July 03, 2003
Vacation, all I ever wanted...
Vacation, have to get away...
Unfortunately, a vacation is not exactly what I'm getting. I'll be away (and offline) from July 4th - 11th on a business trip. The meeting is for the annual gathering of Psychometric Society, and if you guessed that means a bunch of bearded, eccentric voodoo scientists who sit around cracking bad puns and statistics jokes while drinking too much, you're wrong - most of us are clean-shaven.
I'll be giving a presentation, which I've been stressing about for weeks, but I think I've gotten it cut down to the length it needs to be (20 minutes). I did a practice presentation here last week that was well-received, but we'll see what my colleagues outside of work think about it. There will also be plenty of mind-twisting talks to attend, on topics that can be just as dry and formula-choked as you'd imagine them to be.
On the other hand, the conference is in Italy. Sardinia, to be specific. The luxurious Le Meridien Chia Laguna resort and private beach, to be perfectly specific. Mid-90's during the day, low 70's at night, lots of sun, little precipitation, and this sort of scenery.
A mixed blessing, of sorts. I'm packing the power suit and the PowerPoint slides, but also the bathing suit (not a thong as shown on the Sardinia site, no way!) and the tropical print clothing (and the new Harry Potter book, for the ride over). I'm sure there will be a business center around somewhere, but I can't guarantee I'll get online for any length of time between now and July 12th. I do hope to be able to at least check my email once a day.
And when I return - photos! Funny stories about drunken psychometricians! And frantic efforts, on my part, to catch up after the longest hiatus this blog has ever known...
