{"id":1267,"date":"2005-02-04T23:58:12","date_gmt":"2005-02-05T07:58:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T08:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1267","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Big indecision. Today, I discovered that CMU won\\’t partially support me to attend CHI<\/a>, the HCI academic conference, because I am a part-time student. They will only reimburse me partially for next year.<\/p>\n

So while I have met all these great people, I won\\’t be able to spend a whole week with them in our own personal hci adventure.<\/p>\n

Or I could always pay my own way. In reality, I spend over $600 in a month. And surely, not going on a trip to Japan last summer saved me over $1000. And I am less afraid of spending that much on my electronic fascination. So why is the price making me balk? Mostly, I just can\\’t justify it to myself. Firstly, it\\’s almost slightly embarrassing to attend a conference, not being supported by the school…especially since I didn\\’t publish a paper or am not presenting a talk. Rather I am going for interest (I have always wanted to see what others have done in HCI), the experience…and most of all, to spend this valuable time with people I may not even see in 12 months.<\/p>\n

Despite all my rants about disliking people or being annoyed by people, it\\’s people that make my day. Starting as an awkward shy child, I never really trusted anyone. I felt like people would tease me, attack me, ridicule me, and reject me. I started shedding that belief as an undergraduate at Berkeley. And yet, even then, I kept my distance. And when I came to Pittsburgh, I was given a chance to fully leave that belief. I found my trust and loyalty in people. So maybe the upcoming year would have the very same experience. Yet isn\\’t the first time always the one you remember the best?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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