stunning and weird and i would love to see it in person

"The Temples of Damanhur"

"But the 'Temples of Damanhur' are not the great legacy of some long-lost civilisation, they are the work of a 57-year-old former insurance broker from northern Italy who, inspired by a childhood vision, began digging into the rock." ..... 'Using hammers and picks, they began their dig to create the temples of Damanhur - named after the ancient subterranean Egyptian temple meaning City of Light - in August 1978."

Look at the pictures.

Update: There's a coffee table book with photos.

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thanksgiving fallout

I ate a lot of food last week. Is it possible to pull a muscle in your stomach? hehe.

We had a great time in Ohio over Thanksgiving week. It was a much needed vacation and time away from work for both of us.

Nbh has four uncles and three of them live within a 20 mile radius of his mother. The fourth one flew in from Korea (and his daughter flew in from Alaska). It was quite a family get together.

Random notes:

* Nbh’s cousin is on a roller derby team. Her name is “Suicide Blonde”. Did you know that you have to register your name and it’s international? I didn’t. We then speculated as to what our names would be…never did figure out one for me. Apparently there is a “Jenna Jammerson” on the list. *snort* FYI – Jammer is a “position” on a roller derby team.

* Nbh’s grandma made enough pies at Thanksgiving that everyone could have half a pie. Half a pie, people. Needless to say, nobody ate THAT much (although it felt like we did).

* We met up with our friends Mikey and Dawn for dinner Tuesday at the Great Lakes Brewing Company. Fun time was had. A few days later (Saturday) they welcomed the birth of their baby boy, Aidan, two months early (Congrats!). Wow!

* I got a cold Wednesday which hung around until Saturday. Bleah. I didn’t let that stop us from driving halfway between Ann Arbor, MI and Atwater, OH to meet up with my old friend Fritz. If you ever make it to Fremont, OH, go to Whitey’s Diner. OMG. Great diner food. Met Fritz’s daughter Merideth also and she’s just like her dad.

* No internet for a whole week except Nbh's iPhone. Gah. I survived. Barely.

All and all a great trip. Next stop: xmas in L.A.

Posted by jennj at 09:34 AM | Comments (1)

bush isn't intelligence

"And I will explain the need to reform a confirmation process that is making it more difficult to persuade decent and intelligence [sic] people to accept the call to public service." - President Bush

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i knew it

36 million drivers would flunk drivers tests

"Illinois, Georgia, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts were the least knowledgeable states overall, with average scores under 75 percent."

See my list of driving habits of Massholes for further info as to how I feel. An addition to the list: "Yield" means YIELD to the oncoming traffic.

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it's only tuesday

At this point, if I only want to work 40 hours this week, I just have to work 12 more hours. Thursday afternoon and Friday off? That'd be awesome. Unfortunately, ain't gonna happen. One more system to go live and I'll be over this particular hump (2 down...).

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update

So, the doctor thinks that the "lump" could be a plugged up sweat gland. Who knew that something like that could even happen? Anyway, I'm to do warm compresses for two weeks to see if that breaks things up. If it doesn't, next step will be an ultrasound.

And I'm WICKED excited about Thanksgiving. Get to see Chris's family. Get to see Mikey and Dawn (+ Gir). And get to see Fritz for the first time in YEARS. YEARS, I tell you. *excited*

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getting a second tattoo

I'm scheduled to get a second tattoo Sunday, Dec. 2. I'm very excited. I've shown a few people what I'm getting, but no more. I'll post an actual picture of it once it's healed. You're a true fan if you recognize what it is without me telling you.....

And I'm planning on a third already. I've asked mom to draw me something. We're consulting during xmas.

See, for the longest time after I got the Opus tattoo I thought that I couldn't get any more (even though I found it addictive) because I thought I was having a reaction to the ink. Turns out, I'm allergic to the bacitracin that I used to heal it. About a year ago, I got a mole removed, used bacitracin and sure enough had the same reaction and the doc was like, "you're allergic". *blink* Hey...waitasecond...that means I can....GET ANOTHER TATTOO!! But then I couldn't think of anything I wanted. Until now.

Hehehe.

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little freaked out

I found a lump in my armpit this morning. I'm trying to keep calm about it. A little over a year ago I felt a lump on my lower arm (hmm...same side as this), and it turned out to just be a fatty lump thingy. I see the doc Thursday afternoon. Wish me luck.

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nz trip is gonna rock

OMG. Nbh and I are SO gonna do these:

Luge

Cave tubing

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light bulb joke

Q: How many memes does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Grab the third book on the second shelf of your bookcase.......

I'm not sure why my brain thought of this last night on the drive home. I figure that there's really no reason to finish the answer cause if you know what a meme is, well, you know where it's going......hmm. This could probably use a little work.

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