tagryn | Trip to Philly, and "24" shoot

I spent most of last week back in Philadelphia, visiting my folks and attending the Population Association of America annual meetings. It went pretty well: I did a poster session there on my dissertation research, and won a blue ribbon for it, which I was very happy about. Funny thing is that I've done poster sessions before, one which was professionally prepared (lamination, color, etc.), and never won anything, whereas this time I did a pretty simple design with big graphics and color backgrounds, and it won. Go figure.

I had a nice time staying with my parents. We're all getting a little older, but it seems like everyone's health is holding up, thank goodness. The trees aren't out on the East Coast yet, so things were still looking pretty barren overall, though the crocus are out. I took a little time while I was downtown to do some research from the 1930 census on my Dad's family, so I was glad I was able to get that done since I've been wanting to finish that for a couple years now.

In other news: the FOX TV series "24" is filming an episode in our apartment complex this week and next. Most of the shots this week were late at night, so we didn't get to see much other than the frenzy of activity that is modern TV making. LOTS of wires strung throughout the place, many trailers (including a mobile carpentry shop) and Port-O-Potties set up around the complex, etc. I'll try to get some pictures of it next week when they're shooting.