San Francisco here I come!!!

I DID IT!!! I won!!!

Most of you didn't know this (in fact I might have only told Steve about it), but Columbia managed to get the money to give two students scholarships to go to the Game Developers Conference this year in San Francisco. We had to write an essay (I won't bore you with the topic) and it was blind judged. AND I GOT IT!!

This means I'm going to GDC for free. Except for food and "incidentals". But I can handle that. I seriously didn't expect to get it. I figured that I would be outwritten by at least a couple of people in my department. This makes me more excited than any of you can imagine.

Oh, in case you didn't know, GDC is an international conference where people from all over the industry get together to schmooze, booze, and talk about the industry and such once a year. Its sort of, half convention, half advertise your awesome project, half networking. That's three halves, but you get the point. Its pretty much the best opportunity for anyone hoping to break into the industry to meet some people and weasel your way into a job.

This means I need to get time off work. And I'm going to miss a week of classes. And I need a portfolio website. And a resume, and business cards. And I need to learn how to network at suchan event. And shit, I only have three weeks to do that. LAME.

Sorry for the completely self-indulgent post, I had to blog or I won't be able to sleep at all tonight!