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Mar. 12th, 2009 09:22 pmMy presentation went well. Judging from the questions in class and talking with the professor afterwords, I think my biggest problems was that I dumped too much information too quickly and I'm not very good at transcription.
Also during the presentation, the professor made the comment that it was interesting choice of attempting to find regularity in an area that seemingly had none. Which is odd, because I think one of the bedrock assumptions of science was to look into chaos and see the order in it.
I thought I did 1000x better than the guy that went after me, because he made the unfortunate choice to try to condense an explanation predictive English syllable structure in 15 minutes. And while portions of my discussion were speculative and my data sheet had errors, his data sheet was flatly contradictory.
That night Margo wanted us to meet and greet her girlfriend, who was flying in for spring break. I thought we were meeting at the Runcible Spoon an hour earlier than we were actually going to, so I had some spare time. Since Vintage Phoenix ( the comic book shop ) and Boxcar Books are both on 6th street, and indeed Boxcar Books is right next door to the Runcible Spoon I poked about in those two stores.
I was still early for the meeting, but B had also arrived early so I chilled with her on the back porch of the restaurant while we waited for Margo and the guest of honor Sarah. Since I was bundled up, I was just slightly frozen from the chin to where my trusty IU ( ball cap ) hat perched.
It went from us two to about ten very quickly, and I had a great time. I went halfvies with Becca, so we shared our ravioli and breakfast sandwich. It was all very good. The company was much better - though my slice of apple pie, which I very pointedly shared only a bite of with Athena, was one of the most delicious things I have ever tasted.
After paid my bill, I got trapped next to the counter by the other girls, so I had to wait until everyone else filled out -- and then ended up at Becky's to hang out as everyone thought I was going anyway. Also good time, as there was impromptu yoga and the retelling of relationship drama which explained some awkwardness that was bubbling though dinner. We also played I never, which is a joke for me because I never do anything so it became a running gag when people said something really outrageous was that I was finally taking a sip.
Since I hadn't slept in about thirty hours I was a wee-bit silly that also had people asking what the hell was in Becky's water. As I was a bit stiff and sitting up straight hurts my back, I ended upside down on the counch and so on.
In the end, had a good time but didn't sleep for thirty nine hours. I was going to do laundry, but I took a nap as soon as I got home instead, so my sleep total is about 14 hours so far.
Also during the presentation, the professor made the comment that it was interesting choice of attempting to find regularity in an area that seemingly had none. Which is odd, because I think one of the bedrock assumptions of science was to look into chaos and see the order in it.
I thought I did 1000x better than the guy that went after me, because he made the unfortunate choice to try to condense an explanation predictive English syllable structure in 15 minutes. And while portions of my discussion were speculative and my data sheet had errors, his data sheet was flatly contradictory.
That night Margo wanted us to meet and greet her girlfriend, who was flying in for spring break. I thought we were meeting at the Runcible Spoon an hour earlier than we were actually going to, so I had some spare time. Since Vintage Phoenix ( the comic book shop ) and Boxcar Books are both on 6th street, and indeed Boxcar Books is right next door to the Runcible Spoon I poked about in those two stores.
I was still early for the meeting, but B had also arrived early so I chilled with her on the back porch of the restaurant while we waited for Margo and the guest of honor Sarah. Since I was bundled up, I was just slightly frozen from the chin to where my trusty IU ( ball cap ) hat perched.
It went from us two to about ten very quickly, and I had a great time. I went halfvies with Becca, so we shared our ravioli and breakfast sandwich. It was all very good. The company was much better - though my slice of apple pie, which I very pointedly shared only a bite of with Athena, was one of the most delicious things I have ever tasted.
After paid my bill, I got trapped next to the counter by the other girls, so I had to wait until everyone else filled out -- and then ended up at Becky's to hang out as everyone thought I was going anyway. Also good time, as there was impromptu yoga and the retelling of relationship drama which explained some awkwardness that was bubbling though dinner. We also played I never, which is a joke for me because I never do anything so it became a running gag when people said something really outrageous was that I was finally taking a sip.
Since I hadn't slept in about thirty hours I was a wee-bit silly that also had people asking what the hell was in Becky's water. As I was a bit stiff and sitting up straight hurts my back, I ended upside down on the counch and so on.
In the end, had a good time but didn't sleep for thirty nine hours. I was going to do laundry, but I took a nap as soon as I got home instead, so my sleep total is about 14 hours so far.
