Sirloin or Fore Shank?

In Surely Your Joking, Mr. Feynman, Feynman describes how he learned to pick up girls from an master of ceremonies and his wife. But first the master of ceremonies proves his knowledge by having his wife get a guy to buy Feynman a champagne cocktail. The thought came to me after a grad student happy hour, which a friend described as a "meat market" (i.e. a place where people go strictly to hook up). Despite the similarities, the meat market doesn't warrant reference to Feynman's adventures.

Upon my arrival, I thought I saw a girl I had not seen in many years. I didn't believe it could be her, and I was more willing to trust probability than my memory. Eventually, I did go up to ask if she was who I thought she was, and it, amainginly was. Still, I could have told you all this without mentioning an ancedote from Dick Feynman.

So here's the connection. When I arrived, she was surrounded by people in her department, and, especially, in her emphasis of her department (mostly girls). There were a lot of them, apparently. When I went up to talk to her, she was surrounded by guys, but hadn't really moved. One of the guys she was talking to acted very much like the guy in Feynman's story, at the very least in my imagination. I noticed some surprise, and then he "very graciously" found a napkin and pen so she and I could exchange information. It's funny to think that he was really trying to get me away as fast as possible and to curry favor with her.

Now this has been a longwinded explanation and probably obscure reference to an observation. So the rest will be quick, and to the point.

The frat that use to occupy the space I live had a rush party this past weekend. I mostly avoided it on account of homework. But I did notice that it started out with a lot more girls than it ended. Perhaps pairing off, or they left cause there wasn't enough guys.

Anyway... enough about the interactions between men and women.

This week has been perhaps the most academically productive I've had in a long time. But still should find a faculty to do research with. Technically, that's what I'm being paid for.