skating, databases

I went skating on Friday night. Ok, so since I got back to Paris I've been skating everywhere to avoid taking the metro, but this was special: a chance to really test out my new wheels and bearings, and my first "randonnée" since getting back to France!

Right, um, not that you know what that is, or care, but I'll tell you anyway. It's basically 5-10 thousand inline skaters whizzing around the streets of Paris every Friday night. Lots of fun, really fast, occasional injuries. In short, it's soooo much cooler than going clubbing! (right ...)

I was at the head of the pack this time, and that meant seeing the streets empty ahead of me. It's funny seeing people dash one last time across the street as the onslaught of skaters arrives, it kind of looks like people dodging sniper fire or something, except that the only danger is getting stuck on the wrong side of the street for at least 15 minutes as the group goes by.

In other news, I'm still working hard on the database for my thesis, but yesterday I hit a milestone of finally having entered ALL the questionnaires! Now it's just a question of fixing all the little problems, doing something about missing data, and generally spending hours and hours and hours tweaking little bits of data, but at least I don't have to carry around any questionnaires anymore.

So that's my life right now: skating and databases. And the occasional cool movie with Claire and/or my roommate. And complaining about school. And worrying about the big thing on everyone's mind: What happens next??? What's the real world like again?