Hm... I don't know if this is a well known fact or not, but when I'm bored, stressed, or worried I tend to either bite my fingernails or pick at my cuticles. Turns out, the AGU conference has caused me to worry and be bored... which has caused me to pick at my cuticles to te degree where I looked down at my notes and saw blood... whoops... To remedy the problem I bought band-aids. It was also suggested that I wear gloves. Good idea. Perhaps I will get a very thin pair that will protect my hands but will not hinder my writing/note-taking.
Being bored is well understood... why I am worried? I have no idea whether I'm going to the right sessions (although, I assume I am because they tend to be associated with what I'm assuming I will work on in the future) and the sessions I go to tend to reveal to me the extent of my ignorance in my own field. I have pages of notes, which contain several citations of papers I need to read. Whoohoo! Hahaha. Could be worse, right?
Today was good though. Went to the conference for about 4 hours, then Brandon (one of Jim's other students) invited me to lunch with him and this guy, Mica, from Rice. Good lunch. They had an interesting discussion about samples and different theories about paleoclimate during the PETM and ELMO that I couldn't really contribute to, but that I enjoyed anyway. Didn't hurt that Mica was pretty darn good-looking. :)
Then I cut out after the conference to attend the UCB Astronomy Department Christmas Party. It was a lot of fun. Got to see all the people I used to work with; Lorraine, Patrice, Janet, Bora, Dexter, etc, etc. And the profs all put on a skit. So funny! Yay.
What will I be up to tonight? I dunno. :)
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