I Guess I Shoulda Taken That Left Turn at Albuquerque....

So tomorrow I'm headed to my conference in Albuquerque, NM. Andrew thought he wasn't going to be able to go cause he thought he had to work, but it turns out he can go!!! He'll have to study during the drive, but that's okay, I can drive! It's a long drive, and I was thinking I would fly, but it turns out to get the special air fare I was looking to get, I'd have to fly to Atlanta, then to ABQ, and that's almost as long with all the waits at airports & such as driving. (About 2 hours difference). So yay! The drive takes us through Roswell, NM, which is always fun. It's a tiny little town, with a special museum for alien sightings. We've stopped there the last two times we drove up, but this time we probably won't since we've seen it, and this time we don't have any new people coming with.

I've finished my paper, and am printing up my transparencies as we speak. They're kind of cool-- I could post them online somewhere if anyone wants to see them. They won't make much sense without the paper, but still. Now I have to go buy some more supplies at Office Max, and other little errands. I'm just really glad Andrew's coming with because I really had a bad attitude about going there, before, since he just got home and I didn't want to leave. Now it's a little "mini vacation." I'm not sure if the hotel rooms have wireless access; I think they do. I'll bring the laptop nevertheless and try to log on.

This is a really fun conference; it's a popular culture one, and you can do papers or presentations on any aspect of popular culture. You don't have to be a scholar or muckety-muck to do it. There are papers there on everything from cookbooks to Harleys. My paper, clearly, is on witches, since it's part of my dissertation. But in years past, I've written on three of my favorite movies, including Tank Girl, on the Sims, and last year, another one on my dissertation on the movie version of Practical Magic. It's also going to be fun because many of the attendees come every year, and there's a little "family" group, and I'm sure everyone will gush a bit over my fatness and the babies. :) It's funny, too. On the conference program, someone named Sean Wells is giving a paper on comic books. I told my Sean that I was awfully proud of him; I hadn't even realized he submitted an abstract. He better get busy though if he wants any AV aids. I need time to get those ready.

Anyhoo. Off to the shopping.