Good points Neo. I'm sure I've learned a lot from being part of a community like this the I never would have gotten from schoolwork. And met hundreds of awesome people as well! :D

I have to go to a conference in a couple of weeks. I applied to present a poster on my research but they gave me a talk as well. ;_; I hate public speaking! But I am having fun designing the poster. Research posted are usually pretty boring so I am trying to make mine look nice and interesting. I can thank PE2K for getting me interested in graphic design and such as well. It's pretty awesome when one of your hobbies becomes useful at school/work. :D