first, the warning sign: When you turn on the tv and with your back to it, hear the squeal of tires and think "oh, "To Catch a Thief!" without even looking...
you've probably seen the movie a few times too many, yeah.
Anyway. Down in NYC the American Museum of Natural History has a temporary exhibit (through the end of the year) called 'Mythic Creatures.' As you might imagine, it features mythological creatures and their relation (or not) to actual creatures. I found the text was trying too hard to be "these are NOT REAL!" even to the point of overlooking some interesting correlations between culture, myth, and nature, but they had a lot of interesting material, some fascinating taped interviews (including one that referenced myth as being not the opposite of history, but the companion of it [paraphrased]). Also, some very cool exhibits, including this dragon:
That head's about 3/4 suri-sized, for scale.
I think they're charging too much for what is, at best, an hour's worth of browsing, but it's a tax deduction and a good cause. And it's cool stuff. If you're in the area, I'd say it's worth checking out, especially since the exhibit empties out into the dinosaur displays, so you can compare the dragon's forearms (hoobah!)to some actual dinosaur reconstructions...
on the tv front: Bones. Yay! Bones is back! Bones is still cute and fun and totally my guilty pleasure. And then House -- I really enjoyed it, and wish they'd waited longer before bringing back the kids, but will reserve judgement until I actually see next week's episode. And then I watched Cane, which I really really wanted to like because, dude. Jimmy Smits. But it's too much a mellerdrama for my taste, I suspect. Pity. It's so very very pretty.
And on Thursday, CSI returns. I am prepared to once again have my heart eaten with a spoon.
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