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Arsenic Day
Dec. 3rd, 2010 08:59 pm1. Last chance to get a Christmas card if you want one -- I plan on buying the cards hopefully by Monday.
2. Thanks to everyone who commented on my last entry and added me on Tumblr (and gave me suggestions of blogs to follow over there as well)! I've been addicted to that site for the past couple of days now, though that's probably because it's the end of the semester and I need distractions. XD I still don't quite see the point of Tumblr, but I've been having a lot of fun with it -- then again, that probably is its purpose. ^_^;
3. The past few days have generally treated me very well -- I've been stressing out about that GIS final project, but it turns out the due date has been pushed back from next Monday to next Thursday, which is a huge relief! (Even though I've kinda expected this, since our prof loves to push things out and leave things to the last minute.) :D I've done quite a bit of work on it so far -- three interviews (with a possible fourth early next week), lots of research (which still needs to be finalized), and a mock-up of the final map I'll be making (which, according to the rest of my class, is looking good). Still a lot of work to do (like actually making the map and doing a write-up to go along with it), but at least I'll try to relax a bit during this last week and hope everything goes well.
Our ES seminar did its big final presentation to the college and town community yesterday afternoon, and it went very well -- a lot of the people who attended told us it was one of the best presentations they've seen in years. 8D (Caveat: I didn't actually get up and speak at the presentation -- or help organize it, for that matter -- mostly because I'm really bad at public speaking. Didn't stop me from being nervous before it started, mind.) For those who don't know or might have forgotten: our class spent this semester trying to tackle the problem of arsenic contamination in private groundwater wells in parts of rural Vermont, and I was in the group tasked to come up with policy recommendations. Long story short, our recommendations have made in a bill introduced in the current session in the Vermont state senate, and we'll probably help put on a press conference sometime in February or March, which is really exciting! (I'll probably go over this in more detail when the time comes, but I'm really tired and I'm trying to get this entry in before LJ goes down for maintenance, so if you want me to talk about it further, feel free to ask me about it in the comments, I'd love to talk about it. ~_^)
(And all of this is rather ironic, considering this came out on the same day. An economics professor in the ES department told us about that during our debriefing after the presentation [even though I found out about it online hours before ^_^;], all excited and everything, told us we were "on the cutting edge!!!!!!", and then walked right back out. XDDDDDDDDDDDDD It's still really exciting news, though -- it makes you wonder, doesn't it?)
Other than the GIS project, the only other big things I have going for me right now are revisions for the final product for the ES seminar due Monday morning, and my geology exam Thursday morning. After that, I should be done, and I'll get to go back home a week from tomorrow! :D (Yes, after only two weeks back at college. I know, right? :PPP)
4. That's about it, I guess; not much has been going on. Life's rather boring, stressful, and exhausting right now, but hopefully that'll change after next week. ;-)
2. Thanks to everyone who commented on my last entry and added me on Tumblr (and gave me suggestions of blogs to follow over there as well)! I've been addicted to that site for the past couple of days now, though that's probably because it's the end of the semester and I need distractions. XD I still don't quite see the point of Tumblr, but I've been having a lot of fun with it -- then again, that probably is its purpose. ^_^;
3. The past few days have generally treated me very well -- I've been stressing out about that GIS final project, but it turns out the due date has been pushed back from next Monday to next Thursday, which is a huge relief! (Even though I've kinda expected this, since our prof loves to push things out and leave things to the last minute.) :D I've done quite a bit of work on it so far -- three interviews (with a possible fourth early next week), lots of research (which still needs to be finalized), and a mock-up of the final map I'll be making (which, according to the rest of my class, is looking good). Still a lot of work to do (like actually making the map and doing a write-up to go along with it), but at least I'll try to relax a bit during this last week and hope everything goes well.
Our ES seminar did its big final presentation to the college and town community yesterday afternoon, and it went very well -- a lot of the people who attended told us it was one of the best presentations they've seen in years. 8D (Caveat: I didn't actually get up and speak at the presentation -- or help organize it, for that matter -- mostly because I'm really bad at public speaking. Didn't stop me from being nervous before it started, mind.) For those who don't know or might have forgotten: our class spent this semester trying to tackle the problem of arsenic contamination in private groundwater wells in parts of rural Vermont, and I was in the group tasked to come up with policy recommendations. Long story short, our recommendations have made in a bill introduced in the current session in the Vermont state senate, and we'll probably help put on a press conference sometime in February or March, which is really exciting! (I'll probably go over this in more detail when the time comes, but I'm really tired and I'm trying to get this entry in before LJ goes down for maintenance, so if you want me to talk about it further, feel free to ask me about it in the comments, I'd love to talk about it. ~_^)
(And all of this is rather ironic, considering this came out on the same day. An economics professor in the ES department told us about that during our debriefing after the presentation [even though I found out about it online hours before ^_^;], all excited and everything, told us we were "on the cutting edge!!!!!!", and then walked right back out. XDDDDDDDDDDDDD It's still really exciting news, though -- it makes you wonder, doesn't it?)
Other than the GIS project, the only other big things I have going for me right now are revisions for the final product for the ES seminar due Monday morning, and my geology exam Thursday morning. After that, I should be done, and I'll get to go back home a week from tomorrow! :D (Yes, after only two weeks back at college. I know, right? :PPP)
4. That's about it, I guess; not much has been going on. Life's rather boring, stressful, and exhausting right now, but hopefully that'll change after next week. ;-)
