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ok, ST . . . time for a little announcement of some import in my pending future life . . .

Posted by i'm not dead yet ! (aka pacrat) Mar 5 '14, 12:16

so, as most of you already know, I'm in college right now, working on my Master's and all that blah blah blah :)

well, at the beginning of the semester, we were told about a school-sponsored conference that the university is putting on on March 22. In one of the classes, we were required to submit an abstract for a paper presentation, mostly for the practice of doing such things. We were told that attendance is mandatory even if we don't present or anything at the conference.

Well, I was just checking my emails, and I have an email from the professor who I guess is one of the conference's coordinators. It appears that I've been selected to be one of the presenters at the conference. Don't know specifics yet as to time of presentation or anything like that, but it looks like I'll have to stand up in front of a crowd of mostly strangers and blather on for 10 - 15 minutes about something and field questions.

next week is spring break, and I was already prepared to spend most of next week studying for tests I have right after break, and working on some assignments for classes. Now, it seems that I need to prep all of the notes etc. that I had for a term paper I am working on for one of the classes (which I'd used the basis of for my abstract for the conference) and put together a short presentation on the subject.

groan . . . I don't like this. I'm stressed out enough over my tests and what not.

And, okay, for those who might be interested in knowing what my presentation will be about . . .

I'm doing a paper / presentation on vampires / vampirism and the cultural connections throughout the last 2,000 years of the development of the Vampire and tie that in to how many of the things we view as characteristics of the vampire can now be explained away medically.

Responses:

First off - that's a fascinating topic and congratulations. Focus a moment on the success. Well done. - Mel Profit Mar 5, 12:42
are you talking actual medical explain of the historical record or gin up poss exp for the fantacy? - zeitgeist Mar 5, 12:33 3
- well, I have already looked up a lot of stuff on the subject (I was already planning on doing this for a term paper) , . . - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 5, 12:37 2
  - i always thought the garlic thing was victorian noblility vs blue collar, foriegn trash who bathed in the stuff -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 5, 12:45 1
    - well, there are some legit medical things going on too :) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 5, 12:58
WTG! -- nm - amoxy Mar 5, 12:30
that's very cool -- nm - Epiphany Mar 5, 12:29
If you can't publish then presenting is the next best thing....congrats ;) -- nm - Meg Mar 5, 12:28 2
- i'm thinking that this might lead to an eventual publishing of an article ? - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 5, 12:30 1
  - (I don't know that such would be a given or certainty . . . but it'd be a cool thing to happen) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 5, 12:30
be honest and explain to the professor why you wish to not present - peglegpete Mar 5, 12:25 7
- well, peglegpete . . . my only concern really is just being prepared for it and all . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 5, 12:35 1
  - good luck whatever you choose -- nm - peglegpete Mar 5, 12:35
- meh...it's no Embrace of the Vampire. -- nm - Remlik Mar 5, 12:32 1
  - *thud* -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 5, 12:32
- i'll have to look that up (someday) . . . you have me interested in that now . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 5, 12:31 2
  - 15 years ago, they were both released on the same dvd -- nm - peglegpete Mar 5, 12:35 1
    - here -- (link) - peglegpete Mar 5, 12:37
nice. -- nm - Remlik Mar 5, 12:23 4
- So, how many poeple's hearts have you broke so far today? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 5, 12:24 3
  - at least 76. -- nm - Remlik Mar 5, 12:30 2
    - i was going to say 312.50 -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 5, 12:31 1
      - Wit for it... -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 5, 12:32
Like a boss! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 5, 12:22
congrats(?) and whoa. -- nm - Diva Mar 5, 12:21
you really need to dress up as Dracula for the presentation -- nm - decline Mar 5, 12:21 1
- i was thinking about doing something like putting on a thin layer of white face paint to give myself a pale look . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 5, 12:33

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