World Aquatic Championships all list-like

(because I can't remember things chronologically and because it's been far too long since my blog has seen a random list, here it is; random, out of order, and list-like.)

- I met Alexandre Despatie. My mom has been trying to facilitate us meeting for a while now and finally it worked out this weekend. Our encounter consisted of the typical two cheek kiss and a lot of polite small-talk. Meanwhile, the woman my mom was talking to said he and I would be a good match because we were the same age. My mom nearly retorted with "No, she likes 'em smart."
- I like being a VIP. I didn't have to wait in lines, I had good seats to anything I wanted to see, and people were so nice to me. Though my brother didn't notice the last one. So maybe they were staring at my boobs and not my badge.
- Apparently, I look like Marianne Limpert. And now we have a picutre of the two of us together. That's an awkward conversation. Now I know my mom know Marianne and the fact that Marianne is such an elite athlete doesn't phase my mom but it's still strange. "Everyone says you look like my daughter who happens to be sitting right here."
- I dislike trains. They rock back and forth and make me naseous and then they're late. And people on trains snore and talk loudly.
- Old Montreal is very pretty. I want to do the sight-seeing thing there.
- There are other people in this world that think. Not many but it is so exciting to meet someone who does.
- You can learn so much from strangers. There's something special in my mind about having just one good conversation with someone you likely won't ever see again.
- I think the Russians and the Chinese are genetically modifying their athletes. How else do they get synchro teams where all 8 girls at skinny and leggy with 6 tall girls (all the same height) and 2 shorter girls to throw?
- I love that Canadian audiences will cheer just to see their athletes' names come up on the screen, even if it shows that those athletes are in last place.

Coming soon: What's been keeping Sonia's mind occupied.

Quote of the day:
Sonia: "Couldn't they have held on just 12 more hours?"
Saman: "It wouldn't have killed them."

Q.E.D.

Quantum Mechanics is an enigma.
Sonia is an enigma.

Therefore, by the trasitive property, Sonia is Quantum Mechanics.

So drunk

I'm very drunk. That beer was very drunkening. I know that's not a word. But I don't care. Stewie is awesome. I should drink more often. But not on school I mean work nights. Damn work.

As time goes by...

This day and age we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like fourth dimension.

Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory.
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension

And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed.

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by.

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date.
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate.
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny.

It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die.
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

Oh yes, the world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

This summer is passing all too fast and yet, not fast enough. I want to move back to Waterloo, to settle into my apartment, and to not have to work at the dental office anymore. But I haven't done any of the things I had planned, read any of the books I'd wanted to, or spent as much time with friends as I'd like. And it seems like the rest of the summer is booked up. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to go to Montreal for the World Aquatic Championships and to work at PI for a week. And this past weekend at the cottage was great. But I just feel like this summer is going to slip by without me accomplishing what I wanted to. Isn't that always the way.

I'm sitting here working on my presentation for ISSYP. (For those of you who don't know, I've been hired to help out with the International Summer School for Young Physicists at the Perimeter Institute. I've also been asked to give a talk.) I'm trying to go through the major theories in physics to give key ideas. This will be interesting when I get to the stuff I don't know yet. This is more fun than you might think. I haven't been this content while working on something since doing calculus assignments. You think that might mean something?