I am currently in the process of submitting an abstract for a dissertation talk at the AAS in January. Scary. D: I mean, all it means is that I'm within a year of getting my PhD as of January, but still! That's scary!

Of course, it also means I'm going to the AAS and certain people (Tyler and Valerie) should come too. ;D Because then we could share a room or something and you know how much fun that is! I'm actually pretty excited about Washington, D.C. - I've only spent a day there before and I totally need to hit up all the museums. Of course, let's not forget that I run a half-marathon at Disneyworld oh, two days after the end of the meeting. ::dies:: This is gonna be fun. Really. XD (I did 4.5 miles again yesterday with no problems, though, so maybe I'll up it to 5 or 6 this weekend~ Thank God it's actually less than 80 out finally so I'm not a dripping mess when I get done. XD;)

Speaking of astronomy, I went to a talk this morning on the TMT - the Thirty Meter Telescope - because guys, that's awesome. XD THIRTY METERS OF MIRROR. For serious. (Well, actually it's about 400 1.4 meter-sized segments all put together... which is possibly even crazier!) Anyway, they've already chosen a site for it so I suppose that means it's no longer a thing of the speculative future and it's actually going happen. Wow~

Also, apparently Hydra (Pluto's second-largest moon) is occulting a start tonight and it might be visible from Florida. I'm torn on offering myself up to help view it - on the one hand, I have experience with occultations (especially involving Pluto!) but on the other hand, I was really looking forward to having the night to myself. :x Hm. I suppose I have another few hours to decide.

And finally, totally randomly, I really like the Jimmy Robbins and KSM albums. Maybe I'll upload a song from each or something, to prod you guys into supporting them or something. :D;

Okay, time to finish lunch so I can go meet with my advisor in 20 minutes.

Houston, we have official confirmation. Half-Marathon is for reals! XD (I'm glad I got it, though, I was nervous because it's already 60% full. Frank got his confirmation too, so at least I'll have a running buddy to leave me in his dust.)

Jonas Brothers concert was... well, a Jonas Brothers concert. It was pretty enjoyable, if you ask me, and they even played some songs I really like that I wasn't sure they would (like Pushin' Me Away). It was pretty similar to the Hannah Montana concert, but with more extra footage, which was neat. Alas, Gainesville does not seem to be the right demographic - including myself and Diana, there were six people in the theater. XD Ah well, it's like a private concert then, right? One movie down, two more to go. XD And I think Race To Witch Mountain comes out next week, but I've actually never seen the first Witch Mountain movie so I should really look into that first.

I approve of the abstract for today's colloquium. It's cutely-written and even uses the word "its" correctly! :D (Plus it's about X-ray Clusters, which actually interest me! Speaking of, I'd better get back to CIAOing. Wednesday just seems to be one of those days where nothing gets done.)

asjdoafdja I just put my registration in the mailbox. I am officially running the 2010 Walt Disney World Half Marathon, because I just paid the $120 registration fee to do it. XD I may die. I'm hoping not. I have a year to train!

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled lives. I have more progress pix to post, but I need to get some other stuff done first so that will be later or tomorrow~