I do a bit of thinking...

I was doing a bit of reflection today, about something that happened with another guy yesterday.

There's a guy in my program who is very muscular. He trains six time a week and is tall. Though he's a nice guy, he doesn't quite do anything for me... As well, whenever I'm near him, I smell something that I don't quite like... He showers and uses deodorant, but I think it's his pheromones (everyone gives them off, apparently). However, I have been wondering about this guy...

We've had some interesting conversation before. For example, I asked him what sort of car he was into. I was assuming that he's straight (he looks straight, his clothing choices are quite straight), and every straight guy loves to talk about cars, well... Most of them do. So, I asked him what his dream car would be, and he said that he wanted a smart car. Not a Ferrari, Corvette, Rolls Royce, common straight guy cars, but a Smart Car. Then I remarked that he's pretty tall, and how would he fit in one? (He's about 6'3", 6'4") and he said that he'd make himself fit. Then he asked me about my car choice, and I told him that my dream car would be a Volkswagon Beetle (I didn't tell him that I would like it in lilac purple), but he said that was a "chick car". (In my opinion, the smart car is also a chick car)

And on Tuesday, I was just minding my own business, eating lunch at a table, and he came up and joined the table. We started shooting the shit, and then he asked me what I wanted to do my "project" on in one of my mandatory courses. I told him how I wanted to either look at how students understand mathematics now, since calculator usage is introduced at quite an early age or how students understand mathematics with non-traditional teaching methods. After telling him my research plans, he stated that, "Wow, now mine compared to yours sounds boring." So, I asked him what his project was on. He wanted to look at gender differences in mathematics. I don't know how many straight men would want to look at gender differences in mathematics education. I'm sure there are many, and he's probably one of them, but something about this particular 2 + 2 doesn't quite add up to four. I don't know, just putting down my thoughts on this.