The visitor
Tue Dec 15, 2009 23:58 (UTC -5)I survived Finals Week ’09. Well, Finals Week Fall ’09, to be exact. And, presumably, every previous one. (T-shirt idea: “I survived the first x years of my life.”)
Now, have I really not mentioned Katja here since the summer? It seems that I haven’t. This must be corrected.
I met her at an Esperanto event in Slovakia. She’s Russian. Rather than communicating in English or Russian (the latter of which I don’t know—ФЯ DФ I ИФШ?—eh, no, I don’t), we used Esperanto. Her name is Ekaterina, which is Russian for Catherine, and her nickname is Katya. In Esperanto that’s spelled Katja, and when speaking English, she goes by Kate.
Since meeting over the summer, we’ve stayed in touch, still writing to each other in Esperanto. (You may recognize Kate as the author of some recent comments on this here blog.) And as it happens, she had been planning to come to the States, so she’s going to drop by when she’s here early next year, i.e., in a few weeks. And no, it really isn’t just to see me; she had been planning the trip before we met. Even so, it’ll be really cool to have someone visit me from so far away.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to having her as a guest here in Gainesville (and at my home in South Florida, since we’ll have a three-day weekend).
Stay tuned, because more exciting Europe ’09 follow-ups are on the horizon. But first, I’m heading home for winter break. Yeeeaah!
Need to know how to pronounce a famous (or currently newsworthy) person’s name? The Name Engine has got you covered. I had been wondering about Ndamukong Suh. And hey, it looks like their whole directory of sound files is accidentally browsable. (Via J-Walk Blog)
A graph: A Graphic History of Newspaper Circulation Over the Last Two Decades. (Via waxy.org)
4 comments
#1 by Justin: Thu Dec 17, 2009 03:13 (UTC -5)
I was wondering if you recall that link you put up to a Norwegian village phone number. I was planning on running some tests with that.
#2 by Jordon Kalilich: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:14 (UTC -5)
Here’s the original post. I just found it by searching for “Norway” in the search box on the right.
#3 by Andrea: Fri Dec 18, 2009 20:34 (UTC -5)
Have a great Christmas! Can’t wait to see you when we get back to Gainesville!
#4 by Jordon Kalilich: Fri Dec 18, 2009 23:21 (UTC -5)
Thanks! I hope you have a great time as well. See you soon.