NASA Conference
So I'm pretty darn tired, but I do want to get a post in. I was at a NASA Symposium from Sun-Thurs in Alabama that was basically for women and minorities in various fellowship programs through NASA. I am a Harriet Jenkins Fellow, so that's why I was there. While some of the conference was pretty boring, I got to hang out with a lot of cool people that I had met last year, and, of course, I tried to meet all the newbies. I find it hard to make myself network, so I really need to get better at that. I think I need to make business cards for myself.The conference overall was inspiring because of all the people thrilled about NASA and the space industry in general. I had hoped to gain some more insight on whether or not I should get a PhD, but I didn't come away with any more of a strong feeling one way or the other. I thought this conference might push me back toward getting a PhD, but it was just a little nudge in that direction. People also seemed to like what I have been working on for my Master's thesis (Risk Management of Student-run, Small Satellites), so that was encouraging.
On a social note, one night they had a Latin band play, and when they played a salsa song, another Jenkins fellow and I got on stage and danced in front of 150 people! Mind you, we hadn't danced together, really, and here we are on a carpeted stage in an impromptu performance! Everyone said we looked really good, though, and dancing with him was awesome. I shouldn't talk more about it now because then I'll want to go dancing right away. I'll miss him! Kenny and I also gave salsa lessons at the bar that night, so we had an evening of salsa and merengue, which was waaaay fun!
And I should really write less personal stuff up here, because I don't want to post anything sad about past relationships. Oh well, I guess that's the trouble of blogging sometimes! We just move along and hold on to good memories instead. :-)
posted by Biff @ 6:02 PM
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