it figures

i enjoy photography. i am not interested in studio shoots or taking pictures of models/people. what i am interested in and enjoy is taking pictures of nature, structures, and generally inanimate objects when i am traveling.

on january 20th there is a seminar in san diego given by the national geographic specifically related to digital photography done while traveling.

wouldn't you know it... i have a con meeting that day during the exact hours of the seminar. *sigh

this continually happens with events i am interested in coinciding with the day of the meeting or the con itself. such as the two times zahi hawass, secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities and director of the giza pyramids excavation, taught a one week course in hieroglyphic translation at UCLA. both times was during the week of the con.

there have been numerous conventions, seminars and lectures related to topics i am interested in which fall on the date of the meetings. the majority of the time they are held only once per year, so i end up crossing my fingers that they will be scheduled again in the following year and not on the one sunday of the month when a meeting is.

i think it is time for a change.