I went down to Galveston this weekend with Kevin and competed in the Sigma Xi student research conference. We had quite a bit of [trouble] getting down there... ummm... yea. Several other guys from UT went also, and the kids from the PISD were there too. But man, we got such a cold reception from the PISD bunch, it was like they hardly even knew us. I mean, I guess I can't expect them to treat us like we're still associated with them, but geez, they really coulda been a little nicer. *sigh* It just makes me realize how everything changes once you go off to college; you're not who/what you used to be in high school, and you can't expect other people to treat you as such. =/

Well, anyways, we ended up getting 3rd place, which isn't bad, but only first place gets money- all we get is a certificate. Yea, but I guess I didn't really expect to win; we didn't really review our "act" before putting it on again. So I ended up giving the absolute most lay of layman's explanations- as watered down as I could make things and still convey a point. It seemed to work out; the judges walked away acting like they really understood what we were doing, which usually isn't the case.

On Saturday night, we ate at Joe's Crab Shack (which was a lot worse than I expected, considering the proximity to the sea). Well, we ended up having like an hour-long conversation with a cop (; we weren't in trouble or anything). Learned quite a bit.

On Sunday morning, we had planned to stop off in Houston on the way back for lunch. So I got directions from H-Town Daniel, but there was a huge miscommunication, and we missed our exit by like 30 minutes!