| | It has been forever long since my last update, so...here we go...
I just got back last night from my first conference. I was absolutely terrified of going before it happened. I've given two presentations since I started grad school and neither of them went particularly well, so when I was anticipating presenting a poster at a conference with many famous psychologists with a focus on my area of research I was pretty terrified of having repeat performances of those. It actually went really well. I was able to talk about my first year project without freaking out and actually made some contacts with people that would like to work with me in the future.
I got to meet some pretty famous psychologists, which was really cool. Vladimir Sloutsky, who is pretty big in the language acquisition literature was located directly across from my poster and asked to borrow my pen. My first thought was "OMG! Vladimir Sloutsky borrowed my pen!" I told Nicole, my advisor, this and she looked at me like I was a freak. But, come on, everybody feels that way at their first conference. I told Alex, my undergrad advisor - who happened to be at the conference as well, the same thing and he told me that he understood but that even the most famous psychologists are probably known by only 1000 people - which is probably a similar following as most local bands.
The hotel was a hotel/spa in downtown Santa Fe, so I got to wander around and explore. My roommate and I were like bff. It was a great experience overall! Yay!
Otherwise I spend my days in the lab, going to class and working at the ECDC. The ECDC (Early Childhood Development Center) is where I get my three year old subjects that I experiment on. I also work there as a volunteer teaching assistant from 8-9 on Wednesday and Friday mornings and whenever else they want me. ND is great. I really like everyone I work with. I feel like I'm very lucky to have been given the opportunity to work there. My advisor is really good. I'm pretty lucky to have her. No complaints!
I, of course, always miss IU, especially now that basketball season is on the horizon. I wish I could still see everyone everyday again, but I feel very lucky that I get to keep in touch with everyone so well. AND I feel very lucky for my friends at ND. So life is pretty good. I'm patiently waiting for my favorite holiday (Halloween) to arrive. I will not be slutty this year as I am no longer an undergrad.  Instead, I will be dressing up as the grim reaper for the big grad student halloween party!  That's an update! I hope life is going well for all of you!
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| | Posted 10/29/2007 9:41 PM - 21 views - 0 comments
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