Extracurriculars
Oct. 22nd, 2008 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jedusorI went to a couple of talks today. One was a biology seminar by a grad student from Stony Brook about spacial cognition in stickleback fish. I can't wait to take Biology of the Brain and Brain and Behavior. I don't know if I'll be able to handle neuropsychology as a career, but I do think it's the most important part of psychological research and will become more important as more is learned about it, and I want to at least understand the basics.
Later there was a dinner event, put on by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship folks, at which this dude talked about starting this site. It was very cool--he knew what he was talking about, and was very friendly (not to mention remarkably easy on the eyes). I told him about Calendar Geeks, and he sounded enthusiastic about it. He said to ping him on Facebook and he'd put in a plug on his Twitter, which is apparently followed by something like 2500 people. I also talked to the president of the entrepreneurship club about joining. I haven't actually joined any clubs here yet, although if the vegetarian/vegan folks or the gay folks were tabling, I'd sign up.
The best part of the evening, though, was when I mentioned Will Shortz (I wasn't name-dropping, really; I didn't even realize it might sound like that until after I said it) and my entrepreneurship teacher said, in all seriousness, "Will Shortz? The New York Times crossword editor? I thought he was dead!"
Later there was a dinner event, put on by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship folks, at which this dude talked about starting this site. It was very cool--he knew what he was talking about, and was very friendly (not to mention remarkably easy on the eyes). I told him about Calendar Geeks, and he sounded enthusiastic about it. He said to ping him on Facebook and he'd put in a plug on his Twitter, which is apparently followed by something like 2500 people. I also talked to the president of the entrepreneurship club about joining. I haven't actually joined any clubs here yet, although if the vegetarian/vegan folks or the gay folks were tabling, I'd sign up.
The best part of the evening, though, was when I mentioned Will Shortz (I wasn't name-dropping, really; I didn't even realize it might sound like that until after I said it) and my entrepreneurship teacher said, in all seriousness, "Will Shortz? The New York Times crossword editor? I thought he was dead!"
