feeling good

So I just reread my first blog post. Not a very auspicious start. Thats what you get for writing while very tired and drunk. I guess it was just a desperate act, and it didn't even work (thanks for nothing, jerks).

I got through the whole conference pretty well. The fact that I spent about 40 hours there over three days wasn't exactly fun for me or Michelle (sorry baby). Other than that, I think it went pretty great for it being my first time to do something like that. Nothing really went perfectly, and I will probably have to answer a few uncomfortable questions at work next week, but overall it seemed good. As far as the panel went, I was a little late (did I mention I was busy?) so they found someone to fill my place. Someone I don't like very much at work. Oh well. She actually surprised me with some pretty intuitive and thoughtful contributions to the discussion. I did get to talk a little bit, but I think it was better this way.

Life is pretty good. I am starting to feel like I am doing better at work, and I am still having fun, of course. Someday I suppose I will get around to describing myself with a MySpace survey or something dumb like that, but that will have to be when I am really bored.

I spend a lot of time on the internet, so naturally I come across a lot of cool stuff. Next time I will focus more on sharing some of the things that interest me. Hopefully that will be a better way for you to learn about me.

Out of My League for Fun

So I will be part of an educational panel next week with some of the smartest people I haven't met at a conference full of really smart people. The guy in charge of the panel is a modern day genius, but he is also a lot of fun, so the topic is "Why are left handed people more innovative than right handed people?" The funny thing is, this part of the 4 day conference is supposed to be fun, but I am more worried about it than any other part.

Let me back up. So I started a job at a very large technology company about 6 months ago, fresh out of college with a graduate degree in business and a undergrad in engineering. Maybe I will talk about that decision later. It is part of my job to manage the technical conference participation for our group (revenue of over a quarter billion dollars). Pretty intimidating to say the least. I also handle the university interaction, so this noob gets the chance to rub shoulders with some of the most influential people at a Fortune 100 company and occasionally they force me to attempt to talk on the same level. Stupid right?

Back to the story. So this really smart panel leader guy tells me that if there is someone who is not being interesting on the 90 minute panel discussion he will kick them off. Great, as if I needed more pressure. Oh yeah, I forgot the best part. The panel is Tuesday (3 days away), I just learned about it, I am busy as F*** already, and now I am kinda freaking out. Anyways, does anyone have any interesting lines about left-handed versus right handed people? I don't have time to prepare, so I am desperately putting myself at the mercy of the internet by starting my first blog. It doesn't even have to be true, but I would be cool if I could quote someone (a legit someone).