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spectralbovine

The Story of AMWA 2007

Oct 20, 2007 14:34

Last week, I attended the American Medical Writers Association Annual Conference in Atlanta. It was a really enriching experience, full of learning and networking. The organization is very personal; it feels like a very large family. It was the first time I felt like a real medical writer, as I congregated with my peers and colleagues. Everyone had ( Read more... )

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cerulgalactus October 20 2007, 21:59:14 UTC

Ahh, Scattergories, the fall back lesson of choice for TESOL teachers everywhere.

gymble October 20 2007, 23:30:49 UTC

I like Anansi Boys better than American Gods. I enjoyed American Gods, but found it a tad pretentious.

spectralbovine October 21 2007, 00:01:17 UTC

I'm loving it. I'm almost done, but it's definitely a more enjoyable read overall than American Gods. I didn't really think AG was pretentious, but it was definitely more serious and hardcore in its tackling of myths and mythology.

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spectralbovine October 20 2007, 23:59:06 UTC

Sunil: your journal is so popular because you take such care in writing your entries to make them funny and interesting, instead of just spewing out the same old stream-of-consciousness crap the rest of us do. You went to a medical writers conference, which, when you say it like that, sounds like possibly the most boring event ever conceived by man, and yet, I was totally riveted. Anyway. I'm just saying that people (okay, I) appreciate that. It's always fun to read your journal, even when it's about TV shows I don't even watch and books I haven't read.
You don't know how much I needed to hear this right exactly now. Thank you. I hope other people found it interesting. It, as usual, didn't turn out nearly as well as I had envisioned.

The General is so not worth $7.50.
Well, in the museum's defense, we would presumably learn a whole bunch about Civil War and locomotive history in addition to seeing The General. But...since that's all we wanted to do, I wouldn't have paid more than five bucks.

It is not at all unusual to get your ( ... )

miniglik October 21 2007, 00:25:20 UTC

SFO/ATL: I got denied airplane entrance once when arriving 30 minutes before the flight. They weren't even boarded yet. Assholes. That whole "running through the airport to get to the one you love" trope is so bullshit. You'd be stuck at the counter going "but there plane doesn't leave for TWENTY MINUTES!

Anansi: Was faux-Gaiman possibly fucking with you? I think he was.

Also, I totally hide my books. I even set them down cover-down. Don't want anyone to know what trash I'm currently reading, and even when it's not trash I'm so used to doing it.

Song Parodies:
Go you. Also, why am I suddenly getting the impression the next story will have y'all reading aloud with a drum kit accompaniment?

Meals: Go me.

Anna, et al:
I'm jealous you've met Anna twice. Pfft!

Lindsay and I reminisced about Mission Burrito and Freebird's.

*cries* I LOVE YOU, FREEBIRD'S!!!

I'm totally afraid I'm going to erase this again, so posting it RIGHT NOW.

Also, you are magnificent.

spectralbovine October 21 2007, 00:31:48 UTC

They weren't even boarded yet. Assholes. That whole "running through the airport to get to the one you love" trope is so bullshit. You'd be stuck at the counter going "but there plane doesn't leave for TWENTY MINUTES!
Ha, seriously. I mean, you can't even get to the gate without a ticket anymore. GODDAMN YOU, 9/11!!

Was faux-Gaiman possibly fucking with you? I think he was.
It didn't sound like it! But maybe he was? Because otherwise I'm baffled.

Go you. Also, why am I suddenly getting the impression the next story will have y'all reading aloud with a drum kit accompaniment?
Well, I did say that I was working on "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Medical Writer" for next year. (The problem is that I kind of hope I'll have written an actual short story by then. Maybe. I wish. Yeah right.)

I'm jealous you've met Anna twice. Pfft!
THREE TIMES, DUDE.

*cries* I LOVE YOU, FREEBIRD'S!!!
They have so many choices! Tortillas, beans, rice, meat, everything!

Also, you are magnificent.
Ass-kisser.

miniglik October 22 2007, 01:42:55 UTC

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SURGERY!

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spectralbovine October 21 2007, 07:04:47 UTC

If you taught a class on cancer biology, would it be for just your company, or like the greater Bay Area...area?
It would be for the AMWA conference. Which has attendees from all over the country...and the world, it seems.

ALSO: jars! Maybe it's kind of a Southern thing? There's this Cajun breakfast diner by where my sister lives, and they serve non-coffee drinks in jars that look almost exactly like that, except smaller.
According to another commenter, it does appear to be a Southern thing.