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[snicks_chan]

I haven't had much sleep the last three days, what with the packing, the driving, the unpacking, and the aboutface back ACROSS the state to Detroit. I managed to finish Deathly Hallows on the way here, and I have to say that I'm pretty satisfied with the ending. I had some serious misgivings going into it, not the least of which being that the

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[halofire]

the Bodies exhibit is here too, it was supposed to end in a week or so, but got extended for another month. I'm sort of tempted to go, but I think I'd also be creeped out because it's made of people (I know, very soylent green).

Model replicas, mummies, things in jars don't bother me. I think it's something about the "up-until-recently-living" part that gives me the willies.

[snicks_chan]

See, I just don't get that. If the person knowingly donated their body, I think it's much more permissible than a mummy that we probably smuggled out of Egypt. Plundering ancient graves is okay, but putting newly dead, consenting people on display is isn't? That's the bit that irks me about all the fuss surrounding these exhibits...although I can see how you might just label one creepier than the other.

Still, you should go on the offchance that you find it wildly cool rather than disturbing ^^ You can always walk out and go see the rest of the museum instead. I feel I ought to point out that the six-year-old we took with us was fascinated. Shame, shame on you as an adult for being wussier than a small child!

[halofire]

Did they ever settle those accusations around the fact that not all of the bodies were legitimately acquired donations?

Hell, I'm all for organ donation and this isn't any different. My imagination just runs a bit wild and personifies them. It always took me a little while to mentally objectify a dead body (biology dissections and the like) and separate that from what used to be a living creature and that's where I get the willies.

Our exhibit is out at a mall, not in one of the museums ^^ That amuses me.

[snicks_chan]

I don't remember hearing anything recently, so I'm supposing that they were, or else the exhibits would have been taken apart, right?

Honestly, all the bodies look alike. It's surprising how homogenous we look when you suck out all our fluids and go down to muscle and tendon. Really surprising, actually.

Apparently my okayness is weird...Katherine's creeped out, Nick's creeped out, I am the only one who's totally cool about it. I wonder what that says about me...

Okay, so you can go do your shopping afterwards! Where exactly in the mall IS it, to keep it away from small children and queasy people?