Tuesday, December 30, 2008

MLA Closing Arguments...

It was so good to see everyone last night at the blogger meet-up - Morgan, where wert thou? I'm sorry we had to flee before 8pm - we had reservations at a tapas place with some friends. But I was so happy to meet some new folks and to see old ones I hadn't in a while! Sisyphus, you're just as cool in real life as I imagined - Flavia-Flave: I'm sorry we didn't get to chat more! Dr. V, What Now and heu mihi - great to see you all! And SEK, lovely to meet you and your wife and Horace, nice to see you as well! Rebel Lettriste - sorry I had to run just as you sat down, but we'll meet up again soon I hope!

MLA this year was completely fine - because I basically didn't attend. I had three interviews and then fled the hotel for the city (wharf, sea lions, seafood, trolleys, etc.) TD and I had fun exploring. This was also a year when tons of friends happened to be in the area, so we had a lot of meet-ups as well. 2 of the 3 interviews were lovely, but the last one seemed to be populated by aliens. They were weird! It's not that I felt like I flubbed anything, I just felt like these beings from another planet were still trying to learn our "human ways" so the reactions were....completely lacking. Very odd.

So, today is Golden Gate park and then we're off to Napa for New Year's - we've already bought so much wine! But there's more to be had...I hope everyone's New Year is wonderful and that everyone gets good news soon!

5 comments:

Sisyphus said...

Wine W00t! Have some tasty stuff for me! (the mla bar was too pricey on the wine, boo.)

What Now? said...

Totally fun last night! And I was delighted to meet the Dutchman. Good luck to both of you in the job search madness.

Earnest English said...

Waaaaa. I totally wanted to meet up with you and all the other cool folks, but Absurdist Lover, Absurdist Baby, and I drove home just after my last interview. (AL had work this morning.) Sounds like it was fun though. And I coulda met the Dutchman. Waaaa.

Pantagruelle said...

I showed up late, around 6:50, due to getting engaged in a conversation with a colleague, and wandered arounda bit, but couldn't figure out which group you guys were. Glad to hear you had fun though, and avoided the conference part of the conference as much as possible. I think that's the sanest approach to MLA that one can have!

Good Enough Woman said...

Glad to hear you've had such a good time in SF. It's such a fabulous city. Happy New Year!