Librarian invasion
Jun. 20th, 2003 11:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
listersgirlI'm going to another work-related conference this weekend, although "going" seems a little too strong of a word, considering the conference centre is right across the street from my workplace. In fact, it's all feeling a little surreal -- the last conference that I attended required hotel reservations, time off work, flight plans, finding a roommate and all sorts of planning. This conference? Well, today I took 5 minutes and crossed the street in order to register, and tomorrow I have to remember to get up at my normal time instead of sleeping until the sounds of Bollywood coming from outside my window drag me out of bed. I'm reading all these conference planning guides, and it just feels so remote. It's barely interrupting my life, other than my not having time to clean the bathroom or buy groceries this weekend.
Which wouldn't be so strange, except that this is probably the biggest conference I will ever attend, cancellations due to SARS notwithstanding. The conference booklet is 352 pages! And glossy! My last conference, even though it was longer, is like the smurf relation to this conference. I'm betting that out of the 20 or so people that I know who will be there, I will run into...probably none, considering how many sessions are in each time slot, and how big spread out everything is. Still, I feel like I should be more excited or involved, rather than barely even remembering that it's happening. I feel like I should be attending new member socials, and breakfasts, and wandering around meeting people, but I both don't really care and am too intimidated by the size to get started.
Whatever, I'm sure it'll be an experience. Hey, maybe I should wear some sort of sign that indicated I'm from Toronto, and then people will come talk to me (even if it's just to find out where the subway station is) and I won't have to do any work.
Which wouldn't be so strange, except that this is probably the biggest conference I will ever attend, cancellations due to SARS notwithstanding. The conference booklet is 352 pages! And glossy! My last conference, even though it was longer, is like the smurf relation to this conference. I'm betting that out of the 20 or so people that I know who will be there, I will run into...probably none, considering how many sessions are in each time slot, and how big spread out everything is. Still, I feel like I should be more excited or involved, rather than barely even remembering that it's happening. I feel like I should be attending new member socials, and breakfasts, and wandering around meeting people, but I both don't really care and am too intimidated by the size to get started.
Whatever, I'm sure it'll be an experience. Hey, maybe I should wear some sort of sign that indicated I'm from Toronto, and then people will come talk to me (even if it's just to find out where the subway station is) and I won't have to do any work.
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Date: 2003-06-20 09:26 am (UTC)Wear a SARS mask - then no one will talk to you and you won't have to do any work.
:)
Dude.
Date: 2003-06-20 11:26 am (UTC)