Bienvenidos a Miami

the gene pool
Hey everyone, I just got back from a week in Miami, and boy it was the best trip ever!! I got flown down by these pollsters because I won this award for best student paper, and they put me up in a swanky 4 star hotel suite! I presented my paper and everyone seemed to like it because I ran out of copies of the paper and got a few on-the-spot job offers. Not bad for my first time at this conference! I also got to see my grandma on my dad's side of the family, which was great, and I also partied a lot with my best friend who lives in Miami right on South Beach! And of course...the best part of the trip involved a new male acquaintance...but if you want the details on THAT, you have to email me...;)

The 2nd most embarrasing moment of the trip (for the 1st, again, you have to email me) came when my grandma, who was at the awards dinner to see me get my award, went up afterwards to the chair of the department at Penn and told him he should read my article on teaching because it would make him a better teacher. I wanted to sink into the floor! He's the CHAIR of the dept and probably one of the top 5 most famous guys in my field!! (My article "Multiple Methods, More Success" on how to teach stats just came out and I had brought a copy down to show my grandma.) That just shows you should think twice before showing published stuff to elderly relatives and also carefully monitor who grandmas speak to at social events with famous people present that you want to eventually hire you. :)