Sitting here on a rather nice Saturday, once again hungover. It's a little lonely here. Walking down the street I see all these couples holding hands and making out, friends all laughing and enjoying dinner together and go to sit by myself for a meal. Such is life I suppose.

Last night was entertaining as I went to the local Canadian bar. It wasn't too Canadian really, just hockey stuff everywhere and everything made out of wood. There was only one other Canadian fellow in the bar as well, a Quebecois fellow who I ended up chatting with for most of the night. I can't remember his name for the life of me, but we had a great chat about everything under the sun. It's always entertaining how those drunken conversations end up. First you talk about pretty interesting technical things (as he was an engineering student), then we got into politics a bit, then humanity. Ultimately it ended up in a conversation about women and how to get French girls. We were both baffled by it, they are a confusing bunch.

One good realization from the conversation, and one I had been thinking about for sometime now is how the Parisian lifestyle is. Everyone seems to think Paris is about going to all these sites, museums and historical places, but when I'm living here it doesn't seem that way at all. For me, and a lot of people, to understand the culture the best is to go have nice meals, meet with interesting people, have good drinks, and generally learn the French way of relaxing in life. At work for example, everyone is super laid back and we'll all go for coffee together and spend 20 minutes just standing around chatting. It's a marked difference from Houston, where everyone just stayed in their offices and tried to communicate as little as possible it seemed.

The new Chemical Brothers album is very average, worth one listen but that's about it really.

Sitting on the train yesterday I was actually thinking that it would be really enjoyable for me to go give a lecture of sorts at my alma mater Strathcona-Tweedsmuir. I think I would really enjoy to give an introductory talk on mathematics and present a couple of basic proofs as to what it is, and give an overview as to the power of it. I dunno if anyone there would be interested, but I think it would be helpful for students because high school math doesn't give you any real idea as to what it is. It could also be good to help show where a math degree would lead in terms of a job too. I was thinking presenting the proof of infinite of primes, the intermediate value theorem, and showing the cardinality of the real numbers is greater than the natural numbers via diagonalization. Most people probably don't know what those are, but those who do will understand that they provide a nice little overview of different proof methods, and they all are entertaining in how they work out.

What else has been on my mind? The new Interpol album rocks, I recommend it to all.

Bah, it's Bastille Day here, so perhaps I should go do something French. Like bitch about the government, or let my dog shit all over the streets, or wear tight jeans in hot weather. Anywho, off to dinner I suppose. Until next time.