reads D'Agosta like an Italian Oscar the Grouch. I have trouble with audiobooks for the same reason I had trouble with the out-loud readings in elementary school: no one ever does the voices like I hear them in my head.

But speaking of strange things from the South, I was in a meeting yesterday afternoon and it was suggested that I attend the upcoming TESOL conference in New Orleans. I am seriously considering it. The conference is in March of next year and registration opens in November. It is more and more likely that I'll be sticking around here for at least another year while Todd finishes his degree, and a jaunt to New Orleans at the end of winter would suit me down to the ground. And of course, the chance to mix and share ideas with colleagues would be tremendously beneficial as I continue my work with the International Center and in whatever other full-time position I find myself.

I can't believe we're nearly halfway through September. There's still so much to do before the end of the year.