Still nothing
All right, now I really am getting concerned. Another two weeks and nothing from either of them. If it weren't for the newspapers, I'd think they'd both dropped off the face of the earth. I'm going to make one last attempt via e-mail, and if there's still nothing, well, it may be time to give Kat a call. I know it's probably stupid and presumptuous of me, but I think of them as friends, and this continued silence is both uncharacteristic and unnerving.
ETA: Also posted to
intl_relations.