Weekend and commentary

Just to document this past weekend: It Ambre's mom's friend's birthday. There was a little get-together with the lady's family and friends, kids and adults. We went bowling and my score was about 26! But you only got two balls and in Canada I seem to usually get three... maybe that's in five pin. Then we played laser tag. It was pretty cold - I don't know if the laser tag building - it was more like an add-on and not a permanent building - was insolated. I felt a bit like I was in a war scene, and I didn't feel like I had very good instincts for hiding and strategic positioning. It was fun, but 20 minutes at a time was enough. We were on two teams, and there were about sixteen people in total. Afterwards, everyone went to a separate room to eat. The food was mostly what we would consider hors d'hoeuvres in Canada. Afterwards, Ambre, two younger boys and I played laser tag again. Ambre's mom said that for parties in France, everyone brings something to eat. That must take some of the load off of the host or hostess.

Ambre and her mom go to the movie theatre more often than I do in Canada. They don't buy popcorn and pop every time though. In Canada I see maybe five movies a year. In a week and a half in France, I have already seen two movies. I Love You Phillip Morris isn't great, but it's typical Jim Carrey. Sherlock Holmes is pretty good but sort of dark. In most movies here, the original dialogue has been "dubbed out" so the movie's in french, but in many cases the title isn't translated. Maybe it helps market a movie internationally if the title is the same everywhere.

Sometimes it seems like, compared to France, the food in Canada is either healthy or unhealthy, not as much in between. At least that's sort of my impression. In France, my experience has been that the two mix a bit more. For example, we eat a lot of yaourts, which are sort of between a yogurt and a pudding. I think they might be worse for me than I think, but they taste good so oh well. In Canada, I sometimes eat way too much candy, and here I don't have access to much, so when I get back I don't know if I'll eat more or less candy.

The Olympics are fun to watch. I mostly see taped stuff since Vancouver is 9 hours behind. I'm not sure if they'll show hockey or curling on TV here, since I don't think France has teams. If need be, I'll find somewhere to watch those games on the internet. I seem to be out of the "region" that can watch broadband video on CTV, but I'm sure there are other sites.

That's all for now!