Hey, it's not just me...
Apr. 30th, 2010 09:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
howeverbriefMy dad's in town. He, Michael, Siobhan and I went to dinner at Silver Peak, where I had beer on top of pizza on top of dessert, so I'm stuffed to the gills. Because we're all big nerds, the topics discussed among us included (but were not limited to):
-Napoleon Bonaparte's true height
-Phonetics (both of the English and Spanish variety)
-Art direction in video games (I guess my brother read that God of War 3 had five different music directors)
-How children learn languages faster/children in other countries knowing multiple languages
-A ham radio buddy of my dad's who is serving time for credit card fraud
-Disdain that sports are emphasized over the arts in high school (and beyond-- how school is merely a reflection of the sports v. arts problem in society at large)
-My dad's ideas about overhauling education
-Reunions
-Influence of celebrities
-Scientology (but that was mostly me explaining what it was and my dad shaking his head in disbelief)
-The court system as well as how case law works alongside legislation
-How multi-tasking and technology is ruining everyone (even though we were talking and watching TV at the same time)
-The benefits of learning music
And uh, lots of other stuff, but I'm really sleepy because I had a cup of coffee. Stupid caffeine. It was fun. Now I don't feel like doing homework at all, though. Eh, oh well. There's always tomorrow.
-Napoleon Bonaparte's true height
-Phonetics (both of the English and Spanish variety)
-Art direction in video games (I guess my brother read that God of War 3 had five different music directors)
-How children learn languages faster/children in other countries knowing multiple languages
-A ham radio buddy of my dad's who is serving time for credit card fraud
-Disdain that sports are emphasized over the arts in high school (and beyond-- how school is merely a reflection of the sports v. arts problem in society at large)
-My dad's ideas about overhauling education
-Reunions
-Influence of celebrities
-Scientology (but that was mostly me explaining what it was and my dad shaking his head in disbelief)
-The court system as well as how case law works alongside legislation
-How multi-tasking and technology is ruining everyone (even though we were talking and watching TV at the same time)
-The benefits of learning music
And uh, lots of other stuff, but I'm really sleepy because I had a cup of coffee. Stupid caffeine. It was fun. Now I don't feel like doing homework at all, though. Eh, oh well. There's always tomorrow.
