Oct 02, 2008 08:04
I've wanted to see Madre Grande (a monastery 30 minutes away from SD) ever since Holly recommended it, but apparently it burned to the ground during the last big fire. So now I REALLY want to see it, but I wasn't sure about driving half an hour to a site that may be off limits. Somehow I've developed a respect for private property. So I wrote a... monk, I guess. I wrote them. They can't possibly be monks. I wrote them asking if I could come by and take pictures.
They responded the next day asking what the pictures are for. I can't just say, "your ashen shit is art" so I said I was a student working on a portfolio. You can take pictures of the most inappropriate things if you claim it's for a portfolio.
But I also said, "I don't want to inconvenience you, if the site is closed or being rebuilt."
they wrote back with, "would you give us new pictures for our website?"
and I died. It's the sweetest thing I've read all week. Sweetie pie monks.
crap, they just gave me the combination code to their LOCKED GATE. Who does that?