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raisedbymoogles (raisedbymoogles) wrote,
@ 2009-03-21 19:55:00

Current mood:	happy
Entry tags:	aminals, art, real life, washington dc

Moogle's Day Out
Have I mentioned how much I love being able to pop down to Washington D.C. on my days off? ^____^ Seriously, it rocks. Even if I'm mostly interested in the museums. (There are a lot of museums.)

There was a exhibition of stuff excavated from Pompeii that I've been wanting to see for a while at the National Gallery of Art, and I kinda had to get my butt out there today 'cause the exhibition closes tomorrow. XP *procrastinatory moogle* Anyway, it was really interesting. There were murals of what a Roman house would have looked like at that time, and lots of statues (of course) and friezes and reliefs and such. The courtyard section seemed to have a lot of Dionysos-themed stuff - I guess that's the god you call on when you're having a good time in the back garden.

Among the sculptures there were a lot of emperors, but there were also regular people - well, regular rich people. One of them was a life-size sculpture of the daughter of a rich guy, which I think would be kinda creepy. A big stone me, staring at me every time I came down the stairs? Nooo thank you. XP I much preferred the statue of Artemis (it was her smile, mostly - kind of amused at all the goings-on) and the head of Athena (she looked very calm, so it made me calm to look at her. ^_^).

I think the paintings were my favorite part, though. There was this one painting with three scenes of centaurs and nymphs (excuse me) horsing around, and even a picture of a lady painter, which we are told is quite rare. (The picture of the lady painter, not lady painters themselves).

Anyway, it was interesting, but also kind of crowded, so I didn't stay as long as I could have. Instead I walked down a couple blocks to the Natural History Museum. *squee break* I could seriously spend a week in that place, there's so much stuff. I wanted to get home at a decent time, though, so I confined myself to the gift shops and an exhibit on how butterflies and plants evolved together. ...Mostly because it had a greenhouse-ish enclosure with live butterflies. I took lots of pictures. ^_^ ...Which you will see at a later time. *collapse*

So, good day. But I am worn out now. *sighs and flops out* ^_^ ...Who knows, maybe I'll go back next weekend for the cherry blossom festival. :D

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	ladyofshadow 2009-03-21 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	Butterflies!!! ^__________^!!! I'm glad you had a nice time! And cherry blossoms!!!!! That'd be neat if you could make it to that festival! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-21 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Butterflies! :DDDD I really, really hope so. I've never been to the festival before. (Reply to this) (Parent)

navigatorsghost
2009-03-22 03:41 am UTC (link)

Oh, that does sound awesome. I dunno, I'd quite like a me at the bottom of the stairs though, as long as it had my big boots on and my bass. ^_^ Kind of like a regular "hey, shouldn't you be out there doing this instead of going whatever boring place you're going?" reminder. *g*

The courtyard section seemed to have a lot of Dionysos-themed stuff - I guess that's the god you call on when you're having a good time in the back garden.

Ehehehe. That makes SO MUCH SENSE, you know. *loves you*

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raisedbymoogles
2009-03-22 11:59 am UTC (link)

*snrk* Well, as long as Other You is serving a purpose. ...Kind of awkward to get your boots back when you want to wear them. ;P

Ehehehe. That makes SO MUCH SENSE, you know. *loves you*

*giggles* It does, really. I was thinking about how interesting that sort of god is, from a Protestant American point of view - a cult of religious ecstasy through drunkenness/revelry/sex, with the maenads and all. It's kind of the polar opposite of the Puritan god we've got over here.

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	cleflink 2009-03-22 11:11 am UTC (link)
	is jealous Sounds awesome. The class I TA for had their Pompeii lecture last week and it always makes me sad that I've never gone there. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-22 12:00 pm UTC (link)
	nods I'd like to go there too. It sounds like a fascinating place. (Reply to this) (Parent)