Good evening, Your Majesty...

You'll never guess what I found out today.

Each of 5 Swedish undergraduate colleges in the USA chooses one graduate each year to nominate for the Glenn Seaborg Nobel Travel Award. The winner presents his/her research at the Nobel festivities, in audience Nobel Laureates and members of the national youth science organization of Sweden. Then, it's to the invitation-only, fine dress-only Nobel Awards reception to schmooze with the laureates and dignitaries from around the world. Then, to the press conferences, Nobel lectures, meeting Swedish princesses (literally), and tours. It would be mind-boggling to get such an opportunity, wouldn't it?

Well, Gustavus's nominee is.... me.

I'm pumped. I'm also procuring a Swedish-English-Swedish dictionary, just in case.