retreat

[dr_tectonic]

First day of our big departmental retreat. We're trying to come with good, integrative, multidisciplinary group research projects, and I actually have about five ideas that I think are potentially really, really cool. Today was just preliminaries; we'll see if anyone else is interested in them tomorrow.

Long day, but we had dinner at the Chautauqua dining hall afterwards, and it was very good. I had a beef tenderloin that made my mouth very, very happy.

I have to be there by 8 am tomorrow. Ugh. At least I'm being clever enough to realize that I'll need to feed myself some protein at home before I go, because if I try to get by on just the fruit and pastries that will surely be available for breakfast, I'll be ready to fall asleep and/or kill someone by 10:30.

Comments

[bryree.livejournal.com]

Perhaps even kill someone by falling asleep.

[psyclonic.livejournal.com]

That was my worrythought, altho it's a much harder task when you're not operating a vehicle...

...or in that Dreamscape movie...

[orbitalmechanic.livejournal.com]

What IS the deal with conference breakfasts? Are they specifically designed to make everyone go into a coma or a sugar high?

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

I figure it's got more to do with them being easy to set up and non-perishable. And relatively cheap.

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

It's funny how nation-specific this is. The meetings I go to outside N. America give you real breakfasts, with cheeses and fruits and breads, and the like. Here, we get miniature jam-filled croissants glazed in sugar, and mini muffins, and butter tarts.

But yeah, this does suck.

[zalena.livejournal.com]

Beemer, you have such great ideas and present them in such a likable manner, I can't imagine everyone not wanting to implement them. (Unless they're feeling mean and stabby from the sweets. Cheap hotels call this concoction a "continental breakfast," which I have always interpreted as "Blame the French." Having never been to France, and also recognizing my bias as a francophobe, I realize this may not be entirely reasonable.)

[flwyd.livejournal.com]

Norway is not an island, though I don't know if having to go through Russia disqualifies it from being continental. However, everywhere we went there was pickled herring with onions, goat cheese, and cold cuts to accompany the bread and jam.

Maybe the North Sea makes it clear to people that fortification before entering the world is a good idea.

[zalena.livejournal.com]

It makes one wonder where the term 'continental breakfast' comes from.

How do you know ashfae?

[flwyd.livejournal.com]

I don't, actually. But I know people who do, and she looked interesting. I've friended other users for less :-)