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Harvard asked me for references this morning. My fingers are crossed up to the elbows (symbolically, because I can't type with my arms in that sort of a knot). Good thing I haven't had any coffee yet (or any breakfast, for that matter).

My mom asked me what kind of pie I want for Thanksgiving. I can't decide whether I want pumpkin or blueberry. There are already votes for apple, apricot and Greek walnut.

Speaking of pie, I suppose I should see about eating something.

projects

Just because everything always happens all at once, I expect that if I get this job, I'll also get a translation job at the same time. (Today is the deadline for two of the recent translation jobs I sent off resumes and samples for.)

On top of which, the deadline for abstract submissions for the ATISA conference is December 1, so I had better get cracking on that and at least come up with a title and an abstract for this paper I want to write. I've got so many ideas that I don't think I'm going to have a problem with a 20-minute presentation if the paper gets accepted. I think it probably will since the ATISA isn't that big yet, and besides I heard something vaguely similar presented at the last conference.

I'm still sort of bemused by the idea that I'm volunteering for something involving public speaking. I guess the desire to blow my own horn a little is stronger than my dread of oral presentations.