WHAT.

“MAA MathFest 2013 will be held at the Connecticut Convention Center and Hartford Marriott Downtown in Hartford, Connecticut.”

WHAT THE CRAP IS THIS CONFERENCE AND WHY CAN’T I BE THERE?

There’s a minicourse entitled “Passion-Driven Statistics: A Supportive, Project-Based, Multidisciplinary Introductory Curriculum” and another one called “Mathematical Expeditions in Polar Science” in which “Participants will learn about many different areas of scientific research going on in the Arctic and in Antarctica, including sea ice, glaciers, ice cores, phenology, astronomy, biology, and satellite mapping.”

Math and Antarctica? Seriously?

AND DR. ARTHUR BENJAMIN (THIS GUY) IS GOING TO BE THERE?!?

Nooooooooo life is not fair, it’d cost like an entire semester’s tuition to get me to Connecticut.

I’m sad now.