Comments on: France part Deux: Damn, it feels good to be a Buddha. http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: equine_cocoon http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-185 equine_cocoon Wed, 01 Sep 2004 05:30:22 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-185 "What magic property does the painting itself have that makes seeing the Mona Lisa here different then seeing it on, say, a T-shirt or airbrushed on a van?" The Western Art wing of the Tokyo National Museum includes Monet's "Water Lilies". Not only were there no line-ups, but I was the only person in the room for a short while. I was able to get real close, even put my head against the wall beside it for a bit so I could take in how sculpted the painting was. To prevent freaking out like Cameron in "Ferris Beuller's Day Off", I went and paid a young woman to walk on my back for half an hour. She was pretty cool, but she kept laughing at the hair on my ass. “What magic property does the painting itself have that makes seeing the Mona Lisa here different then seeing it on, say, a T-shirt or airbrushed on a van?”

The Western Art wing of the Tokyo National Museum includes Monet’s “Water Lilies”. Not only were there no line-ups, but I was the only person in the room for a short while. I was able to get real close, even put my head against the wall beside it for a bit so I could take in how sculpted the painting was. To prevent freaking out like Cameron in “Ferris Beuller’s Day Off”,
I went and paid a young woman to walk on my back for half an hour. She was pretty cool, but she kept laughing at the hair on my ass.

]]> By: robotnik http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-184 robotnik Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:51:48 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-184 <a href="http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/dale/971/gallery.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/dale/971/gallery.htm</a> <a href="http://www.kermitage.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.kermitage.com</a> http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/dale/971/gallery.htm

http://www.kermitage.com

]]> By: dilete http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-183 dilete Fri, 27 Aug 2004 03:17:19 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-183 I don't know about all of these tapestries and masterpieces... I think you should open a gallery of puppet pictures that you use to identify your posts. Of course I would be the only real patron... I don’t know about all of these tapestries and masterpieces… I think you should open a gallery of puppet pictures that you use to identify your posts. Of course I would be the only real patron…

]]> By: robotnik http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-182 robotnik Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:13:24 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-182 We contracted some sort of weird froggie disease too for part of the trip, but Lisa discouraged me from posting about our innards. We contracted some sort of weird froggie disease too for part of the trip, but Lisa discouraged me from posting about our innards.

]]> By: that_cad http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-181 that_cad Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:41:06 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-181 When I went to the Louvre, I made it a point to have my photograph taken with all the busts of all the Roman emperors. Remind me to show you the pictures sometime. When I went to the Louvre, I made it a point to have my photograph taken with all the busts of all the Roman emperors. Remind me to show you the pictures sometime.

]]> By: krustukles http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-180 krustukles Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:29:20 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/08/france-part-deux-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-buddha/#comment-180 When we were in Paris, I was sick as a dog with one of them Eurobacilli infections. Chris dragged me out of my deathbed to see the Louvre. I was high as a fucking kite on French freakout meds. All I remember is this blur, shaped vaguely like rivulets of Japanese tourists, that streamed around my face. Fritz! Fritz! Fritz! When we were in Paris, I was sick as a dog with one of them Eurobacilli infections. Chris dragged me out of my deathbed to see the Louvre. I was high as a fucking kite on French freakout meds. All I remember is this blur, shaped vaguely like rivulets of Japanese tourists, that streamed around my face.

Fritz! Fritz! Fritz!

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