funky keyboards, for starters

I'm writing from one of those internet airport kiosks (in Atlanta). Can you tell the space bar sticks? Oh, now I realize that is I tap it on the far right end, it works fine. Oh, maybe not after all. (Editorial comment: after looking at the published post, you can't see the extra spaces from the sticky keyboard, but trust me, they are *maddening*.)

I was told that I shouldn't bring my laptop to Peru (because of the risk of it being stolen, and because there's not much wifi, and definitely not where I'll be living), so I'm going to have to get accustomed to funny keyboards of all sorts, I'm sure.

So I left DC this afternoon, where I'd attended a tiny bit of the annual convention (basically just the RSS Services to Spanish Speakers committee meeting - I'm going to serve starting the end of this conference). That group of folks and the things they've been working on seem very cool. See the guidelines that were published at Midwinter for info. The new projects will be to compile reference resources in Spanish on this blog Adam created, and to plan a program on collection development en espanol for 2009.

I really wish I had the patience to create links for things in this post, but this funky keyboard has no control key or options for cutting and pasting. And I'd rather eat a taco than type in URLs. So, more later on the exciting world of Library Services for Spanish Speakers.

For those of you not-so-interested in my professional affiliations, here's some life info:

B & I ate soul food in Adams Morgan last night, a cool strip we would have explored more in a world of endless leisure time. We rode the bus through parts of DC we hadn't intended to explore. Confusing! Even the bus drivers were confused! I've spent my post-conference time on the plane, reading about colectivo buses in Lima and how they crash into each other in a mad rush for customers, and rush off before you're completely inside the bus. And eating unsatisfying airplane snacks. Now i'm in the airport for the next three ish hours. I leave Atlanta at 11:30 tonight, arrive in Lima at around 5am, hang out in Miraflores for the day and night, and then leave for Cusco in the morning. I'll post again soon!