Sorry I haven't written in like three weeks, especially after that heavy last post. (Are any of you still out there? ...Bueller?) I actually have more to say about the previous, but because my monitor's officially beyond help, I've been waiting until such time as I don't need to type from my iPod. So, in the meantime, a roundup:
-I went to Rhode Island last weekend and hung out with Albert and, somewhat by extension, Nathanael and Kate (who are very engaged - wedding in September). It was good. Albert lives by the water now, within several minutes' walk of the ocean, and the whole setup is pretty captivating. Have I mentioned that I have long had a low-level fascination with many things maritime? I think some of it was Uncle Dave's pontoon boat from when I was fairly young, some was reading through the entire Horatio Hornblower series in high school (on top of parts of David Copperfield, potentially, itself accompanied by singing "Cape Breton Lullaby" for chorus), and some was factors unknown. Anyway, let me tell you, near-ocean breezes and beachhouses, friends and climbing beach rocks, cooking and Dorothy Sayers characters...in the right frame of mind, it can be a heady mix. (I'm a total northerner, though: the idea of sun on the water just does not interest me. What is the point of most beaches between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM? And altogether the very nonoceanic Alfred is still my favorite place. But this may be fairly high up there on the list.)
-Moving from heady to cerebral, on Tuesday night I ended up going to campus on the spur of the moment to help Charles host The Mad Trivia Party. (Capitalizing that "the" looks inappropriate, but in this case I think it may be right.) It was my radio debut, and it was fun. If it ever gets loaded onto the MTP podcast site, I'll let you know...assuming you have any desire to sit through the first sixtyish minutes as a background to my being on the last thirtyish. Or maybe I'll just try to let you all know in advance next time so you can listen along - or even call in.
-I'm also being more diligent tonight about my course. So it's time for me to go back to the books. Tallyho!