TCR, NYC, TBR
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jmc_bksTCR: The Metaphor Off was even better in person, totally worth waiting in line and in the lobby/holding room for 2 hours. And we were in the front row :)
I'm pretty sure that half the crowd had no idea who Jeff Spicoli is -- Pete the warm up guy referred to him, but got some blank looks.
NYC: Gorgeous weather today, which I enjoyed as I wandered around Chelsea before catching the train home.
Not so great yesterday, but that didn't stop us from window shopping on Fifth Avenue and walking around Midtown and Central Park. Sign that I'm a total book-dork: had to go to the New York Public Library to see the Lenox copy of the Guttenberg Bible. The bible as a book has value to me only as a folk tale of sorts, but the GB fascinates me as the original "mass" printed book. The fact that clergy thought the type was very readable amazed me, because I found the letters to be almost identical and undistinguishable without close examination.
In the same room right now is an exhibit on the history of men's apparel, which is kind of cool. I nearly caused convulsions as we rested in the atrium outside: the frescos all detailed book-related scenes, except the central one, which made no sense to me. Some of the guys were nekkid and others were wearing shorts, which seemed inconsistent...and the central guy falling out of the clouds was squeezing a dove to death. I swear that's what it looked like to me, an explosion of feathers. Probably, that white explosion is supposed to be a ball of lightning, but all I could see was feathers and a bird beak.
Also saw the Winnie the Pooh display in the Children's Reading Room. Very cool. Looking a little ragged, but it was pointed out to me that "When 400 (or 90) years you reach, look so good you will not." Hee.
TBR: To be read and to be reviewed. I picked up a copy of Chocolate Kisses today to read on the way home. I'm almost finished. And to be reviewed: my review of Natural Law is stuck, so I think I'm going to just post what I have and move on.
Must figure out what to write about for Reader Gab. And do Arabic homework.
I'm pretty sure that half the crowd had no idea who Jeff Spicoli is -- Pete the warm up guy referred to him, but got some blank looks.
NYC: Gorgeous weather today, which I enjoyed as I wandered around Chelsea before catching the train home.
Not so great yesterday, but that didn't stop us from window shopping on Fifth Avenue and walking around Midtown and Central Park. Sign that I'm a total book-dork: had to go to the New York Public Library to see the Lenox copy of the Guttenberg Bible. The bible as a book has value to me only as a folk tale of sorts, but the GB fascinates me as the original "mass" printed book. The fact that clergy thought the type was very readable amazed me, because I found the letters to be almost identical and undistinguishable without close examination.
In the same room right now is an exhibit on the history of men's apparel, which is kind of cool. I nearly caused convulsions as we rested in the atrium outside: the frescos all detailed book-related scenes, except the central one, which made no sense to me. Some of the guys were nekkid and others were wearing shorts, which seemed inconsistent...and the central guy falling out of the clouds was squeezing a dove to death. I swear that's what it looked like to me, an explosion of feathers. Probably, that white explosion is supposed to be a ball of lightning, but all I could see was feathers and a bird beak.
Also saw the Winnie the Pooh display in the Children's Reading Room. Very cool. Looking a little ragged, but it was pointed out to me that "When 400 (or 90) years you reach, look so good you will not." Hee.
TBR: To be read and to be reviewed. I picked up a copy of Chocolate Kisses today to read on the way home. I'm almost finished. And to be reviewed: my review of Natural Law is stuck, so I think I'm going to just post what I have and move on.
Must figure out what to write about for Reader Gab. And do Arabic homework.
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Date: 2007-04-21 12:31 pm (UTC)I love seeing written documents and would love to see the laws I studied - I have always wanted to see the Declaration of Independence but I don't think it is in Washington D.C. I remember when I heard where it was housed I wondered why. I'm not sure we have those kind of documents up here - I should be a better Canadian!
Hopefully the rest of the weekend will be nice for you - we're going into the 20's (around 80 I think - or maybe 70)
CindyS
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Date: 2007-04-21 01:41 pm (UTC)Hmm, I thought the Declaration of Independence was in DC at the National Archives, along with the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The only other place that I can think it might be would be Philadelphia, since that's where the Continental Congress met and signed it.
Enjoy the beautiful weather!
From Carrie http://lovelysalome.blogspot.com
Date: 2007-04-21 02:08 pm (UTC)I read Natural Law about two months ago. Get what you have up there, darn it. Wanna compare notes. I didn't post a review on my website coz my mom reads my blog and I'm chicken shit.
Re: From Carrie http://lovelysalome.blogspot.com
Date: 2007-04-21 04:59 pm (UTC)Okay, my "review" is up.
I'm assuming my mother doesn't read my blog. And if she does, I don't want to know, because I don't want to start censoring what I write. She knows what I read, although she finds it perplexing: how can someone who reads almost omnivorously and who follows politics and current events read that trash? ::sigh:: We've had the "it's not trash" discussion, but it hasn't changed her opinion.
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Date: 2007-04-21 05:14 pm (UTC)I need to visit the NYPL again. I've wandered around the reading room, but didn't see the GB. And that Winnie-the-Pooh exhibit sounds nice.
-Jennie