after that to fall asleep.  I didn't get up until 1pm,
   when I got a phone call from Charles.  He rang me 
   yesterday too.  At the on line meeting today, he said
   he was thinking about coming to visit me in Copenhagen,
   but I don't think this will be possible.  I think I
   might be rather aprehensive about it is he did.  

Why? Because it might completely upset your momentum and rhythm
with job applications?  Because you might not love him and he 
sees you as a romantic interest?  

   He is having a very tough time right now.

I am sorry to hear that.

   I guess if you were me, you would not go to sleep right now,

No, because I just awoke.  

   you would stay up until you felt tired; but, then I'll

It is 5:30 p.m. and I just woke up; how inconvenient, I suppose.
I had planned to get 6 hours sleep, but I forgot to set my
alarm clock back!  

It is funny, lots of people (like my mom) send me reminders to
change my clock, but it barely matters because computers know 
to do this automatically...

Tonight, in America, there is a big festival or national holiday
called "Halloween".  Is it celebrated in Europe?  If so, how?

   end up missing meetings with Ian Kiming, and the algebra
   seminar.

So do I, once so far.  Booh hoo.  But usually it doesn't matter;
you just end up going to whatever you have to VERY tired and with
a cup of tea.  Ezra is much worse than me, by the way.

   Stupidly, I agreed to give a talk on Thursday about Vertex
   operator algebras.  I might cancel this though; I have too
   much to do.

Well, if you can find the time to prepare, it might also help you
to clarify some parts of your research proposal.

   How was Noriko when you saw her anyway?  What did she say?

She looked great.  She said she had some papers she wanted to give
me, and so she asked where I was during her talk.  I told her "I 
couldn't make it."  Then we talked about jobs a little, sort of continuing
our conversation from Bonn.  She invited me to visit Queens and give
a talk, and told me about her favorite new student named "Ling Long".
It looks like they are a good match after all.  Then she looked away
from my eyes and tried to say something honest but not positive about
you and your teaching, and I simply looked her in the eye and said
"I hope Helena does well in the job market this year", and then changed
the subject as somebody else came up to talk with me.