Tonight was one of those odd nights in life: One steps out the door and things happen. The initial plan for my evening stroll was simple - take my camera and to down to Lost Lagoon to take photographs of the Christmas tree mounted on the fountain dias and then head home. As it turned out, I did the first two things and then walked down to English Bay. Took photographs of the Sylvia Hotel and then went inside for a drink.
What happened after that: I ordered a pint of the Winter Ale. As I was enjoying my drink I was approached by a fellow asking if I was Japanese. I said "Yes, but I was born in Vancouver". He asked if he could join me for a drink. The conversation that followed lasted several hours. It didn't really have any direction. We talked about subjects ranging as far as the history of the British in North America, to the Second World War, quantum physics (I did Google the Higgs boson particle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider), LSD and Dr. David Suzuki. My new found friend had a point of contention with Dr. Suzuki (and he noted that I resembled a younger version of him) which turned into a point of embarrassment for him when I went over all the points in my life which intersected with that of the good doctor. I won't go into the details here. The whole escapade ended in an arm wrestling challenge which ended in a draw.
Anyways, there you go. Step outside the safe confines of your home and who knows what will happen. Such is the big adventure called "life"...
Postscript: Other nonsense we covered - US intervention in the Japan-UK alliance that cummulated in the Washington Naval Treaty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty, the significance of the British victory on the Plains of Abraham: http://www.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca/_en/index.php and the Heisenberg Principle: http://www.thebigview.com/spacetime/uncertainty.html.
Enjoy your pop rocks, sir.
15 years ago
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Wow. Interesting encounters happen when you least expect it.
~Andrea
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