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imtboo. I'm here as part of SLT 2006, but she and I are taking this as an opportunity to enjoy the tropics.
It's 8:45am here, but that means it's 4:45am at home on the West Coast; I have had two cups of coffee and just barely feel alert enough to watch the presentation (currently on "partially observable Markov decision processes for dialogs"; I don't fully understand it and I think I wouldn't do much better even if I was fully awake).imtboo is probably still asleep; I got up at 6:45 local time, showered, and dressed up as a professional for the day.
We had the privilege of making our layover in Atlanta, so we could spend the night withlapartera and trombo2, and enjoyed tapas with mojitos at Pura Vida, walking distance from their house (my childhood home)! (imtboo said "it feels like we're getting a head start on the vacation!" and of course we were.)
I'm still operating at something less than 100%; between recovering from being sick (I still have an occasional itchy cough) and landing in my emotional space, I'm not fully grasping what's going on at the conference, even though I'd like to be. Our poster goes up this afternoon, and I feel confident that I understand how to present (defend?) it, but I'm not doing the socializing that I could be, and that's about 60% of what these conferences are supposed to be. But being upset about it doesn't win me anything, so I made some polite conversation at the (included) breakfast and met some nice guys from Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Melbourne (I think).
I'm very happy to be here withimtboo. We're both a little overwhelmed by the five-star-ness of this hotel and we're both amused and made slightly uncomfortable by the service and swank. Last night we went for a walk on the beach and discovered where the dancing happens at night -- most of the tourists are retirees, but the people under 50 go out to MooMba. Maybe once the conference is over -- or I'm a little less jet-lagged -- I'll be more up for going out dancing.
love to you all.
imtboo. I'm here as part of SLT 2006, but she and I are taking this as an opportunity to enjoy the tropics.It's 8:45am here, but that means it's 4:45am at home on the West Coast; I have had two cups of coffee and just barely feel alert enough to watch the presentation (currently on "partially observable Markov decision processes for dialogs"; I don't fully understand it and I think I wouldn't do much better even if I was fully awake).
imtboo is probably still asleep; I got up at 6:45 local time, showered, and dressed up as a professional for the day.We had the privilege of making our layover in Atlanta, so we could spend the night with
lapartera and trombo2, and enjoyed tapas with mojitos at Pura Vida, walking distance from their house (my childhood home)! (imtboo said "it feels like we're getting a head start on the vacation!" and of course we were.)I'm still operating at something less than 100%; between recovering from being sick (I still have an occasional itchy cough) and landing in my emotional space, I'm not fully grasping what's going on at the conference, even though I'd like to be. Our poster goes up this afternoon, and I feel confident that I understand how to present (defend?) it, but I'm not doing the socializing that I could be, and that's about 60% of what these conferences are supposed to be. But being upset about it doesn't win me anything, so I made some polite conversation at the (included) breakfast and met some nice guys from Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Melbourne (I think).
I'm very happy to be here with
imtboo. We're both a little overwhelmed by the five-star-ness of this hotel and we're both amused and made slightly uncomfortable by the service and swank. Last night we went for a walk on the beach and discovered where the dancing happens at night -- most of the tourists are retirees, but the people under 50 go out to MooMba. Maybe once the conference is over -- or I'm a little less jet-lagged -- I'll be more up for going out dancing. love to you all.
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Date: 2006-12-11 03:52 pm (UTC)Forced socializing is just that and it often looks like that.
You're awesome and i have no doubt that the people who meet you see that.
At the tcg conference i only met a few people but the connections i made were strong. I'd rather meet a few people who will remember me and vice versa than meet everyone and not remember anyone !!!
Hee.
You're downstairs.
This is silly.
This place is silly.
But it's so fun and we're not going to do this very often so let's enjoy it !!!
There is no pressure to do anything.
We do what we want to do once you're done.
I love you !
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Date: 2006-12-11 05:43 pm (UTC)it is kind of silly, and I'm a little dizzied by the outrageousness of this location, but I'm all for enjoying! glad you are too.
love you ! (me, downstairs!)
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Date: 2006-12-11 08:09 pm (UTC)Relax and enjoy. I know that neither of you expect to live in the lap of luxury 24/7/365 and a little pampering never hurt anyone. Plus I know you'll both be nice to the folks who have to pamper you for a living!
We loved having you here overnight and am so glad that you enjoyed Pura Vida. But I'm happiest that you'll be back with us again after your 10 days in paradise.
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Date: 2006-12-11 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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