Chicago trip to Psychonomics
I just wanted to take a quick minute to let you know how the conference trip to Chicago turned out.
IT WAS GREAT!!!
I enjoyed the company of my conference friends and caught up with my faculty mentor. The talk went well enough that I got quite a few compliments. The dinner at Moto Friday night was the most intense, unusual, unique, culinary experience I have ever had (explaining requires its own post complete with pictures). I learned about a lot of cool research. I got invited to an analogy conference in Sophia, Bulgaria which dovetails with the Cognitive Science conference in.....get this....AMSTERDAM!!! Woot!
I tentatively accepted. I told them that I would do everything in my power to attend the conference, except miss my Shodan test in July. I know - geeky - but a girl has got to have her priorities.
The whole conference was a blast but Friday was the best. Several times during the evening I was amazed at what a good time I was having and how happy I was.
Of course, then I had to analyze the hell out of it. Why THIS conference? Was it Chicago? Was it because I was enjoying my freedom and getting away from the drama and depression at home? I didn't feel like I was escaping but then again, I don't always know what I am feeling.
The past few conferences I have felt like the last kid to get picked in gym. Not this time and I'm not sure why. Maybe it was partly because I didn't care. I was happy to see some people that I hadn't seen in a while and sought them out and enjoyed their company and the feeling was reciprocated apparently.
Well, I'm still riding the high and am filled with confidence and energy. I'll enjoy it as long as it lasts and try not to diminish the experience by over-analyzing it.
IT WAS GREAT!!!
I enjoyed the company of my conference friends and caught up with my faculty mentor. The talk went well enough that I got quite a few compliments. The dinner at Moto Friday night was the most intense, unusual, unique, culinary experience I have ever had (explaining requires its own post complete with pictures). I learned about a lot of cool research. I got invited to an analogy conference in Sophia, Bulgaria which dovetails with the Cognitive Science conference in.....get this....AMSTERDAM!!! Woot!
I tentatively accepted. I told them that I would do everything in my power to attend the conference, except miss my Shodan test in July. I know - geeky - but a girl has got to have her priorities.
The whole conference was a blast but Friday was the best. Several times during the evening I was amazed at what a good time I was having and how happy I was.
Of course, then I had to analyze the hell out of it. Why THIS conference? Was it Chicago? Was it because I was enjoying my freedom and getting away from the drama and depression at home? I didn't feel like I was escaping but then again, I don't always know what I am feeling.
The past few conferences I have felt like the last kid to get picked in gym. Not this time and I'm not sure why. Maybe it was partly because I didn't care. I was happy to see some people that I hadn't seen in a while and sought them out and enjoyed their company and the feeling was reciprocated apparently.
Well, I'm still riding the high and am filled with confidence and energy. I'll enjoy it as long as it lasts and try not to diminish the experience by over-analyzing it.