Day at the Museum and other sordid tales

[midnitemaraud_r]

Ugh, I'm sick with a nasty cold, and my skin feels all thin and tingly in a bad way, and I can't even sit up, much less lie down without wriggling around like an exposed earthworm. UGH doesn't even begin to cover it.

So I will distract myself with fun things! Fun things like:

1. I am completely addicted to Earth_Pics on twitter. (They have an

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[magnetic_pole]

NEVER BEEN TO THE MET?!? Craziness. Even if you don't like looking at canonical art in museums (a position which I'm increasingly sympathetic to), it's a nice space to visit. Glad Beth took it upon herself to remedy the situation.

(By the way, my favorite museum on the National Mall is the American Indian Museum, largely because they have an amazing cafeteria. Priorities, priorities!)

Speaking of remedying things, I've now introduced onehundredmoons to Vietnamese food, but I think she still needs an introduction to Korean. Next time I'm town we can organize, perhaps? M.

P.S. Hope you feel better!

[midnitemaraud_r]

I've been to the American Indian Museum! It's amazing! In fact, I've been to far more museums and exhibits in DC than I have in NYC, which is kind of ... yeah. I've been to the British Museum twice! :-P (And I've still never been to the Statue of Liberty. Oops?)

Absolutely! I'm always up for Korean food!

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[onehundredmoons]

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[midnitemaraud_r]

\o/ It's a date!

[thistlerose]

Wait, so does that mean you've never seen "Sesame Street Goes to the Museum" either? (It's set in the Met and, to this day, I can't enter certain rooms of that museum without hearing certain songs in my head.) For shame! I love that museum. Not quite as much as the AMNH, but close.

(I haven't been to the Statue of Liberty, either.)

Feel better!

[midnitemaraud_r]

Not only haven't I seen it, I'd never even heard of it. I see via wiki that it aired in November, 1983, which explains why. I was in 11th grade. :-P

I've been past the Met hundreds of times - even sat on the stairs! - but I'd never actually been inside until last Saturday. Whoops?

(Yay! Another one! I mean, for years the crown was closed, and why go there if you can't actually go up inside it? And now, you apparently have to wait on line in the morning for tickets, and it's a pain in the ass, and I just ... yeah, no.)

♥ Thanks!

[thistlerose]

My parents essentially believed in two museums: the AMNH and the Met. So we went there over and over as kids. I think there were others, and as an adult I know I've been to the Frick, the Morgan Library, the MOMA, the Cloisters, the Museum of the City of New York, the Rubin, and ... ack, the one where George Washington made his farewell address. I am blanking on the name. I've taken the ferry AROUND the Statue of Liberty a couple of times, but that's as far as it ever went. I don't like the thought of standing on line with the tourists. (Oh, and I've been to the two Jewish museums recently. The one on the upper east side and the one in Battery Park. More will probably occur to me

[midnitemaraud_r]

I'm trying to think if my parents ever took us to any museum.

...

Nope. But lots of tropical beaches! And a rain forest in Hilo. Priorities, we haz them! :-P (George Washington made his farewell address in NYC? And it's a famous place? ... There are Gaps. In the education. :-P)

OSCAR!!!! I love the muppets!

[fox1013]

I feel like I've seen more things in cities where I'm a tourist than in NYC, because it's my city and it's always here and not going anywhere.

But yay the Met! (Although all I ever want to see is mixed media art and no one ever has as much as I want to see, so every museum trip ends up a disappointment.)

[midnitemaraud_r]

The only times I seem to do touristy things in NYC is when people are visiting me. Otherwise, yeah, I'm not going anywhere either. That's kind of pathetic, really. I don't even go to a lot of plays either.

I liked it! It's a gorgeous building, and there was way too much to see in just one visit. I'll go back eventually. If I can convince people to go with me. :-P (They had a photoshop/photography exhibit that had some cool pieces, but it wasn't as impressive as I'd thought it would be.)

[bethbethbeth]

Thanks so much for the earth_pics and NASA links. They almost make up for the trauma associated with being your museum guide. :)

*smooches*

[midnitemaraud_r]

So, I guess that rules out MOMA, eh? :-P

(OMG! earth_pics! SO ADDICTING!!!)

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You are an awesome docent!

[titti]

Never been the the Met? What can of New Yorker are you?

Other than that, my reaction is your reaction, which is why I stick to things created before the 19th century. You should have seen me at the Guggenheim. Ewwww, my husband disagrees.

Also two more months and I have my weekends back. I've already told me family that I'm going out with you guys, I don't care when or where.

Also, I'm never going to finish that Steve/Bucky unless I decide to shut them up. LOL

[midnitemaraud_r]

The really BAD kind, apparently! :-P

The Guggenheim has the cool ramps though (and it was really cute when the penguins slid down them! What? I've at least seen the inside of it in movies!)

Yay! It's a date!

LOL. Nothing wrong with a little dialogue. Or a lot! Now I'm writing fic! But mine is a HP/Avengers crossover and I'm not quite sure where I'm going with it outside of Corgi!Clint clearly needs to hang with Padfoot. Um. Plot? Who needs plot when there's p-- ... Okay, there isn't going to be porn either, so maybe I do need some kind of plot. Darn.

[titti]

That sounds like me with your little prompts. I think I'm at about 3500 words, and they are just talking. Nothing else. It's... weird.

[midnitemaraud_r]

Mine is becoming a chaptered fic. CHAPTERS! Just ... kill me now!