Journey to the Center of the Earth : Exploring High Pressure in Stanford, CA

September 29th, 2009. Mummy was running down the corridor into the garage. I quickly jumped 3 steps, ran into the garage, and wore my shoes. Mummy drove on CA-87 and took the North First Street exit. She took Orchard Parkway and said," Did you ever see Daddy's new office?". She passed BAE Systems and finally arrived at 3025 Orchard Parkway. Daddy ran towards the van. I jumped down the van, ran towards the car door, and buckled my belt. Daddy turned right on Montague Expressway, made an U-turn, took US-101, took exit The Embarcadero/ Oregon Expressway, right on East The Embarcadero, right on Arbroitetry Way, left on Sand Hill Road, and left on Saga Lane. Where were we going to? The Stanford Linear Accelerator in Stanford, CA to see the lecture Journey to the Center of the Earth : Exploring High Pressure! When we got out of the van, we were greeted by a gruesome wind blowing our way. We ran into the Panofsky Auditorium, grabbed a cookie each, jumped down the steps, and sat in our seats. We asked a person working at The Stanford Linear Accelerator what they were smashing. He said they were smashing an electron with its anti-particle. "Emergency Information" was showing on the lecturer's (Wendy Mao) laptop. We were sitting in our seats, waiting for the lecture to start. Finally it did. The very interesting lecture was about, as it says on the title of this post, high pressure. One of the things I remembered was that atoms get closer when they reach higher pressure. Finally Wendy Mao ended the lecture with a story of a monk. We exited the Panofsky Auditorium, raced into the parking lot, opened the car door, and buckled our belts. Daddy gave me a sandwich, started the car, turned left on Sand Hill Road, took I-280, exit CA-87, and finally arrived home.