wait for qdot: 2007 AVS Meeting - Seattle, WA - Day 2 & 3

On to the t-minus-1 day for my talk in Seattle. Typical cloudy and dreary weather descended upon Seattle which didn't really matter because I spent much of the day in the Convention Center listening to talks. Nothing really eventful happened on Tuesday, so I will jump ahead to 3:00AM early Wednesday morning, where the sick and uneasiness of talk-giving kicks me the hardest.

So, I am scared of alarm clocks, but I set one on my talk day anyway. I will do anything to wake up before the alarm clock goes off just so I don't have to hear that annoying thing while I am sleeping. This makes for a horrible night sleep. And coupled to that, I sign up for the AVS 5k run which at 6:15AM at Green Lake. With my brain in a sleepy knot, I wake up at 3AM, 4:30AM and finally at 5:30AM and get ready for the run. Outside - real Seattle weather - cold, rainy and dark, maybe the sun was up, but I would never know because of all the clouds. The run was actually pretty good and my time was 27:02 (very slow, I took it easy) and second in my age group - yes there were not many people running. I am glad my duckie kept me motivated to not chicken out of running. Here is the gps track of the run:

AVS Meeting 5k Run around Green Lake, Seattle.

I spent the rest of the day (at least till after my talk) with what I will call Seattle vision. Some kind of hazy/cloudy stare with my brain unable to process anything. Then, gave the talk, answered some questions and that was it. No big deal - damn nerves. Then I spent some of the afternoon wandering around Seattle: