urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:asanakitread. write. practice.asanakitasanakit2006-12-22T17:55:51Zurn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:asanakit:3424Preparations begin2006-12-22T17:51:52Z2006-12-22T17:55:51ZThe weeks following the training in Nashville have been very interesting. The Climate Project has set up online message boards where us trainees can post questions about science, presenting, or anything else. I've been busily answering climate questions and providing references for people who want more technical information. Major props go to realclimate.org -- they've covered just about everything climate-related at some point and have been a great source of information for me! <br /><br />I've begun the process of taking the 220+ slides we were given and trying to put together a 60-minute presentation. Gore seems to be able to get through these slides (and a few more) in 60 minutes, but I have serious doubts that I'll be able to. As I go through them, I'm cringing at the lack of y-axes, the casual leaps between frequency and intensity, etc. The scientist in me hates this kind of thing, but I'm *slowly* coming to terms with it. I'm even starting to believe, truly believe, that these things actually make the presentation better and more compelling. (To my scientific friends and colleagues out there, I hope you don't disown me!)urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:asanakit:1064me + al2006-11-02T19:19:30Z2006-12-22T17:52:48ZOK my invisible readers, brace yourselves:<br /><br />I am going to meet Al Gore!<br /><br />As part of <a href="http://theclimateproject.org/">Al Gore's Climate Project</a>, he's training 1000 volunteers to give a verson of his presentation on climate change. I'm still somewhat in shock about the fact that I've been chosen to be one.<br /><br />How, you might wonder, did this happen? Well, up until about 6 months ago, I was a paleoclimatologist. Now I'm not sure what I am, but in trying to find a new career I applied to be in the Al Gore army a few months ago. I'd totally forgotten about it until last night, when I found out. So I'll be going to Nashville with 199 other green soldiers for a weekend of training. <br /><br />I plan to blog about the training when the time comes, so stay tuned.urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:asanakit:26811,500,2612006-11-01T00:10:54Z2006-12-05T17:16:49ZSo I'm finally joining the other 11,512,366 Live Journalers out there. Hello.