Pros
– food is much cheaper
– you feel generally healthier
– and you lose weight for no good reason
– you are forced to become more creative with your food and are introduced to new great flavours
– and thus learn a lot about food and what makes certain things taste good
– when you eat meat on the weekends, it tastes sooooo damn good
– and you need less of it to feel satisfied
– you get to act morally superior to everyone else 5 days of the week!
– that last one was a joke
 

Cons
– it’s harder to eat out and sometimes you’re just too lazy to cook at home
– it also takes more time to make vegetarian meals at home
– if you don’t have enough protein in your meal, you don’t feel full
– you get to eat some of your favourite foods less often
– sometimes you’re really hungry but not at home with no decent vegetarian options nearby, and you have to settle for — *shudders* — a veggie sub from Subway. these feel like the worst days of your life.
– you experience first-hand the stigma associated with anything vegetarian

The number of google searches for the word fa has steadily increased since 2008.

Why? Trigger-happy people trying to get to Facebook in their address bar, of course.

This one graph has so many stories to tell about Facebook and its users, but mostly it’s just a cool thing to notice.

I’m seeing Dave Matthews Band in concert tonight with my dear friend Priscilla.

For years I’ve heard that they are the best live band on Earth. I will let you know tomorrow.

UPDATE: Dancing in the rain like a crazy person with a bunch of strangers at the Dave Matthews concert, that’s why.

Everything in life can be reduced to a question, and you find the answer on the internet.

Sina: So then I told her not to worry and wished her the best.

Scott: Man I  wanna date Sina.

Sina: Thanks Scott!

Olya: Why?

Scott: He’s just so positive.

Sina: And fun and adventurous and nice. And handsome!

Scott: Just a great guy.

Cashier: And what is your postal code?

Sina: My postal code?

Cashier: Yes sir.

Sina: It’s, uhhhh… K………..3..R….9…….uhh…Z. 1.

Cashier: You just made that up

Sina: No I didn’t

Cashier: Yes you did.

Sina: No I didn’t

Cashier: Okay, then what’s your address?

Sina: I’m sorry, but I can’t just be giving my address out to strangers.


FUN FACT: In cities, postal codes are usually as accurate street addresses.

Exactly one of the following is true.

1) Toronto’s housing market is not in a bubble.
2) There is something wrong with the Toronto Real Estate Board’s housing price data.

And really, 2) is not terribly unlikely.

Some notes, observations and such. Possibly the last time.

– I like it when I unexpectedly see my work in the news
– it’s an amazing feeling when you win your first game of ultimate
– if my wife ever insists we name our son Monty, I’m going to double insist that we name him Montezuma and call him Monty for short
– there is no feeling more torturous than guilt and shame

– I’ve been officially off caffeine for three months now
– I absolutely love my Kindle
– which I named Montezuma — Monty for short
– needless to say, I’ve had a really bad year
– and probably wasted the past two years of my life

– I’m now a weekday vegetarian
– my friend Terry has great taste in Japanese jeans, and I’m really glad his legs are too muscular now to fit into them (and that mine aren’t)
– I don’t think my dad knows how amazing he is
– every time my mom goes on a trip she brings me back alcohol — she’s kinda cool that way
– for the first time ever, I can write my name in Farsi
– and I ain’t a terrible reader either

– what I’m looking forward to most about grad school economics? two elective math classes
– I’m very comfortable being the underdog — it’s sorta my life story
– sometimes I do things just because they’re scary
– this can be good, and it can be bad
– I’ve started a collection of skull tshirts to prove that, contrary to what you’ve seen, skull tshirts don’t have to be lame
– I’m not sure how much longer I can last

 
And if you are reading this, whether now or in the distant future, I hope you are well.