My first official post directly to dreamwidth
So, this is kind of weird, I've been on lj for so long that this is vaguely like wearing a pair of shoes that doesn't quite fit. I guess I'll get used to it though.
I've been pretty busy lately, work had a huge deadline and then I went to Hawaii for a work trip (yeah, yeah, I know, cry me a river. Hawaii has never actually been high on my list of places to go since I don't like hot, humid AND I combust in direct sunlight...remind me what the benefits to going there are for me again?)
Anyway, the trip actually went well though I was sad that I didn't get to do some of the things I would have liked to do, some of the inland stuff/hiking, seeing volcanoes and shit. I was pretty much stuck at Wakiki beach for most of the trip.
The reason for going was because I was presenting a concurrent session tilted "Can't find qualified research administrators; build your own!" with my boss. It went very well. Given that it was in Hawaii we pretty much expected that we'd get maybe three people to come in to see it but the (admittedly not large) room was so full they had to get some extra chairs. One person said that it was one of the best presentations that they'd seen at the conference.
Anyway, have some pictures from Hawaii (hopefully I can figure out how to use a cut tag here)
Sunrise at Wakiki
And sunset
One more sunset because the woman in the frame amused me. She was writing with her toes on the sand and then rushing to try to take a picture of the words being eaten by the water. She wasn't having much luck.
This is what it looked like at midday. It was hard to find a place where there wasn't a billion people attempting to turn themselves into wooden statues of themselves unfortunately.
And the obligatory drink pictures:
Mai Tai!
You are required by law when visiting a tropical island to have a drink the color of windex. It's true!
In other news, the painting continues to progress. Here's a latest look at it.
I've been pretty busy lately, work had a huge deadline and then I went to Hawaii for a work trip (yeah, yeah, I know, cry me a river. Hawaii has never actually been high on my list of places to go since I don't like hot, humid AND I combust in direct sunlight...remind me what the benefits to going there are for me again?)
Anyway, the trip actually went well though I was sad that I didn't get to do some of the things I would have liked to do, some of the inland stuff/hiking, seeing volcanoes and shit. I was pretty much stuck at Wakiki beach for most of the trip.
The reason for going was because I was presenting a concurrent session tilted "Can't find qualified research administrators; build your own!" with my boss. It went very well. Given that it was in Hawaii we pretty much expected that we'd get maybe three people to come in to see it but the (admittedly not large) room was so full they had to get some extra chairs. One person said that it was one of the best presentations that they'd seen at the conference.
Anyway, have some pictures from Hawaii (hopefully I can figure out how to use a cut tag here)
Sunrise at Wakiki
And sunset
One more sunset because the woman in the frame amused me. She was writing with her toes on the sand and then rushing to try to take a picture of the words being eaten by the water. She wasn't having much luck.
This is what it looked like at midday. It was hard to find a place where there wasn't a billion people attempting to turn themselves into wooden statues of themselves unfortunately.
And the obligatory drink pictures:
Mai Tai!
You are required by law when visiting a tropical island to have a drink the color of windex. It's true!
In other news, the painting continues to progress. Here's a latest look at it.