bitter magnet

alas, i gave my presentation yesterday..it went ok, no major mistakes (however, there were a few blunders.. i couldn't move the mouse at first so i accidentally brought up the previous speaker's presentation instead of mine; also at first i couldn't work the laser pointer). there were about 4 or 5 questions, which were all right. although the room was big, there weren't a lot of people there (maybe 40 or so?) anyways, Niamh's presentation (around 4pm) also went well.. there were actually a decent amount of people there given the fact that it was the last time slot (around 4pm) of the conference, and a lot of people were taking off by then. i'm glad i diddn't have to leave till today.

oh, and last night i got to see my cousin Jessica, it was great! she actually lives quite near here (apparently near the Silver Spring stop of the Metro). She met me at the Hilton and we walked around, and went out to this Indian restaurant (really good food!). We talked about a lot of stuff, how she was doing, how I was doing, everything. Then we went out to this lounge/cafe thing, to have some drinks. i had some hot chocolate. the mug was so HUGE (must have been like 24 oz) and it had this huge dollop of whipped cream with chocolate syrup on it..it was so good! i didn't finish it all though. anyway, it was great since we talked a lot about our family (our mothers, our grandmother, aunts, etc) and how funny they were. it's so weird how i've known her for more than 20 years...when i was 3 and she was 5 we used to fight like crazy! that's so insane.