well. meg doesnt hate me.... so much,
and we are about ready to head home.
so what to say.
what have i learned?
well. begging is very common and pretty accepted, yet highly annoying.
from what i've seen at sites to museums,
it seems that each subsequent culture that flourished in its own time took something from the previous.
like: egypt. dun did their temples, columns, heiroglyphs, etc.
looks pretty similar to that of the older mesopotamia.
greece, which followed them, seemed to have their own style, but copy from them,
i mean even alexander the great went over there and ruled them for a while.
a mixture of the two styles was evident in his city, alexandria.
then, of course, the romans after the greeks. blah blah blah.
if you'd seen it all, youd know what i'm talking about.
also. the tiny size that europe is, it packs in a shitload of languages.
shit that i never knew exsisted, cuz no one really uses it but the inhabitants.
like flemmish in brussels, a sort of sloppy french... of some language over at the french/german border....
who knows what the hell thats called. .. think it starts with an a... or i (?)
bleh.
the other thing.
religion.
fatty catedrals everywhere.
not to mention that while in egypt, it seems that those boys pretty much copied a lot of the stuff the catholics already had set up.
domes, towers, even the star symbol... they just put a crescent moon under it.
bleh. religion.
it builds on itself, fitting the needs of the people... or rather.. the needs of the people ruling the people.
also, there was talk of (not only in egypt) but in many cathedrals and paintings in museums about the "holy familys fleeing to egypt".
now.. go into the bible and try to find that shit.
it aint there.
they cut out all of big baby DEEZus's childhood.
all they got in there is how he pops out, taught some teachers when he was like 7, then it skips all the way to where he turns water into wine and homeboys like.... 30!
whatever.
they probably cut that shit out, called it the apocratha, and discarded it cuz the europeans wanted nothing to do with the muslims or the idea of jesus being down there... probably some stupid shit like that.
or, that the stories in that whole period arent that.... enlightening or it doesnt really put jesus in the brightest light.
like the one story i heard where some dude pissed jesus off when he was a couple years old, so he killed all his crops... some shit like that.
bleh. biblical shit.
but. its what all the history revolves around over here.
that, and mythology.
but. the cool thing about coming here after a bit of education is that you can spot and identify a lot of what is going on in the paintings through stories of the gods, and God/Jesus, etc.
although, not being catholic, i have no fucking clue about all the goddamn saints they got goin up in there.
but i guess everyone one has something that identifies them.
like.. saint sebastian.
hes got arrows sticking out of him (hes everywhere!) ... i guess thats how he was martyred.
and john the baptist is holding a lamb... cuz he called jesus the lamb of god... things like that.
crosses, swords, houses... all sorts of icons.
i can see how it can get rediculous.
but i cant ever imagine how martin luther could have stood up to all that tradition.
he must have been one peeved man.
bleh. tradition.
people are too scared to break it.
thats why theres so many people out there that are partially religious, but still have no idea what its all about.
alright.
im sure no one wanted to hear about this shit from my return, but its what i've been looking at and pondering for the last 2 months.
i guess i could list out all the famous things that i did see.
but that could probably wait for some other time.
and we'll give yall a rest.
i hear no ones really writing in these bitches anymore anyway.
i wonder how much will have changed when i head home.
summer is approaching!!!!
i'll still have class =P
(only one though)
and.. this boy needs a job.
hopefully i'll get to be a slave to the man and freds will hire me back for the FOURTH time.
yep.
youre right.
ima rut kinda guy.
the last two months have been unsettling, but i think i had just started to get used to it.
although i dont think i really want to...
its rough.
later yall.
see yas on the 10th
(maybe the 11th if i crash at my parents place)
jet lags a bitch.
btw....
hows my room?
and we are about ready to head home.
so what to say.
what have i learned?
well. begging is very common and pretty accepted, yet highly annoying.
from what i've seen at sites to museums,
it seems that each subsequent culture that flourished in its own time took something from the previous.
like: egypt. dun did their temples, columns, heiroglyphs, etc.
looks pretty similar to that of the older mesopotamia.
greece, which followed them, seemed to have their own style, but copy from them,
i mean even alexander the great went over there and ruled them for a while.
a mixture of the two styles was evident in his city, alexandria.
then, of course, the romans after the greeks. blah blah blah.
if you'd seen it all, youd know what i'm talking about.
also. the tiny size that europe is, it packs in a shitload of languages.
shit that i never knew exsisted, cuz no one really uses it but the inhabitants.
like flemmish in brussels, a sort of sloppy french... of some language over at the french/german border....
who knows what the hell thats called. .. think it starts with an a... or i (?)
bleh.
the other thing.
religion.
fatty catedrals everywhere.
not to mention that while in egypt, it seems that those boys pretty much copied a lot of the stuff the catholics already had set up.
domes, towers, even the star symbol... they just put a crescent moon under it.
bleh. religion.
it builds on itself, fitting the needs of the people... or rather.. the needs of the people ruling the people.
also, there was talk of (not only in egypt) but in many cathedrals and paintings in museums about the "holy familys fleeing to egypt".
now.. go into the bible and try to find that shit.
it aint there.
they cut out all of big baby DEEZus's childhood.
all they got in there is how he pops out, taught some teachers when he was like 7, then it skips all the way to where he turns water into wine and homeboys like.... 30!
whatever.
they probably cut that shit out, called it the apocratha, and discarded it cuz the europeans wanted nothing to do with the muslims or the idea of jesus being down there... probably some stupid shit like that.
or, that the stories in that whole period arent that.... enlightening or it doesnt really put jesus in the brightest light.
like the one story i heard where some dude pissed jesus off when he was a couple years old, so he killed all his crops... some shit like that.
bleh. biblical shit.
but. its what all the history revolves around over here.
that, and mythology.
but. the cool thing about coming here after a bit of education is that you can spot and identify a lot of what is going on in the paintings through stories of the gods, and God/Jesus, etc.
although, not being catholic, i have no fucking clue about all the goddamn saints they got goin up in there.
but i guess everyone one has something that identifies them.
like.. saint sebastian.
hes got arrows sticking out of him (hes everywhere!) ... i guess thats how he was martyred.
and john the baptist is holding a lamb... cuz he called jesus the lamb of god... things like that.
crosses, swords, houses... all sorts of icons.
i can see how it can get rediculous.
but i cant ever imagine how martin luther could have stood up to all that tradition.
he must have been one peeved man.
bleh. tradition.
people are too scared to break it.
thats why theres so many people out there that are partially religious, but still have no idea what its all about.
alright.
im sure no one wanted to hear about this shit from my return, but its what i've been looking at and pondering for the last 2 months.
i guess i could list out all the famous things that i did see.
but that could probably wait for some other time.
and we'll give yall a rest.
i hear no ones really writing in these bitches anymore anyway.
i wonder how much will have changed when i head home.
summer is approaching!!!!
i'll still have class =P
(only one though)
and.. this boy needs a job.
hopefully i'll get to be a slave to the man and freds will hire me back for the FOURTH time.
yep.
youre right.
ima rut kinda guy.
the last two months have been unsettling, but i think i had just started to get used to it.
although i dont think i really want to...
its rough.
later yall.
see yas on the 10th
(maybe the 11th if i crash at my parents place)
jet lags a bitch.
btw....
hows my room?
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