We have new test labs at Alabama. Today we were demonstrating how to use the equipment. Somehow, by virtue of sitting in the wrong chair I think, I became the guinea pig. One of my classmates snapped the picture as they attached my fingers and arms to sensor pads.
We have instrumentation to measure heart rate, skin conductance and other fancy things. There’s a big screen television where participants can see images and movies and commercials or whatever and the researcher can gather data on how they impact you. It is pretty cool stuff. When the labs are completed, the associate dean (seen vaguely in the background here) believes this will be a top-of-the-line research center.
And I will have graduated.
She’s wearing gloves because it “makes you look more official.”
And I used to think a clipboard and a confident wave were all you needed for credibility. Turns out it is just non-latex gloves.
Anyway, lots of studying and research today. Lots of reading. Lots of Emailing too.
I sent out scholarship letters to the last high school journalism teachers in America who had not already received them. The boss wanted saturation, so I found some 70 state and local high school press associations and then wrote to every individual teacher I know in the state. If you can carpet bomb any better your name might be Arthur Bomber Harris.
Now I’m working on another series of Emails for the next big push.
I have updated the photo gallery this evening. There are now 143 pictures online for September. And there’s still a week to go. If you’d like to look back at previous Septembers, or other months in amusing personal history, just go here.
And, in a few minutes, I’ll be along with the newest addition to the site as well. It will be simple and beautiful and I’m very excited to finally get around to it. So you simply must indulge me.
