2015

During my trip to Milan, I lived in a phenomenal hostel with great roommates and a courteous staff. Air conditioning was available for the first time in weeks and I had access to breakfast every single day. The weather has gotten much warmer and being able to sleep in...

There is no better adjective to describe myself other than empowered. Today is my last day at this wonderful university, because I have scheduled my last participant for this afternoon. It's a truly wonderful feeling, hitting that magic number of 50. I woke up feeling...

Today is my last day. I’ve decided that (overall) I am sad. Don’t get me wrong; I am really excited to see everyone back home. But I just said goodbye to the man who makes my coffee everyday and I almost cried. It sounds stupid, but I’ve seen this guy nearly every...

All of my equipment is packed up and removed from the lab, my keys are turned in, and I am ready to focus on coding. I ended with a total of 24 participants, only one short of my secondary goal. My 25th participant was a no-show on Friday and emailed me...

On Wednesday night, Annie, Angie, Haoyun and I took a late plane to Barcelona for a language conference. We arrived around midnight and caught a cab that was to take us to our hostel. . . He took us near-ish our hostel and said it was good enough and he wasn't sure...

I thought I would be done with participants by now, but I am not. It happens. I have three more until I reach my initial goal and 8 more until I reach my secondary goal. Segmenting data is taking longer than I thought and I foresee me spending much of summer “break”...

With the third week of my trip coming close to an end, I have the pleasure of knowing that progress is being made with my project and that I have a good number of individuals lined up in the coming days. It brings great satisfaction that data is slowly building itself...

Okay. It’s been a few days; I'm sorry. Also, shoutout to Annie for choosing the title of today's post. While I plan on writing extensively on participant experiences and the different trips we’ve done over the past two weekends, I want to start with the serious stuff....

There is something special about the city of Granada. I'm not sure if it's the architecture or the people here, but as I walk down these streets in the middle of the night, I feel this sense of newfound freedom and happiness. I feel liberated from the chains of my own...

Hola! As of right now I have 2 participants tested and another 8 scheduled. So I'm halfway there...Or at least I will be once I have them tested.   My first testing session did not go very well, but everything worked out in the end. Right at the beginning, my...

¡Hola! So, the university is not open on the weekends, but we went to Málaga over the weekend. Adventuring ensued. I should start out by saying that, while I enjoyed Málaga, I definitely like Granada better. There are so many tourists in Málaga. I know, I know. I am a...