horray for industry dinners!

well tonight i went to the most fastinating thing... and industry dinner. every year the Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (ANAC) hosts this dinner for upper level UofS animal science students. it is this meet and greet thing so that students can get to know industry people and who they work for and what they do, and so that the industry people can meet some of the students that will be graduating soon, and scout new potential employees.

so, you ask, where do i fit in to all of this since i am in limbo and not really a animal science major.

when i was talking to the grad studies advisor, i mentioned that animal nutrition interested me, so he suggested that i come to the ANAC dinner. i promptly signed up, sent my resume as was requested, and showed up to look pretty and hopefully get a feel for the industry and the people involved. as i know virtually no one, i got myself my free drink and introduced myself to a group of students that looked friendly, thereby allowing me to attach myself to them. the best part of the evening was the fact that there was a phalynx of animal science professors also at the dinner. this meant that i could actually meet the profs. they would come around to talk to the girls i had attached myself to (i sound like a leach or a limpet, but i am pretty sure they didnt mind especially since they actually talked to me) and then the prof would notice me and so i could introduce myself, and they would want to know all about me and where i transferred from, what i was doing. each and every one of them thought i should skip the second bachelors and just to a masters (thanks a lot guys now i have even more to worry about) but i got to know them some, and one of them told me that the monogastric animal production class that i wanted but didnt have the pre-requisites, i could get into because he taught it and in his words "we let anyone off the street take that class" so needless to say i have now dropped my soil micro class (time conflict) and will show up in class on wednesday and say "guess what murray i took your advice". actually i will probably go see him tomorrow, but the first way would be so much more fun.

hmmm what else to say...

oh ya i also met some people in the ag lounge today and a few more in my plant science lab, so life is good. and i finally asked what the heck social points were, they had signs everywhere about them and i had no idea what they were about (you get points when you participate in social activities, and then you get badges to put on your Agros jacket, its really cool)

now for the saskatoon weather update, for those of you who fear i am turning into a kimsicle, it was a balmy -15 today. i have survived a blizzard and waiting for a bus that never came in -47, i can take anything.

and so continues the saga of me...

oh, one more thing, you would not believe how excited people get when they hear that i am an import from bc and i like it here. its really funny.

Cheers