Dan called mid-day to see if I would be a color model for his Aveda teaching seminar in the City that started in half an hour. One of their color models cancelled at the last minute. It wasn't the type of color I wanted, so naturally being vain and conceited, I refused to help. Nah, I couldn't make it there soon enough because of work commitments, but another time that would be fun!
Monday night, URS hosted an employee/client event in honor of Engineer's Week, "Climate Change - An Engineer's Perspective". Two of my teammates were unable to make it to the event but knew of a Melbourne Water client who was planning to attend. I happened to be standing by the door and saw him walk in. I immediately extended my hand, said, "Hello, I'm Jen" and started chatting - this poor guy was taken aback a little. I explained that they had told me he was coming and he said yes, he was under the impression that he was being set up on some kind of date. It was a little humorous. The talk was relatively interesting but seemed to lack the engineer's perspective in my opinion - mostly just graphs of what effects are predicted, primarily in the energy and water sectors. The audience really engaged and debated the need to design bridges, buildings, drainage systems, etc. for extrapolated extremes with huge levels of uncertainty versus reasonably sound design. It was interesting to note that the majority of attendees were grey-haired men in suits and ties. Very few women attended the event.
