one lonely success » neuro

it’s weird when professors slap your ass

Jeff — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:23:22 +0000

so i finally got back from my week long trip to madison, wisconsin.

it’s taken nearly 24hours, but i’m finally unpacked and most of my laundry is done. in retrospect, i should have made use of the hilton’s laundry services b/c a weeks worth of dirty clothes does not make for a nice smelling suitcase.

also, busterthedog has finally realized that i am back home for good and is once again his playful, well-adjusted-self. (it was touch-and-go for a while though)

to welcome me back to campus, my department asked me to give two lectures in the neuroscience course today. being the meticulous planner that i am, i waited until yesterday to finish up 45 slides on the hippocampus, the papez circuit, long-term potentiation, etc. yeah…so that made for a long night last night. my poor planning, however, was not my fault…it was actually sam and farnaz’s fault for dragging me out to one too many “events” while i was away in Madison.

the good news of the day is that the lectures went smashingly well and everyone was giving me high-fives and ass-slaps afterwards. the high fives were cool, but if one more med school professor slaps my ass i’m going to start feeling weird about it.

i’ve also got about 60 photos from downtown Madison that I’m editing with the help of various adobe photoshop products. here are a few to tease you with until i finish with the rest.

i’ll take what i can get

Jeff — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:26:25 +0000

last week, when i was at the neuro conference, it was hard not to feel like just one of the thousands of ants marching through downtown san diego.neuro guys/gals were everywhere. they swarmed the public transportation system, occupied the hotel rooms and invaded the restaurants.on monday evening i ducked out early for a quiet meal alone at one of the joints in the gas lamp district. when the waitress came to my table with my drink order, i asked her if she was getting a lot of neuroscientists in this week.”they’re everywhere!“, she replied, “i’ve never seen so many people around here for one convention. it’s nice to have a normal customer once and a while.“i took this to me that she totally didnt peg me for a science-nerd.i tipped her very well.in hindsight, she may have been counting on that.i’ll still take it.

crummy cam-phone-pics

Jeff — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:46:49 +0000

so i got back from the big neuroscience-bash yesterday and proceeded to go to bed at 930pm. seriously—right after The Office.the meeting was cool and my nerd-speak was at an all new high. i was hoping to get out to Balboa Park to play w/ the new camera, but science had a different idea how i would spend my time.so all you get are mobile pics taken w/ my iPhone.

inspirational, eh?

and newt makes 35,001

Jeff — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:15:28 +0000

so this week i’m in san diego for the neuroscience society’s annual meeting. apparently there are over 35,000 registered attendee’s for this year’s conference.can you imagine a convention center filled to the max w/ 35,000 neuroscientists?oh and newt gingrich gave a keynote talk today about the government and NIH funding.now can you imagine a convention center filled to the max w/ 35,000 neuroscientists and NEWT-fuck-GINGRICH?me either.