die bohne der nacht (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nixietube) wrote,@ 2005-08-21 18:53:00 |
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Hood me, please!
Yesterday I went to the Rembrandt exhibit at the Getty in LA for the second time. I became obsessed with the hooded bird in Saint Bavo, even though that painting is not my favorite. Now I know the difference between a peregrine and a tiercel, and the difference between a haggard and a passage. This is not very useful information for someone like me, but now I know it and it's too late.
They evidently hood birds to get them to calm down. Next time that I get too excited from too much Rembrandt, I will try hooding myself too, just to see if it works.
The Getty also had lots of flora, including sycamores and oaks. I like this website for learning how to identify trees:
Identify that Tree!
I'm in LA for another 1.5 weeks, doing practically nothing. I was supposed to learn how to do a complicated laboratory technique, but on the day that I arrived in LA my boss finally bothered to tell me that I wouldn't be doing that at all. Instead, he wants me to program and analyze data, which I can do practically anywhere. There's lots of museums in LA, though, so I will try to visit them all. Maybe I'll also go to the beach.
Yesterday I went to the Rembrandt exhibit at the Getty in LA for the second time. I became obsessed with the hooded bird in Saint Bavo, even though that painting is not my favorite. Now I know the difference between a peregrine and a tiercel, and the difference between a haggard and a passage. This is not very useful information for someone like me, but now I know it and it's too late.
They evidently hood birds to get them to calm down. Next time that I get too excited from too much Rembrandt, I will try hooding myself too, just to see if it works.
The Getty also had lots of flora, including sycamores and oaks. I like this website for learning how to identify trees:
Identify that Tree!
I'm in LA for another 1.5 weeks, doing practically nothing. I was supposed to learn how to do a complicated laboratory technique, but on the day that I arrived in LA my boss finally bothered to tell me that I wouldn't be doing that at all. Instead, he wants me to program and analyze data, which I can do practically anywhere. There's lots of museums in LA, though, so I will try to visit them all. Maybe I'll also go to the beach.
