SO LONG, L.A.

I have officially given up on finding a community of speakers of not-really-endangered language Z in my immediate vicinity and must therefore start commuting far, far, away to Relatively Large City in Pacific Northwest, where there is a more cohesive community of speakers. At least, there is one guy who is interested in talking to me and I am hoping he will open the gates to his 20 other friends and relatives. Keep your fingers crossed for me, and let the data collecting begin (finally, because I really, really want to get this dissertation thing on the road, in case you had any doubt from my previous entries).