Dear Adrian,

I thought about calling you to answer your prompt, which I just finished reading, but then I realized that doing so would only perpetuate the non-postings. That being said, I'll post what I think below, though I know that it will probably be months before anyone comes up with a response (if at all).

I think it's incredibly difficult to keep each other up to date about what we've been up to. I know that everyone has been doing something cool--Adam owns boxing gloves, you just came back from China (I want stories), Susan's fluent in Arabic, Olga's found someone special halfway across the world...I'd love to sit down and have one of those endless conversations with each of you. That being said, I know I won't. I have way too much stuff going on, and so do [all of] you. I'd like to keep all of you in the present, and I'd like to think that I am still somewhere in your present, but it's becoming harder to maintain. There are some times when I know I've been relegated to that little niche for distant memories, as a living relic of the past. I don't like being an artifact, but the truth of the matter is that I have no control over where I stand, or where TASP stands, on other people's priorities.

My short answer--I'm busy busy busy, and I'm sure that you all are too--but if you feel up to it even for a second, [all of] you should totally give me a call. Provided that I'm conscious--which lately seems to be something of a problem--I'd love to catch up.

I just scanned the entire post quickly--gah--reading linguistics papers makes me cheesy. Sorry.

posted by Eunice   [3:18 PM]

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