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Ok, I'm spamming about my trip, but Hawaiians love spam, they make sushi out of it. so somehow that makes it ok.
Yesterday we went to a Hindu monastery and it was INCREDIBLE. The monastary felt like it was straight out of Monkey, (or pretty much any asian folk tale). From the main temple you could see a huge waterfall cascading down into into the middle of an ultra-lush valley covered with all these ultra rare plants that they'd brought in from all over the world. But themost amazing thing was that they're building a pure white marble temple to sit in the middle of this paradise. When I went to Europe last summer and I saw all the old churches, they seemed so utterly detailed and intricate that I couldn't even imagine humans building them, let alone without modern technology, I just kind of thought that they magically appeared because they were so old. Anyway, people do actually have to build these things, and you think there are short cuts, but there aren't. The temple that they're building is pure carved white marble, no cement, just interlocking pieces and they HAND CHISEL EACH PIECE. The only tools they used were a few different types of chisels, none bigger than my hand. A single column featuring a lion took 2 years of a man's undivided attention to carve. And let me tell you, there were a lot of columns. Then again the temple is being built to last approximately 2000 years, so I guess its all worthwhile.
kind of crappy photo
Going to the monastery made me mad at myself for being so cynical towards religion. The temple building was cool but a bit excessive, in my opinion, but it was really really interesting to learn about hinduism. Bah I want to have a conversation about religion, but i don't feel like typing it out, nevermind
If there is some godlike entity out there s/h/it must have seriously been on something when they created tropical fish
On the way back from the beach I found a coconut that fell off a tree. It's smooth and hefty like a baby and when I shake it, the water inside makes a swooshy sound. It amuses me to no end.
I saw a chicken cross the road today. It was going to the beach.
What would sarcasm taste like?
July 14 2005, 18:57:03 UTC 6 years ago
The photo was sort of crappy but i can understand why it eould take them like their entire lives to hand-carve that thing.
There was definitely some herdonish influence going on with that s/h/it thing. Ah, memories. (School was like what, how many years ago now?).
Oh yeah, and s/h/it is definitely on something. Numerous reasons.
July 15 2005, 08:19:13 UTC 6 years ago
-Latin moment- (basks in beam of light) but seriously that is the best way to say he she it. always makes me smile.
most def
July 16 2005, 02:48:17 UTC 6 years ago
Red bull, huh? that might be delving a little too deep into the meaning of the word. Could be pina colada with extra rum...
But actually i was thinking more along the lines of a food, something sorta chewey but really good. Cookie dough, maybe? Sarcasm could taste like cookie dough.
July 15 2005, 01:19:09 UTC 6 years ago
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