This is what mammoth bone looks like when it comes out of the ground. Crumbly and covered in dirt.
Herzog!
Went to see Herzog's new film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, about cave paintings from the Chauvet Cave in France. These are the earliest known cave paintings (exciting!) and the film is lovely and in 3-D (also exciting, but gives me a headache!). There was a Q&A with Herzog after the film, which was one of the finer Director Q&As I've had the pleasure of seeing. Pardon the blurry picture, I haven't been carrying my camera around with me and this was taken with my phone.
Since completing this film, Herzog said he has made another film about making the music for Cave of Forgotten Dreams, and four short films. If only every good director was so prolific.
He also said that this scene above, from Swing Time, was his favorite in cinema ever. I found this baffling at the time, although I'm not sure why I'm surprised by anything he says at this point.
Mammoth!
At school right now I'm helping with excavation of mammoth bones that were block lifted from a site in Northern California. They were lifted from the ground in a chunk of soil and brought back to our lab so that we could figure out the best way to excavate them, and practice our block-lifting techniques.
Preparing the plaster cast around the bones to secure them.
Excavating slowly through the clay with a scalpel.
More to come soon!
Stuck in Traffic.
In random car-related news, I have now spotted Sidney Poitier and David Duchovny while driving around Los Angeles.
For those of you who knew me in my X-Files obsessed heyday, you'll understand how exciting the latter sighting was. Also, Sierra pointed out that Mr. Poitier is very old, and perhaps I should be careful.
For those of you who knew me in my X-Files obsessed heyday, you'll understand how exciting the latter sighting was. Also, Sierra pointed out that Mr. Poitier is very old, and perhaps I should be careful.
More Conference Fun Time
Shortly thereafter, I attended a conference in Delaware. Perhaps more idyllic than Sacramento, but certainly not as fun. Again, I seem to have forgotten to take more pictures.
Dawn frolics through the Fairy Woods at the Winterthur estate.
Conference Fun Time
I went to an archaeology conference in Sacramento.
For some reason, this is the only picture I took.
Music to my eyes
These are just a few strange signs I've seen recently. I think people often fail to think through what exactly their signs are going to convey.
In the stacks of the UCLA library:
The perfect setup for a really boring horror movie.
At the Santa Monica pier:
What the sticker on the left covers up is an arrow connecting "Public Health"
with "Non-migration" and completing the vicious cycle created by feeding
seagulls. Think about that one for a minute.
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