Stuff other than pirate!fic...

[geekmama]

1) On a rather "omgwtf" note, check out this, dear ones. Link gacked from mimesere. To paraphrase one of her commenters, makes one just want to go back to bed and hide under the covers. And as I said, talk about un-American

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[cjk1701]

I was pondering your post while peeling potatoes, it's very conductive to thinking deep thoughts. ;)

I went on a school trip to Body Worlds when it was here in Berlin, about five years ago. The experience left me in two minds. On one hand, it's undeniably fascinating. On the other, I couldn't stop thinking that this were humans once, and were now dead bodies, and they were used for entertainment and to make money. Reminded me of an Auto de fe. Also, I seriously dislike the shifty guy who runs the whole thing. He may have started out as a scientist, but long since switched to entertainment, while still trying to sell it as science. Like "The Da Vinci Code", all sounds very interesting and cool, and the author says it's 100% true, but most of it is either made up or sidetracked so it fits the author's plan.

Uh. Babbling. Shutting up now.

[geekmama]

The experience left me in two minds. On one hand, it's undeniably fascinating. On the other, I couldn't stop thinking that this were humans once, and were now dead bodies, and they were used for entertainment and to make money.

Exactly what I felt. I wasn't at all sure about going to see it, when I first heard about it, but my little one, weemonkey6, and one of her other boyfriends, who is pre-med and taking an anatomy class, came home raving about it and with a fat book with pictures, and it just looked too interesting. Which it was. In a very weird way.

[geekmama]

I didn't realize you were in Berlin, btw. You are German? You don't write with an accent. (Which would seem a laughable statement, except that Brits are often detectable from the "sound" of their writing). I was never in Berlin, but I was in Hamburg for a few days once--rather delightful. I'd love the opportunity to see more of Germany, and the other countries of Europe, too. Someday...

[cjk1701]

I'm Russian, and I've been living in Berlin for about 15 years now. I went to school in San Diego for a year, so I still speak English with a SoCal accent, but my choice of words tends to be heavily influenced by my British friends. Also, my other half is English, and since we speak on the phone every night, I pick up a lot of Really Odd Words. :)

Ever since I moved into the Harry Potter fandom in 2001, I switched to BE spellings and word choice when I write, whether LJ or fiction. I'm fickle. :)

[hereswith]

Sounds like you had a nice Easter indeed, and with lots of good food :-)

I've only seen pictures from that kind of exhibition, and was rather squicked by the whole idea, even though they say the persons in question have donated their bodies, but I imagine it's interesting, in a creepy way. There's an artist over here who uses parts of animals that she has killed herself in her art, and that really freaks me out too, it doesn't feel right to make use of dead people or animals in such a way.

[geekmama]

it's interesting, in a creepy way

It wasn't as creepy as I thought it would be, but still...it's kind of weird to think about, even now. But, as you say, these people donated their bodies. I think the work by that artist you mentioned would make me even more uncomfortable.

[hereswith]

Yes, it's disturbing, and she's been much criticised, but still persists in doing it... *shudders*

[cymbeline]

ewww that sounds really gross. The Body exhibit I think I could handle, although the last time we were at the Museum of Man in San Diego I got a little woozy when looking at the mummies.

[berne]

I was always very old school about church music, even as a kid. The new stuff has no hint of the profound about it, for the most part, and frankly that's what it's all about, for me. I find the pop-commercialization of religion appalling.

For A-Level Music, I'm studying Bach chorales and 'profound' is what you'd call it. I love them and what you typed struck me as what I haven't been able to put into words.

Also, on a completely different topic, is there a format for posting drabbles over at BPS? I've written one (my first ever one! *bounce*) for the most recent picture challenge and have been wondering about how to go about it. What do you do?

[geekmama]

Re: music -- I was in choir for six years in Jr. High and High School, and was fortunate enough to have directors that liked to focus on really wonderful classical pieces. Yes, some of Bach's pieces are absolute genius--prayer in its purest form, as far as I'm concerned.

Re: posting - In the subject line you could put "Picture Challenge Drabble: [insert title here]" and then it would be easily identifiable.

[berne]

Right. Thank you, love. :)

[geekmama]

Loved those pics of Will/Gibbs/Jack/Ana that you found, btw. Wish Ana's face had been visible in one of them. Great screencaps.

[cymbeline]

It sounds like you had a very nice Easter and all that food....yum! We had Ethiopian for the first time last week in NYC, that was really good.

[geekmama]

I've never had Ethiopian food--what's it like?

[cymbeline]

Spicy! Also lots of use of lime flavoring. Its food you eat with your hands with the help of injera, a spongy flat bread.